Wikiciv:About

Wikiciv is a guide for creating modern civilization from the most basic inputs possible. It is community created and edited. It was created in 2022 by Jehan under the Creative Commons 3.0 License .

Aims

Resilience

The first goal of Wikiciv is to create resilience in societies, communities and individuals. The effect of systemic disruptions can be reduced by making technological knowledge available to all.

Understanding

Wikiciv aims to foster understanding of technology. Independent of any desire to actually manufacture these technologies, knowledge is inherently valuable.

Appreciation

It is easy to not notice the miracle that is the modern world. By documenting how complex it is to make something even as simple as a toaster, we can foster appreciation for the technologies around us.

Principles

Foundational Technologies

Earlier, more basic technologies should be prioritized over later, more complex ones. If something is dependent on a large number of fundamental technologies to work, prioritize those fundamental technologies first.

That said, if you have a particular interest or knowledge about a technology, feel free to work on that one.

Important Technologies

Prioritize technologies important to human civilization (steel, concrete, fertilizer) over less important ones (fidget spinners, pogs).

Concrete Technologies

Prioritize concrete technologies over abstract ones. Abstract technologies like democracy, marriage and the minimum wage can be contentious and are usually already well described in other resources like Wikipedia.

Verification

Whenever possible, Wikiciv articles should be subject to practical tests, or [wikiciv:verification]s. This is to test the article's clarity and accuracy.

Rules

See the content policy for detailed discussion of the rules. The overview:

Hazardous Technology

Most manufacturing entails a certain degree of hazard. This can be from high temperatures, sharp surfaces, moving parts, caustic chemicals etc. A warning banner describing the dangers must be included on any page where any significant danger exists.

Technologies who's manufacturing is inherently exceptionally dangerous may be prohibited on Wikiciv.

Weapons Technology

Technologies with no use aside from offensive military use may be prohibited, such as chemical or biological weapons. Technologies such as the axe, bow and arrow, or black powder which can be used for hunting, are allowed.

Controlled Information

Controlled technological information (state secrets, private intellectual property etc.), or information which can be used to create certain controlled substances (methamphetamine, fentanyl etc.) are prohibited on Wikiciv.

Long-term goals

All of Technology

The ultimate goal of this wiki is to have human technology completely documented with instructions. Any publicly known technology should be available on Wikiciv to be recreated from raw materials.

Wikimedia Foundation

It is the goal of Wikiciv to eventually become a Wikimedia Foundation Project.

External links

• The Knowledge:How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
• How to Invent Everything
• Manual for Civilization - The Long Now Foundation