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<p style="text-align: center">'''Quality matters!''' Only if the information contained in <span data-scaytid="1" data-scayt_word="energypedia's">energypedia's</span> articles and databases is as accurate as possible, users will benefit from this wiki platform and energypedia.info will contribute to true knowledge exchange and a more sustainable future.<br/></p><p style="text-align: center">Nonetheless, we are aware that this approach of publishing content without a formal editorial process comes along with the risk of quality deficiencies. The following points will give you information and tools to help <span data-scaytid="85" data-scayt_word="imkeeping">keeping</span> the quality high.<br/></p>
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<p style="text-align: center">'''Quality matters!'''</p>
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It's important that the information made available on energypedia.info is of high quality. Good articles are ones that well written, are factually correct, broad in coverage and have verifiable information. Good articles are illustrated where possible by relevant images and have suitable copyright licenses.
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'''Visit the <span data-scaytid="6" data-scayt_word="energypdia">energypdia</span> [[Energypedia_Community:_Help|Help Portal]]'''<br/>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em"></span>'''Read the [[Guidelines_on_Writing_a_Good_Article|guidelines on how to write good articles]]'''
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== '''Do's and <span data-scaytid="7" data-scayt_word="Dont's">Dont's</span>''' ==
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In order to maintain the high quality of information and to ensure a productive collaborative workspace, we have put together some guidelines for the <span data-scaytid="2" data-scayt_word="energypedia">energypedia</span> community.<span style="line-height: 1.5em"></span>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em"><span data-scaytid="4" data-scayt_word="Energypedia">Energypedia</span> respects copyrights and tries to protect intellectual property to the best of its knowledge and ability. <span data-scaytid="5" data-scayt_word="Energypedia">Energypedia</span> relies on its community to report possible violations.</span>
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'''Report suspicious articles or files by [mailto:info@energypedia.info writing an email] to the <span data-scaytid="3" data-scayt_word="energypedia">energypedia</span> team or use a [[Maintenance Boxes|maintenance box]]'''<br/><br/>
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== '''Wiki Gardening'''<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: center">Wiki Gardening is the process of incrementally editing a wiki space to preserve continuity, make additional connections and links, and otherwise clean it up to be more consistent.<br/></p><p style="text-align: center">EVERYBODY CAN DO WIKI GARDENING!<br/></p><p style="text-align: center">'''[[Wiki Gardening|Click here to find out more!]]'''<br/></p></div>
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<p style="text-align: center">Did you get to meet the official energypedia Wiki Gardener?<br/></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center">[[File:WikiGardener.jpg|none|94px|alt=WikiGardener.jpg]]</p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center">'''[[User:Wiki Gardener|Ask for help or give him feedback!]]'''</p></div>
 
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== '''Do's and <span data-scaytid="13" data-scayt_word="Dont's">Dont's</span>'''<br/> ==
 
<p style="text-align: center">Although <span data-scaytid="10" data-scayt_word="energypedia">energypedia</span> is an open Web 2.0 platform without strict regulations, we think that some user guidelines are useful in order to increase quality and to ensure a peaceful collaborative working atmosphere.<br/></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center">'''[https://energypedia.info/Energypedia Do's and Dont's Click here to find out more about our "Do's and Dont's"!]'''</p></div>
 
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== '''Maintenance Boxes'''<br/> ==
 
<p style="text-align: center">Have you ever thought that an article is missing proper references or that two articles are redundant? Than you can now help to improve <span data-scaytid="22" data-scayt_word="energypedia">energypedia</span> by telling other users about your observation: simply include one of the five new maintenance boxes in the article in question!</p><p style="text-align: center">'''[[Maintenance Boxes|Click here to find out more about maintenance boxes!]]'''</p></div>
 
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== '''Write good Articles'''<br/> ==
 
<p style="text-align: center">How to write an good articles and actually how can I use all these features in a wiki?</p><p style="text-align: center">Energypedia priveds a help page that has a lot of good answer to these question. </p><p style="text-align: center">'''[http://help.energypedia.info/wiki/Main_Page Please come and visit our help page.]'''</p><p style="text-align: center"></p></div>
 
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<p style="text-align: center">One of the most important topics for an open online platform are copyright issues and plagiarism. <span data-scaytid="32" data-scayt_word="Energypedia">Energypedia</span> respects copyrights and tries to protect intellectual property to the best of its knowledge and ability! However, <span data-scaytid="31" data-scayt_word="energypedia">energypedia</span> is partly reliant on its users to report possible violations.</p><p style="text-align: center">'''Report us suspicious articles or files by [[Maintenance Boxes|using a maintenance box]] or by [mailto:info@energypedia.info writing an email] to the <span data-scaytid="44" data-scayt_word="energypedia">energypedia</span> team!'''</p></div>
 
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Revision as of 16:05, 27 March 2018

Policies & Guidelines Privacy Policy Quality Maintenance Media Policy Terms of Use

Quality matters!

It's important that the information made available on energypedia.info is of high quality. Good articles are ones that well written, are factually correct, broad in coverage and have verifiable information. Good articles are illustrated where possible by relevant images and have suitable copyright licenses.


The following is some helpful information and tools on how to maintain the quality of information on energypedia.info:

Help & Guidelines

You can find out how you can contribute your first article and use the many features on energypedia.info in our Help Portal.





Visit the energypdia Help Portal

Read the guidelines on how to write good articles


Do's and Dont's

In order to maintain the high quality of information and to ensure a productive collaborative workspace, we have put together some guidelines for the energypedia community.




Find out more about the Do's and Don'ts


Copyrights and Plagiarism

An important topic for an open online platform are copyright issues and plagiarism.

Energypedia respects copyrights and tries to protect intellectual property to the best of its knowledge and ability. Energypedia relies on its community to report possible violations.


Report suspicious articles or files by writing an email to the energypedia team or use a maintenance box


Wiki Gardening

Wiki Gardening is the process of incrementally editing wiki pages to preserve continuity, update information, make additional connections and links, and clean it up to be more consistent.


All of the energypedia community can do Wiki Gardening!



Click here to find out more


Wiki Gardener

The official energypedia Wiki Gardener is tasked with carrying out day to day revisions to articles. He might leave a comment on your message board or give you feedback on your articles.


WikiGardener.jpg


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Maintenance Boxes

Have you ever thought that an article is missing proper references or that two articles are redundant?


You can help to improve energypedia by telling other users about your observation: simply include one of the five maintenance boxes in the article!



How to use Maintenance Boxes


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