Citizendium

What it does

Article metadata

The workgroup category page says each article is assigned to one to three workgroups via its metadata.checked 9 Oct 2026

Article statuses

The welcome page groups articles into Citable, Developed, Developing, and Stubs.checked 9 Oct 2026

Community

The welcome page describes its online community as congenial and supportive.checked 9 Oct 2026

Contributors

The welcome page says authors use their real names and invites anyone to share knowledge on virtually any subject.checked 9 Oct 2026

Current workgroups

A Citizendium workgroup category page says workgroups are no longer used for group communications, but still group articles into fields of interest.checked 9 Oct 2026

Editing help

A Citizendium getting-started page points contributors to a sandbox where they can test editing.checked 9 Oct 2026

Notable limit

The welcome page reports 16,436 articles in total, including 146 Citable, 1,125 Developed, 7,368 Developing, and 7,666 Stubs.checked 9 Oct 2026

Policy discussions

The getting-started page says the forum is also used to discuss policy and proposals.checked 9 Oct 2026

Software access

The opened Citizendium pages present the encyclopedia as a web wiki; they do not state downloadable desktop or mobile apps, platform support beyond the web, or an API.checked 9 Oct 2026

Subject areas

The welcome page lists workgroups across subjects including agriculture, anthropology, biology, business, chemistry, economics, education, history, law, physics, and psychology.checked 9 Oct 2026

Support

The getting-started page says contributors can seek help in the forum or by leaving a note on a user's or editor's talk page.checked 9 Oct 2026

What it is

Citizendium describes itself as a wiki for providing free knowledge.checked 9 Oct 2026