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Akvopedia is a Web-based, free content project about , water and sanitation subjectsknowledge resource. The name Akvopedia is a combination of the words akvo (meaning ''water '' in the language Esperanto) and encyclopedia. Akvopedia articles article pages seek to provide links a solid introduction to guide the user to related pages with additional informationwater and sanitation technologies, financing, and processes needed for project implementation and maintenance.
The Akvopedia is written collaboratively by volunteers and specialists , mainly from the water and sanitation sector , since the creation of Akvopedia during back in the summer of 2007.
Visitors However, visitors do not need specialized qualifications to contribute, since their primary role is to write articles that cover existing knowledge(which includes local, in-the-field knowledge); this means that people of all ages and cultural and social backgrounds can write Akvopedia articles. Most of the articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link. Anyone is welcome to add information, cross-references or citations, as long as they do so within Akvopedia's editing policies and to an appropriate standard. Substandard or disputed information is subject to removal. Users need not worry about accidentally damaging Akvopedia when adding or improving information, as other editors are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, and Akvopedia's software [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (which also powers the [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]) is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.
Users who ====Visual Editor is now here====We have upgraded Akvopedia with the Wikipedia style Visual Editor upload/editing tool to enable a simplified platform, so that zero programming knowledge is needed to create/edit and contribute article on Akvopedia. To learn how to use the Akvopedia should follow Visual editor, see the Wikipedia [[Akvopediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Policies_and_guidelines|policies and guidelines]Introduction tutorials on how to use it] which are available.But as always, if it is more convenient for you we can also create and upload your pages for you!
=== Trademarks and copyright ===Akvopedia and Akvo are trademarks of the nonprofit [[Netherlands Water Partnership]]. It is anticipated that as soon as the [[Akvo Foundation]] (Stichting Akvo) has been set up, the trademarks will be transferred to the Akvo Foundation.
All of the text in the Akvopedia, and most of the images and other content, is covered by the [http://en.wikipediacreativecommons.org/wikilicenses/GNU_Free_Documentation_License GNU Free Documentation Licenseby-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0] (GFDLCC-BY-SA)license. Contributions remain the property of their creators, while the GFDL CC-BY-SA license ensures the content is can be freely distributable distributed and reproduciblereproduced. (See the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html copyright] notice and the content [[Akvopedia:General_disclaimer | disclaimer]] for more information.)
See also the [[Akvopedia:Copyrights]] page for a detailed discussion about Copyright and Akvopedia.
== Aknowledgements ==The Akvopedia started as an open collaborative effort of general Akvo terms and conditions are here: [httphttps://www.akvo.org Akvo], initiated by [http:/help/www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.irc.nl IRC International Water akvo-policies-and Sanitation Centre], [http://www.unesco-ihe.org UNESCOterms-IHE], [http:2//www.greenocean.org GreenOcean] Akvo Policies and [http://www.movementdesign.org The Movement Design Bureau]. Prototype funding has been provided by [http://www.partnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor WaterTerms].
Much === Acknowledgements ===Akvopedia started as an open collaborative effort of the initial content of in this wiki comes from the books [http://www.ircakvo.nl/page/28448 Smart Sanitation Solutionsorg Akvo] and , initiated by [http://http://www.practicafoundationnwp.nl/library/smart-solutions.html Smart Netherlands Water SolutionsPartnership] produced in collaboration with , [http://www.nwpircwash.nl Netherlands Water Partnershiporg/ IRC], [http://www.wasteunesco-ihe.nl WASTEorg UNESCO-IHE], [http://www.practicafoundationgreenocean.nl/ PRACTICAorg GreenOcean], and [http://wwwmovementbureau.ircblogs.nl IRC International Water and Sanitation Centrecom/ The Movement Design Bureau], SIMAWI and . Prototype funding has been provided by [http://www.partnersforwaterpartnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water].
Much of the initial content of in this wiki comes from the books [http://www.ircwash.org/resources/smart-sanitation-solutions-examples-innovative-low-cost-technologies-toilets-collection Smart Sanitation Solutions] and [http://practica.org/publications/smart-water-solutions/ Smart Water Solutions] produced in collaboration with [http://www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.waste.nl WASTE], [http://practica.org/ PRACTICA], [http://www.ircwash.org/ IRC], [http://www.simavi.org SIMAVI] and [http://www.partnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water]
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