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- Knowledge spreading out of controlHello encyclopedia lovers, We have plenty of news to share. First, we’d like to sincerely thanks those who contributed during our end-of-year fundraiser! We are delighted to have so many supporters. And at the same time, we raised an additional, and unexpected, $100,000 from FUTO—thanks to them. Your ongoing support and volunteer help are requested; see #2 and… Continue reading Knowledge spreading out of control
- 2023 Encyclosphere Progress ReportShort Progress ReportHere is what we’ve been doing since last spring. Maybe next week we’ll have a special meeting (Fridays @ 2 p.m. Eastern) to review our work and discuss next steps. A Chrome and Brave (Chromium)browser extension. Prepends encyclosphere search results to DuckDuckGo and Google search results page; automatically seed articles to WebTorrent from your browser; built-in reader… Continue reading 2023 Encyclosphere Progress Report
- Today’s the Day! #GivingTuesday Support The EncyclosphereDonate Today to Support the EncyclosphereWe need your help. Donate today! Today is the day — #GivingTuesday is here! We are on our way to raising $100,000 for Knowledge Standards Foundation in 24 hours. Please help us! We need your help. Please donate, share a link & share your support on Facebook & Twitter by telling… Continue reading Today’s the Day! #GivingTuesday Support The Encyclosphere
- Help Save Knowledge & Support The Encyclosphere #GivingTuesdayHelp Us Save Knowledge & Support the EncyclosphereWe need your help. Please donate and support the freedom of knowledge. Tuesday, November 29th, many will come together for a special 24-hour online Giving Day called #GivingTuesday and we need your help! Our goal is to raise $100,000 in 24 hours to support the Knowledge Standards Foundation in our… Continue reading Help Save Knowledge & Support The Encyclosphere #GivingTuesday
- Be a Knowledge Hero & Support the EncyclosphereBe a Knowledge Hero & Support the Encyclosphere We need your help creating a #decentralized knowledge network of encyclopedias where anyone, anywhere can access the world’s knowledge unsolicited, undistorted & unfiltered. You can help the Knowledge Standards Foundation build the Encyclosphere! Please help the Knowledge Standards Foundation and give during #GivingTuesday on November 29, 2022. By giving just $10, you can strengthen our mission in keeping… Continue reading Be a Knowledge Hero & Support the Encyclosphere
- A Guided Tour of the EncyclosphereWhat is this encyclosphere thing anyway?We have made so much progress that a good way to learn the concept of an encyclosphere is to just look at what we’ve done. Here, then, is a guided self-tour. Begin with an encyclopedia that is not Wikipedia. Like Ballotpedia: Clarence Thomas (Supreme Court). Or the World History Encyclopedia: Great Pyramid… Continue reading A Guided Tour of the Encyclosphere
- The Old Encyclopedia Digitization ProjectHow much knowledge is buried in old encyclopedias?We aim to find out—and to make it available via modern search engines, readers, and free files available via the encyclosphere, with the Old Encyclopedia Digitization Project. Since last summer, the Knowledge Standards Foundation has been working on an evolving project we call the Old Encyclopedia Digitization Project. We… Continue reading The Old Encyclopedia Digitization Project
- The Knowledge Standards Foundation is doing something newSo, what is the Knowledge Standards Foundation up to?This mail isn’t a thorough update. It’s an argument: the case for the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Knowledge Standards Foundation. This mail launches a series of weekly missives that will introduce you to some part of our work. Today I’m going to argue that the world needs the encyclosphere—badly—and that we,… Continue reading The Knowledge Standards Foundation is doing something new
- Annotated link list. And donation!Hello encyclopedia lovers, We have great news: last month we deposited a $300,000 grant from FUTO, a new org founded to “develop technology and share knowledge that gives control of computers back to the people.” We are hugely grateful to FUTO. We are also grateful to over 100 of you who have donated, together, well over $10,000.We… Continue reading Annotated link list. And donation!
- Developers, Help Save Deleted ArticlesHi Developers (especially), You might have seen recently in the news that Wikipedia deleted their Rosemont Seneca Partners article. We think there ought to be a collection of all deleted Wikipedia articles, or the subset of deleted ones that are not just obvious spam or vandalism. The Deletionpedia website, which saved copies of deleted Wikipedia articles, is now defunct. The KSF now… Continue reading Developers, Help Save Deleted Articles