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<div style="float:right;border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;  margin: 1em; z-index: 10; padding: 0.4em; margin-right:0px;">{{#widget:YouTube|id=a3Sq0vUxwrc}}<br/>A short explanation of WP+ at [28C3], 2011-12-29</div>
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<div style="float:right;border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;  margin: 1em; z-index: 10; padding: 0.4em; margin-right:0px;">{{#widget:YouTube|id=a3Sq0vUxwrc}}<br/>[[User:Robin|Robin Upton]] explains Wikipedia+ at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2011/wiki/Welcome 28C3], 2011-12-29</div>
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[[File:WP notification example.600x308.gif | frame | Ever fancy quick access to alternative viewpoints?  Let Wikipedia+ suggest them for you]]
 
[[File:WP notification example.600x308.gif | frame | Ever fancy quick access to alternative viewpoints?  Let Wikipedia+ suggest them for you]]
'''''Wikipedia+'' is a tool for Wikipedia users unhappy with only a single narrative.''' It is an open source browser extension to augment your Wikipedia experience. It notes where you're browsing and silently checks the alternative websites you have chosen to see if they contain relevant information. If so, Wikipedia+ pops up a notification containing links to the matching pages, so alternative points of view are only one click away.
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'''''Wikipedia+'' is a tool for Wikipedia users unhappy with only a single narrative.''' It is a Mozilla approved open source browser extension to augment your Wikipedia experience. It notes where you're browsing and silently checks the alternative websites you have chosen to see if they contain matching information. If so, Wikipedia+ pops up a notification containing links to the matching pages, so alternative points of view are only one click away.
  
 
==Rationale==
 
==Rationale==
[[Wikipedia]] is in one sense a victim of its own success; it has effectively become a [[MSM | mainstream media]] source, and as such it shares a [[Project:The Problem with Wikipedia|well-established bias]]:
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[[Wikipedia]] is in one sense a victim of its own success; it has effectively become a [[MSM | mainstream media]] source, and as such it shares a [[Project:The Problem with Wikipedia|well-established bias]]. A wealthy few use their control of [[MSM | mainstream media]] to systematically exclude certain opinions. This lack of publication in what Wikipedia refers to as 'reliable sources' in turn provides justification for their exclusion from Wikipedia, nullifying its potential as an independent voice. Wikipedia+ allows you to avoid this censorship by choosing to supplement your Wikipedia experience with automatic cross-references to sites you judge to be of interest (e.g. Wikispooks).
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To the extent that a subject is judged threatening to established power and the widespread acceptance of '[[Project:Definitions|official narratives]]' of events, the reliability and ultimate accuracy of Wikipedia articles touching on it is likely to be compromised. At the extremes of power and perceived threat, Wikipedia's 'Neutral-Point-of-View' <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPOV Wikipedia 'Neutral point of view]</ref> principle pretty much guarantees that the compromise will be fundamental. (See [[Project:The Problem with Wikipedia|The Problem with Wikipedia]] for a fuller discussion)
 
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'''Wikipedia+ alleviates this situation by letting you choose sources of information for yourself with which to supplement your Wikipedia experience.'''
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==Technical Aspects==
 
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[[File:WP_in_status_bar.jpg | frame | left | Wikipedia+ in the status bar in the bottom right]]
===Technical Aspects===
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* Wikipedia+ requires '''Mozilla Firefox''', version 4 or above.
[[File:WP_in_status_bar.jpg | frame | Wikipedia+ installed in the status bar in the bottom right]]
 
Wikipedia Plus currently requires '''Mozilla Firefox''', version 3 or above.
 
 
* The latest version is [http://www.wikipediaplus.org/wiki/Download available here].
 
* The latest version is [http://www.wikipediaplus.org/wiki/Download available here].
* You can change which sites you're interested in, but ''Wikispooks'' is enabled by default
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* By default, it is configured for ''Wikispooks'' users
 
* When browsing Wikipedia, a notification bar will appear from time to time with links to Wikispooks or other sites of interest
 
* When browsing Wikipedia, a notification bar will appear from time to time with links to Wikispooks or other sites of interest
  
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Revision as of 20:48, 22 March 2021


Robin Upton explains Wikipedia+ at 28C3, 2011-12-29
Ever fancy quick access to alternative viewpoints? Let Wikipedia+ suggest them for you

Wikipedia+ is a tool for Wikipedia users unhappy with only a single narrative. It is a Mozilla approved open source browser extension to augment your Wikipedia experience. It notes where you're browsing and silently checks the alternative websites you have chosen to see if they contain matching information. If so, Wikipedia+ pops up a notification containing links to the matching pages, so alternative points of view are only one click away.

Rationale

Wikipedia is in one sense a victim of its own success; it has effectively become a mainstream media source, and as such it shares a well-established bias. A wealthy few use their control of mainstream media to systematically exclude certain opinions. This lack of publication in what Wikipedia refers to as 'reliable sources' in turn provides justification for their exclusion from Wikipedia, nullifying its potential as an independent voice. Wikipedia+ allows you to avoid this censorship by choosing to supplement your Wikipedia experience with automatic cross-references to sites you judge to be of interest (e.g. Wikispooks).

Technical Aspects

Wikipedia+ in the status bar in the bottom right
  • Wikipedia+ requires Mozilla Firefox, version 4 or above.
  • The latest version is available here.
  • By default, it is configured for Wikispooks users
  • When browsing Wikipedia, a notification bar will appear from time to time with links to Wikispooks or other sites of interest

* The add-on is not available for modern browsers, only old versions of Firefox

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