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== Some ideas for contributions ==

Hi Laith,
welcome aboard CZ. Ruth has already given you some hints as to how things work here in general, and 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|Ecology}}
{{rpl|Behavior}} 
{{rpl|Biochemistry}}
{{rpl|Evolution}}
{{rpl|Biology}}
{{rpl|Chemistry}}
{{rpl|Anthropology}}
{{rpl|Human uniqueness}}
{{rpl|Geography}}
{{rpl|Conservation biology}}
{{rpl|Biodiversity}}
{{rpl|Field research}}
{{rpl|Kenya}}
{{rpl|California (U.S. state)}}
{{rpl|Los Angeles, California}}

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 (on either side), please consider doing so via [[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium articles]].

Looking forward to fruitful collaborative editing, [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 05:17, 7 October 2008 (CDT)

== Welcome from [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] ==

Hi Laith: Happy to see you joined CZ. Perhaps you can convince your brother, Kyle, to do likewise. Pull out those essays you did for Jared Diamond, email them to me (Anthony_Sebastian@msn.com), I'll look them over, get some advice from colleagues, see where they might fit in (as new articles, edits of existing articles, signed articles). Perhaps you have some classmates, present or past, who'd like to participate in CZ. Contact them, or if you prefer, give me some heads-up on them, I'll email them, saying you referred them.  Good suggestions from Ruth and Daniel &mdash; give them some thought/action.  Happy writing.  --[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 21:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

BTW: I created a personal sandbox for you to practice on: [[User:Laith Bander/SandBox]]. --[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 22:35, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Consider editing also:

{{rpl|Life}} &nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash;Laith, click on Draft tab for approved articles.
{{rpl|Evolutionary biology}}
{{rpl|Jared Diamond}} &nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash;Laith, You'd have to create this article.
--[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 22:49, 30 November 2008 (UTC)