CZ:Quick Start

If you're new to the Citizendium, we'd love you to dive "write" in.

What is the first thing you should do after 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 Start Article, 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 short articles. They'll be expanded later. Then...
Edit someone else's article. How? Find an article on a topic you are interested in. You can use the search box, check recent changes, navigate alphabetically, enter via workgroups or browse the list of new things below. 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 all the special code on the pages.	Complicated wiki "markup" is generally not needed, but you can pick it up by looking at what other people do. If you want the basics, look at the top of this page. 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. That's why we have an Easy Way™!
There are so many instruction and policy pages! How can I ever read all that?	Don't! Seriously, you're not neglecting any duties if you fail to read all that. The only way to really mess up is to do something that gets you banned from the project.
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 introductory material see Getting Started for good links.

New pages

You are encouraged to get involved with the development of these pages - click on the links to make your edits.

12:43, 2 January 2025 ‎Military history/External Links (hist | edit) ‎[468 bytes] ‎Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{subpages}} * [https://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/military.html "Web Sources for Military History" by Richard Jensen] guide to web sources for from ancient history to present day * [https://www.warhistorian.org/home.htm War Historian, edited by Professor Mark Grimsley] * [https://www.h-net.org/~war/ H-WAR], online discussion by experts * [https://www.h-net.org/~minerva/ H-MINERVA, discussions on women and the military] * [https://www.h-net.org/~civwar/ H-CivWar, discussi...")
09:12, 30 December 2024 ‎Dzongkha language/Bibliography (hist | edit) ‎[1,124 bytes] ‎Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{subpages}} * {{cite book | author=van Driem, George L, with the collaboration of Karma Tshering of Gaselô | title=Dzongkha | publisher=Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies| location=Leiden | year=1998 | id=ISBN 90-5789-002-X}} (CNWS publications Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, 1566-1970 ; vol. 1) - A language textbook with three audio compact disks. * {{cite book | author=Dzongkha Development Commission | title=The New Dz...")
09:11, 30 December 2024 ‎Dzongkha language/External Links (hist | edit) ‎[468 bytes] ‎Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{subpages}} *[https://www.education.gov.bt/Departments/DDA/DDA.htm Dzongkha Development Authority] Thimphu, Bhutan *[https://iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/xml/show.php?xml=/collections/langling/languages/index.xml&l=9 Languages on the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas] - Nicolas Tournadre *[https://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dzo Ethnologue entry on Dzongkha] *[https://learndzongkha.mypodcast.com/ Podcast to learn conversational Dzongkha] - Shankar")
10:34, 28 December 2024 ‎Reagan Coalition/Bibliography (hist | edit) ‎[999 bytes] ‎Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{subpages}} * Ehrman, John. ''The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan.'' (2005) * Ferguson Thomas, and Joel Rogers, ''Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics'' 1986. * Germond, Jack W. and Jules Witcover. ''Blue Smoke & Mirrors: How Reagan Won & Why Carter Lost the Election of 1980''. 1981. Detailed journalism. * Greenberg, Stan. ''Middle Class Dreams: The Politics and Power of the New American Majority'' (1985) * Jensen, Rich...")
15:15, 26 December 2024 ‎Retrotransposon/Bibliography (hist | edit) ‎[1,002 bytes] ‎Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{subpages}} * Bennetzen, J. L., (2000) Transposable element contributions to plant gene and genome evolution. Plant Molecular Biology 42: 251–269, 2000.(Provides a comprehensive authoritative overview.) *Lander ES, Linton LM, Birren B, Nusbaum C, et al.(2001) Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v409/n6822/full/409860a0.html Nature, 2001; 409(6822): 860-921] *Hansen RS.(2003) X inactivation-specific methylation of...")
12:11, 25 December 2024 ‎Drug discovery/External Links (hist | edit) ‎[1,036 bytes] ‎Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) (from main article)
07:36, 22 December 2024 ‎Joseph Smith, Jr./External Links (hist | edit) ‎[976 bytes] ‎Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{subpages}} * {{gutenberg author| id=Joseph+Smith | name=Joseph Smith, Jr.}} *[http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,957-1,00.html "Who was Joseph Smith?"] - At Mormon.org *[http://www.josephsmith.net/portal/site/JosephSmith JosephSmith.net] - The official web site on Joseph Smith by the LDS Church. *[http://www.josephsmith.com JosephSmith.com] *[http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/people/joseph_smith/index.html Joseph Smith] - collection of articles about Joseph Smith fro...")
00:43, 22 December 2024 ‎Public Prosecutor v S Iswaran (hist | edit) ‎[10,950 bytes] ‎Goh Kok Keong (talk | contribs) (Created page with "On 11 July 2024, People's Action Party's MP at the time, S. Iswaran, was arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) for '''Obtaining valuable items as a public servant under Section 165 of the Penal Code'''.<ref>https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-arrested-cpib-bail-passport-impounded-ong-beng-seng-3629671</ref> ==Timeline== ==Footnotes== {{reflist|2}}")