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OpenPedia

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This is a proposal for a new Wikimedia sister project.
OpenPedia
File:Openpedia-logo-prototype.svg
Status of the proposal
Statusunder discussion
Details of the proposal
Project descriptionAn AI-assisted knowledge collaboration platform that enforces source verification and dynamic trust scoring. It will complement Wikipedia by focusing on real-time collaborative editing with built-in credibility validation mechanisms. As a Wikimedia project, it can leverage existing content while introducing innovative quality control tools.
Is it a multilingual wiki?Initial launch as a multilingual wiki (like Wikidata), with language-specific subdomains later
Potential number of languagesContent in all Wikimedia-supported languages, with AI-assisted translation alignment
Proposed tagline"Verified Knowledge, Collaboratively Built"
Proposed URLhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenPedia_(proposal)
Technical requirements
New features to requireRequires new extensions:

ForceReferences (mandatory source validation),

TrustScore (automated credibility rating),

StructuredDebate (replaces talk pages).

Needs integration with academic databases (DOI, PubMed) and machine learning APIs.
Development wikiTest instance on Wikimedia Cloud VPS: https://openpedia-dev.wmcloud.org
Interested participants
Initial team from WikiProject Reliability + AI researchers

Proposed by

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User:Mj114 (original concept)

User:Mj114 (trust systems design)

User:Mj114 (technical architecture)

Alternative names

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• VeriWiki • SourcePedia • TrustBase

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Wikidata (structured data integration) • WikiFact (discontinued fact-checking proposal) • Citoid (reference formatting tool)

Domain names

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Preferred: • openpedia.wikimedia.org (primary) • openpedia.org (redirect)

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Initial discussion threadTechnical feasibility analysis

Demos

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Interactive prototype (non-WMF) • GitHub PoC

People interested

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User:Mj114