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We're deeply committed to making a reliable, free, and enormous general reference.  We've shown to our delight that we can create a more mature wiki community, open to the public, led by experts, with all using their own identities; we're in it for the long haul. Won't you join in?
We're deeply committed to making a reliable, free, and enormous general reference.  We've shown to our delight that we can create a more mature wiki community, open to the public, led by experts, with all using their own identities; we're in it for the long haul. Won't you join in?


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Revision as of 23:38, 16 February 2008

Welcome! This is the central launch point for all the pages about the project. From here, you can get started, get technical help, read about content policy, explore our articles and organization, and much more.

We're deeply committed to making a reliable, free, and enormous general reference. We've shown to our delight that we can create a more mature wiki community, open to the public, led by experts, with all using their own identities; we're in it for the long haul. Won't you join in?

Launch Point
Explore these pages to get started as a contributor.

Register: Everyone needed. Reply within 24 hours.
About us: What exactly is going on here, anyway?
FAQ: A variety of common questions.
Intro. to CZ for Wikipedians: Are you a Wikipedian? This is for you.

Essential info about us.

Workgroups: Workgroups are devoted to different subjects.
Personnel: Lists of editors, authors, etc.
Contact: Talk to us.
Donate: Your tax-free donation: a tremendous bang for the buck.

Guidelines for writing articles and other content.

Approval Standards: What's a good Citizendium article like?
Article Mechanics: Essential; a guide to mechanics and style
Subpages: We're not just an encyclopedia. See what else.
Converting Wikipedia to CZ: If you must upload that article, read this.

Ways to browse our stuff.

Live articles: Articles we're working on.
Approved: Articles editors have approved.
Developed: Well advanced articles.
All Checklisted: All articles we're tracking with the checklist.

Don't get the weird wiki code? Start here.

How to edit an article: The techie nitty-gritty; WikiMedia markup
Start article with subpages: Like those subpages? Here's a tool.
The Article Checklist: How we keep track of data about articles.
Subpage template: Technical intro to subpages

We do special projects together.

Core Articles: A game: get points for top-priority articles.
Recruitment: Help recruit people en masse to the project!
Article of the Week: Nominate and vote for highlighted articles.
Monthly Write-a-Thon: An article-writing party, first Weds. of the month.

How we talk to each other; lists, forums, etc.

Talk Pages: Where and how to discuss articles.
Mailing lists: Announcements. See CZ-L, CZ-Editors, and CZ-Tools.
Forums: The "town hall" of the project.
Blog: Outward-facing news and discussion.

The policies governing what editors do.

The Editor Role: Basic instructions for editors.
Approval Process: How editors approve articles.
Article Deletion Policy: Explains the grounds for deleting articles.
Editor Application Review Procedure: How we review editor apps.

All about the body that sets editorial policy.

Members: The volunteers who oversee our content policy.
Resolutions: What we've passed, what we're working on.
How to Make a Resolution: An introduction for Council members.
Suggestion Box: Have an idea for the Council to take up?

All about our community moderators, the "constables."

Application Review Procedure: How constables review author apps.
Professionalism: Act professionally; here's how.
Blocking Procedures: Constables in extreme cases can block accounts.
Article Deletion Policy: Article types constables can delete.



Notice Board

The Notice Board has been replaced with the Citizendium-L mailing list, which posts project announcements. All contributors should be subscribed. You can still view old notice board messages.