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| ''To keep track of recent changes to all the pages linked above, check '''[http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Template:CPheader Recent changes to community discussion pages]'''. You may also place a {{tl|Discussion tracker}} on your user talk page.'' <br> | | ''To keep track of recent changes to all the pages linked above, check '''[http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked |
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| ==How to Help==
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| There are many ways that you can contribute to Appropedia. From reading articles and sharing them with others to creating your own.
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| ==Do what you have passion for:==
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| ===Edit===
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| *Spelling and grammar errors drive you crazy?
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| **Check the [[:Category:Articles_asking_spelling_and_grammar_review]] page to find articles listed by authors asking for assistance.
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| **Or, if the category above is empty, look over other articles for errors, and then commit the satisfying act of correction.
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| **#Click the edit tab
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| **#retype the offending part
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| **#write a quick summary and click save page.
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| **#The world is now a better place
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| *Have areas of expertise?
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| **[[Special:Search|Search]] for articles in those areas
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| **Contribute by clicking the edit tab or the discussion tab.
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| ===Port (integrate) useful content into Appropedia pages===
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| *Willing to help others [[port]] their content to Appropedia?
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| **Visit [[Appropedia:Port pages]] to find folks that are looking for some help
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| **"Register" yourself as a "[[:Category:Porting helpers|Porting Helper]]" by copy/pasting the following at the bottom of your user page:
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| **:<nowiki>[[Category:Porting helpers]]</nowiki>
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| ===Maintain a portal and/or moderate a topic===
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| Take ownership of a corner of Appropedia.
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| *Create a new portal
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| *Sign up for a stint at managing an existing portal
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| *Take a shot at moderating a topic
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| [[Appropedia:Portal|Portals]] are "entry pages" or "landing pages" for users with specific interests. We need folks who can maintain a topic portal, and/or manage many articles related to a topic. If you have an interest in a particular topic and are willing to commit a few hours per week to Appropedia for a month or more, we would like to hear from you! Please leave us a note on the discussion page (click the discussion tab above), or see [[Appropedia:Administrators|here]] to see how to send an email to a member of the Appropedia team.
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| ===Create===
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| ====Builders/Inventors====
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| Built an amazing appropriate technology [[:Category:Projects|project]] or worked on a sustainable development process?
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| *Create a page and tell the world about it. Let others learn from your experience and receive feedback from others.
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| *Include the following category at the bottom of your new page: {{Tlc|Projects}}
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| ====Community/Organization Members====
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| Part of a appropriate technology/sustainable development community or [[:Category:Organizations|organization]]?
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| *Create a page that advertises your organization and provides a working space for your organizational needs, such as contracts, upcoming events, maps, collaborative grants, etc.
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| *Include the following category at the bottom of your new page: {{Tlc|Organizations}}
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| ====Educators====
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| Are you a teacher?
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| *Post your [[:Category:Coursework|coursework]], schedule or lecture notes.
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| *Consider making Appropedia a part of your curriculum. Students can post and edit about sustainability, this allows them to take part in a global context, receive broader feedback, learn mediawiki (very simple, but useful) and more easily collaborate with peers.
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| *Include the following category at the bottom of your new page: {{Tlc|Coursework}}
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| ====Program Directors====
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| Are you part of the directing of a program, intensive, workshop or school?
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| *Create a page that advertises your organization and provides a working space for your program goals, such as curriculum, important contacts, contracts, schedule of classes, upcoming events, collaborative work, etc.
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| *See [[:Category:Parras|Category:Parras]] for an example.
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| *Include the following category at the bottom of your new page: {{Tlc|Programs}}
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| ====Thesis Authors====
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| Do you have a Thesis that should be shared?
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| *Create a page and post it here
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| *If your thesis in word format consider using [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Word2MediaWikiPlus word2wiki]
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| *Include the following category at the bottom of your new page: {{Tlc|Theses}}
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| ====How to'ers====
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| Know how to do something appropriate really well?
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| *Search for a page on it.
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| **If a page already exists, add your knowledge.
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| **If no page exists, create one and tell us how to do what it is you do.
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| *Include the following category at the bottom of your new page: {{Tlc|How tos}}
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| ====Local resource finder====
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| Do you know where to find the inexpensive, useful, appropriate local resources?
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| *Search for: your area supplies. e.g. [[Humboldt CA supplies]]
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| **If a page already exists, add your knowledge.
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| **If no page exists, create one and tell us where to find the good resources.
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| *Include the following category at the bottom of your new page: {{Tlc|Supplies}}
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| ===Have a passion that you didn't see listed?===
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| *Leave a note on the discussion page above, or click [[Appropedia:Administrators|here]] to send an email to a member of the Appropedia team.
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| ====See Also====
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| *[[Appropedia:Village Pump|Village Pump]]
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| *[[Appropedia talk:Policy discussion|Policy discussion]]
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