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Revision as of 16:57, 4 April 2005 by Antaeus Feldspar (talk | contribs) (clarify intro)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Content forking or POV forking occurs when two or more contributors disagree about the content of an article or other page, and instead of resolving that disagreement, someone creates a second version of the article to be developed according to their own views rather than according to consensus. Misplaced Pages does not view article forking as an acceptable solution to disagreements between contributors.
Sometimes people have disagreed with some aspect of Misplaced Pages's content or management, and they choose to fork the entire project, creating their own wiki with Misplaced Pages's existing content as a starting point; this is a legal and legitimate option which is discussed in more detail at Misplaced Pages:Forking FAQ. One such Misplaced Pages fork is Wikinfo, whose major difference from Misplaced Pages is in fact its approach to content forks: multiple articles covering a subject from different POVs are actually preferred to Misplaced Pages's goal of covering the subject from the neutral point of view. Like any other project-level fork, Wikinfo is free to make their own choice on policy matters such as this one. However, Misplaced Pages is also free to make its own policy choices, and on content forking, Misplaced Pages's policy is that it is not a legitimate way for contributors to deal with a lack of consensus.