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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 (broadcast) mailing list] in order to stay abreast of editor-related issues. If you wish, just ask me 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:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 00:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

== A warm personal welcome ==

Ryan, I just want to express my personal welcome to you and I very much hope that you will enjoy editing and writing articles in Citizendium. As an editor, it would be very helpful if you expanded the brief biography on your user page quite a bit. We look upon  Earth Sciences editors as experts who guide authors in writing articles for the  Earth Sciences workgroup. A much more extensive biography will help others to get acquainted with you and convince them that you are indeed an expert.

Best regards and enjoy!  --- [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 00:36, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

== Some ideas for contributions ==

Hi Ryan,
welcome aboard CZ. Milton has 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|Earth}}
{{rpr|Earth science}}
{{rpr|Geology}}
{{rpr|Isotope}}
{{rpr|Geochemistry}}
{{rpr|Geochronology}}
{{rpr|Rock (geology)|Rock}}
{{rpr|Igneous rock||**}}
{{rpr|Diamond}}
{{rpr|Lithosphere}}
{{rpr|Canada}}

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]] 00:57, 31 July 2010 (UTC)