[textop] Steward-program

Hi all,

I have one issues, which I started to discuss with Larry, but let us continue 
here. The issue is to sketch the system of editoring the Outline project. 

First I was mislead by a text in the description, and I thought that there will 
be nothing like a steward-program in this project, but Larry assured me that 
there will be some kind of editorial-system. Why is this needed? The 
outline-project is not simply a Wikiquote project. The books are not only 
outlined by a bunch of quotes, but the quotes are organized, structured and 
interpreted.

There are a lot of decisions and a lot of things to disagree here. So a system 
is needed to resolve disputes, and produce high quality. Learning from the 
critics of Wikipedia, in the Digital Universe the steward-program is 
introduced. But what are the details?

In my opinion a system like this would be appropriate:

1) When we choose a steward for an area, or for a book an important aspect is 
if the candidate has background in that area, and how strong that is.

2) Of course other personal skills are also important, I do not think that I 
have to list them here, thatâs not my main point.

3) Stewards can be nominated from above and also by anybody else. A nomination 
from above certainly has a great impact.

4) Stewards are appointed after elections. Some kind of rules of voting have to 
be constructed.

5) Stewards are responsible for their area.

6) Stewards have to have technical possibilities and rights to maintain their 
area. 

7) Learning the lesson from Wikipedia. Each document be produced has to have a 
working version, and a published version. Any collaborator may work on the 
working version, but only the editor can publish it.

8) Stewards have to be re-elected in a periodical interval.

9) Stewards may be banned in a democratic way, if contributors are not 
satisfied with him. (More strict rules)

10) Administrators can not be stewards and vice versa.

This way I think a truly democratic but structured system can be built up, 
which can produce a high-quality output.

Matthias

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