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| == What is Appropedia? ==
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| ''Appropedia'' is the site for collaborative solutions in [[sustainability]], [[poverty]] reduction and [[international development]] through the use of [[appropriate technology]] and the sharing of [[project]] information.
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| Appropedia is a [[wikipedia:wiki|wiki]], a type of website which allows anyone to add, remove, or edit content. Registration is encouraged but not required for contributors. But most importantly, Appropedia is a open site for stakeholders to come together to find, create and improve scalable and adaptable solutions. For more about our motivation, see [[Appropedia:Mission]].
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| Appropedia began in April of 2006. Six other similar sites have joined Appropedia since its inception:
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| * Sustainable Development Wikia
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| * Village Earth's ATwiki
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| * HowToLiveWiki, home of the Hexayurt
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| * sgoals, the site for sustainable business
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| These collaborations have brought many content pages, readers and contributors. You can learn more about the history of Appropedia at [[Appropedia:A_history_of_collaboration]].
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| == Content on Appropedia ==
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| Appropedia welcomes contributions of many types of content:
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| *Project histories and project how-tos
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| *Textbook-style information, tables, and figures
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| *Photographs and illustrations
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| *Information for finding supplies and help
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| *Links and information on other organizations
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| *Collaboration pages for co-creating solutions
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| *Discussion pages for commenting on work done and work that needs to be done
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| *And more
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| Posting encyclopedic content on Appropedia is discouraged, as Wikipedia is a more-used resource for this style of article.
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| == People who make Appropedia possible ==
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| ===You===
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| The community of contributors and visitors makes Appropedia work, and makes working at Appropedia meaningful.
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| ===Founder, [[Appropedia:Administrators|admin]] and [[Appropedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]===
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| *[[user:Lonny | Lonny Grafman]]
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| ===Founding administrators===
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| *[[user:Chriswaterguy | Chriswaterguy]], a.k.a. [[User:Chriswaterguy/Chris Watkins|Chris Watkins]], major [[Special:Contributions/Chriswaterguy|contributor]] to Appropedia and other wiki projects.
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| *[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curt Beckmann]]
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| *[[User:GoodSignal| GoodSignal]], a.k.a. Gabriel Krause. Founding technical administrator.
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| ===Other administrators===
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| *[[User:On2Leggs|On2Leggs]], a.k.a. Ryan Legg - Senior staff at [http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge/ Cornell's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise] in charge of program development and management.
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| *[[User:Vinay Gupta|Vinay Gupta]] of the [[Hexayurt]].
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| ===Technical Assistance===
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| *[[user:aaron | Aaron Antrim]], a student of [[wikipedia:Humboldt State University | Humboldt State University]] consulted the original appropedia team, and provided the recommendation to use [[wikipedia:MediaWiki | MediaWiki software]].
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| ===Financial Assistance for hosting Appropedia===
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| Thanks to a kind (and fairly modest [ [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] ]) donation from [[User:Curtbeckmann|Curt Beckmann]], Appropedia has a fast and secure server - [http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?228554 DreamHost].
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| ===The Foundation===
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| Oversight of Appropedia is provided by The [[Appropedia Foundation]].
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Appropedia:Mission]]
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| * [[Appropedia:Promotion of Appropedia]]
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| * [[:Category:Appropedia press releases]]
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| [[Category:About Appropedia]]
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| [[Category:Wikis for international development]]
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| [[Category:Wikis for sustainability]]
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