My understanding is that at present, only editors can nominate articles and thereby begin the approval process. Of course, authors are free to ask editors to approve or support an article for approval.
We've discussed ways to expand the system at various times in the past but this has never elicited a definite proposal to the Editorial Council. --Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: Anton Sweeney [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:50 AM > To: Citizendium general project announcement list > Cc: Citizendium editors announcement list > Subject: Re: [Citizendium-l] Approval milestones > > > Can I ask for some clarification on the approvals process - > can an author nominate one of their "own" articles to begin > the approval process, or should this only be done by an editor? > > Regards, > > Anton > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Larry Sanger > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mail from Joe Quick (active citizen & member of the Executive > > Committee) > > > > ---- > > Approval milestones > > > > Citizendium is now approaching 100 approved articles! A > few more than > > that and we'll reach another milestone: 1% of our articles will be > > approved articles. > > > > With that in mind, I'd like to ask all of our active > workgroup editors > > to take a moment to consider which other articles are ready for > > approval. (You might want to have another look at our approval > > standards: > http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Approval_standards) If you > > don't feel qualified to approve the article yourself, then please > > consider inviting one or more colleagues to join the > project and offer > > to help them through the process. > > > > If you have any questions, just contact a constable or swing by my > > talk page. Joe Quick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Citizendium-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l > > > _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
