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Revision as of 21:29, 1 June 2019
Citizendium is a wiki where editors are required to have an account and use their real name as their account name.[1][2]
History
Citizendium was founded in 2006.[2] While the project's first few years were successful, adding 3,000 articles in its first year[2], the rate of new articles being created slowed with time.[3][4] Once Larry Sanger left the project, it quickly declined, with a 2016 election having "attracted nine votes"[2] and by late 2017 "an average of 5 edits made per day."[2]
Criticism
According to RationalWiki,
| “ | In November 2010 an accidentally-revealed forum thread detailed the dire financial straits in which Sanger had left Citizendium. Sanger had told the Citizens in vague terms that more funding was needed but they were blindsided by the immediacy of the financial crisis. Available funds were down to $1800, they were shelling out $700 a month in hosting charges to Steadfast, and within a few weeks they had a payment of $1500 owed to the Tides Center, their parent organization. According to their new Managing Editor they faced the prospect of insolvency by the end of the year. | ” |
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