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− | <seo title="InfoCheckers | a tool for a community of information checkers" metak="fact checking websites, Wikipedia check" metad="blog, forum | + | <seo title="InfoCheckers | a tool for a community of information checkers" metak="fact checking websites, Wikipedia check" metad="blog, wiki, forum" /> |
− | '''[[ | + | '''[[Special:ArticlesHome|Blog topics]]''' . . . . '''[[Wiki|Wiki topics]]''' . . . . |
'''[[Special:WikiForum|Forum topics]]''' <br> ''Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day. | '''[[Special:WikiForum|Forum topics]]''' <br> ''Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day. | ||
- [https://www.loc.gov/resource/mtj1.038_0592_0594/?sp=2&st=text Thomas Jefferson, 1807] '' | - [https://www.loc.gov/resource/mtj1.038_0592_0594/?sp=2&st=text Thomas Jefferson, 1807] '' | ||
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+ | Latest blog post: [[Blog:pfizer_omitted_at_least_one_vaccine_trial_death|Pfizer omitted at least one vaccine trial death]]<br> | ||
+ | Latest wiki: [[Orwell:_The_Freedom_of_the_Press|George Orwell's never published original introduction to Animal Farm]] <br> | ||
Latest Fact Checking: [[Check:_Effects_of_CO2_emissions_on_nature|Man-made climate change]] <br> | Latest Fact Checking: [[Check:_Effects_of_CO2_emissions_on_nature|Man-made climate change]] <br> | ||
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When searching for information on Internet, how do we discern what is fair and well researched information? For an individual it is not doable to sort it all out. | When searching for information on Internet, how do we discern what is fair and well researched information? For an individual it is not doable to sort it all out. | ||
− | Search engines serve links to Wikipedia articles near the top of their results, and while the great majority is fine, some of those articles are extremely unreliable. And when we look for better information, the choice is often between two extremes: unquestioned "mainstream" dogma or "alternative" sites of doubtful and often very poor reliability. | + | Search engines serve links to Wikipedia articles near the top of their results, and while the great majority is fine, some of those articles are extremely unreliable or [https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/ badly biased]. And when we look for better information, the choice is often between two extremes: unquestioned "mainstream" dogma or "alternative" sites of doubtful and often very poor reliability. |
This website is meant to '''serve as a tool''' for a '''community''' of people who want to be well informed and who may want to contribute sometimes. It's now open for everyone to join. By contributing to a Wiki we can obtain much more while spending less time individually. | This website is meant to '''serve as a tool''' for a '''community''' of people who want to be well informed and who may want to contribute sometimes. It's now open for everyone to join. By contributing to a Wiki we can obtain much more while spending less time individually. | ||
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** '''Science''' - history of science, relativity, quantum mechanics etc. | ** '''Science''' - history of science, relativity, quantum mechanics etc. | ||
:: (Proposals for topics '''[[InfoCheckers:List_of_possible_topics|here]]''') <span style="color:#14866d"> <div style="text-align: right; direction: ltr; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> ''Count: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages'' </div> </span> | :: (Proposals for topics '''[[InfoCheckers:List_of_possible_topics|here]]''') <span style="color:#14866d"> <div style="text-align: right; direction: ltr; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> ''Count: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages'' </div> </span> | ||
− | * With a '''[[Special:ArticlesHome|blog]]''' | + | * With a '''[[Special:ArticlesHome|blog]]''' of the administrator to present currently relevant topics |
− | * With a '''[[Special:WikiForum|discussion forum]]''' | + | * With a '''[[Special:WikiForum|discussion forum]]''' about contents creation based on Wikipedia articles and other technical issues of web site management. It has a different skin for an "under the hood" impression. |
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'''In The News''' (or hardly in the news, but should have been): | '''In The News''' (or hardly in the news, but should have been): | ||
− | + | Barry Young, a database administrator for New Zealand’s public health ministry, has been arrested for leaking secret government data on the death rates of people who received Covid mRNA shots. Even though the data has been anonymized, the New Zealand government health agency has been granted an injunction that “prevents any publication of the data” leaked by the whistleblower. Meanwhile, scientific journalists and statisticians have already started examining some of that data that is being scraped from the Internet. | |
− | + | [https://slaynews.com/news/new-zealand-whistleblower-facing-7-years-prison-exposing-mass-vax-deaths/] | |
− | + | [https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/man-accused-stealing-covid-vaccine-data-granted-bail] | |
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''Old "In The News" topics [[Talk:InfoCheckers | '''here''']]'' | ''Old "In The News" topics [[Talk:InfoCheckers | '''here''']]'' |
Latest revision as of 17:30, 9 December 2023
Blog topics . . . . Wiki topics . . . .
Forum topics
Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1807
Latest blog post: Pfizer omitted at least one vaccine trial death
Latest wiki: George Orwell's never published original introduction to Animal Farm
Latest Fact Checking: Man-made climate change
When searching for information on Internet, how do we discern what is fair and well researched information? For an individual it is not doable to sort it all out.
Search engines serve links to Wikipedia articles near the top of their results, and while the great majority is fine, some of those articles are extremely unreliable or badly biased. And when we look for better information, the choice is often between two extremes: unquestioned "mainstream" dogma or "alternative" sites of doubtful and often very poor reliability.
This website is meant to serve as a tool for a community of people who want to be well informed and who may want to contribute sometimes. It's now open for everyone to join. By contributing to a Wiki we can obtain much more while spending less time individually.
- The focus is on our own research-based wiki, correcting selected Wikipedia articles. Categories:
- Fact Checking websites - existing fact checking sites
- Current affairs - debated topics that are in the news
- Society - still relevant topics that have been in the news (or should have been)
- Environment - air pollution, pesticides etc. - Man-made climate change
- Health - medicine, alternative medicine, food supplements etc.
- Science - history of science, relativity, quantum mechanics etc.
- (Proposals for topics here) Count: 24 pages
- (Proposals for topics here)
- With a blog of the administrator to present currently relevant topics
- With a discussion forum about contents creation based on Wikipedia articles and other technical issues of web site management. It has a different skin for an "under the hood" impression.
- For updates you can add yourself to the mailinglist
We will introduce a new method to arrive at a reasonably objective and fair presentation of facts in our Wiki articles.
See Project:Organization and operation,
In The News (or hardly in the news, but should have been):
Barry Young, a database administrator for New Zealand’s public health ministry, has been arrested for leaking secret government data on the death rates of people who received Covid mRNA shots. Even though the data has been anonymized, the New Zealand government health agency has been granted an injunction that “prevents any publication of the data” leaked by the whistleblower. Meanwhile, scientific journalists and statisticians have already started examining some of that data that is being scraped from the Internet.
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