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While the historical, geographical and scientific facts involved in a water management problem or water conflict can often be attributed to well-respected sources and agreed upon by multiple parties, each problem can also have multiple facets and not all issues may be considered equally important by all parties. Certain perspectives may interpret the implications of neutral facts in a different way from others.
 
While the historical, geographical and scientific facts involved in a water management problem or water conflict can often be attributed to well-respected sources and agreed upon by multiple parties, each problem can also have multiple facets and not all issues may be considered equally important by all parties. Certain perspectives may interpret the implications of neutral facts in a different way from others.
  
Because of this, each AquaPedia case can contain multiple sections in which contributors can provide analysis or insights and synthesis different viewpoints or lines of evidence. Professionals, academics, and community-members who have some involvement with the case first hand might have different experiences or interpretations to share. The goal is to collect a wide range of knowledge on these cases, which requires incorporating multiple (and sometimes conflicting) viewpoints into each case.
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Because of this, each case study can be linked to multiple articles in which contributors can provide analysis or insights and synthesis different viewpoints or lines of evidence. Professionals, academics, and community-members who have some involvement with the case first hand might have different experiences or interpretations to share. The goal is to collect a wide range of knowledge on these cases, which requires incorporating multiple (and sometimes conflicting) viewpoints into each case.
  
Each of these Analysis, Synthesis, & Insights (ASI) sections is protected -- only the user who created the section, official editors, and administrators have the ability to change the content in an individual ASI. Editors who take on the task of editing a user-contributed ASI section are committed to only adjust grammar and stylistic issues, and will avoid any changes that could lead to a different meaning or adjust content.
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Each of these Analysis, Synthesis, & Insights (ASI) sections is protected -- '''only the user who created the section, official editors, and administrators have the ability to change the content in an individual ASI.''' Editors who take on the task of editing a user-contributed ASI section are committed to only adjust grammar and stylistic issues, and will avoid any changes that could lead to a different meaning or adjust content.
  
 
We suggest that anyone who would like to help improve an ASI section leave comments for the author and community on the [[ {{TALKPAGENAME}} | discussion page for the specific ASI section]]. If you have questions about how this works, please refer to the [[Help:Contents | help section ]] or contact a [[Special:ListUsers| site administrator]].
 
We suggest that anyone who would like to help improve an ASI section leave comments for the author and community on the [[ {{TALKPAGENAME}} | discussion page for the specific ASI section]]. If you have questions about how this works, please refer to the [[Help:Contents | help section ]] or contact a [[Special:ListUsers| site administrator]].
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'''Summary:'''
 
'''Summary:'''
  
''Please include a short summary that will be displayed on the associated Case Study page. Do not include any images or videos in this section.''   
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''Please include a short summary that will be displayed '''only''' within the linked case study. Please only include text in this section; do not include any images or videos in this section.''   
 
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{{{field|Reflection Text Summary||input type=textarea|rows=5|cols=100| editor=wikieditor|placeholder=Add your optional summary here.}}}
  

Revision as of 20:27, 5 February 2013

This is the "ASI" form - use it to create essays relating to existing case studies. The reflections will be similar to the Analysis, Synthesis, and Insight section embedded in Case Studies, but remain separate and under the individual author's direct control.

To create a page with this form, enter the page name below; if a page with that name already exists, you will be sent to a form to edit that page.