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Who can Contribute to Disaster Risk Gateway?

Disaster Risk Gateway content is created and edited by its users. The aim of the wiki is to act as a knowledge base of multi-hazard, multi-risk approaches and resources that is owned, grown and maintained by a community of contributors and editors. Anyone with relevant knowledge – researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, educators, and students – can create or edit pages once they have registered for a user account.

What pages can be included in the Catalogue?

The Catalogue currently contains three categories of pages. Each page in the Multi-hazard Risk Assessment and Multi-hazard Risk Management categories summarises an approach (platform, framework, method, model or tool) for multi-hazard risk assessment or multi-hazard risk management, respectively. The Resources category contains links to resources related to multi-hazard risk assessment and management (see How to add to the Resource page?).

Each page contributed on a multi-hazard risk assessment or multi-hazard risk management approach must meet the criteria below. Pages that do not meet the criteria will be removed from the site.

The approach is an example of a platform, framework, method, model or tool developed for multi-hazard risk assessment or management that exists and is available for use (i.e. no incomplete and unpublished work).
The approach is multi-hazard risk relevant, i.e. it relates to
- more than one hazard/risk and/or
- the interrelationships between hazards/risks and/or
- exposure, vulnerability, impact in multi-hazard contexts and/or
- application in a multi-hazard risk project
Be applicable to any aspect of disaster risk, including: understanding disaster risk, communicating and awareness raising, decision-making and policy making related to risk prevention, mitigation, transfer, preparedness and building resilience.
The content on the page being created should not contain any material that is not publicly available (open access). If the approach you wish to write about is pay for access, please only include text derived from publicly available sources, e.g. an abstract. Please be aware of copyright and ensure that you have not directly copied any text or other materials from a source without permission.
Page content should comply with the terms and content standards outlined in the Disaster Risk Gateway Terms of Use.

If there's something you would like to create a page on that does not fit into these categories, please email us and we will help to create a space on the wiki for you to add to .

Email us

How to become a registered user

To join the Disaster Risk Gateway community and contribute to the wiki you need a user account. Registered users can create new pages, upload media, edit existing content, practice creating and editing content, and message other users using User Talk pages. Instructions on how to request an account are given below and in the User Guide.

Before you get started, please read the Terms of Use and Privacy Notice. By contributing or editing content you confirm that you have read and agree to abide by the Disaster Risk Gateway Terms of Use.

Click on Request Account (link also located in the navigation bar)
Enter a username and email address in the form, then answer the CAPTCHA question. Note that your username will be publicly visible on your user page, on any comments you post, messages to other users, and in edit logs. Once you submit the form the request will be sent to the Disaster Risk Gateway admin team for review. The inbox is currently monitored Mon-Fri between 09:00-17:00 (UTC) and the team will review your request as soon as possible. In the meantime, you will be sent an email with a link to confirm your email address. Please follow the link.
Once your request has been reviewed and approved you will receive an email entitled 'Account creation for Disaster Risk Gateway' stating:

An account for Disaster Risk Gateway (<https://disasterriskgateway.net/index.php/Main_Page>) named "Your Username" has been created for your email address with the temporary password "xxxxxxxxxxxx".

You should log in and follow the prompts to change your password.

How to create or edit a page

How to create or edit a Multi-hazard risk assessment or Multi-hazard risk management page

Multi-hazard risk assessment and Multi-hazard risk management pages are located within the Catalogue. Each describes a multi-hazard risk assessment or management approach (i.e. platform, framework, method, model or tool). See the What pages can be included in the Catalogue? section to check if the page you wish to create meets the Disaster Risk Gateway inclusion criteria.

To create or edit a page, follow the steps below or see the User Guide.

Create a Page

Go to Catalogue. Decide whether the page you wish to create would best fit in the Multi-hazard Risk Assessment or Multi-hazard Risk Management category and select one.
Type in the name of the page you wish to create into the text field. The page name should be the name of the approach (i.e. platform, framework, method, model or tool) that your page is about. If the page does not already exist, a drop down box will appear that says ‘No matches’. When this appears click the Create or Edit button.
Complete the form then check that you have only included text from publicly available sources, and that you have checked copyright.
Select Save page.
To view your page, go to Catalogue then Multi-hazard Risk Assessment or Multi-hazard Risk Management.

