User talk:David L Green

Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitions • add 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!

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 article	All articles (1,623)	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: Underlinked (753) Cat Check (506) Cleanup (0) Subpage categories: Definitions (1,562) Related Articles (1,441 to check 710) Bibliography (400) External Links (446) Gallery (30) Video (33)

Missing subpage categories: Definitions (34) Related Articles (15) Bibliography (32) External Links (33) Article statuses: 104 Developed (status=1) 673 Developing (status=2) 699 Stub (status=3) 105 External (status=4) 128 Advanced (status 0-1) 801 Nonstub (status 0-2) 1,500 Internal (status 0-3)

• 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:

• Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians

David Tribe 02:14, 3 April 2007 (CDT)

Regarding Image:Zelus_9766.JPG

Regarding Image:Zelus_9766.JPG, who took the photo? What is its source? Please add that info to the image page. Thanks! Stephen Ewen 23:05, 6 May 2007 (CDT)

All images I upload are mine, unless otherwise noted. David L Green 23:13, 6 May 2007 (CDT)

Source

David, on the upload template where it says source, don't remove it. Place there where you got it. If you made it, say so, Thanks, Stephen Ewen 23:33, 17 May 2007 (CDT)

Also, you keep uploading images as GFDL and a Creative Commons. Are you trying to dual license them or is this a mistake? Stephen Ewen 23:36, 17 May 2007 (CDT)

I guess it's a mistake. I thought they were the same thing. The upload process is pretty complicated and is not very intuitive. I think it needs to be simplified (for all us gheezers who didn't grow up with computers). David L Green 22:15, 18 May 2007 (CDT)

No problem. Just choose one license, the freer the better, as described in the drop-down menu at Special:upload. Stephen Ewen 22:21, 18 May 2007 (CDT)

BTW, these images you have been uploading are beautiful. :-) Stephen Ewen 21:23, 19 May 2007 (CDT)

Thank you. David L Green 21:36, 19 May 2007 (CDT)

Description

Do me a favor and quick drop by Image:Carpenter_0845.JPG and add a description. Awesome photo, by the way! ---Stephen Ewen 03:37, 27 May 2007 (CDT)

GFDL images

Just an FYI about releasing images under the GFDL: See HERE. ---Stephen Ewen 14:09, 17 June 2007 (CDT)

Party! You're invited!

Hi David — Your neighbourhood Mistress of Ceremonies here. I noticed you working on the wiki and added your name. Don’t forget to come on over to the party and sign in at one of the categories! Aleta Curry 16:45, 9 January 2008 (CST) say ‘hi’ to me here.

Wikipedia articles

Hey David, don't be afraid to bring your wikipedia articles here. I would actively encourage you to do this. Look at the Barbara McClintock article, it is very similar to the wikipedia version and approved. Chris Day (talk) 22:39, 9 January 2008 (CST)

Hi David! It's all happening!

Yes, it’s a new month, and here’s your friendly reminder that the FEBRUARY PARTY is on, and we’d love to see you there! Come join in the general fun. Aleta Curry 15:33, 6 February 2008 (CST)

Spanish Civil War

Thanks for the much needed spelling and grammar corrections to the Spanish Civil War article i've been working on. I'm curious, however, as to why British English is been translated to American English; e.g, Favour to favor. Its not a big problem of course, but may be in the future as Citizendium grows. Regards, Denis Cavanagh 12:42, 27 April 2008 (CDT)

The article was mixed and I was attemting to make it consistent. Feel free to change it, if I was in error. David L Green 13:34, 27 April 2008 (CDT)

Thats fine David. Its not something I care terribly about (The British V American English debate that is) but I recognise many don't feel the same way and so had to ask. Cheers, it does look much more professional and consistent now! Denis Cavanagh 14:09, 27 April 2008 (CDT)

Thanks

I'm beginning to feel like you're my personal grammar corrector! Seriously though, thanks very much, I tend to be lazy when it comes to things like this. I've been doing my most recent additions in MS word, to tweak out any spelling/grammar mistakes. Doesn't catch them all though! Denis Cavanagh 21:26, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

Didn't feel persecution at all in any sense, more honoured than anything else. Thanks again. Denis Cavanagh 21:51, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

Just a hello...

...from one beekeeper to another. I've enjoyed your pictures and entries! Marielle Fields Newsome 18:39, 5 June 2008 (CDT)

Amish photos

Thanks for the photo at the top of the Amish article!

Now you wouldn't happen to have a photo of a typical Amish one-room schoolhouse (not Nickel Mines). There is an article on Wisconsin v. Yoder and I think such a photo would enhance that page. If not there, then there might be an article on the Amish schools controversy someday. James F. Perry 18:01, 14 June 2008 (CDT)

I'm sorry. I have some Amish photos but none of a schoolhouse. Unfortunately I've been on vacation, and this note came just after we had been in Amish territory. I will look for one next time. David L Green 21:13, 26 June 2008 (CDT)

Chiang Kai-shek

Hi, David. In a recent revision of the Chiang article, you changed the word "coop" to "ally." I think the original author probably just misspelled "coopt." Do you think it should be changed to that instead? (To me, "coopt" isn't quite the same as "ally" -- among other connotations, it suggests something sneaky and nasty, which fits the Generalissimo's methods just fine!) Bruce M.Tindall 15:46, 6 July 2008 (CDT)

That's it! I couldn't figure out what was meant. Your explanation makes sense. David L Green 16:07, 6 July 2008 (CDT)

Please join us for Biology Week!

Hello David, I am giving you this personal invitation to join us this week for Biology Week! You're a Citizendium Biology Author and we need authors as much as editors here to get involved. Did you know that there are over 200 biology authors here? Yep! Please join us on the wiki and add or revise biology articles. Also, please let your friends and colleagues who are biologists, biology students, or naturalists, know about Biology Week and ask them to join us, too. Any way you can help make it an event would be most welcome. Think of it as a Biology Workgroup open house. Let's see if we can kick up activity a notch! Thanks in advance! --Larry Sanger 13:08, 22 September 2008 (CDT)

The first Biology Week took place here from Sep 22-28, 2008.