Talk:RationalWiki (en)/Archive1: Difference between revisions

==What Conservapedia thinks about RationalWiki==

*Fighting and picking fights;

*Trying to force a liberal perspective in various articles;

*Lying, by either including deliberately false article content, or lying in their own conduct;

*Vandalism and cyber-terrorist tactics.

:Okay, taking these in orde:

:*"Picking fights" means "trying to insist on historical fact, not the fevered delusions of beady-eyed fanatics.  See the Great "Dawkins is a Professor" Debate.

:*Vandalism is generally destructive acts not fixable with a single mouse-click, so, no.   

:**And adding actual, provable facts that happen not to agree with the Schlafly Worldview is only 'vandalism' from within said constricted worldview, but whatever.

:It's a joke you can believe in, though.  Fnord.

I have taken out the claim

The material that was removed was, in fact, an actual article cite to an actual web page, and was therefore "true".  However, from looking at what was going on, that material wasn't funny, and wasn't in keeping with the tone of the humor article.  The person adding it had legitimate issues with the way various political groups view the Jewish community.  Those valid concerns are appropriate for another article.  But the reverting person felt that they were turning a humor page into an actual controversy page, which wasn't what the page was supposed to be about.

Before people go looking for other instances of RW people removing "factual material", keep in mind that, on a wiki, people remove stuff, and edit it and move it around, all the time.  Including things that are in fact true.

The source for the “Gibberish” is likely to be editors of [[Conservapedia]].  Conservapedia has a reputation for being biased and inaccurate. [[User:Proxima Centauri|Proxima Centauri]] 00:11, 26 August 2008 (EDT)

Even the criticism section of this wiki is just a rant against Conservapedia! Dont like Conservapedia? Fine! Just ignore it! Get a life! Come on![[User:Eros of Fire|Eros of Fire]] 07:26, 19 November 2008 (EST).

:I think it's becoming pretty clear what Proxima's motives are here. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 14:24, 19 November 2008 (EST)

May I remind everyone that you are now reading a page on the [[WikiIndex]]?

However, that does not mean that everything is on-topic here at WikiIndex.

The WikiIndex page "The Conservapedia RationalWiki war" has been deleted because as far as I can tell

(b) that war is not a wiki, and therefore off-topic for WikiIndex.

More discussion at [[Category talk:Active administrators of this wiki#Conservapedia, RationalWiki etc]]. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 09:42, 24 November 2008 (EST)

::And you cemented the "evidence" by complaining that the connection was being made between old user ID (your real name) and your new ID (See the RWW article...).  I think posting a personal grudge on a site like this is rather odd. [[User:Huw Powell|Huw Powell]] 18:59, 29 June 2009 (EDT)

::[[Category talk:Active administrators of this wiki]], but it seems there are no active bureaucrats.

:::I'd just like to point out that cyberbullying ''is'' a problem. The clause against personal attacks is ignored so consistantly that it might as well not be there. --Arthro

::To be fair, he can't acrue evidence while the site is down. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:49, 29 August 2009 (EDT)

I have never seen such an incoherent edit comment, from an admin, or anyone, for that matter.  Admin abuse procedures will proceed.  PC is pursuing a personal vendetta and using admin powers to protect her edits. [[User:Huw Powell|Huw Powell]] 02:47, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

::Not if they first sign up using their real name, no.  Pretty hard to protect one's privacy after that.  Personal vendetta much? Lack of understanding on your part of how to "protect your privacy" much?  [[User:Huw Powell|Huw Powell]] 01:57, 3 July 2009 (EDT)

:::Sorry, I sorta missed the joke [blush]. [[User:Huw Powell|Huw Powell]] 01:44, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

::::::::To that end, I see that you've taken your complaint to the right place: [[Mark Dilley]]. I'd wait for a response from him before engaging in more tit for tat. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 17:17, 10 July 2009 (EDT)

(UI) Thank you, and I see the ridiculous comment is no longer in this article.  The magical wiki process must have worked!  That is one of the fundamental principles at RW - that people who care will find the best solution/outcome.  Glad to see it working here as well. [[User:Huw Powell|Huw Powell]] 06:34, 12 July 2009 (EDT)