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<big><big>Chris Watkins</big></big><br>
<big><big>Chris Watkins</big></big><br>
a.k.a. Chriswaterguy<br><br>
a.k.a. Chriswaterguy<br><br>
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[[/Chris Watkins|'''My homepage''']] tells you more about my history.<br>
<small>I'm  [http://www.chriswaterguy.com/ Chris Waterguy]. Here is a very old photo of me (and [[/Chris Watkins|this page is for anyone looking for Chris Watkins]] based on an old connection)</small><br>
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<small>Track changes: [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Water Water] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Flood_control Flood control] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Water_conservation Water conservation] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Water_supply Water supply]&middot; [http://appropedia.orghttp://tinyurl.com/6bq8ja/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Solar_distillation Solar distillation] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Rainwater Rainwater]
<small>Track changes: [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Water Water] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Flood_control Flood control] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Water_conservation Water conservation] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Water_supply Water supply]&middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Solar_distillation Solar distillation] &middot; [http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Rainwater Rainwater]
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<small>''Registered on Appropedia on 26 June 2006.''</small>
<small>''Registered on Appropedia on 26 June 2006.''</small>
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I'm an Australian engineer with a passion for sharing knowledge to make a better world, and I've been involved in Appropedia since the very early days. I spend most of my time in Asia, especially Indonesia.
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=== What I'm doing here ===
== About me ==


I'm an admin on Appropedia, and I help to...
On the web:
* Work on the [[:Category:Appropedia|project pages]]
* [http://www.procrastinationparamedic.com Anti-Procrastination Coaching].
* Promote Appropedia
* [http://www.chriswaterguy.com/ Chris Waterguy blog]
* Support the community
* Twitter: @[https://twitter.com/chriswaterguy chriswaterguy].
* Perform "gnome" tasks (I run [[User:ChriswaterguyBot|ChriswaterguyBot]])
* Facebook business page: [https://www.facebook.com/antiprocrastinate/ Chris Waterguy Anti-Procrastination Coaching]
* Facebook personal page: [https://www.facebook.com/chriswaterguy here] - my posts are usually public, so you can follow me if you like.


Specific tasks I'm focused on now:
I'm an engineer by training, and I'm passionate about
* Finding [[Appropedia:Funding|funding]]
* Understanding how our brains work and how to change behavior.
* [[Ekopedia]] merger
* Making the most effective changes to resolve our environmental crises, and
* [[Porting]] - esp finding help in converting appropriate PDF documents and web pages to MediaWiki markup.
* Sharing knowledge to make a better world.


=== More ===
I'm based in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] (as of 2012) and am keen to work with others locally to help build up Appropedia, including documenting local solutions. Check [[A:Melbourne Appropedia Working Group]]... it's not currently active (2019) as I focus on my business, but if you're inspired I'd love to meet you and see what we can do. [http://www.appropedia.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Chriswaterguy&action=edit&section=new Leave me a message] if this interests you.
My favorite videos (on [[appropriate technology]] etc) are on [http://www.youtube.com/user/Chriswaterguy my Youtube homepage].


'''Contact me''' via [[User talk:Chriswaterguy|my talk page]], or try me on instant messenger:
'''Contact me''' via [http://www.appropedia.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Chriswaterguy&action=edit&section=new my talk page].
:Google's mail chat: singkong
:Skype: chriswaterguy


=== Microblogging: Identi.ca & Twitter ===
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{{User:Chriswaterguy/wikiholism}}
Follow me on Identi.ca, an [[open source]] microblogging service that gives you more freedom than Twitter (and also lets you link to Twitter). But I use the same usernames on Twitter:


I manage Appropedia's [http://identi.ca/appropedia Identica account] and [http://twitter.com/appropedia Twitter account], and my
== Custom search engines ==
[http://twitter.com/chriswaterguy personal Identica account] and [http://twitter.com/chriswaterguy Twitter account]. Below are the Twitter feeds:


'''@appropedia'''
Sometimes I make [[:Category:Custom searches|custom search engines]], such as [[Public Domain Search]]. They're somewhat out of date but can still be useful.
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'''@chriswaterguy''' (personal)
== Thinking about ==
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=== My blog  posts ===
Knowledge-sharing projects with similar aims, such as:
* [http://the-knowledge.org The Knowledge]
* [https://www.withouthotair.com Without Hot Air]
* Instructables


<rss number=10>http://chriswaterguy.livejournal.com/data/rss</rss>
== Ideas ==


Feel free to look at or use anything from my [[User:Chriswaterguy/|subpages]].


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=== What I do here ===


==[[/Content ideas/]]==
'''DOING''':
Feel free to look at or use anything from my [[/Content ideas/]].  
* '''[[A:Service learning]]''' and related pages.
* '''Brochures''', firstly for service learning (with the skills of people who understand these graphic design and such).
* Recruiting for our '''[[A:Internships]]''' and '''[[A:Volunteer]]''' positions.
* '''[[A:Funding]]''' (hoping to have a '''crowdfunding''' campaign started for September)
* '''Partnership with EWB-Australia''', esp putting EWB Challenge finalist entries onto Appropedia.
* '''Communications''' - getting more interaction happening between us in the Appropedia community, through [[A:IRC]] meetings or Google Hangouts, and by moderating the [[A:discussion lists|discussion lists]].
* '''Community interviews''' for the Appropedia blog. Planning to start in September 2012.
* '''Blog posts''' about announcements, our vision, and why all this matters.
* Appropedia social media
** I sometimes blog at the [http://blogs.appropedia.org/ Appropedia Blog].
** I help manage Appropedia's Twitter account @[http://twitter.com/appropedia appropedia] (Twitter), and [https://www.facebook.com/Appropedia our FB page].  


