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'''Citizendium''' originally described itself as a "citizens' compendium of everything", an open [[wiki]] project dedicated to creating a free, comprehensive, and ''reliable'' repository of structured knowledge.  It was founded in 2007 and has gone through two major governance models before its [[CZ:Governance|current one]].
'''Citizendium''' is a wiki for providing free knowledge where authors use their real names.  We write the kinds of encyclopedia-style articles that Wikipedia can't write, regarding information as a public good and welcoming anyone who wants to share their knowledge on virtually any subject.  Our online community prides itself on being congenial and supportive.
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The community is built on the principles of trust and respect; contributors, or "citizens", work under their own real names.  As of 2020, we are focused on creating articles that are useful and that for various reasons probably could not be written in Wikipedia; more about our current operations is [[CZ:Introduction_to_CZ_for_Wikipedians#Why Citizendium?|here]].


We are a growing community, and we'd like to invite you to join us in building Citizendium! ''Please use our {{ApplicationForm}}''.
We are a growing community, and we'd like to invite you to join us in building Citizendium! ''Please use our {{ApplicationForm}}''.
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Revision as of 10:52, 7 December 2022

Citizendium is a wiki for providing free knowledge where authors use their real names. We write the kinds of encyclopedia-style articles that Wikipedia can't write, regarding information as a public good and welcoming anyone who wants to share their knowledge on virtually any subject. Our online community prides itself on being congenial and supportive.

We are a growing community, and we'd like to invite you to join us in building Citizendium! Please use our

We are no longer using Google Docs to take applications. Please do this instead: Instructions for joining this wiki..

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