Hi all! I just happened to stumble across this thread.
@msf I would love to understand better what you mean by reflecting a particular view of ME and what the "right path" means to you. I am curious what your concerns are about the point of view the original announcement implies.
We aim to be comprehensive - a complete reflection of the diversity and range of experience of this community. The full range of ideas. The full range of history, science, politics. It's meant to give patients, journalists, and I hope eventually scientists a deep and comprehensive view.
It's meant to be an encyclopedia, so it needs to stand on evidence, but we also have medical hypotheses pages that allow for more speculation and really any and all theories of the disease. We don't intend to censor - this is a crowdsourced project. What matters most is that the quality of the evidence (which will vary) is clear and that people can trust the information they read because it has been well-researched and cited.
We are also developing policies, style and organization everyday. Anyone can have a voice in that process. All you need to do is show up.
It will only be as good (and diverse) as its contributors so I heartily encourage all of you to jump in. I think it will be fun!
See:
http://me-pedia.org/wiki/How_to_contribute and join our working group here:
http://my.meaction.net/local_chapters/mepedia