On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 11:52:50 PM UTC+2, Norman Megill wrote:
>
> ...
> As was already mentioned, there is no section called "Commons". There is a 
> section called "(Future - to be reviewed and classified)" that possibly 
> could be renamed as discussed here:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/metamath/UwTUuNPgaB0/NdWefzG4AgAJ
> The purpose of this section is to provide a place for theorems needed by 2 
> or more mathboxes that otherwise don't currently have a place elsewhere in 
> set.mm. While I'm not rejecting your proposal out of hand, your work 
> would not immediately be needed by 2 mathboxes, and to me it doesn't really 
> fit in with the purpose of this section. I would prefer that you use a 
> mathbox like everyone else.
>

I was not aware of section "(Future - to be reviewed and classified)" until 
now (sorry, Norm, that I did not noticed it in your post on April 25, 
2020).  In this post, it is written:

3. Note that we already have a section called "(Future - to be reviewed and 
> classified)" http://us.metamath.org/mpeuni/mmtheorems.html#dtl:17.3 that 
> was added primarily for the purpose of the "Commons" you mention. If people 
> think that renaming it to "Commons" would be more intuitive, that's fine 
> with me. Maybe "(Commons - to be reviewed and classified eventually)".
>

I would propose to move this section into part *PART 21  SUPPLEMENTARY 
MATERIAL (USER'S MATHBOXES)* 
<http://us2.metamath.org/mpeuni/mmtheorems275.html#mm27487h>, maybe as 
section "21.2 Mathbox for Commons". In the section header, it could be 
described in more detail what this section contains and how it should be 
used: definitions/theorems to be reviewed and classified eventually, not 
yet mature enough to be contained in the main body of set.mm, processed by 
more than one person, used in a personal mathbox, etc. - and which rules 
should be obeyed (additional content should be available in a personal 
mathbox for some time before, review during a PR recommended, contents 
should not be deleted or significantly modified without asking the 
contributor, etc.). The main reason to treat this section as mathbox is 
that the definitions/theorems of this section should be treated as if they 
were contained in a mathbox (e.g. should not be used by minimize by 
default). According to the existing rule, the definitions/theorems of this 
section should be moved to the main body if they are used in at least 2 
personal mathboxes. As I have written already before, the 
definitions/theorems of this section could be regarded as "release 
candidates" for the main body of set.mm.

>
> Nonetheless, if we are to place your work directly in the main part of 
> set.mm, it needs to be of high quality and vetted. It would be good if 
> you post here the new definitions you propose and provide a description or 
> outline of what theorems you intend to prove. Could you do that? Thanks.
>

I agree with Norm that the general rule should still be to provide new 
proposals in a (personal) mathbox first (to demonstrate a certain amount of 
maturity). Exceptions could be granted if such a demonstration is provided 
on another way, e.g. by a post in the Google group as Norm proposed, or as 
"issue" in GitHub.

Alexander

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