Author instructions
From CC Monitor
Virtually all pages on this wiki have some auto-generated components, such as automatically updated tables and graphs, that the user editing a particular page should not tamper with (these appear usually as one line in the source text of the article when in 'edit' mode. Apart from that, users are invited to edit pages as they see fit, although at least initially, we will not be offering permission to edit for all. We will first invite people with an interest and knowledge of the topics to help us grow the content on this site.
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[edit] Formatting
We will try to follow a consistent format for every article, although certain deviations may be necessary and useful. It is probably not productive to attempt to limit every contributor to a rigidly defined template, but we do wish to maintain some consistency and contributed articles will be edited when they diverge too much from the set standards. Look at other articles to get a feel for what they look like before writing.
[edit] Content criteria
With respect to the quality standard that we wish to set for this online resource and the writing style that we would like to encourage, it is fair to say that we will encourage a Wikipedia-like set of guidelines, although we must recognize that (a) as CC changes, so will this resource, so articles will not always be up-to-date, (b) this project has academic roots and is funded in part by research grants, so articles will sometimes be speculative in nature and hypothesizing on possible explanations, factors or future paths for CC adoption and use (unlike in Wikipedia, see rule on no original research), and finally (c) many of the contributors to this resource will have some degree of personal involvement in Creative Commons or related initiatives, so it may be difficult to always assume a neutral point of view, although we will strive towards this ideal where possible.
[edit] Citations
In any case, we strongly encourage the use of citations and the addition of a reference section at the end of each article (and equally discourage plagiarism and misinformation). Only credible sources of information should be cited, to the extent that the author can ascertain their credibility, and references can include online articles, printed articles and books, websites or data repositories, etc. In cases where the author may need to resort to (hopefully always informed) speculation or may wish to cite a source whose credibility is doubtful or in any case difficult to ascertain, the language of the article should be changed to indicate a different level of trust in the source and in the statements that it relates to within the article.
[edit] License and terms of use
Please note that all content on this website, unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. When you contribute content that you have authored, you agree to license everything you post under the same Creative Commons license. In cases where you may post content that you do not own the rights to, you must clearly indicate the source and license/copyright of said content and limit yourself to the confines of fair use (i.e. include only the most relevant parts of the material and not the whole work, etc.). If the material you wish to add is already hosted at another website, linking to the source page is always good practice.
[edit] How to get access
If you wish to help us improve the quantity and quality of the content on this site and have relevant knowledge, but cannot edit articles when you try to, please introduce yourself with an email to: monitor at creative commons
Project initiated by Creative Commons and the Communications and New Media Programme of the National University of Singapore, with support from the Social Science Research Council and the Ford Foundation.
