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Welcome to Citizendium, a wiki for providing free knowledge where authors use their real, verified names. We welcome anyone who wants to share their knowledge by writing and improving articles on virtually any subject. Expert authors can be recognized with a special role, but membership is open to all.

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More about the project

We have a Charter to provide a framework for governance.
We have 17,709 articles at different stages of development, of which 145 have expert-approved citable versions.
Our community is collegial and congenial; everyone writes under his or her verified real name.
We prefer new material but allow work from other sites to be imported and improved under certain conditions.
For a brief guide on what Citizendium is and is not, see Myths and Facts; for more details, see the frequently-asked questions page.
Students in higher education write here as part of their courses under our Eduzendium initiative.
To learn more about the project, see our article on ourselves, our Help System, our financial report and our Statistics page.
Follow us on Twitter (general news; new pages), Facebook or Google+.
Comment on articles nominated for approval. You can discuss any article on its Talk page.

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+<!--*We [[CZ:Group Editing|collaborate]] in a friendly and respectful atmosphere.-->
+* Our community is collegial and congenial; everyone writes under his or her '''verified real name'''.
+* We [[CZ:Myths and Facts#Myth: most Citizendium articles are copied from Wikipedia.|prefer new material]] but allow work from other sites to be imported and improved under [[CZ:Import|certain conditions]].
+* For a brief guide on what Citizendium is and is not, see ''[[CZ:Myths and Facts|Myths and Facts]]''; for more details, see the [[CZ:FAQ|frequently-asked questions]] page.
+* Students in higher education write here as part of their courses under our [[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium]] initiative.
+* To learn more about the project, see our [[Citizendium|article on ourselves]], our [[Help:Index|Help System]], our [[CZ:Financial report|financial report]] and our [[CZ:Statistics|Statistics]] page.
+*Follow us on Twitter ([http://twitter.com/TheCitizendium general news]; [http://twitter.com/CzPages new pages]), [http://www.facebook.com/citizendium Facebook] or [http://www.google.com/+CitizendiumOrg Google+].
+* Comment on [[:Category:Articles to Approve|articles nominated for approval]]. You can discuss ''any'' article on its Talk page.