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Backing up key pages

I'd like to back up some key pages I've made contributions towards offline. User:Chriswaterguy reckons it can be done ... now need to figure out how.

Pat, not sure if it helps at all, but I've seen various software (such as zim) that runs a 'wiki' on a desktop computer. It might then be possible to just export the pages you want and then view them on a pc for backing-up purposes. I'm not sure how well this works, but it might do what you want it to do. Joeturner 03:32, 21 May 2013 (PDT)

Ah, thanks Joe. Well, I actually find the Book functionality really cool - it could be useful for others rather than me I imagine. I did find that on the page of the saved book there is an "Open in Book Creator" button which is useful as well. --PatSunter 03:38, 21 May 2013 (PDT)

Links to useful discussions at Village Pump and others re Appropedia history, missions, plans

Welcome!

Hi Pat, good to have you here. Hope you have a good experience here and find Appropedia useful, personally and for your transport project, and we look forward to learning from you.

Let me know if you have questions or feedback or need any help. --Chriswaterguy 16:52, 8 October 2012 (PDT)

Thanks

Hi Pat,

Thanks for your great contributions here. I agree with your sentiment at Sustainable transport. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you. --Lonny 01:50, 14 November 2012 (PST)

Thinking about Appropedia and a Cities Portal

I guess this is a 2-part post and suggestion for response:

  • (A) An initial proposal for "Cities" or an equivalent (e.g. Sustainable Cities) to be in the left sidebar of "Areas" on the Appropedia site.
  • (B) An effort to clarify the hierarchy of pages in that area that already exist.

Starting with (A) ... I think the case for this is the much-quoted statistic that in the last couple of years demographers think that > 50% of the global population would be urbanised (http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/26/news/UN-GEN-UN-Growing-Cities.php).

I realise a focus on Cities is a fair way from much of the historic focus of the Appropriate Technology movement on rural communities. But I suggest given the above, a holistic approach to Appropriate Development and Sustainability globally should take cities as one of the major starting points and focus areas. Note, I'm not suggesting Appropedia should be Pro cities - in fact I agree that in many cases putting effort to improving the quality of life & sustainability of rural and village residents is important to slow urbanisation and support traditional cultures etc. BUT cities will continue existing, and in both the developed & developing world there's pressing needs for more sustainable & appropriate approaches to provision of life's needs & goals in urban regions.

I see there is already "Construction" in the list, but I think "Cities" as a category would emphasise more holistic integration of this with some other categories - e.g. transport, social life, community planning approaches in more urban settlements.

Which brings me to (B), relevant pages.

I notice that http://www.appropedia.org/Cities currently redirects to the "Built environment" page, which also has its own category.

Then there is the high-level page "Sustainable cities", which also has a Category, and "Sustainable city living", which doesn't have a category but has a (nicely done) Portal page.

I think its worthwhile clarifying the relationship between these pages and possibly re-factoring ... e.g. perhaps a new Cities top-level Portal and category, closely linked to the Sustainable cities page.

Does anyone have any opinions/views on all of this?

I guess one of my rationales is not just a wish to organised current info better, but make it more appealing for other people worldwide working on sustainable cities / urban design to get involved, if the landscape of pages better matches how people are educated in urban planning & urban design schools.

--PatSunter 00:59, 21 May 2013 (PDT)

Links to interesting pages about Appropedia's role, future directions, etc

I made some comments recently on Appropedia:Strategic planning/Strategic plan 2013-2014.

Links to nice example pages/categories of using Appropedia in a university course (Service Learning)

Table of New Pages, Users etc

(Copied from proposed

Newest Articlesmore Newest Talk pagesmore Newest User Pagesmore Newest Categoriesmore
  1. Micro filter dams at Pedregal/ko
  2. CCAT rocket stove/fr
  3. Cool cupboard/de
  4. Finland news
  5. Papain Production (Practical Action Brief)/zh
  6. Single Crystal Turbine Blades/vi
  7. Glasgow Coma Scale Quiz/bem
  8. Optimized Blade Design for Homemade Windmills/de
  9. Belgium news/id
  10. Belgium news
  11. Principles of urban planning/uz
  12. Resources Europe
  13. Method of producing cellulose insulation/fr
  14. Conventional farming/sv
  15. Reaction turbine/pt
  16. Foliage plants/fr
  17. Human power/id
  18. Public Domain Search/Searching Gutenberg.org/ja
  19. Open licenses/ja
  20. Thyme/de
  1. Talk:Paris news/2016-2017
  2. Talk:Paris news/2007-2021
  3. Talk:Paris community activism news/2016-2017
  4. Talk:Lasse Nordlund
  5. Talk:Biosand filter
  6. Talk:Community Currencies
Newest Category talk pagesmore
  1. Category talk:Lists
  2. Category talk:Medical skills
Newest Appropedia talk pagesmore
  1. Appropedia talk:New page
  2. Appropedia talk:Changelog
Newest User talk pagesmore
  1. User talk:Jacob Figen
  2. User talk:Quinn
  1. User:GreenNopal Technologies
  2. User:Sophivorus/RCOY
  3. User:TangledMango
  4. User:VincentP
  5. User:Djb145
  6. User:Na188
  7. User:Icrockett
  8. User:Mma13
  9. User:Aiden.higgins
  10. User:Derek Gomez
  11. User:47.208.134.128
  12. User:Dsk30
  13. User:Coleman Barker
  14. User:Kazzington
  15. User:Nik Rob
  16. User:BPSC7
  17. User:Mjs272
  18. User:SIM24
  19. User:LucasG/climate
  20. User:Petern08
  1. Category:JMC116 Intro to Mass Communication
  2. Category:2012
  3. Category:2013
  4. Category:2014
  5. Category:Content by year
  6. Category:2015
  7. Category:2016
  8. Category:2017
  9. Category:2018
  10. Category:2019
  11. Category:2020
  12. Category:2021
  13. Category:2024
  14. Category:2023
  15. Category:2022
  16. Category:Taller de plataformas libres para iniciativas sustentables
  17. Category:Continents
  18. Category:Civics maps
  19. Category:Keeping Chickens
  20. Category:Analysis of the various types of mills

TODO: document proposed 'public transport informatics' initiative?

To keep track of discussions with User:Aaron and others on this? --PatSunter (talk) 23:22, 14 March 2014 (PDT)

http://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Content_Initiatives/Proposals

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