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''(This article is subject to | ''(This article is subject to vandalism. See who wrote this version of this article, [http://www.wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Lumeniki&action=history here].)'' | ||
[[Lumeniki]] suggests a research and {{tag|debate}} methodology known as [http://lumeniki.referata.com/wiki/Lumenism Lumenism]. As of Sept | [[Lumeniki]] suggests a research and {{tag|debate}} methodology known as [http://lumeniki.referata.com/wiki/Lumenism Lumenism]. As of Sept 16 2009, there is only one regular editor, [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]], but a few others have edited a few articles and talk pages. The research topics are currently Lumenos' interests (you are welcome to add your own). | ||
==For readers== | ==For readers== | ||
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* Home economics: | * Home economics: | ||
** Lumenos interviews an engineer who may be able to develop a more viable method for [http://lumeniki.referata.com/wiki/Small-scale_solar_steam_power backyard solar electricity generation] using a converted steam engine. | ** Lumenos interviews an engineer who may be able to develop a more viable method for [http://lumeniki.referata.com/wiki/Small-scale_solar_steam_power backyard solar electricity generation] using a converted steam engine. | ||
** Converting waste into food | ** Converting waste into food. | ||
** A guide to the cheapest mp3/mp4 players. | ** A guide to the cheapest mp3/mp4 players. | ||
** A guide to booting a normal Windows installation as a virtual machine. | ** A guide to booting a normal Windows installation as a virtual machine. | ||
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* '''Conflict resolution policies:''' Lumenos sees policy purely as a means to resolve conflict, therefore the policies are built to respond to the desires of the current users. Lumenos has made a [[WikiIndex:Policies and Guidelines|policy development page at WikiIndex]], which could be incorporated into Lumeniki, if there are other editors. | * '''Conflict resolution policies:''' Lumenos sees policy purely as a means to resolve conflict, therefore the policies are built to respond to the desires of the current users. Lumenos has made a [[WikiIndex:Policies and Guidelines|policy development page at WikiIndex]], which could be incorporated into Lumeniki, if there are other editors. | ||
* '''Wikiforum:''' Editors can quote themselves (as Lumenos does in this article) and ask questions in articles. You don't have to pretend to be the omniscient Wizard of Oz; you can mention something that is noteworthy without presenting it as certainty. You represent yourself not the wiki. | * '''Wikiforum:''' Editors can quote themselves (as Lumenos does in this article) and ask questions in articles. You don't have to pretend to be the omniscient Wizard of Oz; you can mention something that is noteworthy without presenting it as certainty. You represent yourself not the wiki. | ||
* '''Copysate license:''' This avoids many of the totalitarian requirements of default intellectual property rights, but entitles developers to a "royalty" (not necessarily money) on any '''profits''' made by anyone else, using their work. | * '''Copysate license:''' This avoids many of the totalitarian requirements of default intellectual property rights, but entitles developers to a "royalty" (not necessarily money) on any '''profits''' made by anyone else, using their work. | ||
* '''[http://lumeniki.referata.com/wiki/LumenikiLu_policies Lumeniki's inclusion policies]''' are not completely decided but Lumenos sees a number of ways to improve on Wikipedia's policies. Wikipedia does not officially consider content to be notable or reliable if it is "original research" or information from self-published sources. "[[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]]: This creates a bias towards commercial content and runs contrary to the very thing that makes Wikipedia good; that it has info that is timely and less censored, than what is usually found in 'published' sources that are supposed to be highly accurate. With the rise of the Internet, self-publishing is the future of publishing and we need ways to evaluate self-published sources rather than excluding them completely." | * '''[http://lumeniki.referata.com/wiki/LumenikiLu_policies Lumeniki's inclusion policies]''' are not completely decided but Lumenos sees a number of ways to improve on Wikipedia's policies. Wikipedia does not officially consider content to be notable or reliable if it is "original research" or information from self-published sources. "[[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]]: This creates a bias towards commercial content and runs contrary to the very thing that makes Wikipedia good; that it has info that is timely and less censored, than what is usually found in 'published' sources that are supposed to be highly accurate. With the rise of the Internet, self-publishing is the future of publishing and we need ways to evaluate self-published sources rather than excluding them completely." | ||
** '''For reliability''' Lumeniki instead aims to use the articles to evaluate sources and to evaluate wiki editors (editors of Lumeniki or other wikis). | ** '''For reliability''' Lumeniki instead aims to use the articles to evaluate sources and to evaluate wiki editors (editors of Lumeniki or other wikis). | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[RationalWiki]] ~~ [[User_talk:Nx|Nx]] | *[[RationalWiki]] ~~ [[User_talk:Nx|Nx]] | ||
*[[RationalWikiWiki]] ~~ [[User_talk:Nx|Nx]] | *[[RationalWikiWiki]] ~~ [[User_talk:Nx|Nx]] | ||
*[[Teflpedia]] ~~ [[User_talk:Nx|Nx]] (English teachers are lumenous. Travel the world with nothing to trade but your Imperialist tongue. ~~ [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]]) | *[[Teflpedia]] ~~ [[User_talk:Nx|Nx]] (English teachers are lumenous. Travel the world with nothing to trade but your Imperialist tongue. ~~ [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]]) | ||