Wikimedia,
Hello. I am pleased to share an exciting update regarding a proposal for a sister project,
Wikifact - a resource for real-time collaborative fact-checking
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikifact).
The update is available here:
https://github.com/w3c/mathml/issues/390 .
The gist of the new development is that end-users could select Web content in their
browsers and then simply use context menus to invoke first-, second-, and third-party
services. These services could include crowdsourced, wiki-based, services, e.g., Wikifact
or some other new projects.
When I first proposed Wikifact, in 2021, I was thinking that some markup-related or
template-related solutions would be useful for providing end-users with user interfaces
upon relevant portions of content (e.g., statements, claims, or facts) in documents.
Today, I am thinking about end-users being able to select Web content and then use context
menus to invoke first-, second-, and third-party services. These services might provide
for end-users with proofs, arguments, justifications, or fact-checking-related information
about the selected contents in new tabs. Today, I am also thinking about uses of Web
Annotation technologies where end-users could toggle visualizing which content in Web
documents already have proofs, arguments, justifications, or fact-checking-related
information available for them.
In summary, end-users will be able to select arbitrary contents from across the Web and
use context menus to invoke services, e.g., Wikifact or some other new projects, to
explore proofs, arguments, justifications, and fact-checking-related information
pertaining to the selected contents.
Thank you. I hope that these new developments are of some interest to you and that they
might inspire you to continue to explore new uses of wiki technologies!
Best regards,
Adam Sobieski
http://www.phoster.com