Sarkarverse
Sarkarverse is an encyclopaedia of all things Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. The name Sarkarverse is a blend of the words Sarkar (referring to Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar) and universe (a set of all elements pertaining to a subject). The term Sarkarverse was first popularized on Wikipedia.
Mission
The mission of Sarkarverse is to present accurate and verifiable information about all of the many direct and indirect works of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.
Methodology
Sarkarverse is a collaborative endeavor. It uses MediaWiki software and a Wiki environment.
Site data
Variable | Data |
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Site details | |
Site name | Sarkarverse |
Server | https://sarkarverse.org |
Server name | sarkarverse.org |
Site statistics | |
Number of pages | 13,928 |
Number of articles | 3,837 |
Number of files | 244 |
Number of edits | 110,689 |
Number of users | 263 |
Number of admins | 13 |
History
Sarkarverse was officially launched on 2013 October 21 by Ac. Abhidevananda Avadhuta. In early 2013, Abhidevananda and a few other editors were working on Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar related articles in Wikipedia (English). There, their series of articles were repeatedly challenged. Many articles were finally deleted or merged, often for lack of secondary sources. After the incident, Abhidevananda largely left Wikipedia, storing all of the Sarkar-related articles from Wikipedia on the website onlyhis.name. In the preface to the early project on that website, Abhidevananda wrote:[1]
As is well-known, Wikipedia suffers from a considerable amount of systemic bias. Furthermore, many senior editors openly acknowledge that Wikipedia does not "do truth". An over-reliance on secondary sources often results in articles that are nothing but book reviews of book reviews.
Abhidevananda wanted to create a Wikipedia-like encyclopedia for Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar and his various works. In early October of 2013, Sarkarverse was planned, and work on the project began. The project was made possible only with tremendous, voluntary assistance, primarily from Tito Dutta in India and Bryan G. White in the USA. Fred Bauder (USA) also provided considerable help. All three men are veterans of Wikipedia with technical expertise vital to Sarkarverse.
Sponsorship
Sarkarverse is a project of AmRevolution, Inc., a registered non-profit organization in the United States (EIN: 45-4824461, 501(c)(3) pending).