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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, and much more.

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Getting Started Explore these pages to get started as a contributor. Register: Everyone needed. Reply within 24 hours. How to start a new article: {{{2}}} E-mail your article to us: Yep, you can do that. Start with subpages: A more advanced way to start. The Author Role: {{{2}}} The Editor Role: {{{2}}} Intro. to CZ for Wikipedians: {{{2}}} Dozen Essentials: Tips every Citizen should know Why Citizendium?: {{{2}}} more...	Technical Help 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. Templates: A list of the templates we use. Downloads: Swipe CZ content here. Technical Team: A wiki home (under construction) for our volunteer techies. more...
Content Policy 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: {{{2}}} Porting from other sites: {{{2}}} Neutrality Policy: {{{2}}} 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. Images: 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 : {{{2}}} Disclaimer: We don't guarantee perfection. Reusing Citizendium Content: CZ is free! Here's what that means. more...	Organization Essential info about us. About us: What exactly is going on here, anyway? FAQ: A variety of common questions. Community Overview: How our community works. Workgroups: {{{2}}} See also Editorial Council and Constabulary: Also, detailed link lists below. Personnel: editors, authors, etc. Statement of Fundamental Policies: Our "constitution"; to be revised soon. We aren't Wikipedia: Smaller but better. Statistics: Our progress, in numbers. Group Status: Where some of us track our doings and goals. Become a partner: How your organization can get involved. Donate: Your tax-free donation: a tremendous bang for the buck. Press: Press releases, etc.; a page for journalists. Contact: Talk to us. more...
Article Lists 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. Subpages: Subpages Ready for approval: Editors, consider approving these. New Pages: Recently created pages. Special:Allpages: Every page on the website. more...	Initiatives We do special projects together. Core Articles: {{{2}}} Recruitment: Help recruit people en masse to the project! Approval and Feedback: Plan out how to improve article approval and feedback. Monthly Write-a-Thon: An article-writing party, first Weds. of the month. 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! more...
Communication 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 : {{{2}}} Blog: Outward-facing news and discussion. more...	Editor Policy 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: {{{2}}} more...
Editorial Council 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. Rules of Procedure: Parliamentary procedure, wikified. more...	Constabulary 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. List of constables : {{{2}}} more...

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