Tech riderRev. 19 Sept 2026
Citizendium
- 1Runs onWeb
- 2Citation toolsYes
- 3Content formatstext
3 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: citizendium.org
Overview
Citizendium is ranked #29 of 31 in online encyclopedias on Specifiction. It runs on Web.
Compared on online encyclopedias
- Free plan
- Yescitizendium.org
- Citation tools
- Yescitizendium.org
- Content formats
- textcitizendium.org
- Update frequency
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Facts
- What it is
- Citizendium describes itself as a wiki for providing free knowledge.citizendium.org · 9 Oct 2026
- Contributors
- The welcome page says authors use their real names and invites anyone to share knowledge on virtually any subject.citizendium.org · 9 Oct 2026
- Community
- The welcome page describes its online community as congenial and supportive.citizendium.org · 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.citizendium.org · 9 Oct 2026
- Article statuses
- The welcome page groups articles into Citable, Developed, Developing, and Stubs.citizendium.org · 9 Oct 2026
- Editing help
- A Citizendium getting-started page points contributors to a sandbox where they can test editing.citizendium.org · 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.citizendium.org · 9 Oct 2026
- Policy discussions
- The getting-started page says the forum is also used to discuss policy and proposals.citizendium.org · 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.en.citizendium.org · 9 Oct 2026
- Article metadata
- The workgroup category page says each article is assigned to one to three workgroups via its metadata.en.citizendium.org · 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.citizendium.org · 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.citizendium.org · 9 Oct 2026
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Where it ranks on Specifiction
- Best Online Encyclopedias in 2026#29 of 31
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Sources
- citizendium.org/wiki/index.php· checked 9 Oct 2026
- citizendium.org/wiki/User_talk%3AKelly_D_Johnston· checked 9 Oct 2026
- en.citizendium.org/wiki/index.php· checked 9 Oct 2026