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| − | + | The Akvopedia is an online encyclopedia specifically designed to meet the needs of the water and sanitation community. It is, like Wikipedia, a special type of collaborative website called a wiki. It follows the same conventions and processes as all wikis. | |
| − | + | General information on editing wiki content and an editing cheat sheet can be found on Wikipedia's own help pages. | |
| − | * [ | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page] |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Editing cheatsheet] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Editing cheatsheet] | ||
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| + | For information specific to adding articles to the Akvopedia, see [[How to build an akvopedia page|How to build an Akvopedia page]]. | ||
== Copying from Wikipedia or other free or openly licensed information sources == | == Copying from Wikipedia or other free or openly licensed information sources == | ||
| − | + | When copying information from another source, where you have permission to do so, please make include an acknowledgement at the bottom of the page. The wiki code of an example can be seen below: | |
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | If you are unsure about whether information can be copied | + | If you are unsure about whether information can be copied to the Akvopedia, please read the [[Akvopedia:Copyrights|Copyrights]] page to learn more about our guidelines. |
Revision as of 20:27, 10 July 2008
The Akvopedia is an online encyclopedia specifically designed to meet the needs of the water and sanitation community. It is, like Wikipedia, a special type of collaborative website called a wiki. It follows the same conventions and processes as all wikis.
General information on editing wiki content and an editing cheat sheet can be found on Wikipedia's own help pages.
For information specific to adding articles to the Akvopedia, see How to build an Akvopedia page.
Copying from Wikipedia or other free or openly licensed information sources
When copying information from another source, where you have permission to do so, please make include an acknowledgement at the bottom of the page. The wiki code of an example can be seen below:
== Acknowledgements == This material is derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNESCO-IHE | UNESCO-IHE] article in [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
If you are unsure about whether information can be copied to the Akvopedia, please read the Copyrights page to learn more about our guidelines.
