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Red Pill Addendum

By Gregon

I also encourage researchers, website owners and authors to contribute information on yourself or your projects to The Red Pill (as long as it is presented objectively and with useful information for the community). As the site grows, and people begin browsing categories for interesting articles, it would certainly be worthwhile having information about yourself/your project in there. Just keep in mind that others will be able to add to the information you contribute, so the text will likely not remain static.

There are separate categories for authors and researchers, books, and websites, so make sure you link it into them at the end of your article using the Category tag (eg. [[Category:Websites]]). At the very least, the Website category provides a convenient link register – something which many webmasters have requested of TDG.

Greg
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Greg is the owner-editor of The Daily Grail, as well as the author of a number of books including Stop Worrying, There Probably is an Afterlife.
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4 Comments

  1. Red Pill and Wikipedia
    I hope contributors to the Red Pill check with Wikipedia first to see whether their topic is not already covered there.

    And where that topic is already covered at Wikipedia, contributors here acknowledge that fact in their article, acknowledge the differences between the articles, and link to the relevant Wikipedia pages as a matter of intellectual integrity.

    1. Re: Red Pill and Wikipedia
      [quote=Lee]And where that topic is already covered at Wikipedia, contributors here acknowledge that fact in their article, acknowledge the differences between the articles, and link to the relevant Wikipedia pages as a matter of intellectual integrity.[/quote]

      Hi Lee,

      I don’t agree at all. As long as the information isn’t taken from Wikipedia, there is absolutely no reason why people should feel compelled to reference or link to entries on the same topic at Wikipedia. I’m a great fan of Wikipedia, but they hold no intellectual copyright on either information or the Wiki format. Should we also reference articles on the same topics in Brittanica, in books, and in websites?

      Completely separate to the idea of ‘intellectual integrity’ though, article authors should certainly feel free to link to articles on the same topic in their ‘See Also:’ section at the bottom of their article, to provide more information to readers. There is absolutely no requirement however, to acknowledge a Wikipedia entry, nor to list the differences between the articles.

      Peace and Respect,
      Greg

      1. No, we should not have to check out Wikipedia!
        I agree with Greg, this is The Red Pill and as such, will develop it’s own content and style. Left to it’s own devices, The Red Pill will by its very location, reflect the interests of the TDG community. I cannot see a problem if any TRP information is duplicated elsewhere.

        Nostra

  2. No patent on wiki
    It has always been my understanding (and remains so after a quick net search before this post) that the wiki concept and term predate wikipedia. That being the case, and given that the wikipedia tail has elected to attempt to wag the internet information dog, I’m personally baffled as to why anything that may or may not exist at the wikipedia site should have any influence on materials at any other wiki site.

    I’m personally no fan of the wiki concept as it exists (for a number of reasons irrelevant to this post), but imo wikipedia is entitled to operate as they see fit and any other wiki operations are equally free, given that in each instance the people making the operational choices are the ones footing the bill and doing the ongoing work of maintaining the respective sites.

    Simply put, wiki is a public domain term and concept, no one holds a patent on either. TRP is under no constraint of conduct on the basis of how someone else elects to operate their own website.

    As for market conflict and “audience scatter”, I am minded of the earlier internet days when diverse opinions and open forum free of elitist limitations were hailed as major pluses. I’d hate to see a trend self imposed by the internet population that would undermine that any further than it already has been by assorted govt and legal meddling.

    Tiger

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