Citizendium

Also known as CZ, citizendium.org

Citizendium ( ; "the citizens' compendium of everything") is an English-language wiki-based free online encyclopedia launched by Larry Sanger, co-founder of Nupedia and Wikipedia.

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Website.name: Citizendium
Website.logo: alt=|166px
Website.screenshot: alt=|220px
Website.collapsible: yes
Website.caption: The Citizendium home page with default format (2018)
Website.commercial: No
Website.type: Online encyclopedia
Website.registration: Optional (Required to edit pages, via request of account)
Website.language: English
Website.content_license: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Website.author: Larry Sanger
Website.launch_date: (pilot) (public)
Website.current_status: active

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: online encyclopedia
Founded by: Larry Sanger
Owned by: Larry Sanger
Author: Larry Sanger
Creator: Larry Sanger
Game engine: Q83
Official website: en.citizendium.org
Image: Citizendium 2018.png

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language of work or name: English language
Commons category: Citizendium
inception: 2006-10-00
product or material produced: online encyclopedia
language used: English language
native label: Citizendium
copyright license: GNU Free Documentation License
privacy policy URL: en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Privacy_policy
FAQ URL: en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:FAQ
search formatter URL: en.citizendium.org/wiki?search=$1
API endpoint URL: en.citizendium.org/api.php
Alexa rank: 200612
topic has template: Template:Citizendium
email address: mailto:[email protected]
random page URL: en.citizendium.org/wiki/Special:RandomInCategory/CZ_Live

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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections

Contents

Founder viewpoints
Planning for succession of editor-in-chief
Nature of the project
Fork of Wikipedia
Project goal
Policies and structure
Content
History
Pilot project and initial growth
Inauguration
Later growth
Decline
Recent status
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Citizendium ( ; "the citizens' compendium of everything") is an English-language wiki-based free online encyclopedia launched by Larry Sanger, co-founder of Nupedia and Wikipedia.

Larry Sanger had worked as paid staff with Jimmy Wales to make Nupedia and Wikipedia, though Sanger left for financial reasons. He had been the editor-in-chief of Nupedia, which had an editorial review process similar to what he founded at Citizendium.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Citizendium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.