CZ:Home: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Peter Schmitt
(try also)
mNo edit summary
 
(32 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
__NOTOC__
__NOTOC__
{{NoLongerApplies}}


{|width=100% !!- |}
{|width=100% !!- |}
{|width=100% align=center border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-bottom:1px solid #999999; border-top:1px solid #dddddd; border-left:1px solid #aaaaaa; border-right:1px solid #dddddd; margin:0 auto; clear: both;"
{|width=100% align=center border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-bottom:1px solid #999999; border-top:1px solid #dddddd; border-left:1px solid #aaaaaa; border-right:1px solid #dddddd; margin:0 auto; clear: both;"
!align=center colspan=3 style="background:#ccccff"| '''Try also our [[Help:Index|new help system]] (under development)'''
!align=center colspan=3 style="background:#ccccff"| '''Try also our [[Help:Index|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, and much more.
'''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.
 
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?


{|style="margin:0 auto; clear: both" width=98% align=center class="toccolours"
{|style="margin:0 auto; clear: both" width=98% align=center class="toccolours"
Line 21: Line 20:
|-valign=top
|-valign=top
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Special:RequestAccount|Register]]|Everyone needed.  Reply within 24 hours.}}
'''[[Help:Index/Join|Join the wiki]]'''<br />
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:How to start a new article|How to start a new article]]|Dive in!}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:How to start a new article|Start a new article]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Email us an article in word processor format|E-mail your article to us]]|Yep, you can do that.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians|Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Start article with subpages|Start with subpages]]|A more advanced way to start.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Dozen Essentials|Some Essentials]]|Tips every Citizen should know}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:The Author Role|The Author Role]]|What authors do; essential reading for all.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Why Citizendium?|Why Citizendium?]]|}}<!--;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Getting Started|more...]]</div>-->
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:The Editor Role|The Editor Role]]|What editors do; essential reading for editors.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians|Intro. to CZ for Wikipedians]]|Are you a Wikipedian?  This is for you.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Dozen Essentials|Dozen Essentials]]|Tips every Citizen should know}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Why Citizendium?|Why Citizendium?]]|Why we are here.  Why we are inevitable!}}
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Getting Started|more...]]</div>
|}
|}
|width=50% valign=top|<!-- Row 1, Right-->
|width=50% valign=top|<!-- Row 1, Right-->
Line 44: Line 38:
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:The Article Checklist|The Article Checklist]]|How we keep track of data about articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:The Article Checklist|The Article Checklist]]|How we keep track of data about articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Using the Subpages template|Subpage template]]|Technical intro to subpages.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Using the Subpages template|Subpage template]]|Technical intro to subpages.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Templates|Templates]]|A list of the templates we use.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Templates|A list of the templates we use]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Downloads|Downloads]]|Swipe CZ content here.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Downloads|Downloads]]|Swipe CZ content here.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Technical Team|Technical Team]]|A wiki home (under construction) for our volunteer techies.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Technical Team|Technical Team]]|Our techies.}}


;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Technical Help|more...]]</div>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Technical Help|more...]]</div>
Line 59: Line 53:
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Approval Standards|Approval Standards]]|What's a good ''Citizendium'' article like?}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Approval Standards|Approval Standards]]|What's a good ''Citizendium'' article like?}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article Mechanics|Article Mechanics]]|Essential; a guide to mechanics and style}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article mechanics|Article Mechanics]]|a guide to mechanics and style}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Subpages|Subpages]]|We're not just an encyclopedia.  See what else.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Subpages|Subpages]]|We're not just an encyclopedia}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles|Converting Wikipedia to CZ]]|If you ''must'' upload that article, read this.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles|Converting Wikipedia to CZ]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Neutrality Policy|Neutrality Policy]]|Represent all sides fairly, please.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Objectivity_Guidance|Objectivity_Guidance]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]]|Which name should you pick for your article?}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]]|Which name should you pick for your article?}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Stubs|Stubs]]|Short articles are OK, as long as they're not ''too'' short.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Stubs|Stubs]]|Short articles are OK, as long as they're not ''too'' short.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Citation style|Citation style]]|Yes, we use notes; here's how.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Citation style|Citation style]]|Yes, we use notes; here's how.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Images|Images]]|How to upload images.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Images|How to upload images]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Media Assets Workgroup|Media Assets Workgroup]]|The workgroup that manages our media.}}
{{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.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Categories|Categories]]|We use them sparsely, mainly for workgroups.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Policy on Self-Promotion|Policy on Self-Promotion]]|Thou shalt not promote thyself.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Policy on Self-Promotion|Policy on Self-Promotion]]| }}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Disclaimer|Disclaimer]]|Sorry, we don't guarantee perfection...yet.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Disclaimer|Disclaimer]]|We don't guarantee perfection.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Reusing Citizendium Content|Reusing Citizendium Content]]|CZ is free! Here's what that means.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Reusing Citizendium Content|Reusing Citizendium Content]]|CZ is free!}}


