CZ:Organization

The Citizendium Organization

Find links to information about general aspects of our organization here, things like our fundamental principles, our workgroups, our personnel lists, and so forth. Want an introduction to our community? Start with Community Overview.

Notice that we have specialized homepages for Initiatives (how we organize ourselves for special projects), Communication (how we talk to each other), the Editorial Council (our editorial legislative body), and the Constabulary (our project "moderators"). You might also be interested in Getting Started and Content Policy (article guidelines and more). If you can't find what you're looking for here, try there.

There are many important pages here: About FAQ Community Overview Statement of Fundamental Policies Workgroups Personnel Contact Donate

Basic organization information About An introduction to the Citizendium; our goals. FAQ A lengthier, question-and-answer style introduction. Fundamentals The Citizendium Statement of Fundamental Policies. The current "constitution" of the Citizendium community. Community Overview How we work together: the roles of authors, editors, workgroups, various governance bodies, etc. We aren't Wikipedia An explanation of how our project differs from Wikipedia. Statistics Our progress quantified, updated monthly. Privacy policy What we do and won't do with your private information. CZ YouTube page A page where we can put CZ-related videos (e.g., Support us Donate How and why to support the cause. Friends of Citizendium A list of websites that link to us. Press & PR Press An outward-facing landing page for the press; includes our press releases. PR An inward-facing page in which we prepare various PR materials.

Our people Personnel Lists of project participants and leadership. Contact How to get in touch with various Citizens. International A list of people interested in expanding to languages other than English. Thanks to our first year contributors and supporters Editor-in-Chief thanks dozens of participants and partners in a mailing list posting. Project governance Workgroups A list of our workgroups--the groups devoted to advancing work on different subjects within CZ. Executive Committee This group advises the Editor-in-Chief and takes the lead in various projects. See also Editorial Council and Constabulary These have separate homepages. New Workgroup Requests Request new workgroups here. Topic Partners A proposal for how to partner with other organizations for work on specific subjects. Supplemental content Archived Pages Pages that are no longer in use. "Historical" interest only. Cold Storage Problematic articles removed from the main namespace are sometimes put here, simply out of respect for the author.