User:Milton Beychok/Sandbox

I have just learned that I was elected to both the Management Council and the Editorial Council. I am deeply honored by that ... deeply.

I joined CZ in January of 2008, almost 3 years ago. Since I joined, I have created 169 articles and contributed significantly to 34 others. Citizendium currently has 149 approved articles, of which 28 are articles that I created. In other words, I created 19% of Citizendium's Approved articles ... and I am deeply honored to have had that many of the articles I created achieve that level of Approval from my fellow Editors.

Citizendium was based on the concept that it would value expertise and many, if not most, of us who joined Citizendium did so because that concept of valuing expertise differentiated us from Wikipedia and other Wikis.

I am completely dumbfounded and disappointed by one result of the election. How could people who profess to value expertise have elected someone to our Management Council who is, to say the least, far from being an expert?? How did that happen?? What does it say about the level of belief in expertise by my fellow members of Citizendium?

As of today, I am taking a lengthy leave of absence from Citizendium and I don't know when or if I shall return to being active.

I would like to say thanks for having worked with me to Paul Wormer, Hayford Pierce, Howard Berkowitz, Daniel Mietchen, Anthony Sebastian, Chris Key, Daniel Finn, Peter Schmitt, Joe Quick, Chris Day, Drew Smith, Caesar Chinas, Stephen Ewen, Matt Innis and many, many others.

Milt Beychok