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==Overview==
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==About==
Issuepedia is the encyclopedia of issues, analysis, thought, and opinion. As with [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], anyone can edit; unlike Wikipedia, we encourage opinions and rants as well as carefully considered analysis and purely factual writing.
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[[Issuepedia:About|Issuepedia]] is on a deep-dive mission into the facts behind public discourse, and the [[rhetorical deception|deceptions]] that [[political power|power]] players use to engineer public sentiment counter to those facts.
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We believe that claims of "[[objectivity]]" are often a way of dodging responsibility for confronting the powerful. We will take sides, but only because the evidence supports the side we take – and we won't unilaterally endorse any side's positions just because overall we like that side better. In that sense, we will try to be objective about the evidence, and (more importantly) to follow [[Issuepedia:Arguing/guidelines|best practices for epistemic inquiry]]. If any hand that feeds us ever abuses others, we fully intend to bite it.
  
 
* [[Issuepedia:Mission|Mission]]: what we're trying to do
 
* [[Issuepedia:Mission|Mission]]: what we're trying to do
 
* [[Issuepedia:Role|Role]]: how Issuepedia is different from all those other wikis, and how it fits in
 
* [[Issuepedia:Role|Role]]: how Issuepedia is different from all those other wikis, and how it fits in
 
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===Projects===
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Projects that originated or currently operate within Issuepedia:
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* [[InstaGov]]
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* [[Issuepedia:Structured Debate]]
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* [[Issuepedia:Link Filing]]
 
==Administration==
 
==Administration==
 
As of this writing, Issuepedia is solely administered and mostly written by [[User:Woozle|Woozle]], who invites others to participate. To help support Issuepedia, see [[Issuepedia:site support]].
 
As of this writing, Issuepedia is solely administered and mostly written by [[User:Woozle|Woozle]], who invites others to participate. To help support Issuepedia, see [[Issuepedia:site support]].
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''The section named "User Roles" has been [[/archive|archived]] in case it becomes useful later.''
 
''The section named "User Roles" has been [[/archive|archived]] in case it becomes useful later.''
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The Issuepedia bug tracker is [http://rm.vbz.net/projects/issuepedia here].
 
==Related Pages==
 
==Related Pages==
 
Some of these pages need to be updated or reconsidered with regard to how they fit in, or at least tagged for update:
 
Some of these pages need to be updated or reconsidered with regard to how they fit in, or at least tagged for update:
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* [[Issuepedia:Wanted Pages]]
 
* [[Issuepedia:Wanted Pages]]
 
* '''[[:Category:Need.update|pages in need of updating]]''' (use <nowiki>{{notice/need/update}}</nowiki> to tag pages)
 
* '''[[:Category:Need.update|pages in need of updating]]''' (use <nowiki>{{notice/need/update}}</nowiki> to tag pages)
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==History==
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* '''2004-11-09''' [https://woozle.livejournal.com/2004/11/09/ LiveJournal post] where I originally laid out the idea which became Issuepedia

Latest revision as of 00:05, 22 July 2020

About

Issuepedia is on a deep-dive mission into the facts behind public discourse, and the deceptions that power players use to engineer public sentiment counter to those facts.

We believe that claims of "objectivity" are often a way of dodging responsibility for confronting the powerful. We will take sides, but only because the evidence supports the side we take – and we won't unilaterally endorse any side's positions just because overall we like that side better. In that sense, we will try to be objective about the evidence, and (more importantly) to follow best practices for epistemic inquiry. If any hand that feeds us ever abuses others, we fully intend to bite it.

  • Mission: what we're trying to do
  • Role: how Issuepedia is different from all those other wikis, and how it fits in

Projects

Projects that originated or currently operate within Issuepedia:

Administration

As of this writing, Issuepedia is solely administered and mostly written by Woozle, who invites others to participate. To help support Issuepedia, see Issuepedia:site support.

And yes, I need to do some banners and buttons; nobody's been asking for them, though, so it hasn't been a priority.

The section named "User Roles" has been archived in case it becomes useful later.

The Issuepedia bug tracker is here.

Related Pages

Some of these pages need to be updated or reconsidered with regard to how they fit in, or at least tagged for update:

History

  • 2004-11-09 LiveJournal post where I originally laid out the idea which became Issuepedia