Debatepedia Instead of Wikipedia · posted by vaibhav bhawsar Feb 26, 00:11

Just what I was looking for!
Debatepedia and wikinfo are two projects (that I have come across so far) that are similar to wikipedia but offer users to enter multiple points of view. They favor diverse ways of looking at something rather than a “neutral” way of looking. Wikinfo claims that it prefers debate and sympathetic point of view over neutral point of view which is what wikipedia outlines as its fundamental principle.
One interesting part of wikinfo are its Green links which are imported articles from wikipedia open for a SPOV.

Now sometimes consensus is really really important. But if one talks of knowledge it may come from diverse backgrounds and beliefs..which may not be something another culture subscribes to or even understands. So then what does one do about such views? Do we represent them or seclude them? Even if they are a minority and that they don’t have enough people to vouch for them?

Debatepedia
A new encyclopedia of arguments and debates

wikinfo

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  1. Maybe you’d also be interested in this site:

    http://convinceme.net/

    It looks pretty interesting and similar in some ways to Debatepedia but with a more competitive aspect.

    — James Nick Sears · Feb 26, 14:46 · #

  2. Have you heard about the Citizendium?

    — Shuchi · Mar 7, 09:49 · #

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