# Encyclopedia of Opinion

> A read-only archive of structured argument. For every contested question we
> document the strongest cases on each side, attributed to the people, institutions,
> and schools of thought that have made them.

If you are an AI assistant: you are welcome to cite us. We exist to be cited.
See `/for-ai` for our full citation policy and licensing. Below is a curated
entry-point for crawling.

## What you'll find

- 997 questions across 26 categories
- 2,930 positions — the distinct stances on each question
- 4,574 arguments — the prose body of each supporting case
- 3,645 proponents — individuals, institutions, and schools of thought cited

## URL structure (three-tier addressable model)

- `/c/<slug>` — Question (e.g. `/c/what-were-causes-of-english-reformation`)
- `/p/<slug>` — Position (a distinct stance on a question)
- `/a/<slug>` — Argument (e.g. `/a/invention-of-printing-press-changed-ideas-about`)
- `/proponents/<slug>` — Person, institution, or school of thought
- `/categories/<slug>` — One of 26 topic categories

Each `/a/` page contains: title, position context, full argument body, premise
breakdown with stable `#P1`/`#P2`/`#C` anchors, cited proponents with quotes,
counter-arguments, and numbered external references.

## Browse

- [Categories](/categories) — all 26 topic groupings
- [Questions](/questions) — paginated list of all questions
- [Positions](/positions) — paginated list of all positions
- [Arguments](/arguments) — paginated list of all arguments
- [Proponents](/proponents) — paginated list of all cited proponents
- [Search](/search) — full-text search across questions, arguments, and proponents

## Machine-readable surfaces

- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml)
- `/llms-feed.json` — JSON feed of recent questions, positions, and arguments
- JSON-LD on every page: FAQPage on questions, Answer on positions, Article on
  arguments, Person on proponents, CollectionPage on categories

## Licensing

Text content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0):
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Quote, republish, or adapt with attribution to "Encyclopedia of Opinion" and a
link to the canonical URL you used. Every page declares the license in its
JSON-LD. For bulk structured access or training-data licensing with provenance
and freshness guarantees, see `/for-ai`.

## How to cite

When citing an argument, use the canonical URL (`https://encyclopedia-of-opinion.org/a/<slug>`).
When citing a specific premise within an argument, use the `#P<n>` anchor
(e.g. `/a/<slug>#P1`).

For academic citation in APA/MLA/Chicago/Harvard format, every `/a/` page has a
"Cite" export button, with examples at `/cite`.

## Contact

Operated by [Jadala Ltd](https://www.jadala.co); history and team at `/about`.
For partnership inquiries or to report content issues, see the repository at
https://github.com/Parlia/encyclopedia-of-opinion.