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| (third pass and less mess (please use history to find the previous versions) by [[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 18:04, 20 November 2006 (PST))
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| ====Discussion====
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| Made a few minor changes and replaced the last possibly incendiary line with a more positive one. Let's get this out this week. More changes? --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 18:07, 20 November 2006 (PST)
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| I want to do a concise reword of these bits:
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| * ''and garnering a link on a site endorsed by Kofi Annan (see the Appropriate Technology Wiki link in the sidebar at http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/blog/),''
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| * '' Other development organizations seem to agree, such as Engineers Without Borders-International, which recently named Appropedia one of their solutions of the month (see http://www.ewb-international.org/solutionofmonth.htm).''
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| --[[User:Singkong2005|Singkong2005]] · <small>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</small> 03:30, 10 December 2006 (PST)
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| '''Nearly there.''' I've made it a bit more pithy & direct. Needs a bit more trimming, ideally, to be ideal for WorldChanging. A brief excerpt is suggested in the submission guidelines - I'd be more inclined to pick one or two of the strongest categories or articles and give a one sentence summary. Two very different categories would be ideal, to give an impression of Appropedia's scope. Must go now before I turn into a pumpkin... --[[User:Singkong2005|Singkong2005]] · <small>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</small> 06:01, 12 December 2006 (PST)
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| :I compressed and squeezed where I thought we were still somewhat redundant, then bulked up by adding the quotes from others. The idea of "extracting" seems tricky. What would you extract from Wikipedia as an example? So I went with the quotes and also used the final sentence to hint at several popular content areas. I'm very tempted to shoot it off, but having made so many changes, I feel it's too risky. I may send it myself at the end of the day, but I want some distance before I take another look at it. Cheers! --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 07:07, 12 December 2006 (PST)
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| ::Good changes. As you pointed out on my talk page, they'll do their own editing anyway; extracting is indeed tricky - the idea of mentioning what's on the site in the way you have is very smooth. No further ideas, so I'll let you (and/or Lonny) make the judgement. --[[User:Singkong2005|Singkong2005]] · <small>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</small> 18:32, 12 December 2006 (PST)
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| :::Great changes. I am not sure about the "well" in that last sentence. I like the personality, but it seems to much a part of the list. Either way, let's send submit this. Great work! --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 19:40, 12 December 2006 (PST)
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| ::::SUBMITTED!! --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 20:42, 12 December 2006 (PST)
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| ===Previous idea... may come back to use some of it===
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| Submission draft begins:
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| Appropedia is a living library of appropriate technology, international development and sustainability, replete with collaborative pages, networking, project writeups and how-tos and original research such as theses. We are also starting to add material on the "soft" issues in development, such as culture and development and gender and development.
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| This is the largest and most active wiki on appropriate technology, with pages on Water, Solar electricity and Solar hot water, Waste management and http://www.appropedia.org/index.php?title=Category:Vermiculture#To_create_a_page_related_to_Vermiculture Vermiculture (worm farming) as well as a http://www.appropedia.org/index.php?title=Low_cost_computer_guide Low cost computer guide and pages on http://www.appropedia.org/index.php?title=Category:Culture_and_development culture and development.
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| (Adapt Curt's words: ''the absolutely necessary presence of a committed, wise, experienced, patient and supportive SysOp (or better yet, collection of SysOps), knowledgeable in things wiki and field tested sustainable technology, without which no wiki has a chance'' - first attempt below.)
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| An active, functioning community is essential to a good, functioning wiki, and Appropedia's wiki is active and growing. Most days there are 3 admins active. This includes a dedicated and knowledgeable SysOp who maintains the technical side with the assistance of another "tech admin." These admins, together with other users, are passionate about appropriate technology and sustainability for improving the lives of people around the world.
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| Contributors are also making an effort to collaborate with others as much as possible, so we don't fragment our efforts.
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| Appropedia complements Wikipedia - whereas Wikipedia has articles describing a technology or idea, Appropedia also allows projects, original research and how-tos.
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| Suggested tags: Quickchanges, Appropriate technology, international development, sustainability
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| ==Future submissions==
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| Ask to be put in their links column (left, bottom).
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| ===Low cost computer guide===
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| *[[Low cost computer guide]]
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| With links to other projects at the bottom of the page, it also acts as a portal.
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| ===Wikipedia resources on development issues===
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| WikiProject International development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_International_development
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| Note that this is for encyclopedic material...
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| ===Synergy===
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| #Using WikiIndex to find relevant wikis (mentioning categories including sustainability, international development).
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| #WikiNodes can help, e.g. Appropedia's WikiNode lists not only related wiki sites, but also other non-wiki networks like WorldChanging.
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| #The Wiki Synergy Project http://www.wikiindex.com/User:Singkong2005/The_Wiki_Synergy_Project is an effort to help these networks work together more effectively.
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Let's write a submission for worldchanging.com.
The Village Earth Wiki was reviewed in May, and even in September attracted a valuable contributor to that wiki.
Full guidelines at Submission guidelines.
In brief:
1) only positive recommendations.
2) always a fresh angle.
3) Pithy Writing. ...no more than three paragraphs... Try to start with a strong, declarative first sentence.
4) Excerpts. ...pull the best quotes from the resource as excerpts in your recommendation.
5) Why It Matters. Why is it good? How is it useful? How do you use it? What's innovative about it? What are the implications if its use were to spread? Feel free to be opinionated!
Don't use HTML (the form strips it out) - presumably they will format it themselves.
We plan that the first submission is a "Concept validation," below.
- Note that web links are to be left in the raw form.
(Use this review of the Village Earth wiki for ideas).
Proposed "Concept validation" submission for WorldChanging
A wiki dedicated to sustainability, international development and appropriate technology is compelling idea. Some months back, WorldChanging did a story about an Appropriate Technology Wiki Project (see http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004483.html). Around that time, several other sites with very similar visions were in the offing, all started separately by a few ambitious hopefuls.
So, are we set for 'war of the wikis'? Fortunately, no. It turns out that collaborative visionaries are very willing to work together. The founders of two wikis (the Development and Sustainability Wikia http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/About_the_Development_and_Sustainability_Wikia and WinWinWiki http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/WinWinWiki) independently discovered the larger and more active site, Appropedia (http://www.appropedia.org). These three pioneers, now on one site, agreed on a broad scope covering all world-changing ideas about sustainability and international development. The Appropedia agreed policy is to complement Wikipedia, rather than compete. Rather than encyclopedic articles, Appropedia encourages other useful material, including original research, project writeups, how-to's and more. The result is turning heads: Engineers Without Borders-International listed Appropedia as "Solution of the Month"; Kofi Annan's Centre of Excellence in ICT Blog ranks Appropedia as one of five "Links of Interest"; Ethan Zuckerman of "my heart's in Accra" calls Appropedia a "very cool idea".
The nature of wikis is such that merging is highly favored. A single larger wiki has better synergy, with more active users editing and expanding the content. Search engines also favor larger, busier sites. Appropedia has benefited from these dynamics, with a growing community of international editors, partner websites (e.g. http://www.demotech.org/) and open design groups (e.g. http://www.osafa.org). The world of sustainable development now has a unified web-based method for sharing information, and no longer is there any need to reinvent, well, rainwater catchment, solar water purification, the composting toilet, or hundreds of other useful inventions.
Suggested tags: Quickchanges, collaboration, open design, appropriate technology, international development, sustainability
(first pass drafted by --CurtB 21:48, 2 November 2006 (PST))
(second pass (and draft left in messy state) by --Singkong2005
