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Your Animal Rights and Vegan Wiki
Jfa.wiki is an encyclopedic, collaboratively developed resource for animal rights and vegan advocacy. We already offer useful content, but we are just getting started.
We use the same software platform as Wikipedia, but unlike Wikipedia, all articles are written in the context of animal rights and veganism, with an emphasis on information that is useful for advocacy.
You can help—make it better; make it yours:
- As with Wikipedia, anonymous users can now edit the latest revision of most pages in this wiki. Better yet, create an account to get credit for your efforts.
- Until our standards for contributing are written, refer to Wikipedia's information on contributing, as ours will be similar.
- Vandalism is pointless. Edits are not visible on the page or in page history until they have been moderated.
- Long range plans include allowing the public to create new articles.
- JFA.WIKI is a project of JusticeForAnimals.org.'
We provide a well-organized, evidence-based, non-hyperbolic body of knowledge useful to vegans, those considering veganism, and especially those engaged in animal rights and vegan advocacy or education. Whether you are actively engaging with others on the street, giving presentations, or discussing any aspect of animal rights and veganism with inquisitive friends, family, or acquaintances, we can help.
We promote veganism not as an end unto itself but as the means to a world that is more fair and just, more compassionate and healthy, and less devastating to the earth that sustains us all.
Search
The best way to find information on this wiki is to use the search box at the top of every page. For non-mobile devices, you can begin typing into the search box as soon as the page is loaded—no need to click first. For mobile devices, you need to tap inside the search box to start.
As you type, suggestions are provided for hits with the most relevance. If you don't see what you want in the suggestions list, then hit enter or select "containing..." to bring up a search results page.
Listings
- Beginner articles provide a good starting point for those new to veganism.
- "In Reply to:" articles provide reasoned responses to common objections, concerns, and questions regarding animal rights and veganism, organized as talking points. For sharing, these articles include a plain-text version that can be copied to your clipboard.
- Summaries provide precise descriptions of animals, studies, people, organizations, products, ideas, and other things, with emphasis on how each relates to animal rights and veganism.
- Fact Sheets provide support for a variety of topics commonly used in advocating for veganism and animal rights. Each fact sheet provides summarized citations of supporting evidence for that topic. For sharing, fact sheets include a plain-text version that can be copied to your clipboard.
- Blog Posts are mostly about the wiki site itself.
- Tables are useful in themselves, and can be included on other wiki pages as well.
Roadmap
The focus in the near-term will be on getting summaries written for a variety of topics, including one for each species of farmed animal. You can see examples of summaries in the Honey article and the Oxford Study article. In the queue are the following summary articles: "Chickens", "Cows", "Fish", "Pigs", "Sheep", "Palm Oil", "Leather", and "Wool."
Information
The information on this site is usefully organized, evidence-based, and non-hyperbolic.
Usefully organized
The site is organized into the kinds of information we use in advocacy—basic information, objections to veganism, facts to back up assertions, and summaries of various kinds. This way of organizing also engenders discovery and learning.
The further division of information in each section into the topics of animals, ethics, earth, health, and humanity provides a uniform structure to help you get to the information in which you are interested. Written definitions of these categories are forthcoming.
Evidence based
When we present a piece of information as fact, that information should be based on credible supporting evidence, not conjecture or unsubstantiated claims. We provide citations or links to credible sources for factual statements that are not general knowledge. We minimize using animal rights organizations for sources in cases where believability would be an issue to a non-vegan audience but not because the information is inaccurate.
Non-hyperbolic
Hyperbole and sensationalism are not welcome here. The case for animal rights and veganism is strong, and the objections are weak. There is no need to exaggerate.
In talking about the cruelties inflicted on animals, presenting the reality of what's happening may seem to be an exaggeration when it is not. It's especially important that when we make claims that may seem hyperbolic but in fact are not, that we are able to back up those claims with supporting evidence.
