what happened to the alternapedia project? Harry [Vo]:"ALTERNAPEDIA," alt-science friendly 'pedia service William Beaty Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:58:33 -0700 (see also preceding message) From: Pierre Carbonnelle Together with Bill Beaty, I'm pleased to introduce Alternapedia to the Vortex community. It can be reached at http://en.alternapedia.org/
What is Alternapedia ? -------------------------------- Alternapedia is the collaborative project that brings all points of view together. Unlike Wikipedia, it provides valuable information on all sides of controversies, with equal weight, so that its readers can form their own opinions. Alternapedia's policies and guidelines can be summarized as follows: 1. Anyone can contribute to Alternapedia. The user interface is kept as simple as possible. Editing an article does not require the knowledge of special formatting codes. 2. Alternapedia welcomes all points of view. You can contribute new points of view in personal, authored articles, and present published points of view in collaborative articles. 3. Alternapedia is an archive of authored articles, written by one or more authors to present new research or opinion. They must relate to a controversy, and meet certain quality requirements. They are subject to a peer-review process by named administrators. Authors can protect their articles from other editors, and submit their work while retaining the copyright. 4. Collaborative articles are written collaboratively to include all points of view in a controversy, based on the best sources available. Complex controversies are divided up in two-sided sub-controversies, so that each opposite view can be presented side by side, with equal weight. Collaborative articles are available under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). 5. Alternapedia has a code of conduct. Respect your fellow editors even when you may not agree with them. Be civil, open and welcoming. Find consensus, avoid edit wars. Disruptive editors will be restricted to editing only one side of the controversy, or blocked from any editing. The policies will be refined over time to help us reach our stated goal efficiently. How to use it ------------------- The Vortex community is welcome to use it to communicate internally and to the wider public. In particular, feel free to use it to: - publish personal ideas, and solicit comments from peers - clarify issues by presenting both sides of controversies in collaborative articles. For example, Alternapedia could be used to clarify the He4 issue that has divided the cold fusion community recently. Click here to see how to get started: http://en.alternapedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started Next Steps ------------- After Alternapedia's introduction to the Cold fusion and Vortex community, we plan to further promote the site via announcements in online magazines such as The Register. Your help is welcome in making it known ! We would be delighted if you could link to Alternapedia from your website (if you have one). We welcome your comments, and remain at your disposal for any questions regarding this project. - Pierre Carbonnelle, Steve Krivit, Martinphi, Ron Marshall, Mark Iverson, Bill Beaty