''More extensive drafts, and draft postings for other sites, will be posted at my [[User:Chriswaterguy/Sandbox|Sandbox]].''


== Misc ==
'''DID''' - in the past, and can help as needed:
* [http://www.appropedia.org/Special%3APrefixindex&from=Chriswaterguy&namespace=2 Pages in my userspace]:
* Our [[Special:AbuseFilter|spam filters]] & [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist|spam link blacklist]].
* [[/more/|More]] about me - an untidy page of stuff I removed from here.
* [[A:Pywikipediabot|Pywikipediabot]] for performing "gnome" tasks (I run [[User:ChriswaterguyBot|ChriswaterguyBot]])
* Moving category pages to mainspace when needed (conserving history by using the export and import functions)
* Work on the [[:Category:Appropedia|meta pages]] about Appropedia.
* Promoting Appropedia (want to find interns and volunteers to work with on this, instead)
* Welcoming new people. (You're still welcome - I just don't patrol new users!)




==Language fluency box templates for user pages==
'''WANT''' - but don't have time to do myself:
Hi Chris,
* [[Porting]] - esp finding help in converting appropriate PDF documents and web pages to MediaWiki markup. This can be a great intern job (esp if the intern has access to Adobe Reader Professional).


I've seen boxes on user pages on other wikis that describe the user's language fluency. I wanted to add one of those to [[User:Kili]]'s page, and came to your page to grab the template. Surprise!  Not there.  How do you feel about these templates?  I'm biased toward all multilingual folks jumping in with that, partly as a means to help build out our non-English connections, perhaps make us more welcoming?  [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 09:19, 16 February 2011 (PST)


== Finally ==


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Revision as of 06:53, 17 January 2019


Template:Userboxtop Chris Watkins
a.k.a. Chriswaterguy

archival photograph...

I'm Chris Waterguy. Here is a very old photo of me (and this page is for anyone looking for Chris Watkins based on an old connection)
Template:Userbox tasks Template:User watsan Template:User Sustainable cities Template:User EWB Australia Template:User topicadmin Template:User porting helper Track changes: Water · Flood control · Water conservation · Water supply· Solar distillation · Rainwater Template:User topicadmin Track changes: Sanitation · Composting toilet Template:User topicadmin Track changes: Culture and development Template:Userboxbreak Registered on Appropedia on 26 June 2006. Template:Boxbottom

About me

On the web:

I'm an engineer by training, and I'm passionate about

  • Understanding how our brains work and how to change behavior.
  • Making the most effective changes to resolve our environmental crises, and
  • Sharing knowledge to make a better world.

I'm based in Melbourne, Australia (as of 2012) and am keen to work with others locally to help build up Appropedia, including documenting local solutions. Check A:Melbourne Appropedia Working Group... it's not currently active (2019) as I focus on my business, but if you're inspired I'd love to meet you and see what we can do. Leave me a message if this interests you.

Contact me via my talk page.


Custom search engines

Sometimes I make custom search engines, such as Public Domain Search. They're somewhat out of date but can still be useful.

Thinking about

Knowledge-sharing projects with similar aims, such as:

Ideas

Feel free to look at or use anything from my subpages.

What I do here

DOING:

  • A:Service learning and related pages.
  • Brochures, firstly for service learning (with the skills of people who understand these graphic design and such).
  • Recruiting for our A:Internships and A:Volunteer positions.
  • A:Funding (hoping to have a crowdfunding campaign started for September)
  • Partnership with EWB-Australia, esp putting EWB Challenge finalist entries onto Appropedia.
  • Communications - getting more interaction happening between us in the Appropedia community, through A:IRC meetings or Google Hangouts, and by moderating the discussion lists.
  • Community interviews for the Appropedia blog. Planning to start in September 2012.
  • Blog posts about announcements, our vision, and why all this matters.
  • Appropedia social media


DID - in the past, and can help as needed:

  • Our spam filters & spam link blacklist.
  • Pywikipediabot for performing "gnome" tasks (I run ChriswaterguyBot)
  • Moving category pages to mainspace when needed (conserving history by using the export and import functions)
  • Work on the meta pages about Appropedia.
  • Promoting Appropedia (want to find interns and volunteers to work with on this, instead)
  • Welcoming new people. (You're still welcome - I just don't patrol new users!)


WANT - but don't have time to do myself:

  • Porting - esp finding help in converting appropriate PDF documents and web pages to MediaWiki markup. This can be a great intern job (esp if the intern has access to Adobe Reader Professional).


Finally

For those of you who don't know much about Australia:

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