Dynamic forking: manual edition

Infogalactic now features dynamic forking, which allows the manual import of new pages and the update of existing pages. Here is an example of dynamic forking in action:

2017 Istanbul nightclub attack

And here is an example of dynamic updating in action:

Woody Allen (before dynamic update)

2010s[edit]

From July through August 2014, Allen filmed the mystery drama Irrational Man in Newport, Rhode Island, with Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley.^[82] Allen said that this film, as well as the next three he has planned, have financing and the full support of Sony Pictures Classics.^[83]

Woody Allen (after dynamic update)

2010s[edit]

From July through August 2014, Allen filmed the mystery drama Irrational Man in Newport, Rhode Island, with Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone,Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley.^[100] Allen has said that this film, as well as the next three he has planned, have the financing and full support ofSony Pictures Classics.^[101] Allen's next film, Café Society, starred an ensemble cast, including Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, and Blake Lively.^[102] Bruce Willis was set to co-star, but was replaced by Steve Carell during filming.^[103] The film is distributed by Amazon Studios, and opened the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2016, marking the third time Allen has opened the festival.^[104]

On January 14, 2015, it was announced Allen will write and direct a TV series of half-hour episodes for Amazon Studios, marking the first time he has developed a television show. It will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Instant Video, and Amazon Studios has already ordered a full season. Allen said of the series, "I don't know how I got into this. I have no ideas and I'm not sure where to begin. My guess is that Roy Price [the head of Amazon Studios] will regret this."^{[105][106][107]} At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Allen said, in reference to his upcoming Amazon show, "It was a catastrophic mistake. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm floundering. I expect this to be a cosmic embarrassment."^[108]

Amazon Video debuted Allen's first television series production on September 30, 2016. The series is a comedy which takes place during the 1960s. It focuses on the life of a suburban family after a surprise visitor creates chaos among them. Titled Crisis in Six Scenes, it stars Allen alongside Elaine May and Miley Cyrus. Cyrus plays the part of a radical hippie fugitive who sells marijuana.^[109][110]

What Wikipedia admins do

Notice that all this frantic activity, which involved two of Wikipedia's 530 thought police in just one week, was devoted to making sure that accurate information would NOT be available on Wikipedia. Speaking as the subject matter, what a total freaking waste of time and effort!

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(cur | prev) 19:17, 9 December 2016‎ David Gerard (talk | contribs)‎ . . (31,677 bytes) (-1,244)‎ . . (single source and that questionable; see talk page. it is entirely unclear this warrants mention *at all*, let alone two subsections. get consensus for inclusion first.) (undo)
(cur | prev) 17:02, 9 December 2016‎ DragonflySixtyseven (talk | contribs)‎ . . (32,921 bytes) (-4)‎ . . (i hardly think it's necessary to link nightmare there, since it's nothing to do with REM states) (undo)
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(cur | prev) 15:26, 9 December 2016‎ David Gerard (talk | contribs)‎ . . (31,636 bytes) (-1,620)‎ . . (rm infogalactic - cut'n'paste of multiply-deleted article, closest it has to third-party coverage is one Breitbart article; not notable in mainstream or its field) (undo)
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Pale Moon redirect

From a Pale Moon-using Infogalaxian.

I'm on Vista using Pale Moon, this is how I did the Infogalactic redirect:

Install Redirector 2.9.3 (older version)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/versions/?page=1#version-2.9.3

After installation, set it up this way:

1. Example URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*
2. Include Pattern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*
3. Redirect To: https://infogalactic.com/info/$1
4. Pattern Type: select wildcard 
5. Check the enable box 
6. Test button will say SUCCESS 
7. Save button gets it done 

Any link to Wikipedia now brings up the Infogalactic page instead!

Fan mail

From a new user of Infogalactic:

Today, I did a quick internet search (Google) for "Shiva" to verify a detail or two.  I clicked on the Wikipedia link.  By the end of the second brief paragraph, I was already informed of "the goddess tradition of Hinduism called Shaktism" and how it considers Parvati to be "the equal complementary partner" of Shiva.

Hmm.  Is Shaktism so prevalent or important that it must be introduced before we learn anything more of Shiva?  Also, I can understand how Parvati may be "complementary", but the addition of "equal" smelled too SJWish.  I went to Infogalactic to see how its page differs.

On Infogalactic, the offending lines are absent, among other changes.

I am impressed.  I am also encouraged.  I don't know where Infogalactic will lead or what all it will accomplish.  I can only imagine what providing a more pure source of information may do, how it may affect all the minds searching for information.  What if our youth become accustomed to the *lack* of SJW propaganda, and as a result become similarly skeptical when they meet it, as I did today?  You are saving lives and securing the future.

Enough for now.  I just wanted to drop you a line to say you're appreciated, that I am proud to be a supporter, and that I will help spread the word.

That is certainly encouraging! One step at a time. One page at a time. But the goal of an objective, user-centric knowledge core is gradually taking shape, thanks to everyone's support.

500 editors

That's a landmark worth noting. We now have 500 registered Galaxians and we're seeing a growing number of daily edits as well.

We'll be introducing three levels of editing capabilities soon.

L1: Create and edit new pages only.
L2: Create and edit new pages, add text to existing pages only.
L3: Create and edit new pages, add and delete text from existing pages.

Once we get to Phase Three, this sort of differentiation will be unnecessary, but it will reduce the likelihood and amount of edit-warring in the meantime.

Infosextant: the browser extension

Thanks to Blake Roussel, you can now make sure that you're always using Infogalactic instead of Wikipedia, no matter what links Google feeds you.

INFOSEXTANT is the browser extension to automatically change Wikipedia links to Infogalactic.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/infosextant

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/infosextant/plieanmckkckfcdfaobonmmmbeniaige

Opera version coming soon. Brave integration coming soon. Please note that the Chrome extension is an updated version and is an improvement on the previous one.

With regards to Safari, that should be doable but we need a Macintosh programmer to do it. Any takers? Blake explains:

Safari does have extensions on OS X (not iOS), but they work on a different system than the other browsers and I don't have a Mac to do the development/testing with. The scripting for this was pretty simple and I believe the same javascript could be used for a Safari extension. If you can find a volunteer with a Mac and a bit of technical aptitude it shouldn't be hard for them to get it up and running. The basics they would need to get started are available here.

Chrome extension

This extension replaces Wikipedia links with Infogalactic links for Chrome users. Download it here.

UPDATE: the link has been changed to the updated version. If you installed the earlier version, please replace it with the new-and-improved Infosextant. There is now also a Firefox extension.