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|width="50%" align=top|'''[[CZ:Topics in the News]]''' | |width="50%" align=top|'''[[CZ:Topics in the News]]''' | ||
*[[Benazir Bhutto]] assassinated | *'''[[Benazir Bhutto]] assassinated''' | ||
*[[2008 United States presidential election]] regularly updated as the [[Iowa Caucus]] approaches | *'''[[2008 United States presidential election]] regularly updated''' as the [[Iowa Caucus]] approaches | ||
|width="50%" align=top|'''Events''' | |width="50%" align=top|'''Events''' | ||
*'''We turned one year old!''' [http://www.citizendium.org/oneyearandthriving.html following our first birthday, a summary report] was written in October by CZ's [[User:Larry_Sanger|Editor in Chief]], Larry Sanger outlining our accomplishments! | *'''We turned one year old!''' [http://www.citizendium.org/oneyearandthriving.html following our first birthday, a summary report] was written in October by CZ's [[User:Larry_Sanger|Editor in Chief]], Larry Sanger outlining our accomplishments! | ||
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|width="50%"|'''Project Initiatives!''' | |width="50%"|'''Project Initiatives!''' | ||
* The [[CZ:CORE|Core Article Initiative]]: a massive list developed in order to shift article creation focus to developing the most popular-referenced articles | * '''The [[CZ:CORE|Core Article Initiative]]''': a massive list developed in order to shift article creation focus to developing the most popular-referenced articles | ||
*[[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium]]: A program created to pair graduate programs and seminars with CZ in order to create high-quality entries! | *'''[[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium]]''': A program created to pair graduate programs and seminars with CZ in order to create high-quality entries! | ||
*An [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon|article-writing "kegger"]] that proved extremely popular and successful! It even spawned a sister initiative, known as the [[CZ:Geography_Workgroup/Gazetteer/Geogra-thon|The Geogra-thon]]! | *'''An [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon|article-writing "kegger"]]''' that proved extremely popular and successful! It even spawned a sister initiative, known as the [[CZ:Geography_Workgroup/Gazetteer/Geogra-thon|The Geogra-thon]]! | ||
*The [[CZ:New Draft of the Week|Draft of the Week]] and | *'''The [[CZ:New Draft of the Week|Draft of the Week]] and [[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]''': both samplings of not only articles that have great beginnings but that are also well developed. | ||
*The [[CZ:Subpages|Subpages initiative]] was created in order to provide a better organization of everything related to a particular article topic; Programming by [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] | *The [[CZ:Subpages|Subpages initiative]] was created in order to provide a better organization of everything related to a particular article topic; Programming by [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] | ||
|width="50%"|'''Technical Initiatives''' | |width="50%"|'''Technical Initiatives''' | ||
* | *'''Exhaustive documentation initiative for both [[CZ:Templates|templates]] and [[CZ:Extensions|extensions]]''', to create an easy reference guide for the user base. Stop by and see some extensions you might not know we already have | ||
*A proposed [[CZ:Technical Team|workgroup for the technical team]], to collate wiki developments into a central location | *'''A proposed [[CZ:Technical Team|workgroup for the technical team]]''', to collate wiki developments into a central location | ||
'''Exciting Developments!''' | '''Exciting Developments!''' | ||
*[http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1421.0.html Brainstorming to ramp up writing, recruitment, retainment, and approval] in the coming year! ''Everyone'' please comment if you have not already. | *'''[http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1421.0.html Brainstorming to ramp up writing, recruitment, retainment, and approval] in the coming year!''' ''Everyone'' please comment if you have not already. | ||
* A new method for requesting and authorizing accounts, developed by [[User:Aaron_Schulz|Aaron Schulz]] in order to expedite account creation | * '''A new method for requesting and authorizing accounts''', developed by [[User:Aaron_Schulz|Aaron Schulz]] in order to expedite account creation | ||
*Extensive | *'''Extensive development of the [[CZ:Upload Wizard]]''' to make media uploading friendly for both new and seasoned contributors, developed by [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]]. [[CZ:Media_Assets_Workgroup/Development|Help is needed to make it still better]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:22, 31 December 2007
| Happy New Year!
Welcome to Citizendium's monthly news report, The Citizen! Hosted on a CC-by-sa-3.0 Unported licensed knowledge base! We begin our first issue in 2008; Citizendium has reached almost five-thousand articles, a license having been chosen(see press release here), and because more is planned as a part of the project's advancement it feels appropriate to begin the recap project now. | |
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Project Initiatives!
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Robert W King 09:58, 31 December 2007 (CST)