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):
- Red is a good, bright indicator color
- Red draws attention
- Red is known for it's "bold" appeal
- 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.