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<big>'''Welcome to the Pest Information Wiki'''</big><br>
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A free database for pest management scientists and professionals to which anybody can contribute.<br>
  
Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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<div style="width:80%; font-size:200%; text-align:center; border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;">This site is under construction!</div>
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== Current status ==
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For the time being, this site is protected from robots and is not (and should not be) linked to by other websites. The purpose of this site is to develop the Pest Information Wiki which will eventually contain the data from the "Pest Directory" database of the [http://pestinfo.org/default.htm International Society for Pest Information.]Currently this site contains few data (see [[Help:Status]] for a list). At a later stage the data from our Pest Directory will be uploaded in bulk. Therefore, there is no need to create many pages. We simply want to try out and discuss different formats and different ways of presenting our data. The Wikipedia system is quite flexible, but also has limitations.  
  
 
== Getting started ==
 
== Getting started ==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
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* [[Help:Contents|We are working on a help section specific for this wiki]]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents You might also want to consult the general Wikipedia help section for more details]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
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* [http://pestinfo.org/contact.htm Contact us if you like to help developing this site]
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== Acknowledgement ==
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[[image:Logo keytonature.png|left|80px]]
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The wiki is hosted by '''[http://www.keytonature.eu/wiki/Main_Page KeyToNature: a new e-way to discover biodiversity]''' and by '''[http://biowikifarm.net/meta/Main_Page biowikifarm.net]'''.

Revision as of 18:59, 13 December 2009

Welcome to the Pest Information Wiki
A free database for pest management scientists and professionals to which anybody can contribute.

Under construction icon-blue.JPG

This site is under construction!
141,327 articles entered

Current status

For the time being, this site is protected from robots and is not (and should not be) linked to by other websites. The purpose of this site is to develop the Pest Information Wiki which will eventually contain the data from the "Pest Directory" database of the International Society for Pest Information.Currently this site contains few data (see Help:Status for a list). At a later stage the data from our Pest Directory will be uploaded in bulk. Therefore, there is no need to create many pages. We simply want to try out and discuss different formats and different ways of presenting our data. The Wikipedia system is quite flexible, but also has limitations.

Getting started

Acknowledgement

Logo keytonature.png

The wiki is hosted by KeyToNature: a new e-way to discover biodiversity and by biowikifarm.net.