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Citizendium is a growing resource of knowledge. It's goal is to provide instant and free knowledge to ''anyone'' with on-line access, world-wide, at ''no'' fee. There's certainly lots of information on the web, but so much of it is unfiltered and chaotic, not to mention inflammatoy and inaccurate, that we have joined together to create something new. Our aim is to provide entry into a Compendium of knowledge that is clearly written, entertaining, and, as far as we can make it, ''true''.  
'''[[Welcome_to_Citizendium|Citizendium]]''' is a wiki for providing free knowledge where contributors use their real names. We regard information as a public good and welcoming anyone who wants to share their knowledge on virtually any subject. Our online community prides itself on being congenial and supportive.


Right now we have many articles in the draft stage, and a handful of [[approved articles]] that we consider to be finished editions - for the present. You can't make changes in those few finished approved articles, although (as you'll see when you go to them) each one has a draft page where a new edition is brewing. You are welcome to add to the draft and edit what's there- as soon as you've signed up as an author.
Citizendium's contributors help create online encyclopedia articles that are different from what Wikipedia now offers.  We recognize Wikipedia's limitations, and that's why we support Citizendium as an alternative or supplement.  The Citizendium provides a different kind of collaborative environment than Wikipedia now offers: '''we use real names''', so you always know whom you are dealing with, and we have a modest number of active authors so that it becomes possible to know each other well. We strive for objectivity and quality--and civility.  Please see [[CZ:We_aren't_Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]] for more details about how the two platforms differ.  


We hope you'll see another thing about those approved articles. You can actually read them and make sense out of them, and - if you click the "history" tab at the top of each one, you'll see the amount of careful collaboration that has gone into making them. Each has been read and approved by experts in the field in an honest attempt to provide you with useful information. Now, we're running on refurbished everytrhing at the moment, so you'll have to excuse the lack of bells and
It is okay to use The Citizendium as a staging area for an article to be copied elsewhere later (such as to Wikipedia, where it will likely be seen by more eyes), as long as the article meets our stylistic and content guidelines.  Copying our articles to another platform is legal, with the following caveats: the article remains behind on The Citizendium (may not simply be deleted), and at its new home, attribution is given to The Citizendium as per our site license. In fact, we find these cases interesting to watch over time, to see how the two parallel articles evolve in their different hosts.


Need link to [[CZ:Tips for new contributors]]
We are a growing community, and we'd like to invite you to join us in building Citizendium! ''Please use our {{ApplicationForm}}''.  It typically takes a few days to get a response for an application, so please be patient.

Latest revision as of 21:06, 31 October 2023

Citizendium is a wiki for providing free knowledge where contributors use their real names. We regard information as a public good and welcoming anyone who wants to share their knowledge on virtually any subject. Our online community prides itself on being congenial and supportive.

Citizendium's contributors help create online encyclopedia articles that are different from what Wikipedia now offers. We recognize Wikipedia's limitations, and that's why we support Citizendium as an alternative or supplement. The Citizendium provides a different kind of collaborative environment than Wikipedia now offers: we use real names, so you always know whom you are dealing with, and we have a modest number of active authors so that it becomes possible to know each other well. We strive for objectivity and quality--and civility. Please see We aren't Wikipedia for more details about how the two platforms differ.

It is okay to use The Citizendium as a staging area for an article to be copied elsewhere later (such as to Wikipedia, where it will likely be seen by more eyes), as long as the article meets our stylistic and content guidelines. Copying our articles to another platform is legal, with the following caveats: the article remains behind on The Citizendium (may not simply be deleted), and at its new home, attribution is given to The Citizendium as per our site license. In fact, we find these cases interesting to watch over time, to see how the two parallel articles evolve in their different hosts.

We are a growing community, and we'd like to invite you to join us in building Citizendium! Please use our application form (Google Account required). It typically takes a few days to get a response for an application, so please be patient.

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