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Uhhhh, not sure this is the kind of resource I'm looking for ๐ though it might sometimes be helpful to cross reference to compare things. But my impression from online discussion is that infogalactic is generally much less updated than Wikipedia, which makes sense, it feels kinda hard for another similar platform to compete, especially given the volunteer nature of things and infogalactics more specific political bent that will limit its appeal
Thouh this isn't the fist time I've come across suggesions that Wikipedia has bias issues; perhaps that'd be a good thing for me to look into at some point as well, and see if it feels like there's substance behind that claim
Edit: entirely expectdly there's a Wikipedia page about it that actually seems pretty helpful. I've not read much yet and I'll need to take a look at other sources, but I figured I'd share for others :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_bias_on_Wikipedia?wprov=sfla1
As cool as federation is, I think in the case of a single source of information seeking to be as reputable and neutral as possible, it kinda just seems like federation and allowing bunches of different versions of the same articles would undermine the project's ability to organize effectively and present itself in a useful way to the public...
I do like the idea of multiple separate community wikis existing with their own different culture, but I expect it'd be difficult for multiple to really exist at scale simultaneously, just cause there isn't that big a pool of people dedicated to editing community articles and splitting them seems like a challenge. But the Wikipedia article on bias on Wikipedia suggests that articles with more contributors of differing viewpoints reduce the bias, so like there's also an argument to be made for more conservative folks just contributing to Wikipedia
And unfortunately in the case of infogalactic specifically, I think explicitly stating that you aim your resource to align with certain ideology, or avoid a specific bias on one of the spectrum means I'll never really see it as a reputable source. They went in the the intention of creating something with a bias or ideological slant; I respect Wikipedia because of how hard they work to minimize bias, even though it's ultimately impossible to remove