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{{Getting Started}}
 
'''If you're new to the ''Citizendium''''', we'd love you to dive "write" in.  We recommend two things:
<div style="font-size:200%; text-align:center">'''Want to get started, but don't know how?'''</div><br><br>
# '''[[CZ:Start_Article|Start an article]].'''  
 
# '''Edit someone else's article.''' How?  Search to find an article on a topic you are interested in.  Or check [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]], [[:Category:CZ Live|navigate alphabetically]], or find article via a [[CZ:workgroups|Workgroup]].  When you've found an article you want to edit, press the "edit" tab.  Add a few sentences.  It's OK.  They just have to be a helpful addition. 
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'''If you're new to the ''Citizendium''''', we'd love you to dive "write" in.  We aim for high quality, but we also want participation to be easy and as much fun as possible.
Still worried?   
 
'''What is the first thing you should do after [[Special:RequestAccount|you join?]]'''  While you can do whatever you like (it's a wiki!), we recommend two things:
# '''Start an article.'''  Pick a topic.  Then think of a good title for an encyclopedia article about that topic.  Then go to '''[[CZ:Start Article|Start Article]],''' handily linked on your left—and do it the Easy Way™!  Just write a paragraph or two introducing the topic, beginning with a definition, or a description of what a thing is notable for.  We don't mind very short articles.  They'll be expanded later, trust us.  '''Then...'''
# '''Edit someone else's article.'''  How?  Find an article on a topic you are interested in.  You can use the search box, or [[:Category:CZ Live|navigate alphabetically]], or enter via "[[Main Page|top articles]]" or [[CZ:workgroups|workgroups]].  When you've found an article you want to edit, press the "edit" tab.  Add a few sentences.  It's OK.  They just have to be a helpful addition. 
 
Are you still worried?  Let's cover some main worries.


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|Don't I actually have to know a lot more to get involved?
|''Don't I have to know a lot more to get involved?''
|No.  To start getting involved, all you have to do is write and collaborate on articles.  ''That'' is really what it's all about.  
|No.  All you have to do is write and collaborate on articles.  ''That'' is what it's all about.  
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|I am a non-technical person.
|width=33%|''I am a non-technical person - I'll never be able to figure out how to code the pages.''
|Can you write e-mail? Then you can handle editing a wiki page.
|width=67%|You can learn how to edit by looking at existing pages (just click Edit to open the editor).  Or see ''the top'' of [[CZ:How to edit an article|how to edit an article]]. It's ''not hard''; much of the time, you can just type normal text.
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|width=33%|I'm skeptical. I'll never be able to figure out that complicated wiki markup.
|''"Subpages", "metadata"...I'll never figure it out.''
|width=67%|Complicated wiki markup is generally not needed.  Besides, you can pick it up by looking at what other people do.  If you want the basics, look at ''the top'' of [[CZ:How to edit an article|this page]].  It's ''not hard.''  Besides, if you find it too hard, just email your article in word-processor format, and someone else will put in the mark-up and start your article in Citizendium: [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Email_us_an_article_in_word_processor_format CZ:Email us an article in word processor format]
|You don't have to.  Do what you like to do: write.  Start with baby steps, and others will help you along the way.  
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|Subpages and "metadata"...I'll never figure it out.
|''There are so many [[CZ:Home|instruction and policy pages]]!  How can I ever read all that?''
|You don't have to.  Do what you like to do: write.  Start with baby steps, and others will help you along the way. That's why we have an [[CZ:Start Article|Easy Way™]]!
|You need not read all that. The only way to really mess up is to do something that gets you banned from the project, such as self-promotion or slinging insults.
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|There are ''so many'' [[CZ:Home|instruction and policy pages]]!  How can I ever read all that?
|''I'm no expert, and this is an expert project, right?  I won't fit in.''
|Don't! Seriously, you're not neglecting any duties if you fail to read all that. The only people who do are those that want to give advice about our standards. Everybody else flies by the seat of their pants.
|[[CZ:FAQ#This is an "Expertpedia," isn't it? Experts only, right?|All levels of knowledge are welcome]]. Experts and the general public work well together, shoulder-to-shoulder.  
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|I'm no expert, and this is an expert project, right?  I won't fit in.
|Why not?  "''<span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/28/we-aint-elitist/ We ain't elitist.]</span>''" Experts and the general public work well together, shoulder-to-shoulder.  How can it possibly work?  Well, we can theorize all we like about that, but the fact is that it does! We ''want'' you here!  We ''need'' you here!
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Do you want ''more'' introductory material?  Then see [[CZ:Getting Started|Getting Started]] for a bunch of good links.
For ''more'' ideas, see [[CZ:Getting Started|Getting Started]] for good links.


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{{Getting Started}}

Latest revision as of 08:32, 31 October 2024

Citizendium Getting Started
Quick Start | About us | Help system | Start a new article | For Wikipedians  


If you're new to the Citizendium, we'd love you to dive "write" in. We recommend two things:

  1. Start an article.
  2. Edit someone else's article. How? Search to find an article on a topic you are interested in. Or check Recent Changes, navigate alphabetically, or find article via a Workgroup. When you've found an article you want to edit, press the "edit" tab. Add a few sentences. It's OK. They just have to be a helpful addition.

Still worried?

Don't I have to know a lot more to get involved? No. All you have to do is write and collaborate on articles. That is what it's all about.
I am a non-technical person - I'll never be able to figure out how to code the pages. You can learn how to edit by looking at existing pages (just click Edit to open the editor). Or see the top of how to edit an article. It's not hard; much of the time, you can just type normal text.
"Subpages", "metadata"...I'll never figure it out. You don't have to. Do what you like to do: write. Start with baby steps, and others will help you along the way.
There are so many instruction and policy pages! How can I ever read all that? You need not read all that. The only way to really mess up is to do something that gets you banned from the project, such as self-promotion or slinging insults.
I'm no expert, and this is an expert project, right? I won't fit in. All levels of knowledge are welcome. Experts and the general public work well together, shoulder-to-shoulder.

For more ideas, see Getting Started for good links.


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