Edit a Page

Follow Step 1 from above
Type in the name of the page you wish to edit into the text field. Click the Create or Edit button.
Edit the text in the form then check that you have only included text from publicly available sources, and that you have checked copyright.
Select Save page.

What happens after new pages and edits are made?

All new pages and edits to pages are logged. The Disaster Risk Gateway admin team reviews the changes as soon as possible after they are made to ensure they comply with the Terms of Use. New pages that do not meet content standards will be removed from the Multi-hazard Risk Management and Multi-hazard Risk Management pages and the authors will be invited to make revisions. If acceptable revisions are not made, the page will be permanently deleted. Edits to pages that do not meet content standards will be rejected and the page will be returned to the version before the edits were made.

How to add to the Resource page

The Resources section of the catalogue collates links to resources that are relevant to relevant to multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment and management (e.g. past and present multi-hazard risk projects, relevant glossaries, intergovernmental initiatives). Currently editing is restricted to the admin team. If you know of a resource that you think should be added to the Resources page, please email us.

Email us

Help

Help pages, FAQs and information videos are in development. In the meantime, you can email any questions to the admin team. The inbox is currently monitored Mon-Fri between 09:00-17:00 (UTC) and the team will get back to you as soon as possible, depending on availability.

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-The aim of the Disaster Risk Gateway is to provide a platform for the international disaster risk community to find and share good practices, frameworks, methods, models and tools for reducing disaster risk.
-The core structure has been written by the [https://www.bgs.ac.uk/ <span style="color: purple">British Geological Survey</span>] (BGS) as part of the [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ <span style="color: fuchsia">MYRIAD-EU</span>] project. Initial content has been provided by MYRIAD-EU project partners and uploaded by BGS. We welcome new content from researchers and practitioners across the disaster risk community, which can be submitted here.
+== Who can Contribute to Disaster Risk Gateway? ==
+Disaster Risk Gateway content is created and edited by its users. The aim of the wiki is to act as a knowledge base of multi-hazard, multi-risk approaches and resources that is owned, grown and maintained by a community of contributors and editors. Anyone with relevant knowledge – researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, educators, and students – can create or edit pages once they have registered for a user account.
-The articles are grouped into [[Multi-hazard Risk Assessment|<span style="color: blue">Multi-hazard Risk Assessment</span>]] and [[Multi-hazard Risk Management|<span style="color: blue">Multi-hazard Risk Management</span>]] according to details and key words provided with submissions. We acknowledge the overlap between this categorisation. Multi-hazard Risk Assessment approaches speak to understanding disaster risk, the first priority for action of the UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Multi-hazard Risk Management approaches speak to governance and policy, and can include Multi-hazard Risk Assessment approaches.
+== What pages can be included in the Catalogue? ==
+The [[Catalogue|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Catalogue</span>]] currently contains three categories of pages. Each page in the [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Assessment|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Multi-hazard Risk Assessment</span>]] and [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Management|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">Multi-hazard Risk Management</span>]] categories summarises an approach (platform, framework, method, model or tool) for multi-hazard risk assessment or multi-hazard risk management, respectively. The Resources category contains links to resources related to multi-hazard risk assessment and management (see [[Contribute#How to add to the Resource page?|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">''How to add to the Resource page?''</span>]]).
-Before registering and contributing please see our [[Terms and Conditions]], [[Privacy policy]] and [[Terms and Conditions]].
+Each page contributed on a multi-hazard risk assessment or multi-hazard risk management approach must meet the criteria below. '''Pages that do not meet the criteria will be removed from the site'''.
+#The approach is an example of a platform, framework, method, model or tool developed for multi-hazard risk assessment or management that exists and is available for use (i.e. no incomplete and unpublished work).
+#The approach is multi-hazard risk relevant, i.e. it relates to
+#* more than one hazard/risk and/or
+#* the interrelationships between hazards/risks and/or
+#* exposure, vulnerability, impact in multi-hazard contexts and/or
