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Content Policy

This is the root page for all Citizendium content policy pages. "Content policy" concerns accuracy, good scholarship, formatting, and other matters.

If you would like our "top policy picks," or the most important policy documents, see: Approval Standards Article Mechanics Neutrality Policy Subpages Naming Conventions How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles

General article policy and instructions Approval Standards The basic qualities of a good encyclopedia article. Article Mechanics A guide to encyclopedia article style and mechanics. What Citizendium articles are not A few items that one should not confuse Citizendium encyclopedia articles with. Sage advice on writing CZ articles Just a few words of wisdom. 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.