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# The ownership and management of the new forum should all be self-identifying persons with legitimate biographies that map to real-world authenticity.
# The ownership and management of the new forum should all be self-identifying persons with legitimate biographies that map to real-world authenticity.
# 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. Many of those in the targeted audience would probably not have an understanding of the inner working of Wikipedia policy and of the "jargon" generally used there.
# Topical discussions need not be limited to Wikipedia. We can discuss all matter of social, political, commercial, and academic consequences of any of the following:
# Topical discussions need not be limited to Wikipedia. We can discuss all matter of social, political, commercial, and academic consequences of any of the following:
#* Crowdsourcing
#* Crowdsourcing
#* 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.
# Emphasis would be on neutral, objective criticism of the issues described above using ethical journalistic practice in order to describe documented situations involving these issues, with as little discussion of "WikiDrama" and interpersonal issues as possible. However, it might be necessary to discuss individual editors of Wikipedia in specific situations, such as Conflict of interest issues.
==Format==
==Format==
