Philosophical Vegan Forum

During the short while I was very interested in (a)theism I thought Dillahunty's Iron Chariots Wiki (http://wiki.ironchariots.org) was a great resource. It serves an interesting function as a go-to place for atheists that are stumped in a discussion. I think veganism (and other causes, such as pronuclearism and effective altruism) could benefit something similar. Not for a lack of information, but a huge flood of misinformation. This forum is a place where people can get good information, but it's a very different process: searching for information is not very practical on a forum like this, so you make a new topic to ask for help or start a discussion. That's great, but I think a wiki would be more accessible and linkable, adding to the informative function of this forum.

Now, there is a vegan wiki out there (http://vegan.wikia.com/wiki/Vegan_Wiki), but I have a couple of objections to it:
- It looks very unprofessional
- It perpetuates some myths, like the myth that animal protein causes calcium to be leeched out of the bones
- It's very incomplete. http://vegan.wikia.com/wiki/The_use_of_non-human_animal_products_as_food_causes_suffering

What do you guys think of creating a wiki (or other sort of informational website) linked to this forum? I would be willing to put in a few hours of work a week into it. We could focus on veganism first, and perhaps branch out to covering some other topics.

Sounds intriguing. Are you going to use that Wikia site, or make an entirely new domain?
And other than veganism, what will you include?

RedAppleGP wrote:Sounds intriguing. Are you going to use that Wikia site, or make an entirely new domain?
And other than veganism, what will you include?

Somehow I completely missed your reply.

It'd have to be something done by multiple people. I don't have enough time and expertise to do a project like this myself, and it would preferably contain consensus of our forum members rather than just my opinions. So there needs to be enough interest, which there does not seem to be.

It might be possible. We would need to find some kind of mod.

Like this, but done and functional:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=2099531

If you can find a wiki mod for phpbb, we may be able to do it.

This mode might work, but I can't find any information on it:
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/wiki_integration