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Guidelines Forecaster GeoWIKI on adding Case studies to the WIKI

Introduction

This document is supposed to serve as a guide for adding new projects to the Wiki.

Adding a new project

When adding a new project first go to the project Database page. here you will find link(s) to the database templateswhere you can fill in the required information for the factsheets.

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The database contains the basic background information (classifications) for a project, e.g.
• the general information,
• geographic location,
• river typology,
• pressures,
• measures,
• size, costs, etc.

This project template has to be filled in order to display the project on the ‘Case Studies’ map in the Wiki and to find it using the filter option on the map.

The database template contains a button 'get WIKI start code for project page'. You can copy-paste this code into the project WIKI page when it is first created (see below).

Adding a WIKI page for the project

When the project has been entered in the database, navigate to the page ‘Case Studies’ and try to find the project on the map by zooming in to its location.
When the project- icon is clicked, a popup box appears with some general information:

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