;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Content Policy|more...]]</div>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Content Policy|more...]]</div>
Line 82: Line 76:
|-
|-
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:About|About us]]|What exactly is going on here, anyway?}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Policies|Policies]]|Document that sets out the structure of the project.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:FAQ|FAQ]]|A variety of common questions.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:About|About us]]|A brief explanation.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Community Overview|Community Overview]]|How our community works.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:FAQ|FAQ]]|Common questions.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Workgroups|Workgroups]]|Workgroups are devoted to different subjects.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Governance|Governance]]|How the community is run.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Executive Committee|Executive Committee]]|The "executive branch."}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Community Overview|Community overview]]|How the community works.|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|See also [[CZ:Editorial Council|Editorial Council]] and [[CZ:Constabulary|Constabulary]]|Also, detailed link lists below.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Workgroups|Workgroups]]|Article lists and the people who work on them.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Personnel|Personnel]]|Lists of editors, authors, etc.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Personnel|Personnel]]|Editors, Authors, etc.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Fundamentals|Statement of Fundamental Policies]]|Our "constitution"; to be revised soon.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:We aren't Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]]|Smaller but better.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:We aren't Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]]|Smaller (for now!), but better.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Statistics|Statistics]]|Our progress, in numbers.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Statistics|Statistics]]|Our progress, in numbers and graphs.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Group Status|Group Status]]|Where some of us track our goals.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Group Status|Group Status]]|Where some of us track our doings and goals.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Donate|Donate]]|Donations are very welcome.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Become a partner|Become a partner]]|How your organization can get involved.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Donate|Donate]]|Your tax-free donation: a tremendous bang for the buck.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Press|Press]]|Press releases, etc.; a page for journalists.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Press|Press]]|Press releases, etc.; a page for journalists.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Contact|Contact]]|Talk to us.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Contact|Contact]]|Talk to us.}}
Line 107: Line 99:
|-
|-
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:CZ Live|Live articles]]|Articles we're working on.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:CZ Live|Articles we're working on]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:Approved Articles|Approved]]|Articles editors have approved.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:Approved Articles|Articles editors have approved]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:Developed Articles|Developed]]|Well advanced articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:Developed Articles|Developed articles]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:Checklisted Articles|All Checklisted]]|All articles we're tracking with the checklist.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:Subpages|Subpages]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:Subpages|Subpages]]|Subpages}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Ready for approval|Ready for approval]]|Editors, consider approving these.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Ready for approval|Ready for approval]]|Editors, consider approving these.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Special:NewPages|New Pages]]|Recently created pages.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Special:NewPages|Recently created pages]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Special:Allpages]]|Every page on the website.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Special:Allpages|Every page on the website]]|}}
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Article Lists|more...]]</div>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Article Lists|more...]]</div>
|}
|}
Line 124: Line 115:
|-
|-
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Core Articles|Core Articles]]|A game: get points for top-priority articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Core Articles|Core Articles]]|}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Recruitment|Recruitment]]|Help recruit people ''en masse'' to the project!}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Recruitment|Recruitment]]|Help recruit people to the project!}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Approval and Feedback|Approval and Feedback]]|Plan out how to improve article approval and feedback.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Approval and Feedback|Approval and Feedback]]|Plan out how to improve article approval and feedback.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon|Monthly Write-a-Thon]]|An article-writing party, first Weds. of the month.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]|Nominate and vote for an article for the front page.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]|Nominate and vote for an article for the front page.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:New Draft of the Week|New Draft of the Week]]|Vote for a ''newly added'' article for the front page.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[Archive:New Draft of the Week|New Draft of the Week]]|Vote for a ''newly added'' article for the front page.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Feedback Requests|Feedback Requests]]|Ask for feedback!}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Feedback Requests|Feedback Requests]]|Ask for feedback!}}


