What is "citizendium"

Citizendium ( ; "the citizens' compendium of everything") is an English-language wiki-based free encyclopedia project launched by Larry Sanger, who had previously co-founded Wikipedia in 2001.

It was first announced in September 2006 as a fork of the English Wikipedia, but that idea was abandoned prior to its March 2007 public launch in favor of emphasizing original articles. The project aims to improve on the Wikipedia model by providing increased reliability. It hopes to achieve this by requiring virtually all contributors to use their real names, by strictly moderating the project for unprofessional behavior, by providing what it calls "gentle expert oversight" of everyday contributors, and also through its "approved articles". Approved articles have undergone a form of peer-review by topic experts with credentials, and are closed to real-time editing.

By 27 October 2011, the site had fewer than 100 active members. , it had 16,484 articles, of which 165 had achieved editorial approval, and around 10 contributors making at least 20 edits a month. An election held in June 2016 to fill two seats on their council attracted only 11 voters. The managing editor is Anthony Sebastian.