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You can join the [[CZ:Law_Workgroup|Law Workgroup]] and any other. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 15:34, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
You can join the [[CZ:Law_Workgroup|Law Workgroup]] and any other. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 15:34, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
==Getting started==
Hi Nicolas,
Welcome to Citizendium!
We don't have very many rules about starting new articles, except to avoid creating ''very'' short stubs if you don't intend to expand them soon.  You'll probably want to take a look at [[CZ:How_to_start_a_new_article]] for some simple instructions on how to do just that.  Feel free to swing by my talk page if you have any questions.
[[User:Joe Quick|--Joe Quick]]  ([[User talk:Joe Quick|Talk]]) 15:33, 15 September 2007 (CDT)

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Citizendium Getting Started
Quick Start | About us | Help system | Start a new article | For Wikipedians  


Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitionsadd metadata • edit new pages

Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start, and see Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, our help system and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forum is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any user or the editors for help, too. Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! John Stephenson 15:34, 6 September 2007 (CDT)


A few words about workgroups

We are indeed happy to have you in the community. We would also like to introduce you to Citizendium's Workgroups and encourage you to--

  1. Join a workgroup if you haven't already
  2. Help us add workgroup category tags to articles, especially any articles you create
  3. Help us spread the word about workgroups within the CZ community

What are workgroups? To answer that question, I'd like to give you a quick tour.

  • Start by checking the various workgroups we have at CZ: List of Workgroups. This link can also be found in the left navigation-bar in the 2nd box (Project Pages), 3rd link in that box (Workgroups). The Workgroup Home(s) can be found in the 2nd column in the List of Workgroups.
  • For the purposes of this tour, please take a look at the Biology Workgroup Home: CZ:Biology_Workgroup.
  • Now let's take a look at the first table on the Biology Workgroup Home (below).


Workgroups are no longer used for group communications, but they still are used to group articles into fields of interest. Each article is assigned to 1-3 Workgroups via the article's Metadata.

Biology banner.png
Biology article All articles (1,622) To Approve (0) Editors: active (1) / inactive (46)
and
Authors: active (441) / inactive (0)
Workgroup Discussion
Recent changes Citable Articles (25)
Subgroups (12.5)
Checklist-generated categories:

Subpage categories:

Missing subpage categories:

Article statuses:

  • In the 2nd column, find the link that says, "all articles," which lists all articles that users have placed [[Category:Biology Workgroup]] at the bottom of their articles.
  • Now click on the "recent changes" link underneath the "all articles" in the 2nd column in the top table. This lists all recent changes in articles that have been tagged [[Category:Biology Workgroup]]. In one glance, you can view all the changes that happened while you were away! Feel free to click on all the links to get an idea how the information for your workgroup is organized. All these lists are populated by articles that have the categories properly placed at the bottom of their pages.

This completes your virtual-tour of CZ workgroups. I hope you can see the usefulness of having all articles in Citizendium tagged properly with your Workgroup categories. Make sure to add the Workgroup category labels to your new articles. This is an important part of the Approval process.

Be sure to join a workgroup and take part in this opportunity to collaborate with others who have similar interests as you. You can see what others are working on in the Workgroup recent changes and join in! Remember, we want you to be bold in your contributions at Citizendium.

To add yourself to a workgroup, use the form [[Category:Education Authors|Smith, Bob]], etc., and add it to your user page. Substitute the proper work group for "Education" in the example, and your name-Last, First for the names in the example.

Do not add yourself to the Editors list, only CZ staff add "Editors" to user pages after proper review of applications is completed. To apply to become an editor, please see Editor Application Review Procedure.

To add a workgroup category tag to an article, use the form [[Category:Education Workgroup]] at the bottom of the article. Substitute in the proper workgroup for "Education" in the example.

If you are from Wikipedia originally, you may want to check out this article:

You can join the Law Workgroup and any other. John Stephenson 15:34, 6 September 2007 (CDT)

Getting started

Hi Nicolas, Welcome to Citizendium!

We don't have very many rules about starting new articles, except to avoid creating very short stubs if you don't intend to expand them soon. You'll probably want to take a look at CZ:How_to_start_a_new_article for some simple instructions on how to do just that. Feel free to swing by my talk page if you have any questions. --Joe Quick (Talk) 15:33, 15 September 2007 (CDT)