Line 143: Line 133:
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Talk Pages|Talk Pages]]|Where and how to discuss articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Talk Pages|Talk Pages]]|Where and how to discuss articles.}}
<span class=plainlinks>{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Mailing lists|Mailing lists]]|Announcements. See [https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l CZ-L], [https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-editors CZ-Editors], and [https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-tools CZ-Tools].}}</span>
<span class=plainlinks>{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Mailing lists|Mailing lists]]|Announcements.}}</span>
<span class=plainlinks>{{CZ:Home/Item|[http://forum.citizendium.org Forums]|The "town hall" of the project.}}</span>
{{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>
<span class=plainlinks>{{CZ:Home/Item|[http://blog.citizendium.org Blog]|Outward-facing news and discussion.}}</span>
<span class=plainlinks>{{CZ:Home/Item|[http://twitter.com/TheCitizendium Twitter]|Feed of official CZ news.}}</span>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Communication|more...]]</div>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Communication|more...]]</div>
|}
|}
Line 152: Line 142:
!align=center style="background:#ccccff"| <div style="font-size: large">[[CZ:Editor Policy|Editor Policy]]</div>
!align=center style="background:#ccccff"| <div style="font-size: large">[[CZ:Editor Policy|Editor Policy]]</div>
|-
|-
|<center>The policies governing what editors do.</center>
|<center>The policies governing what Editors do.</center>
|-
|-
|
|
Line 158: Line 148:
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Approval Process|Approval Process]]|How editors approve articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Approval Process|Approval Process]]|How editors approve articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article Deletion Policy|Article Deletion Policy]]|Explains the grounds for deleting articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article Deletion Policy|Article Deletion Policy]]|Explains the grounds for deleting articles.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Editor Application Review Procedure|Editor Application Review Procedure]]|How we review editor apps.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Editor Application Review Procedure|Editor Application Review Procedure]]|}}
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Editor Policy|more...]]</div>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Editor Policy|more...]]</div>
|}
|}
Line 164: Line 154:
|valign=top|<!-- Row 5, Left -->
|valign=top|<!-- Row 5, Left -->
{| style="margin:0 auto; clear: both" width=98% align=center class="toccolours"
{| style="margin:0 auto; clear: both" width=98% align=center class="toccolours"
!align=center style="background:#ccccff"| <div style="font-size: large">[[CZ:Editorial Council|Editorial Council]]</div>
!align=center style="background:#ccccff"| <div style="font-size: large"><s>[[CZ:Council|Citizendium Council]]</s></div>
|-
|-
|<center>All about the body that sets editorial policy.</center>
|<center>Our previous editorial and administrative policy body (no longer active).</center>
|-
|-
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:CZ Editorial Council Members|Members]]|The volunteers who oversee our content policy.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Council#Membership|Members]]|The volunteers who oversee our content policy.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Editorial Council Resolutions Complete List|Resolutions]]|What we've passed, what we're working on.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Council#Decisions reached and motions passed by the Citizendium Council|Decisions]]|Decisions reached and motions passed.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Editorial Council How to Make a Resolution|How to Make a Resolution]]|An introduction for Council members.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Citizendium Council proposed motions|Proposed motions]]|Proposals currently under discussion.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Editorial Council Rules of Procedure|Rules of Procedure]]|Parliamentary procedure, wikified.}}
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Council|more...]]</div>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Editorial Council|more...]]</div>
|}
|}
|valign=top|<!-- Row 5, Right -->
|valign=top|<!-- Row 5, Right -->
{| style="margin:0 auto; clear: both" width=98% align=center class="toccolours"
{| style="margin:0 auto; clear: both" width=98% align=center class="toccolours"
!align=center style="background:#ffcc99"| <div style="font-size: large">[[CZ:Constabulary|Constabulary]]</div>
!align=center style="background:#ffcc99"| <div style="font-size: large">[[CZ:Moderator Group|Moderator Group]]</div>
|-
|-
|<center>All about our community moderators, the "constables."</center>
|<center>Our community moderators.</center>
|-
|-
|
|
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Application Review Procedure|Application Review Procedure]]|How constables review author apps.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Application Review Procedure|Application Review Procedure]]|How Moderators review Author apps.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Professionalism|Professionalism]]|Act professionally; here's how.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Professionalism|Professionalism]]|Act professionally; here's how.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Constabulary Blocking Procedures|Blocking Procedures]]|Constables in extreme cases can block accounts.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Moderator Blocking Procedures|Blocking Procedures]]|Moderators in extreme cases can block accounts.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article Deletion Policy|Article Deletion Policy]]|Article types constables can delete.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[CZ:Article Deletion Policy|Article Deletion Policy]]|Article types Moderators can delete.}}
{{CZ:Home/Item|[[:Category:CZ Constables|List of constables]]|Your friendly neighborhood constables.}}
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Moderator Group|more...]]</div>
;<div style="text-align:right">[[CZ:Constabulary|more...]]</div>
|}
|}
|}
|}
Line 198: Line 186:
<div style="font-size: large">Notice Board</div>
<div style="font-size: large">Notice Board</div>


'''The Notice Board has been replaced with [https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l the Citizendium-L mailing list,] which posts project announcements.''' All contributors should be subscribed. You can still view [[CZ:Notice Board|old notice board messages]].
'''The Notice Board has been replaced by the [[CZ:Forum|Forum]]. You can still view [[CZ:Notice Board|old notice board messages]].
 
[[Category:Getting Started]]

Latest revision as of 10:39, 31 October 2024


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.



Notice Board

The Notice Board has been replaced by the Forum. You can still view old notice board messages.