The Demopaedia team will be present at the next International Population Conference in Busan.
If you attend the conference, please, come to our oral communication which will be held on Tuesday August 27, from 15:30 to 17:00 (Bexco, room 213). The new Korean dictionary will also be presented in a side meeting organized by the Planned Population Federation of Korea (PPFK) on "Population Issues & Official development assistance" (open to all) at 19:00 (Bexco, room 110).

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= Welcome to the Population Open Encyclopedia =
  
* In order to enrich and update the [[:en-ii:Main page|Multilingual Demographic Dictionary]] we invite participants to the [http://meetings.sis-statistica.org/index.php/sm/sm2012 Annual Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society] to add terms, concepts etc. that should be introduced in the Population Open Encyclopedia.
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In order to enrich and update the [[:en-ii:Main Page|Multilingual Demographic Dictionary]] we invite all potential contributors to add terms, concepts etc. that should be introduced in the Population Open Encyclopedia.
  
* Have a look at the printed index on display near the poster (or on line) and select the most appropriate paragraph where it should be integrated.
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* Have a look at the [http://en-ii.demopaedia.org/wiki/Category:Term_of_the_second_edition_of_the_multilingual_demographic_Dictionary index] and verify that your expression is not already listed.  
  
* Then click on the red link and enter your definition in English, preview and save. Would you prefer to develop your ideas in Italian first, please go to the [[:it:Pagina principale|Italian Population Encyclopedia]]. You can link both pages by entering the code <nowiki>[[it:Convergenza demografica]]</nowiki> on the English page and reciprocally <nowiki>[[en:Demographic convergence]]</nowiki> on the Italian page.
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* Click on the edit tab and add a new line below. Enter your new term or expression within double square brackets <nowiki>[[my new expression]]</nowiki>. Add a short resume of your action in the Summary line, for example "term 'Illegal immigration' added", preview and submit.
  
* You can give your opinion on the opportunity to include the terms listed below by clicking on the [[Talk:Main_page|Discussion tab]] at the top of this page. You may also use this Discussion page to propose alternate wording of the definition as well as to ask other contributors for a translation in English of a term you have proposed in your own language.  
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* Then click on the red link and enter your definition in English, preview, add a resume line and submit (save). These two submissions have:
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# created a new line on this main page with a link to a newly created page;
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# created a page entitled according to your proposition.
  
== List of the proposed new terms ==
 
  
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* You can give your opinion on the opportunity to include the terms listed below by clicking on the [[Talk:Main_Page|Discussion]] tab at the top of this page. You may also use this Discussion page to propose alternate wordings of the definition as well as to ask other contributors for a translation in English of a term you have proposed in your own language.
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== List of proposed new terms ==
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* [[Demographic convergence]]
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* [[Illegal immigration]]
 
* [[International migrations]]
 
* [[International migrations]]
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* [[Missing women]]
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* [[Migration network]]
 
* [[Reproductive health]]
 
* [[Reproductive health]]
 
* [[Remittance]]
 
* [[Remittance]]
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* [[Cause-of-death association indicator]]
  
 
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== Getting started ==
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The software used by the Demopaedia project is similar to Wikipedia, please look at the following link(s) for help:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial
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== Suggestions for a future third version of the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary ==
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Suggestions could be indicated on this page: [[Suggestions for a third edition of the demographic dictionary]]
  
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Latest revision as of 11:45, 22 August 2013

Welcome to the Population Open Encyclopedia

In order to enrich and update the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary we invite all potential contributors to add terms, concepts etc. that should be introduced in the Population Open Encyclopedia.

  • Have a look at the index and verify that your expression is not already listed.
  • Click on the edit tab and add a new line below. Enter your new term or expression within double square brackets [[my new expression]]. Add a short resume of your action in the Summary line, for example "term 'Illegal immigration' added", preview and submit.
  • Then click on the red link and enter your definition in English, preview, add a resume line and submit (save). These two submissions have:
  1. created a new line on this main page with a link to a newly created page;
  2. created a page entitled according to your proposition.


  • You can give your opinion on the opportunity to include the terms listed below by clicking on the Discussion tab at the top of this page. You may also use this Discussion page to propose alternate wordings of the definition as well as to ask other contributors for a translation in English of a term you have proposed in your own language.

List of proposed new terms

Getting started

The software used by the Demopaedia project is similar to Wikipedia, please look at the following link(s) for help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial

Suggestions for a future third version of the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary

Suggestions could be indicated on this page: Suggestions for a third edition of the demographic dictionary