Difference between revisions of "Main Page"
Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
|} | |} | ||
{{Revision}} | {{Revision}} | ||
− | |||
== Welcome to the Coastal Wiki, your guide to coastal knowledge and experience == | == Welcome to the Coastal Wiki, your guide to coastal knowledge and experience == |
Revision as of 22:34, 21 November 2007
Welcome to the Coastal Wiki an Internet encyclopaedia of 2,286 information pages for and by coastal professionals providing up-to-date high quality Coastal and Marine information.
|
Areas and Locations |
Contents
Welcome to the Coastal Wiki, your guide to coastal knowledge and experience
You may find information on any coastal topic by entering a corresponding term in the search window. “Go” will direct you to an article with this title (if such an article exists); “Search” will provide an overview of articles in which your search term appears. You will find an explanation of coastal terms and concepts in the Glossary.
We also invite coastal and marine practitioners, policymakers and scientists to make a contribution to this new concept in sharing European knowledge and experience in integrated coastal zone management. You may contribute in several ways: you may improve or update an existing article, you may add a discussion page to an existing article or you may add a new topic.
Theme-wise development of the initial Coastal Wiki
The ENCORA theme coordinators ensure the coherence and comprehensiveness of the Coastal Wiki. The ENCORA themes deal with different aspects of coastal zone management and underlying scientific disciplines; together they provide a comprehensive overview of practical and scientific knowledge related to the terrestrial and marine coastal environment.
Encora Themes | |||||
|
| ||||
|
| ||||
|
| ||||
|
| ||||
|
|
How to contribute to the Coastal Wiki
You have unrestricted access to the Coastal Wiki. But for adding or editing articles an authorisation is required. This is a major difference with the general wikipedia. For obtaining an editing authorisation you may contact your national coordination office or you may simply send an email to info@encora.eu. You will receive a request to provide contact information for the Wiki Contact Database. Anonymous contributions to the Coastal Wiki are precluded. Authors, co-authors and editors of articles are explicitly acknowledged. Your contribution will be reviewed by the coordinator of the theme where your article best fits. The theme coordinators also check that your contribution is adequately linked to existing articles on similar or related topics.
You should remember that the Coastal Wiki is primarily meant for disseminating knowledge to a broader audience than the circles of specialists working at the frontiers of science. It is not meant for publishing original research; it is a vehicle for disseminating knowledge complementary to the traditional peer-reviewed scientific journals. Please read the Coastal Wiki Rules and Excellent article before you start writing an article.
How to edit
There are several tutorials for editing Wiki text and for preparing a pleasant and functional layout. They are described in How to edit.
We welcome your contribution.