Project:Editing Policy

1. User Eligibility and Account Requirements

1.1. Verified University Affiliation: Only users with accounts tied to a verified umich.edu email address may create or edit content on the Central Student Government (hereinafter "CSG") Wiki. All prospective editors must complete the account verification process by confirming their umich.edu email address before gaining editing privileges.

1.2. Account Responsibility: Users are responsible for all edits made under their account and must not share access credentials with others. All users are considered third-party information content providers responsible for their own contributions.

2. Content Standards and Sourcing

2.1. Factual Information Requirement: All content must be based solely on factual information from the CSG public record.

2.2. Citation Requirement: Every substantive claim or statement must be cited to a verifiable CSG official document or record.

2.3. Prohibited Sources:

• Personal knowledge
• Hearsay or secondhand information
• Social media posts (unless they are official CSG communications)
• News articles that do not directly and correctly cite the CSG public record

2.4. Election Information Limitations: Information from elections is limited to official election results, party affiliations, and other information found in official filings with CSG.

2.5. Neutral Point of View: All content must be written from a neutral point of view, presenting information factually without bias or opinion.

3. Conflict of Interest Policy

3.1. Self-Editing Prohibition: Users may not write about or edit pages concerning:

• Themselves
• Projects they have directly worked on
• Organizations they are currently affiliated with

3.2. Providing Information: Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the suggestion of draft edits or additions by a conflicted individual to another individual. If an individual makes a publication on behalf of another, the publishing individual remains liable for the contents of their publication.

3.3. Secretarial Exception: Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit individuals performing purely secretarial tasks from contributing to this site on corresponding matters.

4. Scope of Content

4.1. Eligible Subjects: Articles may only be created about CSG officials as defined by the Governing Documents and projects, happenings, and other matters within the official scope of CSG.

4.2. Prohibited Content: The following content is not permitted:

• Forecasts about future CSG actions or decisions
• Non-public personal details about CSG officials or public details not relevant to their official duties
• Content that falls outside the scope of CSG operations and governance

5. Enforcement and Violations

5.1. Egregious Violations: The following actions will result in a permanent ban:

• Intentional vandalism
• Insertion of false information
• Harassment or personal attacks
• Violation of university policies or law
• Attempting to circumvent technical restrictions

5.2. Standard Violations: The following actions will result in a warning followed by a permanent ban for repeated offenses:

• Violating the factuality requirement
• Failing to provide proper citations
• Minor conflict of interest violations
• Creating articles outside the scope of CSG
• Formatting or style violations

5.3. Appeals Process: Banned users may submit an administrative appeal to the Student General Counsel within 14 days of a ban.

6. Technical Requirements

6.1. Bots and Automated Editing: The use of bots or automated editing tools is prohibited without explicit authorization.

6.2. Edit Rate Limiting: To prevent spam and ensure quality control, users are limited to a reasonable number of edits per day.

6.3. File Uploads: Only relevant documents and images directly related to CSG may be uploaded, subject to university policies and copyright law.

7. Page Structure and Formatting

7.1. Standard Templates: Editors must use the provided templates for:

• To be updated

7.2. Naming Conventions: Pages must follow established naming conventions:

• Individual pages: "FirstName LastName
• Project pages: "Project Name (Year)"
• Sub-organization pages (e.g. "Assembly"): "Sub-organization Name"
• CSJ cases: "Complainant v. Respondent (Year)"
• Legislation: "Short title"

7.3. Categories: All pages must be properly categorized according to the established taxonomy.

8. Review and Oversight

8.1. Content Review: The Department of Legal Affairs maintains oversight of wiki content and may:

• Review any edit or new page
• Request changes to ensure compliance with policies
• Remove content that violates these policies

8.2. Policy Updates: This policy may be updated by the Department of Legal Affairs at any time and without notice.

8.3. Disclaimer: Please view disclaimers on the disclaimers page.