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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: 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., 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.

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. 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.