OpenPolitics.ca : open politics itself

Link to this page, open politics itself, when trying to define, apply, interpret, situate, restate or alter the definition of open politics, e.g. contest or extend the open politics principles. Please note that this is not the same as openpolitics.ca itself which is a web service, nor the same as open politics web, nor the same as the open politics foundation which takes on responsibility for tracking one, but not approving or censoring any other, extant definition of the concept.

We do real politics at open politics itself. Thus:

our administrator guidelines are troll-friendly
our senior editor guidelines emphasize equal power relationships and do not assume any authority
- instead, senior editors help other regular editors to elaborate the evidence/source/authority for their claims, controversial and otherwise
we prefer democratic structuring to command hierarchy
the political virtues are advisable, even to trolls
sticks and stones? will break our bones, but words will never hurt us - still, try to keep this from being a libel pit
explicit bias?, tendency, faction and party? declarations are welcome, indeed encouraged
self-assess?ment is also welcome and encouraged, especially re: the Four Pillars or political virtues
self-interview? is also welcome and encouraged, to help others know you better and find common interests
debate by edit is encouraged over debate by comment?
we take consensus decision making very seriously
we apply the twelve levers as efficienty as we can
we discourage technological escalation, e.g. resolving disputes by force
we welcome politics as usual, e.g. negative campaign ad?s, up to but not over the limits of libel in the Province of Quebec - see terms of use

For a general cite link see en: wikipedia: politics.