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{{Getting Started}}
Use the search box to check for articles that already exist.  See [[CZ:Content Policy|Allowed Topics]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to.
=Start it—two ways=
=Start it—two ways=
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<center><font size="4">1. The easy way</font></center>
<center><font size="4">1. The easy way</font></center>
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Type the title of your new article in the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and you've begun!  You can use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist.  See [[CZ:Topic Choice|Topic Choice]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to.
This article will lack subpages (gray tabs across the top of an article), but those can be added later.
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<center><font size="4">2. The complete way, with subpages</font></center>
<center><font size="4">2. The complete way, with [[CZ:Creating_an_article_with_subpages|subpages]]</font></center>
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Do you want to start an article with [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]]?
The link on the right will create a new, blank article ''with'' subpages, or if the article exists, it will create the Metadata needed for subpages.
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<big>'''[[Special:MetadataForm|Create new article with subpages]].'''</big><br>
<br>&nbsp;<br>''but you can do it anyway, with patience; read'' [[CZ:Creating_an_article_with_subpages|creating an article with subpages]]
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{{Getting Started}}

Latest revision as of 09:33, 31 October 2024


Citizendium Getting Started
Quick Start | About us | Help system | Start a new article | For Wikipedians  


Use the search box to check for articles that already exist. See Allowed Topics and Naming Conventions if you need to.

Start it—two ways

1. The easy way

This article will lack subpages (gray tabs across the top of an article), but those can be added later.


2. The complete way, with subpages

The link on the right will create a new, blank article with subpages, or if the article exists, it will create the Metadata needed for subpages.

Create new article with subpages.

Write it

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