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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| − | In order to enrich and update the [[:en-ii:Main Page|Multilingual Demographic Dictionary]] we invite | + | 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 | + | * 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. |
* 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. | * 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. | ||
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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: | * Then click on the red link and enter your definition in English, preview, add a resume line and submit (save). These two submissions have: | ||
# created a new line on this main page with a link to a newly created page; | # created a new line on this main page with a link to a newly created page; | ||
| − | # created a page entitled according to your proposition | + | # created a page entitled according to your proposition. |
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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. | * 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. | ||
| − | == List of | + | == List of proposed new terms == |
| − | * [[Demographic convergence]] | + | * [[Demographic convergence]] |
* [[Illegal immigration]] | * [[Illegal immigration]] | ||
* [[International migrations]] | * [[International migrations]] | ||
| + | * [[Missing women]] | ||
| + | * [[Migration network]] | ||
* [[Reproductive health]] | * [[Reproductive health]] | ||
* [[Remittance]] | * [[Remittance]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Cause-of-death association indicator]] |
== Getting started == | == Getting started == | ||
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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 12:45, 22 August 2013
Contents
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:
- created a new line on this main page with a link to a newly created page;
- 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
- Demographic convergence
- Illegal immigration
- International migrations
- Missing women
- Migration network
- Reproductive health
- Remittance
- Cause-of-death association indicator
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
