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The '''Citizendium''' ([http://www.citizendium.org/cit.mp3 sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um]), a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project.  The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on ''that'' model by adding “gentle expert oversight” ''and'' requiring contributors to use their real names.
The '''Citizendium''' ([http://www.citizendium.org/cit.mp3 sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um]), a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project.  The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on ''that'' model by adding “gentle expert oversight” ''and'' requiring contributors to use their real names.


As of February 2, 2007, we were working on '''[[:Category:CZ Live|over 1,000 articles]].'''
As of February 2, 2007, the project was working on '''[[:Category:CZ Live|over 1,000 articles]].'''


<font color=800000>Note:</font> in our first several months we were aiming to [[software fork|fork]] Wikipedia.  We have decided, experimentally and provisionally, not to do so after all.  That's why there are so many <u><font color=red>red links</font></u>.  You can click on those red links and start a new article! 
[[Category:Computers Workgroup]]
While these new articles can be borrowed from Wikipedia, if they are [[Citizendium Pilot:WP2CZ|modified according to the Citizendium style]], we encourage contributors to start from scratch.  See [http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/01/18/bye-bye-to-wikipedia-articles-hello-to-our-own-work/ this blog post] for more information.
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The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding “gentle expert oversight” and requiring contributors to use their real names.

As of February 2, 2007, the project was working on over 1,000 articles.

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