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'''Wazeopedia''' is the new name for the Waze community wiki, and also the project name for converting the existing wiki into the new framework. First [http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=123270 announced in Jan, 2015], the project is being spearheaded by {{username|wonderlerm}} a member of Waze staff. Wazeopedia will contain a unique individual wiki instance for each local community, as well as another instance to host global content. Content will be able to shared across the wikis, maintaining the collaboration while allowing the reader a insulated experience.


== Global wiki ==

[[File:Wazeopedia.png|right]]The Wazeopedia Global wiki will be built of carefully selected content that is useful for all the local Waze editing communities around the world. Each local community is free to include global content into its own pages. This can be done in the original English, or by creating a modified, translated, or interpreted derivative.


All content in the Wazopedia Global wiki will be verified and maintained for accuracy by a combined group of Wiki Masters and Champs, with assistance from staff. The Champs will also ensure the content is relevant to the global community and not biased to only certain local communities.


=== Converting from the existing wiki ===

{{As of|2015|6}} the Wazeopedia Global wiki site is not yet available. However, the 
[http://www.waze.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=group&g=145 Wiki Masters team] which has been tasked with building the new Wazeopedia examined the pages in the existing Waze wiki, and nominated a comprehensive list of pages which were already global in nature to be included in the Wazeopedia Global wiki. They are currently editing all these pages to meet the standards of the Wazeopedia Global wiki. This is a slow process, as there is a great deal of content to work on.


The majority of these pages which have been nominated for the Wazeopedia Global wiki were heavily biased to the United States, and some other English-speaking local communities. This is because most of the English content wiki was primarily edited by American editors. As part of the preparation for, and the conversion process to move these pages to the Wazeopedia Global wiki, they will have to "globalized". To "globalize" a page the Wiki Masters working with the Global Champs will remove any information specific to the local communities, and replace it with globally relevant information instead.

These local communities will have to decide if they want to either maintain the current page as is, or adopt the new global version for their local community as well.

If they want to maintain the original page, the Wiki Master team will offer to work in tandem with the local editors to make a copy for them before any "globalization" is performed. The local editors may choose to make the copy and separate it from the global page on their own.

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If you have a question about the global page nomination process that applies to existing pages, pease visit [http://forums.waze.com/hhkjhkjhkhkjhkjh this forum thread]. You can pose questions there, and alert the global wiki team to any concerns you have.

The complete list of current nominated pages for global Wazeopedia is here LINK CATEGORY PAGE.