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Re:Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence from a Randomize... by drran on Monday June 07, 2021 @04:36AM (#27420349)
Maybe we need to create a "factopedia", with strict process for verification of facts, to avoid bias at Wikipedia.
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Re:Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence from a Randomize... by teddyh on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:46AM (#27421422)
It’s been tried, more or less:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizendium

However, quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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Re:Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence from a Randomize... by drran on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:19AM (#27421667)
I'm thinking about something different: a site, where everyone can publish a fact or a statement, arguments that supports or contradicts the fact, and a process with goal to make fact proven or falsified. (Sorry for my English).

  Fact: Earth is flat.
  Pros: Earth is flat, it's obvious. [direct evidence]
  Cons: Fact: [Picture of the Earth from the space] shows that Earth is round.
  Fact: Picture of the Earth from the space
And so on.
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Re:Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence from a Randomize... by topranks on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:39AM (#27421839)
Not saying that’s not got its place, but most people want to look something up and get the facts.

Personally I prefer if Wikipedia just says “earth is a sphere” and links citations, than makes me wade through a bunch of bullshit and evaluate it all for myself.

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