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=Start it—three ways=
{{Getting Started}}
 
Use the search box to check for articles that already exist.  See [[CZ:Content Policy|Allowed Topics]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to.
=Start it—two ways=
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<center><font size="4">1. The easy way</font></center>
<center><font size="4">1. The easy way</font></center>
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Just type the title of the encyclopedia article you want to start into the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and get to work!  That is the kind of [[CZ:Be Bold|boldness]] we like.  Do use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist, though.  See [[CZ:Topic Choice|Topic Choice]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to.  Here's [http://www.trailbrain.com/wikihelpvideos/create_an_article/create_an_article.html a video demonstration of this method.]
This article will lack subpages (gray tabs across the top of an article), but those can be added later.
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<center><font size="4">2. The complete way, with subpages</font></center>
<center><font size="4">2. The complete way, with [[CZ:Creating_an_article_with_subpages|subpages]]</font></center>
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Do you want to start an article with [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]]?  That's a bit more advanced, but very doable.
The link on the right will create a new, blank article ''with'' subpages, or if the article exists, it will create the Metadata needed for subpages.
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'''[[CZ:Start article with subpages|Click here to start]].'''
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<center><font size="4">3. Just e-mail us your article</font></center>
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If a little code makes you nervous, why not write up an encyclopedia article using your word processor, and e-mail it in?  We'll format it and upload it, and you can edit it from there.
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'''[[CZ:Email us an article in word processor format|Learn more here]].'''
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<center><font size="4">What should you write?</font></center>
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An accurate, interesting and readable encyclopedia article on just about any topic (we have a family-friendly policy that would exclude some topics).
An accurate, interesting and readable encyclopedia article on just about any topic.
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'''[[CZ:Approval Standards|Learn more here]].'''
'''[[CZ:Approval Standards|Learn more here]].'''
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If you've never edited a wiki page before, you should read a little about the wiki code.  It's not hard, really.
If you've never edited a wiki page before, read a little about the wiki code - it's not hard.
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'''[[CZ:How to edit an article|Learn more here]].'''
'''[[CZ:How to edit an article|Learn more here]].'''
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We're writing coherent narratives, not grab-bags of facts.
'''[[CZ:Article Mechanics|Learn more here]].'''
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'''[[CZ:Article mechanics|Learn more here]].'''


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<center><font size="4">Get some tips</font></center>
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Read up on a dozen essentials--things every Citizen should know.
A few things every Citizen should know.
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'''[[CZ:Dozen Essentials|Learn more here]].'''
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{{Getting Started}}

Latest revision as of 09:33, 31 October 2024


Citizendium Getting Started
Quick Start | About us | Help system | Start a new article | For Wikipedians  


Use the search box to check for articles that already exist. See Allowed Topics and Naming Conventions if you need to.

Start it—two ways

1. The easy way

This article will lack subpages (gray tabs across the top of an article), but those can be added later.


2. The complete way, with subpages

The link on the right will create a new, blank article with subpages, or if the article exists, it will create the Metadata needed for subpages.

Create new article with subpages.

Write it

What should you write?

An accurate, interesting and readable encyclopedia article on just about any topic.

Learn more here.

Learn the code

If you've never edited a wiki page before, read a little about the wiki code - it's not hard.

Learn more here.

Learn our standards

We're writing coherent narratives, not grab-bags of facts.

Learn more here.

Get some tips

A few things every Citizen should know.

Learn more here.

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