Justapedia
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- NameAndAddressWithheld reviewed Justapedia
3 stars would be "average", which would be a reasonable review considering that most articles are little more than an unchanged copy of Wikipedia's American English articles.
Beyond this, I deducted a star because of the faulty logic behind the project. Founder Betty Wills "created Justapedia to restore objectivity, having observed Wikipedia’s shift toward political bias and antisemitic tendencies" (https://justapedia.org/wiki/Justapedia:What_to_expect), which is a vague accusation but noble...
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What is Justapedia?
From their website: "Justapedia is an open and freely accessible online encyclopedia published in American English. Justapedia launched to the public on August 9, 2023, and is being developed and maintained by volunteers through open collaboration on a MediaWiki based editing platform. The platform and tools to edit are hosted and operated by the Justapedia Foundation, a US-based tax deductible 501(c)(3) charitable organization for educational purposes; Justapedia® is the registered trademark of the Justapedia Foundation (JPF). Any and all items that have been forked from Wikipedia or other independent wikis that still contain forked content are properly attributed per their CC-BY-SA and GFDL licensing requirements. Justapedia's own newly created articles are subject to the same licensing requirements as the originating articles, which are being systematically updated and rewritten to reflect Justapedia's standards of neutrality and objectivity."
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3 stars would be "average", which would be a reasonable review considering that most articles are little more than an unchanged copy of Wikipedia's American English articles.
Beyond this, I deducted a star because of the faulty logic behind the project. Founder Betty Wills "created Justapedia to restore objectivity, having observed Wikipedia’s shift toward political bias and antisemitic tendencies" (https://justapedia.org/wiki/Justapedia:What_to_expect), which is a vague accusation but noble endeavor. To combat this, "Justapedia turns to qualified experts and reflects the dispute in a measured and transparent manner. Editorial decisions are not determined solely by consensus but according to the weight of evidence, factual coherence, and reasonable logic." (https://www.inss.org.il/publication/zionism-wiki/) At face value, this sounds sensible; however, terminology such as "qualified experts" and "'reasonable' logic" is treated as being inherently monolithic and more objective, when, in reality, there's a distinct possibility that you could be trading one subjectivity for another. In other words, despite the legitimate criticism of Wikipedia and the promise of greater objectivity, it still runs into the same basic issue- the potential for bias from any community participant, expert or not.