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We are excited to announce that the animal rights and vegan community now has a wiki. The JFA Wiki is live at JusticeforAnimals.org. Existing articles have been migrated to the new wiki.
  
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We are excited to announce that the animal rights and vegan community now has a wiki. The JFA Wiki is live at JusticeforAnimals.org.  
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With this change, the mission of ''Justice for Animals'' has expanded to provide a collaborative, encyclopedic, evidence-based body of knowledge useful for animal rights and vegan advocacy—and for those who just want to explore these topics.  
  
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One of the motivations for moving the site to a wiki platform is to facilitate collaboration. We are using the same platform as Wikipedia, and like Wikipedia, anyone can now author and edit content (see below).  But unlike Wikipedia, articles on this site will be moderated to ensure they are written without the prevailing assumption that exploiting animals is acceptable. And just to be clear, we are an animal rights organization, not an animal welfare organization.
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The site already has a lot of useful information, the most important being talking points for replying to common objections. But a wiki takes an encyclopedic approach, which calls for articles on a wide range of related topics. For the JFA Wiki, this means topics that are useful for animal rights and vegan advocacy as well as information that is helpful for living vegan.
  
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With this change, ''Justice for Animal'''s mission has expanded to providing a collaborative, encyclopedic, evidence-based body of knowledge useful for animal rights and vegan advocacy, and to those who just want to explore these topics.  
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Our expanded mission and collaborative platform offer you a unique opportunity to contribute to the movement by lending your writing skills, your research skills, and your specialized knowledge. You also have a chance to grow with us and become a trusted contributor, moderator, or editor, as explained below. We hope you will participate, and we can't wait to see your contributions. To get started, see [[Help:Writing and Editing for the JFA Wiki]].
  
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Existing content has been migrated from the old site—articles that were in Basics Section on the old site can now be found in the [[Beginner Listing]], and those in the Objection Section are now in the [[Replies Listing]].
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We are using the same software as Wikipedia, and like Wikipedia, we allow anyone to author and edit content. But unlike Wikipedia, articles on this site will be moderated to ensure they are written without the prevailing assumption that exploiting animals is acceptable. And just to be clear, ''Justice for Animals'' is an animal rights organization, not an animal welfare organization.
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For those who have been using the site, existing content has been migrated to the new platform. Articles that were in the Basics Section on the old site can now be found in the [[Beginner Listing]], and those in the Objections Section are now in the [[Replies Listing]].
  
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The new site already has lots of useful information, especially in providing talking points for replying to objections to animal rights and veganism. But a wiki takes an encyclopedic approach, calling for articles on a wide range of related topics. For the JFA Wiki this means topics that are germane to animal rights and vegan advocacy.
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As an example, consider our [[Chickens | article on chickens]] compared to Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Chicken | article on chickens]]. Wikipedia provides general information that is well worth the read. But instead of trying to duplicate the information on Wikipedia, we provide information on the aspects of chickens useful for advocacy, including information on chicken sentience and cognition, the way we harm chickens, humane labels and certifications, nutritional information on chicken meat and eggs, and environmental harms associated with chicken production.
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Latest revision as of 11:21, 18 August 2019

We are excited to announce that the animal rights and vegan community now has a wiki. The JFA Wiki is live at JusticeforAnimals.org. Existing articles have been migrated to the new wiki.

With this change, the mission of Justice for Animals has expanded to provide a collaborative, encyclopedic, evidence-based body of knowledge useful for animal rights and vegan advocacy—and for those who just want to explore these topics.

The site already has a lot of useful information, the most important being talking points for replying to common objections. But a wiki takes an encyclopedic approach, which calls for articles on a wide range of related topics. For the JFA Wiki, this means topics that are useful for animal rights and vegan advocacy as well as information that is helpful for living vegan.

Our expanded mission and collaborative platform offer you a unique opportunity to contribute to the movement by lending your writing skills, your research skills, and your specialized knowledge. You also have a chance to grow with us and become a trusted contributor, moderator, or editor, as explained below. We hope you will participate, and we can't wait to see your contributions. To get started, see Help:Writing and Editing for the JFA Wiki.

We are using the same software as Wikipedia, and like Wikipedia, we allow anyone to author and edit content. But unlike Wikipedia, articles on this site will be moderated to ensure they are written without the prevailing assumption that exploiting animals is acceptable. And just to be clear, Justice for Animals is an animal rights organization, not an animal welfare organization.

For those who have been using the site, existing content has been migrated to the new platform. Articles that were in the Basics Section on the old site can now be found in the Beginner Listing, and those in the Objections Section are now in the Replies Listing.

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