How to propose a wiki page for group approval

Community members are encouraged to add to the wiki. Because of this, it is useful that pages be clearly tagged as speaking for the BioPAX workgroup as a whole vs. representing the opinions of the author.

To request that a wiki page be promoted to "Approved" status i.e. become an official page endorsed by the BioPAX workgroup or an officially delegated committee
 * 1) Place the page on a meeting agenda by editing the agenda wiki page reasonably ahead of the meeting (the earlier the better).
 * 2) Mark the top of the page with "Draft, candidate for promotion".
 * 3) Use the 'discussion' top link to handle all discussions regarding the page.
 * 4) If at the meeting, attendees decide the page speaks for the BioPAX workgroup or delegated committee, then record this on the page by placing text similar to "This page was approved at the BioPAX telephone meeting of 3 August 2005 by the BioPAX Workgroup." at the bottom of the page.

Tips to speed approval
 * Make sure the page is concise to encourage people to read and comment. Background material, such as history and longer explanations of the rationale, should be placed on the /Discussion subpage.
 * Send an email to the discussion list describing why you are requesting page promotion and requesting that meeting attendees read the page in advance and discuss the page in common forums. This will let people who don't check the meeting agenda often know to prepare and might generate useful discussion before the approval process.
 * In general, the page should be discussed and generally approved before the meeting so that the meeting doesn't get overloaded with discussion. The meeting should mainly serve to 'officially' approve the page. The more agreement can be worked out before the meeting, the quicker the page will be approved.
 * Do not include 'draft' or 'proposal' in the name of the page so that the page retains the same name and change history throughout the process of promotion.
 * Delegated committees that have approved their own pages by this process can optionally submit a page to be approved to the BioPAX workgroup.

See also How to discuss a wiki page

This process is based on the policy for Authority Of Pages