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== Basic organization information ==
;[[CZ:Community Overview|Community Overview]]
:How we work together: the roles of authors, editors, workgroups, various governance bodies, etc.
;[[CZ:Fundamentals|Fundamentals]]
:The ''Citizendium'' Statement of Fundamental Policies.
;[[CZ:Press|Press]]
:A landing page for the press; includes our press releases.
;[[CZ:We aren't Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]]
:An explanation of how our project differs from Wikipedia.
;[[CZ:Statistics|Statistics]]
:Our progress quantified, updated monthly.
;[[CZ:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]]
:What we do and won't do with your private information.
;[http://www.youtube.com/citizendium CZ YouTube page]
:A page where we can put CZ-related videos (e.g.,
;[https://lists.purdue.edu/pipermail/citizendium-l/2007-October/001079.html Thanks to our first year contributors and supporters]
:Editor-in-Chief thanks dozens of participants and partners in a mailing list posting.


== Our people ==
== Our people ==
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;[[CZ:International|International]]
;[[CZ:International|International]]
:A list of people interested in expanding to languages other than English.
:A list of people interested in expanding to languages other than English.
;[https://lists.purdue.edu/pipermail/citizendium-l/2007-October/001079.html Thanks to our first year contributors and supporters]
:Editor-in-Chief thanks dozens of participants and partners in a mailing list posting.


== Project governance ==
== Project governance ==
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;[[CZ:Approval Standards|Approval Standards]]
;[[CZ:About|About]]
:The basic qualities of a good encyclopedia article.
:An introduction to the ''Citizendium;'' our goals.
;[[CZ:Article Mechanics|Article Mechanics]]
;[[CZ:FAQ|FAQ]]
:A guide to encyclopedia article style and mechanics.
:A lengthier, question-and-answer style introduction.
;[[CZ:What Citizendium articles are not|What ''Citizendium'' articles are not]]
;[[CZ:Fundamentals|Fundamentals]]
:A few items that one should not confuse ''Citizendium'' encyclopedia articles with.
:The ''Citizendium'' Statement of Fundamental Policies.  The current "constitution" of the ''Citizendium'' community.
;[[CZ:Sage advice on writing CZ articles|Sage advice on writing CZ articles]]
;[[CZ:Community Overview|Community Overview]]
:Just a few words of wisdom.
:How we work together: the roles of authors, editors, workgroups, various governance bodies, etc.
;[[CZ:Press|Press]]
:A landing page for the press; includes our press releases.
;[[CZ:We aren't Wikipedia|We aren't Wikipedia]]
:An explanation of how our project differs from Wikipedia.
;[[CZ:Statistics|Statistics]]
:Our progress quantified, updated monthly.
;[[CZ:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]]
:What we do and won't do with your private information.
;[http://www.youtube.com/citizendium CZ YouTube page]
:A page where we can put CZ-related videos (e.g.,
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Revision as of 22:04, 14 January 2008

Citizendium Organization
CZ:Home | Workgroups | Personnel | Governance | Proposals | Recruitment | Contact | Donate | FAQ | Sitemap
How to Edit
Getting Started Organization Technical Help
Policies Content Policy
Welcome Page


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

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.
Workgroups
A list of our workgroups.
New Workgroup Requests
Request new workgroups here.
Topic Partners
A proposal for how to partner with other organizations for work on specific subjects.

Support us

Donate
How and why to support the cause.
Friends of Citizendium
A list of websites that link to us.

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.





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.
Key organization pages:
  1. Community Overview
  2. Statement of Fundamental Policies
  3. Workgroups
  4. Personnel
  5. Contact
  6. 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.
Press
A landing page for the press; includes our press releases.
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.,


Fundamental principles
Neutrality Policy
Where agreement is lacking, represent all sides sympathetically.
Maintainability
If we can maintain a whole set of articles like that, have at it.
Family-Friendly Policy
Respect the usual publishing standards for Junior.


Media policy
Images
How to upload and give credit for images.
Media Assets Workgroup
A proposed workgroup would help manage our media resources.
Fair Use Policy
Guidance for fair use issues.


Topic Informants and Self-Promotion
Policy on Topic Informants
What we do when someone with a vested interest in a topic wants to get involved.
Topic Informant Workgroup
Interviewers and writers volunteering to work with topic informants.
Policy on Self-Promotion
Thou shalt not promote thyself.

Subpages
Subpages
We're not just an encyclopedia. See what else.
Default subpages
Related Articles and Definitions | Bibliography | External Links
Subpages that should be included in (almost) all articles.
Optional subpages
Catalogs, timelines, galleries, tutorials--all different sorts of reference information.


Special issues
Stubs
Even "stubs," very short articles, can be high quality.
How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles
If you must upload that Wikipedia article, here's how.
Topic Choice
First step is to pick a topic; a few rules about that.
Naming Conventions
How to name articles.
Citation style
How to cite articles and books.
Disambiguation
"Disambiguation pages" let people choose which sense of a term they're interested in.


Legal
Disclaimer
Essentially, unapproved articles shouldn't be relied upon.
Copyrights
CZ is free, but see this page for details about our licensing scheme.
GNU Free Documentation License
One of our licenses (used for articles that began life on Wikipedia).
Reusing Media Hosted at Citizendium
How you may reuse media we host.
Permissions
Contributors, it's important to document use permissions you receive.