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Swyde is a free science encyclopedia project that is focused on documenting scientific clarifications and explanations in the form of questions and answers. It was founded in 2016, by [[User:Karthikeyan KC|Karthikeyan KC]]. Unlike encyclopedias that focus on in-depth explanations, Swyde is focused on providing detailed explanations in a concise form and explore it further with easily comprehensible answers to all the questions about the topic.
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Swyde is an encyclopedic project to document scientific explanations and clarifications in the form of questions and answers.
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== About Swyde ==
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Swyde was founded by Karthikeyan KC [http://karthikeyankc.com/] in 2013, as a social-networking project for science enthusiasts and science-fiction writers. The project was then abandoned for three years until it was renewed in 2016, as a new collaborative project dedicated to science and related discussions.
  
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== Frequently Asked Questions ==
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== Contributing to Swyde ==
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=== What does Swyde mean? ===
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Swyde is a project inspired by Wikipedia and /r/ELI5, a subreddit of Reddit. Which means that anyone can create, edit and ask questions on Swyde. If you are a Wikipedian, you are already on a track to contribute on Swyde. If you are not, it is not that daunting to click edit and make improvements. We are always here to help you out in case you need help.
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Science Wikis You Define and Explore. And it took a week, reams of paper, critical thinking, and some customary visits to several realms to figure out the name.
 
  
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=== What is Swyde's mission? ===
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=== Content Criteria ===
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Swyde's mission is to create an encyclopedia of scientific explanations along with questions that stimulate humans to learn, create, and improve easily comprehensible answers, as one race.
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Swyde is focused on creating an encyclopedia of science and directly related fields only.
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* Swyde is NOT a place to document information and clarifications about politics, entertainment, personal history, unproved hypothesis, culture, and similar non-scientific categories.
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* Swyde is a place to document information and clarifications on scientific facts, explanations, theories, experiments, technologies, and other factual contents under similar scientific categories.
  
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=== How is Swyde different from other encyclopedias? ===
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Contents should be properly cited with verified and reliable sources that are accepted by the community.
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Modern encyclopedias focus on a mission to provide in-depth information about everything on the planet. Swyde focuses on providing a concise explanation of a concept and then compartmentalizing other information in the form of questions and comprehensive answers arranged according to the frequency of the questions. In other words, FAQs.
 
  
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=== How to contribute to Swyde? ===
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=== How to ask a question? ===
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Anyone can edit a page by clicking the edit button next to the sections or at the bottom of the page. [[Swyde:Help|Swyde Help]] has a neat guide that can help you to get started in a few seconds. If you are used to editing articles at Wikimedia sites, you will find it easy here too as Swyde uses the same MediaWiki software as its wiki engine.
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Asking a question is as simple as editing any questions sections like 'Frequently Asked Questions' or 'Other Questions' and adding your question.
  
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=== What type of organization is Swyde? ===
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=== How to look for a question and answer a question? ===
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Swyde is dedicated to the idea of creating the first encyclopedia of explanations in a question and answer format. The project itself is free as in freedom and is dedicated to the humans on the planet. As a business, Swyde is a hybrid organization that focuses on these values by sustaining itself from a non-invasive business model.
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Search for the category you are interested in and look for pages that suit your interests. If there are any open questions in the questions sections like 'Frequently Asked Questions' or 'Other Questions', you can simply click edit and add your answer appropriately.
  
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=== Does Swyde accept donations? ===
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=== How to improve a question or an answer? ===
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No, Swyde will never accept donations. Swyde is a hybrid organization, and we are working on a self-sustainable business model that will preserve both the mission and business of Swyde. Swyde will accept investments from investors who share our passion.
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Click the section you want to edit and improve the contents appropriately. When saving the edits, please provide your reasons for improvements so the others could get an idea of how the answer is improved.
  
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=== Who owns Swyde? ===
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== How is Swyde different from an Encyclopedia? ==
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Swyde is owned and operated by [[User:Karthikeyan KC]]. The general public owns the content available on Swyde. The respective creators own the images and other media. The wiki engine, MediaWiki is also owned by the general public. All these are licensed under Creative Commons and other free licenses that give anyone the freedom to use and share the contents, under the terms and conditions of the licenses.
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Swyde is a public effort to collectively list all frequent clarifications on any science topics. Unlike encyclopedias that focuses on an in-depth information on a subject, Swyde is focused on offering in-depth explanations in a concise format and explore it further with answers to the most common questions that framed the explanation in the first place.
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== Page Layout ==
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For consistency, all swyde pages will follow a simple layout of three basic sections.
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# '''Explanation''' section that explains the subject or topic targeted to an intermediate age group.
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# '''Frequently Asked Questions''' section that comprises all the questions and answers that are often asked about the subject or topic.
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# '''Other Questions''' section that comprises the questions that are occasionally or rarely asked regarding the subject or topic.
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