Missiopedia:About

From Missiopedia

Missiopedia is a new project, launched in January 2007 by Justin Long, a former associate editor of the World Christian Encyclopedia, manager of www.strategicnetwork.org and editor of Momentum, an Internet-based magazine focused on missions to unreached peoples.

The content of Missiopedia is free and intended to be written collaboratively by people from all around the world. Missiopedia is a wiki, which means that anyone with access to an Internet-connected computer can edit, correct, or improve information throughout the encyclopedia, simply by clicking the edit this page link (with a few minor exceptions, such as protected articles and the main page). You are welcome to boldly edit articles yourself, contributing knowledge as you see fit in a collaborative way--so, go ahead!

In every article, links will guide you to associated articles, often with additional information. You are welcome to add further information, cross-references, or citations, so long as you do so within Wikipedia's editing policies and to an appropriate standard. You do not need to fear accidentally damaging Missiopedia when you add or improve information, as other editors are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, if needed, and the Wikipedia encyclopedia software, known as MediaWiki, is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.

Because Missiopedia is an on-going work to which in principle anybody can contribute, it differs from a paper-based reference source in some very important ways. Some articles, which are based on material that has already been written and published and released into Missiopedia, tend to be more comprehensive and balanced, while newer articles may still contain significant missing information, misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism. Users need to be aware of this in order to obtain valid information and avoid misinformation which has been recently added and not yet removed. However, unlike a paper reference source, Missiopedia can be completely up-to-date, with articles on topical events being created or updated within minutes or hours, rather than months or years for printed encyclopedias.

If you have not done so, we invite you to take a few moments to read What Missiopedia is (and is not) so that you have an understanding of how to use, rely upon, or contribute to Missiopedia as you continue.

Happy browsing!