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A 15-year experiment in a Wikipedia-like setting

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.

This wiki was unsuccessful in achieving its original goals (see https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Wikipedia-and-Citizendium). A dedicated few writers have continued working in the wiki, improving articles that they believe are useful, and which for various reasons probably could not be written in Wikipedia. On or about Sept. 30, 2020, we plan to end Citizendium as a public "open" project, yet (possibly) keep the wiki running and editable by a combination of donations and subscriptions. How this might occur is still being examined.

See Recent Changes—an overview of articles we are writing now.

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Citable Articles (146)
Developed Articles (1,128)
(16,448 total articles)

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Questions and answers to help you find the information you need

More about the project

We have a policy document to provide a framework for governance.
We have 16,448 articles at different stages of development, of which 146 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.
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+.

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 * 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.
 * 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+].