User talk:Marika Herskovic

Welcome!

Welcome, new editor! We're very glad you've joined us. Here are pointers for a quick start. Also, when you get a chance, please read The Editor Role. You can look at Getting Started for other helpful introductory pages. It is essential for you as an editor to join the Citizendium-Editors (broadcast) mailing list in order to stay abreast of editor-related issues, as well as the mailing list(s) that concern your particular interests. It is also important, for project-wide matters, to join the Citizendium-L (broadcast) mailing list. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forums is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any constable for help, too. Me, for instance! 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 your edits on Recent changes soon. Roger Lohmann 14:09, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

An article you might want to look at.

Hi! It's good to see a visual arts person here. I wonder if you might have a look at the article on Waldo Peirce. Judging by your profile, it seems like you are just the person we need to review that article for approval. You might want to scan our approval standards to get an idea of what we aim for. This is a particularly good article for a new member to get started on, actually, because Peirce's nephew is a frequent contributor here: Hayford Peirce. Feel free to stop by my talk page if you have any questions. --Joe Quick 15:43, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Marika, thanks for your quick response. I think maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been.

We use the words "author" and "editor" a little differently at Citizendium. An "author" is anyone who contributes to an article and anyone may act as an "author" for any article. "Editor" means a subject area expert who guides the development and eventual "approval" of articles. "Approval" here means that an "editor" has reviewed the article for content and accuracy and has signed off on it based on the approval standards I mentioned above.

I noticed that you've been confirmed as a visual arts "editor" and was hoping that you could oversee the approval process for the Waldo Peirce article. The process works somewhat like peer-review. You don't need to know the work of this particular artist in order to oversee approval, but we do need someone who is experienced with the visual arts field as a whole who can judge the overall quality of the article in terms of what should be present in an article about an artist and how material should be presented. I don't mean to pressure you, but I think you'd be a good person to fill that role. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help you through the process. --Joe Quick 17:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)