Request account

About your user account:

• If you have a non-free email address that bears your name, please use it; e.g., university or work address. (You can change it to your personal email address later).
• Your email address will be sent a confirmation message once this request is submitted. You must respond by clicking on the confirmation link provided by the the email. Also, your password will be emailed to you when your account is created, along with login information.

Each entry below corresponds to a workgroup project where people with such interest can coordinate their efforts. Click on the question mark next to each topic to view the corresponding workgroup.

• Author applicants: Select the topic areas in which you would like to do the most work
• Editor applicants: Select only the topic area(s) in which you have formal expertise (you'll still be able to author in any area, though!)

• About your full name: The name on your driver's license or other identification card. First name (given name) and last name (family name). Use normal capitalization, punctuation, and spaces, e.g., John A. Doe. You may use middle names and initials if you wish. No pseudonyms: if you want to apply for a pseudonym, do not use this form. Instead, send your information to personnel@citizendium.org, addressed to the Chief Constable, explaining the reasons for your request. We grant pseudonyms only for very rare and exceptional reasons.

• About biographies: Authors are required to provide only a statement about their personal interests and education, preferably a few hundred words, and not fewer than 50. Rough clues as to age and location might be helpful to other users but are optional. Please note: your biography must demonstrate that you possess high proficiency in English.

• Are you under 18? Particularly if you are under 16, do not include any personal identifying information about yourself, such as your age, exactly where you live (a state or province might be OK), or what school you attend. But you should still give some general information about your interests and education level. You must be at least 13 years old to participate.

• For further guidelines, please see User Pages.

Biography for your public user page (minimal wikimarkup, if any, avoid HTML; in English):

BeenVerified™ option: through special arrangement with the Citizendium, you can choose to have your identity verified through BeenVerified™ at no cost. This is completely optional, but may be useful if you have no other way to establish your identity. To begin the three-minute process, click here. Once you are done, just add the link to your BeenVerified™ profile to "List of websites" below. It remains private and is not added to your userpage.

These are additional, private notes, that will not appear on your user page.

Important!! For authors and editors, these notes help constables confirm your identity. It's much better if you use a non-free (work or school) e-mail address above. You can change this info later. If you use a free e-mail address (e.g., gmail or yahoo), you must include some other information that helps us to confirm your identity. This could include a link to your (optional) BeenVerified™ page; credible webpages listing your (free) e-mail address, names of persons that we can look up online to aid in confirming your identity, current members you know, etc. You could even scan and upload a copy of an ID card (but we might still need to connect your ID to your e-mail address). You can also use this space to say anything, privately, to the constable who reviews your application.

For editors, also, please upload or link to a CV. An Editorial Personnel Administrator will review your submitted materials in view of your editorship application.

Resume or CV (optional for authors; can instead be added below as a link for editors):

Additional notes:

List of websites that help confirm your identity (one per line, please):