+#* application in a multi-hazard risk project
+#Be applicable to any aspect of disaster risk, including: understanding disaster risk, communicating and awareness raising, decision-making and policy making related to risk prevention, mitigation, transfer, preparedness and building resilience.
+#The content on the page being created should not contain any material that is not publicly available (open access). If the approach you wish to write about is pay for access, please only include text derived from publicly available sources, e.g. an abstract. Please be aware of copyright and ensure that you have not directly copied any text or other materials from a source without permission.
+#Page content should comply with the terms and content standards outlined in the Disaster Risk Gateway [[Disaster_Risk_Gateway:Terms of Use|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">'''Terms of Use''']].
+If there's something you would like to create a page on that does not fit into these categories, please email us and we will help to create a space on the wiki for you to add to .
+<div style="text-align: center;">
+{{#widget:CreateEditEmail}}
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-'''Editing wiki pages'''
-Please follow these guidelines for contributing new content or editing existing pages on the Disaster Risk Gateway wiki.
+== How to become a registered user ==
+[[File:User Guide Requesting a user account.pdf|thumb|right|250px|User Guide - Request an account]]
+To join the Disaster Risk Gateway community and contribute to the wiki you need a user account. Registered users can create new pages, upload media, edit existing content, practice creating and editing content, and message other users using User Talk pages. Instructions on how to request an account are given below and in the [[:Category:User guides|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">'''User Guide''']].
+Before you get started, please read the [[Disaster_Risk_Gateway:Terms of Use|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">'''Terms of Use''']] and [[Disaster_Risk_Gateway:Privacy_Notice|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">'''Privacy Notice''']]. By contributing or editing content you confirm that you have read and agree to abide by the Disaster Risk Gateway Terms of Use.
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+#Click on [[:Special:RequestAccount|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">Request Account</span>]] (link also located in the navigation bar)
-<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Basic formatting</div>
+#
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
+#Enter a username and email address in the form, then answer the CAPTCHA question. Note that your username will be publicly visible on your user page, on any comments you post, messages to other users, and in edit logs. Once you submit the form the request will be sent to the Disaster Risk Gateway admin team for review. The inbox is currently monitored Mon-Fri between 09:00-17:00 (UTC) and the team will review your request as soon as possible. In the meantime, you will be sent an email with a link to confirm your email address. Please follow the link.
-{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
+#
-|-
+#Once your request has been reviewed and approved you will receive an email entitled 'Account creation for Disaster Risk Gateway' stating:
-! Formatting !! Type !! Result
+::::''An account for Disaster Risk Gateway (<https://disasterriskgateway.net/index.php/Main_Page>) named "Your Username" has been created for your email address with the temporary password "xxxxxxxxxxxx"''.
-|-
+::You should log in and follow the prompts to change your password.
-| Bold text || <pre>'''text'''</pre> || '''text'''
-|-
+== How to create or edit a page ==
-| Italic text || <pre>''text''</pre> || ''text''
+[[File:User Guide Creating and editing pages.pdf|thumb|right|250px|User Guide - Create and edit pages]]
-|-
+=== How to create or edit a Multi-hazard risk assessment or Multi-hazard risk management page ===
-| Bold and italic text || <pre>'''''text'''''</pre> || '''''text'''''
+Multi-hazard risk assessment and Multi-hazard risk management pages are located within the [[Catalogue|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Catalogue</span>]]. Each describes a multi-hazard risk assessment or management approach (i.e. platform, framework, method, model or tool). See the [[Contribute#What pages can be included in the Catalogue?|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">''What pages can be included in the Catalogue?''</span>]] section to check if the page you wish to create meets the Disaster Risk Gateway inclusion criteria.
-|-
-| Quotes || <pre><q>This is a quotation</q></pre> || <q>This is a quotation</q>
+To create or edit a page, follow the steps below or see the [[:Category:User guides|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">'''User Guide''']].
-|-
-| Coloured text || <pre><span style="color: fuchsia">fuchsia text</span></pre> || <span style="color: fuchsia">fuchsia text</span>
+==== Create a Page ====
-|-
