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 It was founded by Wikipedia co-founder [[Larry Sanger]] in 2006 to remedy what he viewed as problems with Wikipedia.  The site requires the use of verifiable {{tag|RealNamesNetwork|real names}} and academic credentials.  Initially, the community considered [[fork]]ing the [[English Wikipedia]], but decided against it.
-Citizendium has an organized hierarchy: Authors are anyone with an approved account, while Editors are contributors whose demonstrated expertise in their field is officially recognized by the Citizendium.  "Constables" play the role of [[Sysop|administrators]].
+Larry Sanger left the project around 2010, and it has since had 3-4 different primary editors.  In 2020, Larry Sanger transferred ownership of the domain to the current primary editor.
-The site has Approved Articles which pass a process of review.  Several of the most extensive articles are on homeopathy and {{tag|alternative medicine}}.
-* [[CZ:CZ:Downloads|Citizendium Downloads]] — daily XML 'data dumps' of current versions (only) the major Citizendium namespaces, in bz2 and gzip formats
-* [[RationalWiki:Citizendium|Critique]] from [[RationalWiki]]
-* [[wp:Citizendium|Article]] from the [[English Wikipedia]]
-;''See also
-*[[Citizendium Editorial Council]]
 [[Category:FoundedIn2006]]<!--http://en.Citizendium.org/wiki/Special:AncientPages-->