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No need to list all wikis, if they are already in the linked categories. | No need to list all wikis, if they are already in the linked categories. | ||
*[[:Category:International development]], including: | *[[:Category:International development]], including: | ||
**[ | **[http://www.appropedia.org Appropedia] is currently the most active. Having merged with Village Earth's wiki it's now the leading "[http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Appropriate_technology Appropriate Technology Wiki'''] as well as billing itself as "The Sustainability Wiki". | ||
*[[:Category:Sustainability]] wikis, including: | *[[:Category:Sustainability]] wikis, including: | ||
**[[PermaWiki]] - permaculture people are often interested in appropriate technology, and vice versa, and both permaculture people and appropriate technology have a concern for sustainability. | **[[PermaWiki]] (inactive) - permaculture people are often interested in appropriate technology, and vice versa, and both permaculture people and appropriate technology have a concern for sustainability. | ||
*[[:Category:Environment]] & [[:Category:Ecology]] wikis - these might be a bit different, but much overlap with sustainability. Is there any reason ''not'' to consider the option of merging with environment wikis? | *[[:Category:Environment]] & [[:Category:Ecology]] wikis - these might be a bit different, but much overlap with sustainability. Is there any reason ''not'' to consider the option of merging with environment wikis? | ||
* [http://www.howtopedia.org Howtopedia] - specifically for how-to pages. | |||
* [http://www.greenlivingpedia.org/ Greenlivingpedia] - in discussion with Appropedia, but for now exploring its own direction, look and focus. | |||
===Name=== | ===Name=== | ||
If several international development and/or sustainability-related wikis merge, what name should we choose? Something broad and positive is good. | If several international development and/or sustainability-related wikis merge, what name should we choose? Something broad and positive is good. (Note: this debate went on for some time at Appropedia, and it was decided to stick with ''Appropedia''. The discussion is left here though - a name change would still be an option if an amazing name was coined.) | ||
*'''WinWinWiki'''? The owner of that name is happy for it to be used for this purpose. | *'''WinWinWiki'''? The owner of that name (Curt Beckmann) is happy for it to be used for this purpose. | ||
*'''Appropedia'''? Suits its focus on "appropriate technology"; arguably not broad enough for the merged wiki. | *'''Appropedia'''? Suits its focus on "appropriate technology"; arguably not broad enough for the merged wiki. | ||
==Successes== | ==Successes== | ||
* Appropedia: Seven wikis have merged into Appropedia, including [ | * Appropedia: Seven wikis have merged into Appropedia, including [http://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia_welcomes_the_WikiGreen_community WikiGreen], the Village Earth Appropriate Technology Wiki,[http://www.appropedia.org/Village_Earth_and_Appropedia_Join_Forces_for_Sustainability] and the [http://howtolivewiki.com/ How To Live Wiki].[http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_project] We've also joined forces with likeminded groups such as [http://appropedia.org/Sustainapedia Sustainapedia] and Engineers Without Borders Australia and are making progress with a couple of other mergers. | ||
* [[P2P Foundation]] is joined by [[Sphere of Networks]]! | * [[P2P Foundation]] is joined by [[Sphere of Networks]]! | ||
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* [[MarkDilley]] | * [[MarkDilley]] | ||
* [[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 23:14, 26 September 2006 (EDT) | * [[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 23:14, 26 September 2006 (EDT) | ||
* | * [[User:Cgfoz|Cgfoz]] 13:20, 1 October 2006 (EDT) | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||