Archive:Proposals (old)

This is a proposed page where general proposals can be made by the community-at-large under various topics.

The justification for having this page is that all serious policy proposals would be able to have a central location on-wiki that everyone could see, monitor, and make comments on.

Additionally, this page will be a feeding point for those proposals to make it up the various ladders for adjudication. It is not recommended that actual policy is to be established in ad-hoc style or by de facto on this page--rather, it facilitates the ability to make proposals and represent community evaluations.

This will provide a better scope for members, as not everyone is involved in the forums, as well as are recipients of dispatches from the various mailing lists.

How to make a proposal

Part of making a clear proposal is stating what your proposal is, as well as providing statements that support your argument. Making a proposal without any reasoning will probably not be viewed very well, or convincing. The justifications for your proposal should be written neatly, and succinctly.

Example:

Proposal: The Citizendium Logo should be colored red.

Justification(s):

1. Red is a good, bright indicator color
2. Red draws attention
3. Red is known for it's "bold" appeal
4. Red is used to indicate something important

How not to make a proposal

Bad proposals are not supported by any statements, and are not formatted well.

Example:

Proposal; the citiz should use green. I like green as a color, it looks better.

Queue

See CZ:Proposals/Queue for a queue of proposals if this page becomes policy.