I haven't read many of the links, but I think this comment from Larry sums it all up:
"Authors are not welcome to engineer editorial policy."
From reading the introduction info to Citizendium, I understood that
Editors were there to lend expert advice on their subject area only, in other areas they are just like Authors. They weren't meant to have any power beyond that. There is certainly nothing there to suggest that policy decisions will lie with the editors. Their expertise is in their subject area, not policy making.
I have nothing to do with Citizendium because I don't like having the jump through hoops signing up to a site before I can even read it. I was considering getting involved once it was out of beta and it could be read without signing up. I very much doubt I'll bother, now.