Hi,
Mises.org really needs a wiki. I have searched the site and been unable to find one. Most of the anarcho-capitalist wiki's seem to be woeful at best.
What I would like to see is a place where consice articles on topics such as Roads, Phones, Police, Law, Prisons, Welfare and similar will work, so when someone brings up the same old "Yeah, but what about...?" I can just paste a link, instead of having to say or write a page, and the back up and understanding required for that page. It can't be a forum post, since it needs to link to other articles and it needs to be consice.
Is there something like this already setup?
Would the Mises institute be able to set this up?
Thanks,
Uriah
uriah:Does your account need a certain level of permission?
Hmm, looks like it. Why don't you tell me what Wiki you want created. I need a name, address (/Community/wiki/[address]) and a brief HTML description.
You should make it clear that this is an individual initiative and does not represent a Mises-Instituted sanctioned project.
fsk:For example, in another thread, I'm now in a flamewar with "Anonymous Coward" over the Compound Interest Paradox. If this were a wiki, we would be having an edit war. He would keep editing the page to say "There's no such thing as the Compound Interest Paradox", and I would be editing it back to the truth. The end result would be that one of us would be banned from the site.
Heh, you consider that a flamewar?
There is a wiki-like feature that is part of the google hosted mises.com account called google sites.
From what I've been able to determine the 'owner' can set it up where anyone with a mises.com account can edit as well as people they give permission through an e-mail/password system. Not really too sure about the details on the non-mises.com edit feature though as in if it has to be a gmail account or any old random e-mail is good.
I've been using it off and on to (slowly) webify The Case Against the Fed and it is pretty easy to use with all sorts of web 2.0 features and edit views like any old wiki. It has a bunch of crazy stuff that I haven't even started to explore.
So there you go, mises does indeed have a wiki...
Now the problem is finding someone with a mises.com account that wants to administer access control because that's, like, responsibility, man.
I can't do it because my integrity is questionable since I'm a 'a professional troll or paid disinformation agent' and would only cast doubt on the validity of the whole project. Can't have that now, can we?
It could be used as a simple wiki with Austrian definitions for economic terms, with criticism of their counterparts, this is basically the theory section. However, this wiki could also include some economic theory which is not just in the Austrian books.
Such as?
I would make a great bureaucrat. Wanna see? Click here. It's fun.
Anonymous Coward:I can't do it because my integrity is questionable since I'm a 'a professional troll or paid disinformation agent' and would only cast doubt on the validity of the whole project. Can't have that now, can we?
Your integrity is not questionable.
I think a good idea would be something like a databank of standardized arguments for anarchy and against government; same with praxeology.
Sage: I think a good idea would be something like a databank of standardized arguments for anarchy and against government; same with praxeology.
Yeah, that's part of the scenario's idea, or just create full standardized arguments.
Someone posted a similar idea recently, I don't remember if it was related to a wiki or not. It was a FAQ, question and answer format for Austrian/libertarian topics.
uriah:Mises.org really needs a wiki.
You can now create your own wiki at this site.
I noticed the link days ago. How?
That's great. I'm looking forward to see some really good information in it. So when I am trying to argue/teach someone about anarcho-capitalism, I can point them to a few specific pages with some good information.
I just had a look at it though, and I couldn't figure out how to make a page.
Does your account need a certain level of permission?
Should we put material from Wikis in public domain or some such? It might help prevent problems down the road.
Has anyone seen this site:
http://libertarianwiki.org/Libertarian_Wiki:About
Educational Pamphlet Mises Group
http://mises.org/Community/groups/educational_pamphlets/default.aspx