GitHub Workshop: Add Citizen Science terms to Glossary

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GitHub for Collaboration Workshop

This issue accompanies the GitHub for Collaboration Workshop developed by Eirini Zormpa, Sophia Batchelor and Rachael Stickland for the AIM RSF. We're so glad to have you here! 🎉

Below you'll find some instructions for how to contribute to the AIM RSF Glossary of Terms and develop collaborative practices on GitHub. If you have any questions, please let @RayStick or @eirini-zormpa know on Zoom so that we can assist you.

Summary

Terms that were identified and discussed during the September Collaboration Cafe need to be added to the Glossary of Terms.

Guide to Contribution

1. Go to the glossary file in this repository to address the issue: https://github.com/aim-rsf/Glossary-of-Terms/blob/main/docs/terms/Public-Engagement.md

2. Click 'Edit this file' and find line 7.

3. Use Markdown format to add the following term and definition (do not include the backticks but do include the spacing)

Citizen Scientist
        A Citizen Scientist is someone who has an active role in the scientific process but has not previously held an official research appointment and may not have undergone formal research training.

Make sure that you also copy the white space and that the definition is inset from the term.

4. Click 'Preview' to check that the changes look the way you'd like them too!

5. Navigate to 'Propose changes' at the bottom of the page: edit the title and the description of the issue to describe your update to the community.

6. Click 'Propose changes'. You will be redirected to a new page to make a Pull Request within the project.

7. Fill in any relevant information, including the issue that the pull request fixes. You can connect the pull request and the issue it addressed using a#. You can find the issue number next to the title of this issue (this one is 23).

For example: this pull request fixes #23

Including this sentence in the body of your pull request will automagically close the issue once the pull request is merged 🪄✨

8. Click 'Create Pull Request'! Congratulations! 🎉

9. A reviewer will review your pull request, and ask you if you need to make any changes before it can be approved.

10. There are a number of checks your project will undergo: to check for merge conflicts, inclusive language, and formatting issues. Wait until those checks are complete before merging.

11. Once your pull request is approved and the checks are complete, you can merge your change into the repository! ✅