About the American Republic Wiki
This website and its contents is currently in flux. Each page has an edit me button at the top, however contributions will be rejected until the structure and content stablizes.
The copyright for now is a restrictive Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Reference LICENSE.md for more info. This may change in the future, however it is less disruptive to start restrictive → open up.
Goals
Biggest argument against this is why have a wiki when we have orgs like Politifact? Prior to Trump Admin 2016 that was enough since the news cycle typically stayed on a single topic with a few points for several weeks. Additionally, being perceived “neutral / unbiased” was a normal and desirable property of a news / fact checking org.
However in the 2025 political landscape has changed, and the amount of
Document Structure
Obsidian and Quartz supports useful Graphs API and linking.
Terms
- A dictionary of terms, generally single files and are intended to be embedded in larger topics.
- If these don’t have a grouping Folder then they can be dumped at the base of the
TermsOrgs - Groups of multiple people. This can range from Parties, Advocacy Groups, Extremist Groups, all the way to whole nations from the past, fictional, or current.
- These are complex notes of format: Org Name Template plus additional notes
Papers - Opinionated articles, however must have evidentiary backing supported by the other sections of the wiki.
People - Historical, or current public figures.
- These are complex notes of format: Person Name Template plus additional notes