CZ:User pages

To edit your bio, log in, and simply click on your name at the very top of the screen.

Why biographies?

All Citizens are required to maintain biographies on their userpages. Why? Because we are taking real-world responsibility for our contributions and making real-world relationships with each other. A name by itself conveys little information to others. The purpose of user pages is to be helpful to the development of Citizendium. Therefore, authors' user pages will be regulated by the Citizendium's constabulary.

What goes in a biography?

Authors (other than editors and constables) are required to provide only a statement about their personal interests and education, preferably a few hundred words, and not fewer than 50. Rough clues as to age and location might be helpful to other users but are optional. Minors are asked not to include any personal information about themselves, including information about where they live, but they should still give some nonspecific information about their interests and education (no school names, please).

If a constable hasn't done so, be sure to add yourself to the list of CZ authors (which you see on the left--under "Our authors") by putting this on your userpage:

[[Category:CZ Authors]]

You should also add yourself to a workgroup or several (here's the current list), with a tag; for example:

[[Category:Games Authors]]

(Editors are designated as such by CZ staff after you apply.)

Here's an example of a biography of an editor; here's one of an author.

User page rules

User pages must be limited to only the following sorts of information:

• Biographical information (your education, interests, etc.).
• Articles you have started or are watching.
• "To do" lists.
• Other helpful notes directly of personal use to you in your work on the Citizendium.
• Editors and constables will require further information (see below).

Among items that will not be permitted on user pages (or subpages):

• Collections of quotations from, or commentary upon, other users or their work.
• Personal essays, even if they concern the Citizendium. (Such commentary will be possible on other forums--not the Citizendium user space.)
• Wikipedia-style "user boxes," of any sort.
• Wikipedia-style "barnstars." If the Citizendium chooses any methods of recognizing users, it will differ from this one favored by Wikipedia.

Authors may not edit each others' user pages unless there is an explicit message to that effect on a person's page. Constables will have the authority to edit author user pages to make them in conformity with the above rules; they will, however, first make a request that the author him- or herself do it.

Signatures

Note that we do not permit pseudonyms in "signatures" on the wiki; if you want to use a "signature" other than your full name, make sure it is part of your real name.