Thanks John!
I appreciate both your kind compliments and your concerns here!
I have thought about this and basically there are two paths to choose from and they can be combined.
To begin with, I will act as editor, since I am the responsible publisher from a legal standpoint. I will have to approve of any comment or post before they become public. This also ensures that the site structure is held intact. So, sending material to the site does not guarantee that it will be published. You may have to rewrite parts and if it is deemed irrelevant it might not be approved at all. With that said, I would love to see an influx of info, thoughts, experiences, advice and research.
I might add some trusted people as co-editors later to act as QC, but nothing is decided there. It is important however, that every contributor still feels that the site is independent and does not serve the interest of any organization, club or individual. A certain neutrality is vital. HROARR is not supposed to become its own organization. I want to keep it as flat as possible.
Also, I think that, since it will be a very public project and since anyone can comment on articles and posts, such inaccuracies and stupidities would receive a certain amount of criticism. A "peer court" if you will.
How far I as editor can let such criticism go is of course important to consider, but as you may know I am strongly against censorship and will only censor things that are really offensive or break the law. And since the whole idea is to encourage debate and collaboration inaccurate posts could actually spark that.
These things are important, but at the same time as quality is important, we also have to keep in mind that people can learn how to do things properly through collaborating with others and by making their thoughts and interpretations public. If the standards are kept too high, many will not dare to publish their thoughts and ideas, which is a shame. I encourage everyone to get it out and talk about it.
I am sorry I don't have a clear answer here. I hope that the quality will be good and I will do my best to keep it up, but I do not want to scare less experienced writers or researchers away. They are just as important and I would rather try to help them instead.
I used to be a language teacher so I have some experience in teaching writing. I also have close family ties to archaeologists and pedagogues to take advise from.
