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* ''Articles about advocacy organizations.''Most advocacy organizations in the U.S. will not warrant an encyclopedia article. All of them already have their own websites, and including an article about them here provides essentially free publicity. Exceptions can be made once an advocacy organization has existed for decades and made major notable accomplishment that are widely known, like for example the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] or the [[National Rifle Association]]. | * ''Articles about advocacy organizations.''Most advocacy organizations in the U.S. will not warrant an encyclopedia article. All of them already have their own websites, and including an article about them here provides essentially free publicity. Exceptions can be made once an advocacy organization has existed for decades and made major notable accomplishment that are widely known, like for example the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] or the [[National Rifle Association]]. | ||
* ''Articles about perpetrators of conspiracy theories.'' Coverage of contemporary conspiracy theories is handled well in the press. The pushers of such theories have not earned a place in history, and normally, we won't be giving them the credence of an encyclopedia article. Past big hoaxes that remain of historical interest might be included, though. | |||
* ''Stubs'' and ''Definitions.'' Since this is an encyclopedia rather than a dictionary, we normally do not use definitions or stub articles to define terms. If this wiki lacks an article about a topic, feel free to footnote the topic with a pointer out to another site that defines the word, or leave a red link. In particular, unlinked stubs and definitions that languish for a few months with nothing pointing at them will be subject to deletion. | * ''Stubs'' and ''Definitions.'' Since this is an encyclopedia rather than a dictionary, we normally do not use definitions or stub articles to define terms. If this wiki lacks an article about a topic, feel free to footnote the topic with a pointer out to another site that defines the word, or leave a red link. In particular, unlinked stubs and definitions that languish for a few months with nothing pointing at them will be subject to deletion. |
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Content Policy
This is the root page for all Citizendium content policy pages. Generally, we may write about whatever we like in the Citizendium. There are, however, a few constraints on the choice of article topic:
Unlike in Wikipedia--and with the exception of articles about contemporary persons (living or recently deceased), we do not exclude topics solely on the ground that their topics do not strike contributors as being significant or important. We recognize that what may be completely trivial to one person might in fact be quite important to another. |
If you would like our "top policy picks," or the most important policy documents, see: |
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