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]

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!

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.

Roadmap 2.0

On Monday night, the Techstars held a meeting, and after a series of intense discussions, it was decided to radically modify our development schedule. Instead of utilizing the existing MediaWiki engine to incorporate the new features we are planning, both the Techstars and the Star Council agreed that Infogalactic will be better served by replacing the MediaWiki engine with a superior engine of our own device, codename DONTPANIC.

We also decided to add additional levels of administration and editing in order to better maintain cohesion in content modification until the preference filters are operational and render content management unnecessary. There will be three levels of Galaxians, create page only, create and add content only, and create, add, and remove content. This will permit the Starlords to more easily contain and constrain the behavior of any editors whose behavior is not in line with the Seven Canons or the objectives of the Star Council.

ROADMAP 2.0

Phase One
FUND LEVEL COMPLETE

Image load speed improvement
Search time speed improvement
Integration with Brave browser
Operational ad server
Additional administration and editing levels

Phase Two
DONTPANIC engine
Dynamic page updates
Improved Database categories
Relativity, Reliability, and Notability 1.0 algorithms

Phase Three
Tri-level page content: Fact, Context, Opinion
Verified autobiography sub-pages
Preference filtering
Initial gamification and status bling operational
Safe Mode
Gab integration
User Interface 2.0 Beta
Gamification and status bling complete

Tips and Tricks: Firefox redirection

There is a Firefox addon that automatically replaces URLs locally in your browser. To redirect all Wikipedia links to Infogalactic, add the following rule:

Redirect:*://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*
to: https://infogalactic.com/info/$2

For example, this will redirect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon to https://infogalactic.com/info/Bacon. So, when you google something and the first result is a Wikipedia link, when you click on it you'll be taken to Infogalactic instead.