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The Citizendium shall be run according to the policies set out in this document.


Citizendium has been around since 2006, and has undergone several different styles of management and at least four different managing editors.  Here is the current set of rules as of 2024.
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====1. Usage and eligibility====
1) Citizendium is a '''public knowledge resource''', and its articles are freely accessible online under a license that means our articles are '''reusable with attribution'''.


1) The Citizendium shall be open to all who endorse this document.
2) Citizendium is a wiki where '''members contribute using their real names''', which are verified before they join.  Members are expected to maintain some biographical information on the User page to help other contributors understand their interests.  Minors must be at least 16 years old and can provide far less information, perhaps only their interests.  User pages, while publicly readable, are not indexed by search engines and are '''not intended for [[CZ:Policy_on_Self-Promotion|self-promotion]]'''.
3) Citizendium is privately owned but '''managed on a volunteer, non-profit basis'''.  We accept donations (not tax-deductible) and provide an annual report accounting for all funds.  Editors and contributors are unpaid, although we occasionally need to pay for technical support.


2) The Citizendium is a knowledge resource which shall be owned and managed on a non-profit basis.
4) We '''prohibit disruptive behavior or disrespectful speech about other contributors or their work''', or anything that damages the wiki's reputation, including (but not limited to) unauthorized advertising ('spam'), vandalism, harassment, copyright violations, libel, slander, use of the site for purposes other than providing a free knowledge resource, criminal activity, or use of material that is considered either inappropriate for minors or illegal.


3) Citizendium articles shall be free to access on-line via a wiki and available under a licence that permits reuse with attribution.
5) Please read our '''[[CZ:Objectivity Guidance|Objectivity Guidance]]'''.  We strive to make our articles as understandable as possible (for the general public) while respecting the balance of scientific evidence.


4) Citizendium contributors shall participate publicly under their real, verified names and maintain public biographical details about themselves; minors - who must be at least 16 years old - shall provide only brief details, and otherwise personal information shall be kept private and destroyed when no longer needed.
6) Please read our '''[[CZ:Content_Policy|Content Policy]]'''.  We accept a wide variety of topics for articles, but not everything.  Here are the '''[[CZ:Naming conventions|article naming conventions.]]'''


5) The Citizendium shall prohibit behaviours that restrict the activities of the project or its members, or damage its reputation, including but not limited to unauthorised advertising ('spam'), vandalism, harassment, copyright violations, libel, slander, use of the site for purposes other than providing a free knowledge resource, criminal activity, or use of material that is considered either inappropriate for minors or illegal.
7) Citizendium's '''[[CZ:Personnel|Editor in Chief]]''' will try to deal with any problems that arise, first discreetly, but if necessary, by blocking of an offending account.


====2. Content====
6) Citizendium articles shall be as neutral, comprehensive, accurate and comprehensible as possible while respecting the balance of scientific evidence.
7) While all article contributors shall be otherwise equal, there shall be special recognition for subject experts (who shall be individuals with any of: accredited research-level qualifications; three or more peer-reviewed publications; or equivalent practical experience as defined by existing expert contributors), who shall have the final say in any dispute over content, and shall have the right to close a version of a reasonably high quality article to further editing.
   ''Suggested reading: [[CZ:Content_Policy|content policy]] and [[CZ:Objectivity Guidance|objectivity guidance.]]''
====3. Governance====
8) The Citizendium community or its representatives shall decide its own governance structure and who shall be responsible for administrative, financial, legal, content, behavioural and technical matters.
9) No Citizendium member shall be denied a fair, unbiased appeal process against a decision made against them on administrative, legal, or technical matters.
10) These policies supersede all previous articles, rules and decisions, which may be used as guidance where publicly-accessible, and this document shall be modified, abolished, added to or otherwise changed only via mandatory public discussion and when authorised by a two-thirds majority of participating Citizendium members; other rules and decisions may be made through voting, consensus or precedent, in as transparent a manner as possible.
====4. No self promotion====
11) Citizendium does not allow [[CZ:Policy_on_Self-Promotion|self promotion]]. 
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 13 October 2024

Citizendium has been around since 2006, and has undergone several different styles of management and at least four different managing editors. Here is the current set of rules as of 2024.

1) Citizendium is a public knowledge resource, and its articles are freely accessible online under a license that means our articles are reusable with attribution.

2) Citizendium is a wiki where members contribute using their real names, which are verified before they join. Members are expected to maintain some biographical information on the User page to help other contributors understand their interests. Minors must be at least 16 years old and can provide far less information, perhaps only their interests. User pages, while publicly readable, are not indexed by search engines and are not intended for self-promotion.

3) Citizendium is privately owned but managed on a volunteer, non-profit basis. We accept donations (not tax-deductible) and provide an annual report accounting for all funds. Editors and contributors are unpaid, although we occasionally need to pay for technical support.

4) We prohibit disruptive behavior or disrespectful speech about other contributors or their work, or anything that damages the wiki's reputation, including (but not limited to) unauthorized advertising ('spam'), vandalism, harassment, copyright violations, libel, slander, use of the site for purposes other than providing a free knowledge resource, criminal activity, or use of material that is considered either inappropriate for minors or illegal.

5) Please read our Objectivity Guidance. We strive to make our articles as understandable as possible (for the general public) while respecting the balance of scientific evidence.

6) Please read our Content Policy. We accept a wide variety of topics for articles, but not everything. Here are the article naming conventions.

7) Citizendium's Editor in Chief will try to deal with any problems that arise, first discreetly, but if necessary, by blocking of an offending account.

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