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'''Maintainability''' is the CZ policy that an article be of a class whereby all of the articles of the class have the possibility of being written.
See instead [[CZ:Article Inclusion Policy]]


Certain articles, we say, are not ''maintainable.''  This means that there are certain classes of articles that will probably never be completely filled out, high-quality, and well-maintained.  If an article is a member of such a class, it does not belong in the ''Citizendium'' at all.  Obviously, common sense is needed to determine what the relevant class is.
Per [http://locke.citizendium.org/cz_ec/PR-2010-008 Editorial Council decision] on December 6th 2010, the policy on Maintainability has been superseded by a new policy on [[CZ:Article Inclusion Policy|Article inclusion]].


The reason for this is simply that the ''Citizendium'' will never have an adequate number of contributors to do the work. The "class" of article here depends on certain types that are in many cases fairly easy to spot. For example, we should not write an article about an undistinguished, perfectly ordinary school unless we can write articles about all such schools; we should not write an article about a county in Connecticut unless we can write articles about all counties in the United States; and so forth. An example of a class of article that it seems we will never have the contributors to maintain is: ''all named roads.'' What the future has in store could surprise us, however, so it is important not to be dogmatic here.
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Only editors may mark articles for deletion on grounds of non-maintainability.
''This proposal requires the deletion of CZ Maintainability Policy , defined as: "Maintainability is the CZ policy that an article be of a class whereby all of the articles of the class have the possibility of being written"''


Reducing redundancy by merging several small articles that treat more or less the same subject may increase maintainability.
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The ''Citizendium'' does not have a "notability" policy.
 
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Latest revision as of 18:16, 26 February 2021

See instead CZ:Article Inclusion Policy

Per Editorial Council decision on December 6th 2010, the policy on Maintainability has been superseded by a new policy on Article inclusion.

(Transcluded from the body of the passed proposal)

This proposal requires the deletion of CZ Maintainability Policy , defined as: "Maintainability is the CZ policy that an article be of a class whereby all of the articles of the class have the possibility of being written"

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