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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. A login can be obtained [http://www.akvo.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup here]. A [[Editing_an_Akvopedia_page| graphical guide]] to help you get started is available, and other [[Help:Contents| Help pages]] are available too.

Anyone ====Visual Editor is welcome now here====We have upgraded Akvopedia with the Wikipedia style Visual Editor upload/editing tool to add information, cross-references or citationsenable a simplified platform, as long as they do so within Akvopedia's editing policies and to an appropriate standard. Substandard or disputed information that zero programming knowledge is subject needed to removalcreate/edit article on Akvopedia. Users need not worry about accidentally damaging Akvopedia when adding or improving information, as other editors are always around To learn how to advise or correct obvious errorsuse the Visual editor, and Akvopedia's software see the Wikipedia [httphttps://wwwen.mediawikiwikipedia.org MediaWiki] (which also powers the [http:/wiki/wwwHelp:Introduction tutorials on how to use it].wikipedia.org Wikipedia]) But as always, if it is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.more convenient for you we can also create and upload your pages for you!

Users who edit ===Trademarks and contribute to the copyright ===Akvopedia should follow and Akvo are trademarks of the [[Akvopedia:Policies_and_guidelines|policies and guidelinesAkvo Foundation]] which are available(Stichting Akvo).

== 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://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 is can be freely distributable distributed and reproduciblereproduced. (See the content [[Akvopedia:General_disclaimer | disclaimer]] for more information.)

== 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 and Sanitation Centre], [http://www.unescoakvo-ihe.org UNESCOpolicies-IHE], [http://www.greenocean.org GreenOcean] and [http://www.movementdesign.org 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.irc.nl/page/28448 Smart Sanitation Solutions] and [http://http://www.practicafoundation.nl/library/smart-solutions.html Smart Water Solutions] produced in collaboration with [http:terms-2//www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.waste.nl WASTE], [http://www.practicafoundation.nl/ PRACTICA], [http://www.irc.nl IRC International Water Akvo Policies and Sanitation CentreTerms], SIMAWI and [http://www.partnersforwater.nl/ Partners voor Water] and [http://www.buyazelexonline.com/ Buy Azelex Online]

== Neighbourhood = Acknowledgements ===There is the 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 [WikiNodehttp://movementbureau.blogs.com/ The Movement Design Bureau]. Prototype funding has been provided by [http://www.partnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water] for networking with the neighbourhood in the wiki landscape.