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'''[http://wikinfo.org Wikinfo]''' is a very useful project that overcomes many of the problems of [[Wikipedia]] and [[Disinfopedia]], which are both based on bad models that freeze [[editorial bias]] of the [[community point of view]] or just that of the [[sysop power structure]] (which is actually worse). | '''[http://wikinfo.org Wikinfo]''' is a very useful project that overcomes many of the problems of [[Wikipedia]] and [[Disinfopedia]], which are both based on bad models that freeze [[editorial bias]] of the [[community point of view]] or just that of the [[sysop power structure]] (which is actually worse). | ||
It runs on [[GetWiki]], which is a fork of [[MediaWiki]] 1.1.0. under [[CC-by-nc-sa]]. GetWiki features something that would be very useful for running [[Consumerium]] | It runs on [[GetWiki]], which is a fork of [[MediaWiki]] 1.1.0. under [[CC-by-nc-sa]]. GetWiki features something that would be very useful for running [[Consumerium]]: [[XML]]-autoimport of [[Wikipedia]] articles that don't exist in Wikinfo, but exist in Wikipedia, letting them be [[mirror]]ed until they actually need to be edited. Thus: | ||
'''Wikinfo''' texts default to the [[GFDL text corpus]] but authors can decide to use, or can quote, [[Creative Commons]] texts or other [[free documentation]] as well. | |||
In line with the biases of [[M.R.M. Parrott]], it does not use the [[standard wiki URI]]s nor support an [[interwiki link standard]] nor is it participating in any effort to an [[interwiki identity standard]]. Accordingly it is unlikely to displace [[Wikipedia]] as the central [[GFDL corpus access provider]]. | In line with the biases of [[M.R.M. Parrott]], it does not use the [[standard wiki URI]]s nor support an [[interwiki link standard]] nor is it participating in any effort to an [[interwiki identity standard]]. Accordingly it is unlikely to displace [[Wikipedia]] as the central [[GFDL corpus access provider]]. | ||