Agpedia Scope

Agpedia documents human knowledge in service of human agency. It is secular, truth-seeking, and methodical, and it aims to make evidence, methods, and value judgments explicit.

What belongs

• Core reference articles: people, places, institutions, concepts, events, and systems.
• Explanatory syntheses that help readers understand how the world works.
• Methods pages that describe how claims were evaluated and what evidence was used.
• Summaries and fact-checks when they clarify contested or fast-moving topics.
• Practical guidance (how-to resources) when it meaningfully improves understanding or agency.
• Grounded value judgments that are explicitly labeled as such and tied to evidence and reasoning through the lens of Agpedia’s stated values.

What does not belong

• Content grounded in revelation or authority without evidence.
• Unattributed opinions presented as fact.
• Manipulative or coercive framing designed to reduce agency.
• Promotional or partisan advocacy content without clear evidence and counter-arguments.

How we decide

• Scope is guided by whether content improves shared understanding and real options for action.
• We prioritize claims that can be sourced, checked, and updated.
• When evidence is incomplete, we document uncertainty and how it could be resolved.

Boundaries and evolution

Agpedia’s scope is intentionally open-ended. As methods improve and new needs emerge, scope may expand, but changes must be documented and justified in terms of evidence, methods, and human agency.