In September of 2006 I still had hopes that the Citizendium project would absorb the lessons of Wikipedia's mistakes and be able to profit from them. With that in mind, I made an attempt to summarize what I had learned from my own experience with the imminently bad example supplied by Wikipedia, setting out my conclusions as a list of critical make-or-break points for the design of any future project of this kind.

For now I'll just refer to my original postings on these "breakpoints", hoping for a chance to flesh them out later.

• Breakpoint 1.  Anonymity ⇒ Irresponsibility ⇒ Police ⇒ Autocracy
• Breakpoint 2.  Lack of Acquaintance with the Conversation on Knowledge
• Breakpoint 3.  Becoming a Resource that Researchers Actually Use
• Breakpoint 4.  No More Fairy Tales

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