CZ Talk:FAQ

This badly needs updating and expansion. Please do feel to dive in, folks. --Larry Sanger 12:42, 6 September 2007 (CDT)

Here's one that, as a newer contributor, I've been wondering about.... What exactly is the approval process? When are articles ready for that process, and who decides that?Joshua Knapp 09:25, 11 February 2008 (CST)

Also, this page is, IMO, a little hard to find. I didn't even know it existed until Stephen Ewen's e-mail in the CZ-L. I'm wondering, once the FAQ is closer to where it should be, could a link to it be added over on the left? Like with "Main Page" and "Random Page"?Joshua Knapp 09:46, 11 February 2008 (CST)

You can read up on the approval process here - CZ:Approval Process. Approved article standards are here - CZ:Approval Standards. --Todd Coles 10:34, 11 February 2008 (CST)

Expert-led?

I'm going to be bold here and delete this phrase from the "what is CZ" FAQ. Here's my rationale and I saw this public reaction at a public lecture at which Dr. Sanger spoke. People feel that (1) the experts are in control so that CZ is nothing more than the university but this time online and, therefore, not open to or tolerant of people with lesser knowledge. Hey, I might know a little something about the Heavy Metal Umlaut, but the "experts" don't want that sort of thing on "their" encyclopedia. And (2) since people aren't "experts" they feel that they aren't qualified to contribute.

The main point I see that separates CZ from other encyclopedias is its commitment to credibility. Experts are just one of the means by which that credibility is established (real names is another). But I think that an emphasis on "expert-led" is leading CZ away from its participant base.

I am not criticizing the policies here. Experts should be editors and approve articles. But putting the whole "expert" issue in everybody's face is turning off a lot of people. My $1.25 --Russell D. Jones 12:18, 11 February 2008 (CST)