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Appropedia:Encyclopedic material
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[edit] Appropedia complements Wikipedia
- Main article: Appropedia:Appropedia is different from Wikipedia.
Appropedia complements WikipediaW rather than competing with it.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia (see Wikipedia:Project:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia), whereas Appropedia is a much broader resource, with original content, original research, case studies, project writeups, how-tos and more, as well as networking.
Where there is relevant encyclopedic material on Wikipedia, we can link to it using the {{Wikipedia}} template notice.
[edit] What is encyclopedic material?
Encyclopedic is used in the same way as in Wikipedia policies. It refers to information which is notable, not original; it relies on published secondary sources, not on original research. This is the kind of information which belongs at Wikipedia.
See Wikipedia:Project:What Wikipedia is not for further explanation.
[edit] When is encyclopedic material suitable for Appropedia?
- When information develops here that initially is not suitable, but thanks to other editors adding sources and making other improvements. In this case it should be transwikied to Wikipedia. Then, does the GFDL require that it credits Appropedia? This might be a problem.
- When Wikipedia's information which is relevant to Appropedia's focus is buried within other information, then it may be useful to summarize the encyclopedic information as well as linking to the article. If using actual slabs of text from Wikipedia, this must be credited.
- When it is likely that a person coming to the page may not understand the topic, then a brief description is useful, as well as a link to Wikipedia.
[edit] Linking to Wikipedia
- {{Wikipedia}} creates a box linking to a Wikipedia article of the same name as the Appropedia page you are editing.
- {{alsoWP}} creates a box linking to a Wikipedia article or other page (eg Help:, Category:, Template:) of the same name as the Appropedia page.
- {{Wikipedia p}} creates a similar box, but links to a page with a different name. Specify the actual Wikipedia name after a "pipe," in the form {{Wikipedia p|Appropriate technology}}.
- {{WP}} is used for inline links to Wikipedia, so as not to interrupt the flow of the text, while still making it clearer that this link leads outside Appropedia.