+#Go to [[Catalogue|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Catalogue</span>]]. Decide whether the page you wish to create would best fit in the [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Assessment|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Multi-hazard Risk Assessment</span>]] or [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Management|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">Multi-hazard Risk Management</span>]] category and select one.
-| Justify text || <pre><div style="text-align:justify">
+#Type in the name of the page you wish to create into the text field. The page name should be the name of the approach (i.e. platform, framework, method, model or tool) that your page is about. If the page does not already exist, a drop down box will appear that says ‘No matches’. When this appears click the '''Create or Edit''' button.
-Text that needs justified alignment for example a description of the approach </div></pre> || <div style="text-align:justify">
+#Complete the form then ''check that you have only included text from publicly available sources, and that you have checked copyright''.
-Text that needs justified alignment for example a description of the approach </div>
+#Select '''Save page'''.
-|-
+#To view your page, go to [[Catalogue|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Catalogue</span>]] then [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Assessment|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Multi-hazard Risk Assessment</span>]] or [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Management|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">Multi-hazard Risk Management</span>]].
-| Bullet list || <pre>* start line with asterisk then a space before text</pre> ||
-* start line with asterisk then a space before text
-|-
-| Number list || <pre># start line with hashtag (number sign) then a space before text</pre> ||
-# start line with hashtag (number sign) then a space before text
-|-
-| Internal links || <pre>[[Multi-hazard Risk Assessment]]</pre> || [[Multi-hazard Risk Assessment]]
-|-
-| Internal links with specified text || <pre>[[Multi-hazard Risk Assessment|risk assessment]]</pre> || [[Multi-hazard Risk Assessment|risk assessment]]
-|-
-| External link (URLs are automatically linked) || <pre>https://www.myriadproject.eu</pre> || https://www.myriadproject.eu
-|-
-| External link with specified text || <pre>[https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU project]</pre> || [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU project]
-|}
-</div>
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
-<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Adding new content</div>
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-# Navigate to the page you wish to add content to: Multi-hazard Risk Assessment or Multi-hazard Risk Management. Here you will need to add your example approach to the list to create a page for that approach. You will need a title and short (one-line) summary.
-# Click <span style="color: blue">Edit</span>
-# Select one of the list entries and copy and paste it, for example, <pre>* [[MATRIX (New Multi-HAzard and MulTi-RIsK Assessment MethodS for Europe)]]: a three-level framework for multi-risk assessment</pre>
-# Edit the page title with the name of your approach – this is the text within the square brackets
-# Click on <span style="color: blue">Show preview</span> at the bottom of the page to review your changes / additions
-# When you’re happy with it, click on <span style="color: blue">Save changes</span>
-# This will have created a new page for your approach which you now need to add content to
-# The easiest way to add content is to copy from an existing page and edit the text. Navigate to an existing approach and click on the title link. Click <span style="color: blue">Edit</span> and copy all the text, including formatting. Then click <span style="color: blue">cancel</span> at the bottom of the page
-# Navigate back to the Multi-hazard Risk Assessment or Multi-hazard Risk Management page and click on the title (which should appear <span style="color: red">red</span> as a page that does not exist yet) of your new entry. This will open a new page with the title of your approach
-# Click <span style="color: blue">Edit</span>
-# Paste the copied text and edit each section with details of the approach you are contributing. Please be as detailed as possible. Please note, you should not have to make any changes to the formatting.
-#* '''Year of publication'''
-#* '''Access''': please indicate whether the approach is open access, available to download, behind a journal paywall, licensed from an organisation etc.
-#* '''Link''': please provide link(s) to the project / approach website or relevant publication
-#* '''Organisation(s) / Author(s)''': please provide details of contributing organisation(s) and or author(s)
-#* '''Description''': please provide a detailed overview of the approach, ensuring that that the text is adequately referenced where appropriate and do not copy text subject to copyright.
-#* '''Technical considerations''': Please provide details of any technical considerations that a potential user of your example would need to be aware of? e.g. coding language, file type, software requirement, required input data etc.
