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[http://www.citizendium.org/about.html The ''Citizendium''] ([http://www.citizendium.org/cit.mp3 sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um]), a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project started by a co-founder of [[Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] with the aim of improving on ''that'' model by adding "gentle expert oversight" ''and'' requiring contributors to use their real names. The pilot project launched in November 2006 and became public in March 2007.  As of July 11, 2007, we were working on '''[[:Category:CZ Live|over 2,300 articles]].'''
We are a different sort of Web 2.0 project.  We feature gentle expert oversight, and we require contributors to use their real names.
 
We are working on [[:Category:CZ Live|over 2,300 articles]],


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Revision as of 05:08, 20 July 2007

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Welcome to Citizendium beta!

We are a different sort of Web 2.0 project. We feature gentle expert oversight, and we require contributors to use their real names.

We are working on over 2,300 articles,

Join us! We welcome the general public as well as expert editors. Response to your application within 24 hours, guaranteed.

Entry points

Workgroup homepages are Φ symbols.

Natural Sciences
:Astronomy Φ - Biology Φ - Chemistry Φ - Earth science Φ - Mathematics Φ - Physics Φ
Social Sciences
:Anthropology Φ - Archaeology Φ - Economics Φ - Education Φ - Geography Φ - Countries of the world - Law Φ - Linguistics Φ - Politics Φ - Psychology Φ - Sociology Φ
Humanities
:Classics Φ - History Φ - Literature Φ - Philosophy Φ - Catalog of famous philosophers - Religion Φ - Catalog of religions
Arts
:Architecture Φ - Music Φ - Theater Φ - Visual Arts Φ
Applied Arts and Sciences
:Agriculture Φ - Business Φ - Computers Φ - Engineering Φ - Healing Arts Φ - Health Sciences Φ - Journalism Φ - Library and Information Science Φ - Media Φ - Military Φ
Recreation
:Games Φ - Hobbies Φ - Sports Φ
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