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'''The Nearshore Wiki is a user created website, with [[structure|five kinds of pages]], where we synthesize knowledge to improve conservation [[efforts]].'''
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<big>'''This wiki started when a few of us realized that we had information that no one else could find, that the public value of information depends on its free flow, and that many people working for ecosystem restoration don't know about each others work.'''</big>


'''This site provides free document storage, and workspaces for collaborative development of text and graphics.  People working in similar [[system|kinds of places]], or studying the same [[:category:attribute|attributes]] of those systems, can learn about each other, and build a shared and transparent information base.'''
This site provides free storage and sharing of documents and images, collaborative work spaces, and just enough structure so you can find things again. It is designed to be organic and self-organizingIt is a virtual shared scrapbook that you can edit with text, images, video, and documentsIf you subscribe to our <big>'''[[social contract]]'''</big> and are working on ecosystem restoration, we'd like you to join us.
 
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===How do I start?===
===[[Wiki goals|Our Goals]]===
 
By engaging and training people to use this forum, we hope to:
This site is built by us for usYou add information, evidence, or theories in an existing page, or a new page you create.  By [[categorizing]] and [[linking]] a page we associate it with other pages and make it easier for others to find itTo do this well requires that you learn a few things:
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#Understand the [[anatomy of a page]].
*Improve '''[[wiki goals|document sharing]]'''
#Learn a little about [[wiki practice]] including the use of [[markup tutorial|wiki markup code]].
*Accelerate the '''[[wiki goals|synthesis of evidence]]'''
#Make sure you understand what we are trying to do here in terms of our [[vision]] and our [[social contract]].
*Support increased '''[[wiki goals|peer review]]'''
#Know something about our [[:category:structure|how we use different kinds of pages to organize information]].
*'''[[wiki goals|Increase collaboration]]'''.
#[[Join us]] by getting a user account, and identifying yourself.
*Realize '''[[wiki goals|adaptive management]]''' in Puget Sound restoration
 
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===Organization and Goals===
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Pages are either associated with [[places]] or using a hierarchey of [[systems]], [[attributes]], and predictive abilities that we call objectives.  [[Places]] are organized around specific spatial units that we call [[sites]], based on [[PSNERP]] process units, but you can also create pages for your own definition of [[:category:place|place]].  If you want to report on your [[workgroup]], a particular [[effort]], or a particular [[resource]] or [[document]] we have pages for those as well.
===What is a Wiki?===
 
A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki] is shared website.  Each user can create and edit pages. Each page has a unique title, and can contain text, images, links to files, or embedded videoPages are organized into [[categories]].  Our pages in this wiki are either about components of our [[ecosystem]] (like watersheds), or they are about the organizations, activities and products of our [[human system]]s.
You can jump to a list of existing pages of a particular type from the navigation menu on the left.  To know about the page you are in, look for a colored box in the top right corner.
 
This wiki aims to provide the following services:
 
*'''Improve [[document]] sharing among diverse partners
*'''Improve the synthesis of knowledge on important [[system]] [[attributes]] among multiple [[efforts]] and [[workgroups]]
*'''Increase the ease of informal (or formal) peer review
*'''Improve the accessability of current ecosystem science to interested citizens
*'''Improve [[network functions]] among [[workgroups]] working in similar [[systems]]
*'''Provide a foundation for a shared [[adaptive management strategy]] for puget sound restoration and protection
 
===What is a 'Wiki'===
 
A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki] is a dynamic and cross-linked website, where content can be created and edited instantly at anytime. Users, with a name, password, and e-mail address, can upload documents and images and author and edit web pagesA [[linking|number of features]] facilitate linking between pages and off-site.


===Who's Wiki is This?===
===Who's Wiki is This?===
This site is a project of the Huxley Spatial Institute.  A volunteer [[moderator team]] administers the site in accordance with a [[social contract]], to which all members adhere.  Text content is published under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License].  Our primary support has been provided by the [[Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program]] to help fulfill its goal of increasing learning through restoration.  Our current operating costs run around $1500/year.


This site is hosted by Western Washington University, and is administered and maintained by a cooperative of individuals working for academic, governmental and non-governmental organizations interested in improving our ability to provide public service.  A volunteer [[moderator team]] administers the site in accordance with a [[social contract]], to which all members adhere.  Content is published under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License].  Feel free to investigate the[[:category:organization|the current organization of our network]] and the [[structure]] of this wiki.
===Not Another Web Gadget!?===
 
There are a wide range of other web-based [[resources]] out there.  This platform is intended to complement those efforts, by creating a place where we can share, integrate, and interpret different sources of information together.  This wiki is a place where you can put information so that you, and others, can find it again. Information transfer is not limited to a particular agenda or opinion.  You ability to quickly transfer information is only limited by our [[social contract]], legal constraints, and our ability to sustain modest hosting costs.
===Participating in the Wiki===
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[[File:Ecosystem sites port susan.png|right|500px|A map of ecosystem sites surrounding Port Susan, with deltas in light green, distinct beach systems in gold, intersected by embayments in dark green, with light blue floodplains fed by streams, and dark blue watersheds]]
Participation is encouraged by all individuals who are willing to adhere to our [[social contract]] and are actively involved in observation or synthesis of ecosystem-centered knowledge or project management in the greater [[Salish Sea]] ecosystem.  It is very easy to [[join us]] by getting a user account and getting started.
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There are a wide range of other web-based [[resources]] out there.  This platform is intended to complement those efforts, by creating a dynamic hub that brings us together, while supporting a level of information sharing that makes ecosystem science more accessable and integrated.  This wiki is a place where you can put information so that you, and others, can find it again.

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This wiki started when a few of us realized that we had information that no one else could find, that the public value of information depends on its free flow, and that many people working for ecosystem restoration don't know about each others work.

This site provides free storage and sharing of documents and images, collaborative work spaces, and just enough structure so you can find things again. It is designed to be organic and self-organizing. It is a virtual shared scrapbook that you can edit with text, images, video, and documents. If you subscribe to our social contract and are working on ecosystem restoration, we'd like you to join us.

Our Goals

By engaging and training people to use this forum, we hope to:

What is a Wiki?

A Wiki is shared website. Each user can create and edit pages. Each page has a unique title, and can contain text, images, links to files, or embedded video. Pages are organized into categories. Our pages in this wiki are either about components of our ecosystem (like watersheds), or they are about the organizations, activities and products of our human systems.

Who's Wiki is This?

This site is a project of the Huxley Spatial Institute. A volunteer moderator team administers the site in accordance with a social contract, to which all members adhere. Text content is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Our primary support has been provided by the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program to help fulfill its goal of increasing learning through restoration. Our current operating costs run around $1500/year.

Not Another Web Gadget!?

There are a wide range of other web-based resources out there. This platform is intended to complement those efforts, by creating a place where we can share, integrate, and interpret different sources of information together. This wiki is a place where you can put information so that you, and others, can find it again. Information transfer is not limited to a particular agenda or opinion. You ability to quickly transfer information is only limited by our social contract, legal constraints, and our ability to sustain modest hosting costs.

A map of ecosystem sites surrounding Port Susan, with deltas in light green, distinct beach systems in gold, intersected by embayments in dark green, with light blue floodplains fed by streams, and dark blue watersheds