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<big>'''Welcome to Appropedia'''</big>
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Appropedia is a living library of [[:Category:Appropriate technology|appropriate technology]], international development and sustainability, replete with [[:Category:collaborative pages|collaborative pages]], networking, [[:Category:Projects|project]] writeups and [[:Category:How to|how-tos]] and original research such as [[:Category:Theses|theses]]. We are also starting to add material on the "soft" issues in development, such as [[:Category:Culture and development|culture and development]] and gender and development.


Feel free to contribute or just browse. If you contribute, please consider creating a [[Special:Userlogin|login]].
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==Browsing==
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There are several ways to browse. You can:
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* Browse the [[:Category:Fundamental|category tree]] (i.e. starting at the broadest category),
* Browse [[Special:Categories|all categories]], or
* Browse [[Special:Allpages|all articles]].


==Editors and Creators Getting Started==
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* See the '''[[Ruleset]]''' for the overarching guidelines of Appropedia.
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* Click the [[help:contents|help]] button in the navigation box to the left.
* See these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Editing help] contents from wikipedia, especially those on editing.
** See [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] for much greater detail.


==Project Page Creators Getting Started==
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To start:  
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*Type your project name in the search field to the left. 
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**Please make sure to use a unique name, such as '''Location''' or '''Organization''' followed by '''project descripton''' in lower case, e.g. [[AEF greywater]].
*Click <strong>Go</strong>.
*If there is no page titled with your project name, you can create the page by clicking <strong>page</strong> under search results.
See the list of [[:Category:Projects|projects]] for some examples and the general getting started notes above for editing information.


==Organization Page Creators Getting Started==
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To start:  
*Type the organization name in the search field to the left. 
*Click <strong>Go</strong>.
*If there is no page titled with the organization name, you can create the page by clicking <strong>page</strong> under search results.
See the list of [[:Category:Organizations|organizations]] for some examples and the general getting started notes above for editing information.
==Recent Praise for Appropedia==
*[http://www.ewb-international.org/solutionofmonth.htm Engineers Without Borders-International] solution of the month for September, as well as inclusion in their [http://www.ewb-international.org/ASTdatabases.htm Comprehensive Appropriate and Sustainable Technologies Databases]  and placed among their list of 12 phenomenal [http://www.ewb-international.org/Tools.htm Useful Tools]
*Listed as one of [http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/index.php?s=appropedia Ethan Zuckerman]'s, links... and quote, <tt>''"very cool idea"''</tt>.
*A mention on the [http://www.o2nederland.org/main.asp?pid=5&sid=0&iid=395 O2 Nederland] site.


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