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'''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.


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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Downloads|Downloads]]|Swipe CZ content here.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article mechanics|Article Mechanics]]|a guide to mechanics and style}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Subpages|Subpages]]|We're not just an encyclopedia}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles|Converting Wikipedia to CZ]]|}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]]|Which name should you pick for your article?}}
;[[CZ:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles|Converting Wikipedia to Citizendium]]
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Stubs|Stubs]]|Short articles are OK, as long as they're not ''too'' short.}}
:<div style="font-size: smaller">If you ''must'' upload that Wikipedia article, read this.</div>
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Citation style|Citation style]]|Yes, we use notes; here's how.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Archive:Media Assets Workgroup|Media Assets Workgroup]]|The workgroup that manages our media.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Categories|Categories]]|We use them sparsely, mainly for workgroups.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Disclaimer|Disclaimer]]|We don't guarantee perfection.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Reusing Citizendium Content|Reusing Citizendium Content]]|CZ is free!}}
 
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:About|About us]]|A brief explanation.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:FAQ|FAQ]]|Common questions.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Workgroups|Workgroups]]|Article lists and the people who work on them.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Personnel|Personnel]]|Editors, Authors, etc.}}
:<div style="font-size: smaller">All articles we're tracking with the checklist.</div>
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:We aren't Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]]|Smaller but better.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Statistics|Statistics]]|Our progress, in numbers.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Group Status|Group Status]]|Where some of us track our goals.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Donate|Donate]]|Donations are very welcome.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Press|Press]]|Press releases, etc.; a page for journalists.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Special:Allpages|Every page on the website]]|}}
:<div style="font-size: smaller">Your tax-free donation: a tremendous bang for the buck.</div>
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Recruitment|Recruitment]]|Help recruit people to the project!}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Approval and Feedback|Approval and Feedback]]|Plan out how to improve article approval and feedback.}}
:<div style="font-size: smaller">Help recruit people ''en masse'' to the project!</div>
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]|Nominate and vote for an article for the front page.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Forum:Home|Forum]]|Announcements and discussions.}} (<span class=plainlinks>{{CZ:Home/Item|[http://forum.citizendium.org Old forums]|forum archive to September 2014.)}}</span>
:<div style="font-size: smaller">Announcements. See <span class=plainlinks>[https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l CZ-L]</span>, <span class=plainlinks>[https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-editors CZ-Editors]</span>, and <span class=plainlinks>[https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-tools CZ-Tools]</span>.</div>
<span class=plainlinks>{{CZ:Home/Item|[http://twitter.com/TheCitizendium Twitter]|Feed of official CZ news.}}</span>
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:<div style="font-size: smaller">The "town hall" of the project.</div>
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article Deletion Policy|Article Deletion Policy]]|Explains the grounds for deleting articles.}}
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{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Council#Decisions reached and motions passed by the Citizendium Council|Decisions]]|Decisions reached and motions passed.}}
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:<div style="font-size: smaller">An introduction for Council members.</div>
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:<div style="font-size: smaller">Constables in extreme cases can block accounts.</div>
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<div style="font-size: large">Notice Board</div>
;October 23, 2007
:There are now new links to our three main new initiatives on the main page, [[CZ:recruitment|recruitment]], [[CZ:Core Articles|Core Articles]], and [[WYA:What's Your Article?|What's Your Article?]].
:Do you think we need more people in some particular discipline?  Then make a request on [[CZ:Recruitment|Recruitment]] and hopefully someone will be motivated to round up some new people who study that subject.
;October 18, 2007
:Recently, a [[CZ:recruitment|recruitment]] campaign kicked off and has already yielded considerable dividends in terms of new accounts and several new people on the wiki.  ''[[CZ:recruitment|Please help spread the word!]]''
;October 15, 2007
:Just to let you know, an editcount has been activated, see [http://lila.stos.free.fr/index2.html]. It is supposed to be more stable than the older version. <s>The price is a one-day lag, something to be yet improved.</s> To promote the work in the mainspace, one more counter has been added (percentage of edits to articles).
;October 8, 2007
:[[Special:RequestAccount|Registration]] now takes place via Web form...and approving an application is done with a click of a constable's button.  Thanks to Aaron Schwarz.
:[https://lists.purdue.edu/pipermail/citizendium-l/2007-October/001079.html Thanks to everyone.]
:Image problems fixed.
;October 6, 2007
:Image problems: There is an intermittent problem with dispaying images right now.  The technical people are aware of it.
;October 4, 2007
:There were several hours of downtime, when one of the CZ servers went down, for unknown reasons.
:Then, in the evening (7:30-8:30 PM Eastern), the entire Steadfast network and other Chicago networks went down.  Again, no idea why.
:We passed 3,000 sometime probably yesterday.


<div style="font-size: smaller">[[CZ:Notice Board/Archive|Older notices]]</div>
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[[Category:Getting Started]]

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The information on the page below is likely OBSOLETE
At least some of this information applied to an older way of operating
The wiki's policies and rules are now linked to the main page at Welcome_to_Citizendium.
Try also our help system

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.

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

Join the wiki
Start a new article:
Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians:
Some Essentials: Tips every Citizen should know
Why Citizendium?:

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

A "How-to" index: Having trouble with something? Check here!
How to edit an article: The techie nitty-gritty; MediaWiki markup
Article structure: What is an article anyway?
The Article Checklist: How we keep track of data about articles.
Subpage template: Technical intro to subpages.
A list of the templates we use:
Downloads: Swipe CZ content here.
Technical Team: Our techies.

Guidelines for writing articles and other content.

Approval Standards: What's a good Citizendium article like?
Article Mechanics: a guide to mechanics and style
Subpages: We're not just an encyclopedia
Converting Wikipedia to CZ:
Objectivity_Guidance:
Naming Conventions: Which name should you pick for your article?
Stubs: Short articles are OK, as long as they're not too short.
Citation style: Yes, we use notes; here's how.
How to upload images:
Media Assets Workgroup: The workgroup that manages our media.
Categories: We use them sparsely, mainly for workgroups.
Policy on Self-Promotion:
Disclaimer: We don't guarantee perfection.
Reusing Citizendium Content: CZ is free!
Essential info about us.

Policies: Document that sets out the structure of the project.
About us: A brief explanation.
FAQ: Common questions.
Governance: How the community is run.
Community overview: How the community works.
Workgroups: Article lists and the people who work on them.
Personnel: Editors, Authors, etc.
We aren't Wikipedia: Smaller but better.
Statistics: Our progress, in numbers.
Group Status: Where some of us track our goals.
Donate: Donations are very welcome.
Press: Press releases, etc.; a page for journalists.
Contact: Talk to us.

Ways to browse our stuff.

Articles we're working on:
Articles editors have approved:
Developed articles:
Subpages:
Ready for approval: Editors, consider approving these.
Recently created pages:
Every page on the website:

We do special projects together.

Core Articles:
Recruitment: Help recruit people to the project!
Approval and Feedback: Plan out how to improve article approval and feedback.
Article of the Week: Nominate and vote for an article for the front page.
New Draft of the Week: Vote for a newly added article for the front page.
Feedback Requests: Ask for feedback!

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

Talk Pages: Where and how to discuss articles.
Mailing lists: Announcements.
 Forum: Announcements and discussions.
(Old forums: forum archive to September 2014.)
 Twitter: Feed of official CZ news.

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:

Our previous editorial and administrative policy body (no longer active).

Members: The volunteers who oversee our content policy.
Decisions: Decisions reached and motions passed.
Proposed motions: Proposals currently under discussion.
Our community moderators.

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


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