-#* '''Keywords''': Keywords should describe the key attributes of your submission.
-# Click on <span style="color: blue">Show preview</span> at the bottom of the page to review your changes / additions. Please be aware of copyright and ensure you have not directly copied any text from a source without permission
-# When you are happy with it, click on <span style="color: blue">Save changes</span>
-# This will notify the Disaster Risk Gateway team, who will review any changes and approve publication. We will notify you if there are any issues with your submission.
-</div>
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+==== Edit a Page ====
-<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Adding new content via email</div>
+#Follow Step 1 from above
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
+#Type in the name of the page you wish to edit into the text field. Click the '''Create or Edit''' button.
-If you prefer, you can '''[mailto:DisasterRiskGateway@bgs.ac.uk email]''' your contribution. Please include:
+#Edit the text in the form then ''check that you have only included text from publicly available sources, and that you have checked copyright''.
+#Select '''Save page'''.
-::* '''Year of publication'''
+== What happens after new pages and edits are made? ==
-::* '''Access''': please indicate whether the approach is open access, available to download, behind a journal paywall, licensed from an organisation etc.
+All new pages and edits to pages are logged. The Disaster Risk Gateway admin team reviews the changes as soon as possible after they are made to ensure they comply with the [[Disaster Risk Gateway:Terms of Use| '''<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">Terms of Use</span>''']]. New pages that do not meet content standards will be removed from the [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Assessment|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue) ">Multi-hazard Risk Management</span>]] and [[:Category:Multi-hazard Risk Management|<span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">Multi-hazard Risk Management</span>]] pages and the authors will be invited to make revisions. If acceptable revisions are not made, the page will be permanently deleted. Edits to pages that do not meet content standards will be rejected and the page will be returned to the version before the edits were made.
-::* '''Link''': please provide link(s) to the project / approach website or relevant publication
-::* '''Organisation(s) / Author(s)''': please provide details of contributing organisation(s) and or author(s)
-::* '''Description''': please provide a detailed overview of the approach, ensuring that that the text is adequately referenced where appropriate and do not copy text subject to copyright.
-::* '''Technical considerations''': Please provide details of any technical considerations that a potential user of your example would need to be aware of? e.g. coding language, file type, software requirement, required input data etc.
-::* '''Keywords''': Keywords should describe the key attributes of your submission.
-</div>
+== How to add to the Resource page ==
+The Resources section of the catalogue collates links to resources that are relevant to relevant to multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment and management (e.g. past and present multi-hazard risk projects, relevant glossaries, intergovernmental initiatives). Currently editing is restricted to the admin team. If you know of a resource that you think should be added to the Resources page, please email us.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+<div style="text-align: center;">
-<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Editing existing content</div>
+{{#widget:ResourcesButton}}
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-# Navigate to the page you wish to edit
-# Click <span style="color: blue">Edit</span>
-# Make your changes to the text
-# Click on <span style="color: blue">Show preview</span> at the bottom of the page to review your changes / additions. Please be aware of copyright and ensure you have not directly copied any text from a source without permission
-# When you are happy with it, click on <span style="color: blue">Save changes</span>
-# This will notify the Disaster Risk Gateway team, who will review any changes and approve publication. We will notify you if there are any issues with your submission.
 </div>
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+== Help ==
-<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Editing existing content via email</div>
+Help pages, FAQs and information videos are in development. In the meantime, you can '''[mailto:DisasterRiskGateway@bgs.ac.uk <span style="color: var(--myriad-blue)">email</span>]''' any questions to the admin team. The inbox is currently monitored Mon-Fri between 09:00-17:00 (UTC) and the team will get back to you as soon as possible, depending on availability.
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-If you prefer, you can '''[mailto:DisasterRiskGateway@bgs.ac.uk email]''' your edits. Please include the page you want to edit, and details of your suggested changes.
-</div>