View source for User talk:Matthew B. Ota

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'''Welcome to Citizendium as a new author!'''  We're very glad you've joined us. We hope you will contribute [[CZ:Be Bold|boldly]] and well. Here are pointers for a [[CZ:Quick Start|quick start]].  You'll probably also want to know [[CZ:The Author Role|how to get started as an author]].  Just look at [[CZ:Getting Started|Getting Started]] for other helpful "startup" pages, and at [[CZ:Home]] for a complete listing of help and other community pages. 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]] 18:15, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

==Welcome from a fellow Californian==

Hi, Matthew:

I just want to extend a personal welcome to you from a fellow Californian. I live in Newport Beach which makes us pretty close neighbors. If I can help you in any way, let me know. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 18:15, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

== Some ideas for contributions ==

Dear Matthew,
welcome aboard CZ. Milton has already given you some hints as to how things work here in general (especially for Californians), 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]]):
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{{rpr|Orange County, California}}
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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]).

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]] 19:11, 11 September 2010 (UTC)