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'''Welcome, new editor!'''  We're very glad you've joined us.  Here are pointers for a [[CZ:Quick Start|quick start]].  Also, when you get a chance, please read [[CZ:The Editor Role|The Editor Role]].  You can look at [[CZ:Getting Started|Getting Started]] for other helpful introductory pages.  It is essential for you as an editor to join [https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-editors the Citizendium-Editors mailing list] in order to stay abreast of editor-related issues. If you wish, just ask us to create a "personal sandbox" for you  where you can test out [[CZ:How to edit an article|editing]] and writing articles.  If you need help to get going, it is a good idea to join our [http://forum.citizendium.org/ discussion forums]. That's where we discuss policy, proposals or technical problems.  You can ask any [[:Category:CZ Constables|constable]] for help, too. Just put a note on their "talk" page.  Again, welcome and thank you!  We appreciate your willingness to share your expertise, and we hope to see you begin actively editing and contributing to Citizendium. [[User:Roger A. Lohmann|Roger A. Lohmann]] 16:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

== A personal welcome ==

I just want to welcome you most warmly and I look forward to your active participation. If there is anything I can do to help you, please let me know. If you would like to see the exisiting Biology articles, just click on this: [[:Category:Biology Workgroup]].

If you are unfamiliar with the Wiki Markup language used to write Citizendium articles, I would be pleased to create a personal "sandbox" (personal workplace) where you can practice writing articles ... just let me know. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 22:13, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

== Some ideas for contributions ==

Hello Christopher,
welcome aboard CZ. Roger and Milton have already given you some hints as to how things work here in general, and I wish to add some more practical suggestions on what possibilities you have to contribute. For a start, I just took some of the keywords from the information you supplied upon registration, and display below the current state of related CZ articles (for icon documentation, see [[Template:Rpl/Doc]]):
{{rpr|Biology}}
{{rpr|Zoology}}
{{rpr|Entomology}}
{{rpr|Insect}}
{{rpr|Hymenoptera}}
{{rpr|Bee}}
{{rpr|Anthophorine bee||**}}
{{rpr|Mason bee||**}}
{{rpr|Honeybee||**}}
{{rpr|Wasp}}
{{rpr|Ant}}
{{rpr|Social insect}}
{{rpr|Pollination}}
{{rpr|Honey}}
{{rpr|Botany}}
{{rpr|Orchid}}
{{rpr|Taxonomy}}
{{rpr|Systematics}}
{{rpr|Geography}}
{{rpr|Biogeography}}
{{rpr|Parasitism}}
{{rpr|United Kingdom}}
{{rpr|Oxford}}
{{rpr|Oxford University}}
{{rpr|Oxford University Museum}}
{{rpr|Israel}}
{{rpr|Palestine}}
{{rpr|BBC}}
{{rpr|Alien Empire (TV series)}}
{{rpr|Apimondia}}
{{rpr|Almond}}

In order to find articles dealing with similar topics, it's also worth looking at the [[:Category:Related Article Subpages|Related Article]] [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]] of such an article (or the [r]).

Furthermore, in case you are involved in homework assignments, please consider doing so via [[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium articles]].

Finally, you can help future newcomers by giving your feedback on the above suggestions. To do so, please leave a note on [[User talk:Daniel Mietchen|my talk page]].

Looking forward to fruitful collaborative editing, --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 20:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

== Returning to Citizendium: an update on the project and how to get involved ==

Hello - some time ago you became part of the Citizendium project, but we haven't seen you around for a while. Perhaps you'd like to update your [[User:Christopher O'Toole|public biography]] or check on the progress of [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Christopher_O'Toole any pages you've edited so far].

Citizendium now has over [[:Category:CZ Live|16,000 articles]], with more than [[:Category:Approved Articles|150 approved]] by specialist [[CZ:The Editor Role|Editors]] such as yourself, but our contributor numbers require a boost. We have an initiative called '[[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium]]' that brings in students enrolled on university courses to write articles for credit, but we still need more Editors across the community to write, discuss and approve material. There are some [[:Category:Biology_Developed_Articles|developed Biology articles]] that could be improved and approved, and some [[CZ:Biology_Workgroup#High_priority_articles|high-priority articles]] that we don't have yet. You can also create new articles via [[CZ:Start_Article|this guide]], and contribute to some Biology pages that have been [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&target=Category%3ABiology_tag recently edited] - or to [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges any others] on Citizendium, since you're a general [[CZ:The Author Role|Author]] as well as a specialist Editor. You may like to contribute to discussions in the [http://forum.citizendium.org forums], and might consider running for an elected position on the [[CZ:Management Council|Management]] and [http://ec.citizendium.org Editorial] Councils that oversee the project.

If you have any questions, let me know via my [[User talk:John Stephenson|Talk page]] or by leaving a message below this one. Thank you for signing up and reading this update; I hope that you will [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Special:MyTalk look in] on our community soon. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 13:51, 19 November 2011 (UTC)