On 3/7/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
There's a difference between "We're a quality encyclopedia written from a political and/or social conservative point of view" and what Conservapedia is functionally right now.
It would be interesting to see focused POV encyclopedia projects spring up to offer alternatives to the WP NPOV and what WP systemic biases do exist (I believe that there's a tendency for both political and social liberalism among WP editors; I don't believe that it generally has a negative effect on article NPOV, but it is a mild systemic bias).
dKosopedia is one such project. It has been around since April 2004, with the following philosophy:
"The dKosopedia is written from a left/progressive/liberal/Democratic point of view while also attempting to fairly acknowledge the other side's take"
http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Main_Page
This Conservapedia project is not showing the types of rigor and
scaling that will be required for it to rise to the challenge, however.
Maybe it will later, but it's not looking hopeful.
-- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com
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