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***** (***** | *****)TheIWA WaterWiki aims to provide a platform for the global water community to interact and share knowledge online.
The site will be a reference for all areas of water, wastewater and environmental science and management. This is the place for water professionals worldwide to interact, share knowledge and increase understanding.
Articles
This is the space for reference articles on all areas of water science, technology, management and development issues. Here you can share knowledge by creating or contributing to an article covering an issue in your area of expertise. All contributions major or minor are welcome across all areas of interest in water, wastewater and environmental related fields. Find, correct, edit and expand articles already existing on the WaterWiki or create a new article on the topic of your choice. Tag an article with the appropriate category and it will be found by all users interested in that area of the subject. Flag an article with an attribute to quickly highlight an issue that needs attention.
All submissions should be in English.
A unique feature of Wikis is that the page the user views is usually the result of several (or many!) authors. The full history of changes to an article is accessible so you can easily trace the development through each edit to the article’s current state, comparing changes and rolling back to a previous version with a few simple clicks. Unlike Wikipedia, where authorship can be anonymous, with the IWA WaterWiki every edit of an article is linked to a unique registered user. Full names are also recorded on the front page of articles so you can easily see who contributed and also be recognized for your own contribution. Click on the contributors name to access their unique user profile.
Discussion
Behind each reference article page is a place to discuss the content of that article. Here you can leave comments for the authors of the article, suggest corrections, highlight areas for expansion or improvement or present your own contribution for discussion before adding it to the article itself. The Discussion area is in a threaded ‘bulletin board’ format designed to allow conversation to develop and questions to be raised. Each post is linked to a user name and profile so you know who it is you are talking to.
Forum
The IWA WaterWiki features a Forum where registered users can have discussions themed around topics (rather than on specific articles). This is also the space to talk about upcoming conferences and events, calls for papers, to post links to useful online resources and to ask questions. There will be a category devoted to the WaterWiki site itself so that users can express their opinion on the site as it develops.
References
www.iwawaterwiki.org/
