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Welcome to Citizendium beta! The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding "gentle expert oversight" and requiring contributors to use their real names.
For notices to people working on this wiki, see the notice board. As of May the 2nd, 2007, we were working on over 1,730 articles. One of our projects these days is The Big Cleanup. It's a good way to get acquainted with our work and help out.	Approved articles Some of Citizendium's finest. (about) Want to work on an article heading towards approval? Browse: Developed Articles & Articles Nominated for Approval For newly approved, and newly nominated articles: see Approval Announcements	Entry points Workgroup homepages are at the Φ symbols.     Natural Sciences Astronomy Φ - Biology Φ - Chemistry Φ - Earth Sciences Φ - Mathematics Φ - Physics Φ     Social Sciences Anthropology Φ - Archaeology Φ - Economics Φ - Education Φ - Geography Φ - Countries of the world - Law Φ - Linguistics Φ - Politics Φ - Psychology Φ - Sociology Φ     Humanities Classics Φ - History Φ - Literature Φ - Philosophy Φ - Catalog of famous philosophers - Religion Φ - Catalog of religions     Arts Architecture Φ - Music Φ - Theater Φ - Visual Arts Φ     Applied Arts and Sciences Agriculture Φ - Business Φ - Computers  Φ - Engineering Φ - Healing Arts Φ - Health Sciences Φ - Journalism Φ - Library and Information Science Φ - Media Φ - Military Φ     Recreation Games Φ - Hobbies Φ - Sports Φ
Welcome section For readers: About the Citizendium. To edit pages: You can get a contributor account. For contributors: How to get started as an author. For Wikipedians: Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians. Why the Citizendium Will (Probably) Succeed. Press release: March 27, 2007. Hint: look to the left for other important links. For technical problems: If you get an odd error message, or a page won't load or update, do a "hard refresh" (ctrl-F5 in Windows) of the page you're trying to view. If changes to another page (like a template) affects the display of a page, you may have to make a trivial edit, such as adding a space, to page you want to update. This is because we have caching turned on during launch. If you are still having trouble, mail constables_at_citizendium.org immediately. Bug reports go to bugs_at_citizendium.org (but we'll know about any obvious bugs).
Our project Project Home! Project Policy. For notices to people working on this wiki, see the notice board. For news, use the Citizendium Blog. For discussion, use the Citizendium Forums. For community-wide announcements, feel free to use Citizendium-L. For editors' announcements to other editors, feel free to use Citizendium-Editors. Have questions? Ask here.	Our contributors & their work See our work: Browse articles alphabetically Meet our contributors: authors are the folks who write the articles, and discuss them on discussion pages. Some are also expert editors, who nominate articles for approval. Most of our constables, who get new folks on board, and ensure everything runs smoothly, are also authors - and some are editors, too. We work together, learn together, and try to make our dream of a great and free encyclopedia come true - together. Want to be one of us? Join here.