Lexipedium:About

During name selection, the administration initially decided on Lexipedia as a bilingual concatenation of words for "encyclopedia," but the domain was taken by a site using the English meaning lexicon. They decided on adding the pseudo latin ending instead.

The goal of Lexipedium is to provide a free and open historical encyclopedia with free access to original research. Encyclopedic content is maintained separately from original research. Contributions by anyone are encouraged, as was done by Wikipedia. Unlike them, contributions are made to a sandboxed draft article before being presented in the main article, in order to ensure quality of information at any moment when a reader browses an article.

Peer review versus open editing
Lexipedium has a basic level of peer review to ensure quality and reliability within articles. As a website built by unpaid volunteers, it is unrealistic to think that any single article will likely attract a large following of editors who are interested in debating the nuances of its statements in order to ensure perfect accuracy. Furthermore, a rigorous system of review and analysis would put off new editors who are required to make the wiki grow and function. To balance reliability with ease of entry for new writers, Lexipedium requires that new article edits be approved by a knowledgeable user while still allowing anyone to join the wiki to contribute. In a realistic setting, a single knowledgeable user is more likely to respond to a new edit and approve or reject it then a committee on the talk page.

Reliability
A brief list of reasons why Lexipedium articles can be considered more reliable than other websites:
 * Revision review – Any time content is added to an article, it is verified by a demonstrated expert on the topic before it is presented to readers. This frees you from concerns about wether the article was tampered with before it was served to you.
 * Open editing in conjunction with expert and peer review – If inaccuracies are present in an article, literally anyone can correct them, and the approval process is quick when review is done by experts. The approval process also prevents anyone from making malicious alterations.
 * Mandatory citations – Unlike Wikipedia, Lexipedium does not allow uncited content to be tagged for removal at some indefinite date. All information must be appropriately cited before it is included.
 * Expert reviewed journal – Lexipedium provides a series of original research articles for greater analysis.

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