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Help for Authors and Readers

Welcome to Citizendium's help pages
Please look through the topics below and select the option that fits your question.

Getting started
What should I write about? How do I edit an article? How do I start a new article?

Help for Readers
What can I do about various issues if I am not a member of this site?

Style help
What should an article look like? How should I lay it out? What kinds of headings do we use?

Formatting help
For working out what all of those special symbols mean, making links, changing a font, sorting out a table, adding mathematical formula, or any other formatting help.

Uploaded images help
How to upload images and how to alter an image that has been uploaded.

Governance of Citizendium
How is the site governed? What are the Councils? What other roles are there? Is what I've heard true?

Communication help
Where are the forums and how do I use them? How do I use a talk page? What are mailing lists for?

Technical help
How does this site's software work? Who are the technical staff? How can I report a bug?