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<blockquote>Akvopedia is a Web-based, free content, water and sanitation knowledge resource. The name Akvopedia is a combination of the words akvo (meaning ''This is an water'' in the language Esperanto) and encyclopedia. Akvopedia article pages seek to provide a solid introduction to the Akvopedia water and sanitation technologies, financing, and processes needed for project for visitors''</blockquote>implementation and maintenance.
Akvopedia is a Web-basedwritten collaboratively by volunteers and specialists, free content project about mainly from the water and sanitation subjects. The name sector, since the creation of Akvopedia is a portmanteau (combination of words and their meanings) of the words akvo (water back in the language Esperanto) and encyclopedia. Akvopedia articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional informationsummer of 2007.
The Akvopedia However, visitors do not need specialized qualifications to contribute, since their primary role is written collaboratively by volunteers to write articles that cover existing knowledge (which includes local, in-the-field knowledge); this means that people of all ages and specialists mainly from the water cultural and sanitation sector since the creation of social backgrounds can write Akvopedia during the summer of 2007articles.
Visitors do not need specialized qualifications ====Visual Editor is now here====We have upgraded Akvopedia with the Wikipedia style Visual Editor upload/editing tool to contributeenable a simplified platform, since their primary role so that zero programming knowledge is needed to write articles that cover existing knowledge; this means that people of all ages and cultural and social backgrounds can write Avopedia articlescreate/edit article on Akvopedia. Most of the articles can be edited by anyone with access To learn how to use the InternetVisual editor, simply by clicking see the edit this page linkWikipedia [https://en. 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 standardwikipedia. Substandard or disputed information is subject org/wiki/Help:Introduction tutorials on how to removaluse it]. Users need not worry about accidentally damaging Akvopedia when adding or improving information, But as other editors are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, if it is more convenient for you we can also create and Akvopedia's software (MediaWiki, which also powers the Wikipedia) is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.upload your pages for you!
The ===Trademarks and copyright ===Akvopedia started as an open collaborative effort and Akvo are trademarks of the [[http://www.akvo.org AkvoFoundation], initiated by [http://www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.irc.nl IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre], [http://www.unesco-ihe.org UNESCO-IHE], [http://www.greenocean.org GreenOcean] and the [http://www.movementdesign.org Movement Design Bureau]. Prototype funding has been provided by [http://www.partnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water](Stichting Akvo).
== Aknowledgements ==All of the text in Akvopedia and most of the images and other content is covered by the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0] (CC-BY-SA) license. Contributions remain the property of their creators, while the CC-BY-SA license ensures the content can be freely distributed and reproduced. (See the content [[Akvopedia:General_disclaimer | disclaimer]] for more information.)
See also the [[Akvopedia:Copyrights]] page for a detailed discussion about Copyright and Akvopedia. The general Akvo terms and conditions are here: [https://akvo.org/help/akvo-policies-and-terms-2/ Akvo Policies and Terms]. === Acknowledgements ===Akvopedia started as an open collaborative effort of [http://www.akvo.org Akvo], initiated by [http://www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.ircwash.org/ IRC], [http://www.unesco-ihe.org UNESCO-IHE], [http://www.greenocean.org GreenOcean] and [http://movementbureau.blogs.com/ The Movement Design Bureau]. Prototype funding has been provided by [http://www.partnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water]. Much of the initial content of in this wiki comes from the books [http://www.ircircwash.nlorg/pageresources/28448 smart-sanitation-solutions-examples-innovative-low-cost-technologies-toilets-collection Smart Sanitation Solutions] and [http://http://wwwpractica.practicafoundation.nlorg/librarypublications/smart-water-solutions.html / Smart Water Solutions] produced in collaboration with [http://www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.waste.nl WASTE], [http://wwwpractica.practicafoundation.nlorg/ PRACTICA], [http://www.ircircwash.nl org/ IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre], SIMAWI [http://www.simavi.org SIMAVI] and [http://www.partnersforwaterpartnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water] [[Category:Akvopedia| ]]
