User:Marielle Fields Newsome

I am an Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. I graduated with Honors in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY in May 2008.

My primary interest in contributing to the Citizendium is in the field of animal behavior; however, I've contributed to articles on Wikipedia in other areas of biology, chemistry, and physics, and expect to do so here as well. I am also interested in scientific classification. My organisms of choice generally belong to the class Insecta. As for nonscientific interests, anime, manga, and other aspects of Japanese popular culture are a hobby of mine. I am also an avid reader of both fiction and non fiction.

Current Projects

The Official Box

Marielle Fields Newsome Status    last updated June 17    [edit plan here] Get your own infobox! • Group Status ~ Plans ~ Short term plans 1. Work on Eye and related articles. The remaining orders in the class Insecta: Dermaptera Dictyoptera Diptera Embiidina Hagen, 1862 Grylloblattodea Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Hymenoptera Isoptera Brullé, 1832 Lepidoptera Mantophasmatodea Zompro, Klass, Kristensen and Adis, 2002 Mecoptera Orthoptera Phasmatodea Jacobson and Bianchi, 1902 Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 Plecoptera Psocoptera Siphonaptera Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813 Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836 Trichoptera Zoraptera Silvestri, 1913 Neuroptera Longer-term plans 1. Make at least stub entries for all of the orders in the class Insecta & improve Insect 2. Work on Biology Week stuff 3. Add pictures, from own files and InsectImages.org 4. Add articles on insect anatomy 5. Add articles on eye anatomy ~ Roles and notes ~ Roles in the system 1. Supreme Person of Awesomeness Notes to self Click edit above to start these notes Public notes : I can haz motto? Biology Workweek Mock-ups Main page Here's the .svg, if anyone wants to work on it. I think the rest of the pencil needs shading, and maybe the amoeba needs to pop more. Biology Week is on! Join us this week, September 22-28 You're invited to work on high priority articles, or simply start a new one! It's a Workgroup Week. If an amoeba can participate, so can you! (Are you new? This is a good day to get a Quick Start.) Workgroup Page If someone wants to format this better, that would be great. Also, the banner design is still a work in progress. Suggestions are very welcome. Marielle Fields Newsome 11:36, 8 June 2008 (CDT) Hi Marielle, these look great! For uniformity, though, let's use the name "Biology Week." Also, if I had my pick, I'd put the second one on the main page, because it's fancier...not that I care that much, I really don't. And, since I haven't said it yet--welcome! It's always nice and encouraging when a new active person shows up!--Larry Sanger 17:35, 8 June 2008 (CDT) 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 (1,621) 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 (751) Cat Check (505) Cleanup (0) Subpage categories: Definitions (1,560) Related Articles (1,439 to check 708) Bibliography (399) External Links (448) Gallery (30) Video (33)  Missing subpage categories: Definitions (34) Related Articles (15) Bibliography (32) External Links (33) Article statuses: 104 Developed (status=1) 677 Developing (status=2) 699 Stub (status=3) 99 External (status=4) 128 Advanced (status 0-1) 805 Nonstub (status 0-2) 1,504 Internal (status 0-3)

Taxonomy

Insect classification, like much of taxonomy, has been going through rather dramatic changes recently. The most complete source for up-to-date classification seems to be ITIS. As such, I've decided that the site will be my final authority on taxonomy. I notice that Wikipedia uses more recent material in their classification, but I'm hesitant to do that, mostly because taxonomy is often interdependent, and one paper does not a new order make. Marielle Fields Newsome 16:59, 4 June 2008 (CDT)

Website

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