View source for User talk:Nicholas Sharp

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'''Welcome to the ''Citizendium!'''''  We hope you will contribute [[CZ:Be Bold|boldly]] and well.  Here are pointers for a [[CZ:Quick Start|quick start]].  You'll probably want to know [[CZ:The Author Role|how to get started as an author]].  Just look at [[CZ:Getting Started]] for other helpful "startup" links, and [[CZ:Home]] for the top menu of community pages.  Be sure to stay abreast of events via [https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l the Citizendium-L (broadcast) mailing list] (do join!) and [http://blog.citizendium.org the blog].  Please also join the [[CZ:Mailing lists|workgroup mailing list(s)]] that concern your particular interests.  You can test out [[CZ:How to edit an article|editing]] in the [[CZ:Sandbox|sandbox]] if you'd like.  If you need help to get going, the [http://forum.citizendium.org/ forums] is one option.  That's also where we discuss policy and proposals.  You can ask any [[:Category:CZ Constables|constable]] for help, too.  Me, for instance!  Just put a note on their "talk" page.  Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:D. Matt Innis|D. Matt Innis]] 17:22, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

== Created a personal "sandbox" for you. ==

I have taken the liberty of creating a personal sandbox page for you. To access your sandbox, just click on the link labeled '''My sandbox''' in  the upper, left-hand corner of your User page. Once you get there, you can click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the page and you can:

* Practice writing articles in the ''Wiki markup'' language. 
* If you already know the ''Wiki markup'' language, you can draft any articles you want to write and keep changing them until you are completely satisfied with them ... and then you can create a new article by cutting and pasting the sandbox article into the new one.
* You can invite other Citizens to visit your sandbox, review a prospective article that you wrote in sandbox, and ask for their comments/critique before you proceed to cut and paste it into a new article.

Don't know what the ''Wiki markup'' language is? Click ==>[[CZ:How to edit an article]] &nbsp; &nbsp;Another excellent way to learn the Wiki markup coding is to click on the "Edit" tab at the top of any article and see how the markup coding was used there.

Enjoy! [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 22:28, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


== Some ideas for contributions==
Hi Nicholas,
welcome aboard CZ. Matt has already given you some hints as to how things work here in general, and Milton added a sandbox. I wish to add some more practical hints 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]]):
{{rpl|Physics}}
{{rpl|Mechanics}}
{{rpl|Electromagnetics}}
{{rpl|Optics}}
{{rpl|Thermodynamics}}
{{rpl|Calculus}}
{{rpl|PhD}}
{{rpl|Astrophysics}}
{{rpl|Particle physics}}
{{rpl|Autodidact}}
{{rpl|Historical linguistics}}
{{rpl|Comparative linguistics}}
{{rpl|Etymology}}
{{rpl|Memetics}}
{{rpl|Astrobiology}}
{{rpl|Music}}
{{rpl|Science fiction}}

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.

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

Looking forward to fruitful collaborative editing, [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 11:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)