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==Founding principles==

==Founding principles==

# The ownership and management of the new forum should all be self-identifying persons with legitimate biographies that map to real-world authenticity.

# Our forum will respectfully feature thoughtful, substantiated, objective criticism of the problems presented by unethical, unprofessional practices of information management on the Internet.  Participants will use ethical journalistic practice in order to describe documented situations involving these issues.  Fueling of "drama" and interpersonal conflicts will be discouraged where possible. However, it may be necessary to discuss individual participants on particular websites in specific situations, such as to exemplify "conflict of interest" problems.

# The targeted audience of the new forum would be journalists who write in the area of technology and media, academics who research these subjects, and the general public.  Some of those in the targeted audience will not have an understanding of the inner workings of Wikipedia and other site policies, as well as the jargon often used there.   

# Both the ownership and administrative management of the new forum shall all be self-identifying persons with legitimate biographies that map to real-world authenticity.

# Topical discussions will not be limited to Wikipedia.  Other sites for examination may include Google Knol, Citizendium, Wikia, Biographicon, Veropedia, Encyclopedia Dramatica, etc.  We can discuss all matter of social, political, commercial, and academic consequences of any of the following:

# The target audience of the forum will be journalists who publish and broadcast in the areas of technology and information, academics whose research touches these subjects, and the general public.  Some of those in the targeted audience will not have an intimate understanding of the inner workings and jargon of subject site policies (e.g., Wikipedia has an extremely complex rule set), so our forum will attempt to address such intricacies by spelling them out in layman's terms.   

#* Crowdsourcing

# Topical discussions will not be limited to Wikipedia.  Other Internet sites for examination may include Google Knol, Citizendium, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikia, Biographicon, Veropedia, Encyclopedia Dramatica, etc.  We can discuss all matter of social, political, commercial, and academic consequences of any of the following:

#* Free licenses, the "Free culture movement", and copyright issues

#* User-generated content

#* Free licenses, the "Free culture movement", and copyright violations

#* Wikis

#* Wikis

#* Section 230 considerations

#* Section 230 considerations

#* Anonymity and privacy on the Internet

#* Anonymity and privacy on the Internet

# Participants in the discussion may elect to do so from behind a pseudonymous cloak, but they will be advised that their opinions and status as participants shall carry less "cachet" (clout, gravitas, etc.) than those who self-identify and participate transparently.

# Participants in the discussion may elect to do so from behind a pseudonymous cloak, but they will be advised that their opinions and status as participants shall carry less "cachet" (clout, gravitas, etc.) than those who self-identify and participate transparently.

==Format==

==Format==