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Welcome!

This is the home page of the Citizendium project. It's a notice board and central launch point for community pages. From here, you can get started, get technical help, read about content policy, explore our articles and organization, and much more.
We're deeply committed to making a reliable, free, and enormous general reference. We've shown to our delight that we can create a more mature wiki community, open to the public, led by experts, with all using their own identities; we're in it for the long haul.

Won't you join in?



Launch Point
Register
Everyone needed. Reply within 24 hours.
About us
What exactly is going on here, anyway?
FAQ
A variety of common questions.
Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians
Are you a Wikipedian? This is for you.
How to edit an article
The techie nitty-gritty; WikiMedia markup
Start article with subpages
Like those subpages? Here's a tool.
The Article Checklist
How we keep track of data about articles.
Subpage template
Technical intro to subpages
Approval Standards
What's a good Citizendium article like?
Article Mechanics
Essential; a guide to mechanics and style
Subpages
We're not just an encyclopedia. See what else.
Converting Wikipedia to Citizendium
If you must upload that Wikipedia article, read this.
Live articles
Articles we're working on.
Approved
Articles editors have approved.
Developed
Well advanced articles.
All Checklisted
All articles we're tracking with the checklist.
Workgroups
Workgroups are devoted to different subjects.
Personnel
Lists of editors, authors, etc.
Contact
Talk to us.
Donate
Your tax-free donation: a tremendous bang for the buck.
Requested Articles
Want a specific article written? Ask here.
Feedback Requests
Want feedback for your article? Ask here.
Article of the Week
Nominate and vote for highlighted articles.
Monthly Write-a-Thon
Encouragement for the best new articles.
Talk Pages
Where and how to discuss articles.
Mailing lists
Announcements. See CZ-L, CZ-Editors, and CZ-Tools.
Forums
The "town hall" of the project.
Blog
Outward-facing news and discussion.
The Editor Role
Basic instructions for editors.
Approval Process
How editors approve articles.
Article Deletion Policy
Explains the grounds for deleting articles.
Editor Application Review Procedure
How we review editor applications.
Members
The volunteers who oversee our content policy.
Resolutions
What we've passed, what we're working on.
How to Make a Resolution
An introduction for Council members.
Suggestion Box
Have an idea for the Council to take up?
Application Review Procedure
How constables review author applications.
Professionalism
Act professionally; here's how.
Constabulary Blocking Procedures
Constables in extreme cases can block accounts.
Article Deletion Policy
Article types constables can delete.



Notice Board
September 8, 2007
We're pushing toward 3,000 articles for our September 15 anniversary. It would be great if you would add a couple new articles within the next week!
Notice all the many changes to the way our community pages are now organized. CZ:Home will be the new home page for our community pages. For details about what I (LMS) have been doing to the pages, see CZ:Community Pages. I hope you like the changes.
September 5, 2007
The big monthly "Write-a-Thon," takes place this Wednesday (September 5, which starts on September 4, 1200 UTC, in New Zealand, and ends on September 6, 1000 UTC, in Hawaii). Come start a new article, edit a new article, and join a global rolling party! The last time was lots of fun and created bunches of free, excellent content. So let's do it again!
CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon
If you need an excuse to spend some "quality time" on the wiki, this is it.