The nLab was founded on the principle that there is nobody who would be the one in charge of the nLab .
But for all matters where an official decision-taking process is unavoidable we had for the period October 2009–June 2026 a few regular contributors assembled voluntarily in a “steering committee”. Its purpose was to make official decisions without which the whole Lab project would run into trouble.
The primordial steering committee was formed in this -Forum discussion. The committee was announced as being dissolved in this discussion:
The steering committee has decided in light of how operations of the nLab have changed over time that its services are no longer required. References to its historical role in the nLab will be left on meta-type pages (this is mentioned on the nLab’s Wikipedia page), which can be updated with a citation to the relevant nLab page that mentions the now-changed arrangements), but otherwise no claims as to its ongoing capacity to intervene as a body of last resort; this is being handled differently now.
Last revised on June 3, 2026 at 09:13:01. See the history of this page for a list of all contributions to it.