Content Moderation Policies and Guidelines: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 02:36, 25 July 2023

Content Moderation Policies

Volunteers from ASDSO's Dam Design and Construction Committee moderate and maintain the Dam Safety Toolbox website. All suggested content edits and additions, regardless of how large or small, must be reviewed and accepted by a moderator before they appear to the public on the website.
Responsibilities of moderators include monitoring and updating the site, moderating and editing suggested edits for consistency in style and formatting, and coordinating with subject matter experts as needed. Minor edits (e.g., updates to hyperlinks, editorial revisions, etc.) can be moderated and approved for publication by Website Moderators.
Subject matter experts are responsible for reviewing large content edits and additions of technical content to ensure that they meet the current State-of-the-Practice. Once approval from a subject matter expert is obtained, Website Moderators are responsible for seeing that they edits are published on the site as approved by the subject matter expert.
ASDSO reserves the right to suspend edit suggestion privileges of contributors that purposely and continually suggest edits that are inaccurate, biased, or promote products and/or services.
ASDSO reserves the right to modify the Moderation Policies and Guidelines as needed. ASDSO also reserves the right to restrict any contributors from adding to the website if they violate the policies outlined herein.

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 == Content Moderation Policies ==
-# Volunteers from ASDSO's Dam Design and Construction Committee moderate and maintain the Dam Safety Toolbox website. All suggested content edits and additions, regardless of how large or small, must be reviewed and accepted by a Moderator before they appear to the public on the website.</br></br>
+# Volunteers from ASDSO's Dam Design and Construction Committee moderate and maintain the Dam Safety Toolbox website. All suggested content edits and additions, regardless of how large or small, must be reviewed and accepted by a moderator before they appear to the public on the website.</br></br>
-# Subject Matter Experts are responsible for reviewing large content edits and additions of technical content to ensure that they meet the current State-of-the-Practice. Once approval from a Subject Matter Expert is obtained, Website Editors and Moderators are then responsible for the maintenance of the page; keeping it up to date, and reviewing any proposed edits to the page.</br></br>
+# Responsibilities of moderators include monitoring and updating the site, moderating and editing suggested edits for consistency in style and formatting, and coordinating with subject matter experts as needed. Minor edits (e.g., updates to hyperlinks, editorial revisions, etc.) can be moderated and approved for publication by Website Moderators.</br></br>
-# Moderators and Website Editors will consult with a Subject Matter Expert for further clarification of an edit before publication, if needed.</br></br>
+# Subject matter experts are responsible for reviewing large content edits and additions of technical content to ensure that they meet the current State-of-the-Practice. Once approval from a subject matter expert is obtained, Website Moderators are responsible for seeing that they edits are published on the site as approved by the subject matter expert.</br></br>
-# ASDSO reserves the right to suspend users that purposely and continually suggest edits that are inaccurate, unbiased, or promote products and / or services after having been warned.</br></br>
+# ASDSO reserves the right to suspend edit suggestion privileges of contributors that purposely and continually suggest edits that are inaccurate, biased, or promote products and/or services.</br></br>
+# ASDSO reserves the right to modify the Moderation Policies and Guidelines as needed. ASDSO also reserves the right to restrict any contributors from adding to the website if they violate the policies outlined herein.</br></br>
-== Content Moderation Guidelines ==
-* [[Formatting Guidelines | Common Formatting Issues]]
-* [[Guidelines for Editing an Existing Page | Editing an Existing Page / Reporting a Problem]]
-* [[Guidelines for Creating a Topic Page | Creating a Topic Page]]
-* [[Guidelines for Creating a Best Practices Resource Page | Creating a Best Practices Resource Page]]
-* [[Guidelines for Creating a Training Page | Creating a Training Page]]
-* [[Guidelines for Creating an Example Page | Creating an Example Page]]
-* [[Guidelines for Uploading New Files | Uploading a File]]
-* [[Guidelines for Deleting or Moving a Page | Deleting or Moving a Page]]
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