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==Welcome Wikipedians and ex-Wikipedians!==
==Welcome Wikipedians and ex-Wikipedians!==


Many members of [[Citizendium]] have experience of editing at [[Wikipedia]], and have joined this project to try a different model of content development.  We want to welcome you here to help us create it.  In the past, The Citizendium experimented with multiple collaborative models, and not everything was successful.  We have now revised The Citizendium's purpose and goals.  Read about [[CZ:About|who we are these days]].
Many members of [[Citizendium]] have experience of editing at [[Wikipedia]], and have joined this project to try a different model of content development.  We welcome Wikipedia contributors here.  In the past, The Citizendium experimented with multiple collaborative models, and not everything was successful.  We have now revised The Citizendium's purpose and goals.  Read about [[CZ:About|who we are these days]].
 
<big>Please read [[CZ:We aren't Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]]</big>. Many of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies Wikipedia's policies] either do not apply here or have been modified. After that, feel free to contribute [[CZ:Be Bold|boldly]].  


Before you start [[CZ:Be Bold|boldly]] contributing, <big>please read [[CZ:We aren't Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]]</big>. Many of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies Wikipedia's policies] either do not apply here or have been modified.


If you wish to import material from Wikipedia, see [[CZ:Article_Mechanics|Article Mechanics]] and [[CZ:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles|How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles]].


== Subpages ==
== Subpages ==
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See [[Help:Images#Copyrights|Images Help on Copyrights]].
See [[Help:Images#Copyrights|Images Help on Copyrights]].


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==Importing from Wikipedia to Citizendium==
Wikipedians self-organize into ''Projects'' whose foci are articles in certain ''categories''. Citizendium organizes authors and editors into [[CZ:Discipline_Workgroups|discipline workgroups]]. Editors are assigned their workgroups, while authors add themselves to whichever workgroups they choose.  You can take [[Template:Workgroup_introduction|a workgroups tour]] to find out more.--->
If you wish to import material from Wikipedia, see [[CZ:Article_Mechanics|Article Mechanics]] and [[CZ:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles|How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles]].


==And from Citizendium to Wikipedia==
==And from Citizendium to Wikipedia==

Revision as of 09:19, 6 March 2023

Welcome Wikipedians and ex-Wikipedians!

Many members of Citizendium have experience of editing at Wikipedia, and have joined this project to try a different model of content development. We welcome Wikipedia contributors here. In the past, The Citizendium experimented with multiple collaborative models, and not everything was successful. We have now revised The Citizendium's purpose and goals. Read about who we are these days.

Please read We aren't Wikipedia. Many of Wikipedia's policies either do not apply here or have been modified. After that, feel free to contribute boldly.


Subpages

How to ask for help

Questions can be asked in the Forum or from Citizendium's "community managers" or "Sysops". Our managers and sysops oversee adherence to basic policies, settle behavioral problems, and address content problems only if there is a violation of policy. They also review applications and create new accounts.

Images

Any type of open content licensed images are allowable and preferred, although images from Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Commons and other image banks must pass a two-pronged test before you upload them to Citizendium. Fully copyrighted images are allowable in Citizendium if you place proof of permission in a Permission subpage of the image's talk page.

All images lacking clear copyright data are subject to speedy deletion by constables acting on their own recognizance. Citizendium editors will not nominate articles for approval if the status of their images is unclear.

See Images Help on Copyrights.

Importing from Wikipedia to Citizendium

If you wish to import material from Wikipedia, see Article Mechanics and How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles.

And from Citizendium to Wikipedia

Since Wikipedia changed its license to CC-BY-SA 3.0, it can use material from Citizendium. A workgroup has been formed there, WikiProject Citizendium Porting, to coordinate this.

Further reading


Citizendium Getting Started
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