www.energypedia.info energypedia introduction 23th july 2012
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• Approximately 2,7 billion people are deprived of clean and energy efficient cooking technologies. Around 1,3 billion have no access to electricity.
• Access to energy is a prerequisite of human development (individual survival, education and health) and a critical input into all economic sectors (household production, farming or industry).
• The wealth and development status is closely correlated to the level of energy access.
Introduction
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Introduction
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Web 2.0 Platform:based on the Wikipedia-software – everyone can read, write, and edit articles
Knowledge Platform:
offers free access to expert information on renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries
Working Platform:
workspaces for organizations, NGO’s, universities, etc.
Vision:A world in which all people have access to clean, modern, renewable energy and make use of it in an efficient way.
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• Users ≠ passive consumers
• Users create and edit content
• Direct user interaction
• Famous applications:
• Social networking sites (e.g. FB)
• File sharing sites (e.g. YouTube)
• Wikis (e.g. Wikipedia)
• Successful because all users can
contribute
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How energypedia works
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• Internal project wiki: Developed within the Dutch-German energy partnership Energising Development (EnDev), implemented by GIZ as internal tool for knowledge and project management.
• energypedia was born: EnDev wiki was re-launched as a separate workspace under the now known name "energypedia". Registered users can read and edited on energypedia.
• Public launch of energypedia: Energypedia becomes public. Energypedia can be read by unregistered users.
• energypedia becomes independent: Founded as a NGO, independent from GIZ. Starts working in own office in April 2012.
Today, energypedia counts more than 750 articles and 1,900 users worldwide
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About energypedia
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• A wiki consists of several individual articles.
• You can set links to connect articles with each other.
• Some articles can work as overview pages or portals.
• Categories gather articles to one topic.
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Portal / start page
Link
Category
Category
Wiki articlesLink
How a wiki works
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Portals allow you a quick introduction into a topic and link to many other related sites
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Categories gather all related sites
How a wiki works
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• With the search function you can find wiki articles • by searching the page title• by searching the whole article text for a keyword
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• Link back to the energypedia start page• Find more information about
energypedia• You need help? This link goes directly
to the energypedia help section.• Give us your feedback…
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• With this section you can create a PDF file from one or several wiki articles or you can print an article
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• Get in contact with other users, colleagues, energy experts, …
• Leave messages on their board
• Choose if they are private or public (everyone can read them)
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Functions
• The Actions button offers different functions, amongst which the “View history” is the most important.• Click on the version’s date to see that specific version.
• Select two versions and compare them to see the differences.
• “Undo” restores the prior version of this page.
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• Data entry according to a predetermined form and data display according to a specified template.
• “Edit with form” button instead of “Edit” button for normal wiki pages.
• Database overview pages allow sorting and searching according to different criteria.
• While a selection of criteria is shown on the overview page, more details can be accessed by clicking on the single product name.
How to add information?
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• To create a new article enter the preferred title in the search panel and hit "enter".
• Now click on the red link and the Editor will open.
Please check also the
“Guidelines to make Good Articles”
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What is a good article?
Structure:•Overview: short text introducing the reader to the general topic•Main Part:
• paragraphs and headings structure the text• length of an article should not be overly long
•Further Information: like additional links or interesting liturature•References: cite your sources!
Integration into the wiki structure•Link to related articles and external websites•Categorize your article
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• To edit an article click “Edit” on top• You can find the same Buttons on top of each article
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With the editor you can create or work on an article by editing it and making itgraphically attractive to read.The editor is shown if you have clicked on the “edit button” on top of all wikipages.
• Rich Text Editor:
• Wiki Text Editor: Shows the more technical wiki text
How to add information?
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