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 Former [[Conservapedia]] sysop and [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]] founder [[Philip J. Rayment]] harshly criticized RationalWiki as; "[a] place of filthy and blasphemous language, replete with name-calling, smearing, innuendo, hypocrisy, and other undesirable attributes".<ref>[[ask:User talk:Philip J. Rayment/Archive 2#Invitation|User talk:Philip J. Rayment/Archive 2#Invitation]];{{DeadEL}} ''aStorehouseofKnowledge.info''; [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]]; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref> RationalWiki is often criticized as intolerant toward minority opinions. [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] argues; "RationalWiki doesn't seem to realize that science is dynamic, and established theories may be rejected in the future."<ref>[[ed:RationalWiki#How to Trolling RationalWiki|RationalWiki - How to Trolling RationalWiki]];{{DeadEL}} ''EncyclopediaDramatica.rs''; [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref>
-Many of those critical of RationalWiki refer to the website as "RatWiki" or "IrrationalWiki". Although [[Liberapedia]] is mostly supportive of the wiki, it is critical of its perceived conservative bias.{{Fact}}  One of the more famous essays on this topic, linked by hundreds of pages and probably more by broken external links to the defunct [[RationalWikiWiki]] page, is "I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki".<ref>{{RW|Essay: I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref>  One of the more thorough critiques of RationalWiki's claims to rationality was [[Maratrean]]'s "Is RationalWiki really rational?"<ref>{{RW|Essay talk: Is RationalWiki really rational?}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref>  Customarily, one is entitled or encouraged or required to imbibe whenever someone complains that RationalWiki users' thinking or behavior is irrational, and that this is contrary to the ideals implied by the site's name.
+Many of the people who are critical of RationalWiki refer to the website as "RatWiki" or "IrrationalWiki". Although [[Liberapedia]] is mostly supportive of the wiki, it is critical of its perceived conservative bias.{{Fact}} One of the more famous essays on this topic, linked by hundreds of pages and probably more by broken external links to the defunct [[RationalWikiWiki]] page, is "I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki".<ref>{{RW|Essay: I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref>  One of the more thorough critiques of RationalWiki's claims to rationality was [[Maratrean]]'s "Is RationalWiki really rational?"<ref>{{RW|Essay talk: Is RationalWiki really rational?}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref>  Customarily, one is entitled or encouraged or required to imbibe whenever someone complains that RationalWiki users' thinking or behavior is irrational, and that this is contrary to the ideals implied by the site's name.
 Among the wikis that have articles positively or negatively critiquing RationalWiki are [[ChildWiki]],<ref>[[Archive.org:20140328075632/http://ChildWiki.net/wiki/RationalWiki|RationalWiki – from ChildWiki, the children's liberation encyclopedia]]; ''ChildWiki.net'', via [[Archive.org]]; archived 2014-03-28.</ref> [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]],<ref>[[ed:RationalWiki|RationalWiki]];{{DeadEL}} ''EncyclopediaDramatica.rs''; [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref> [[Liberapedia]],<ref>[https://Liberapedia.Fandom.com/wiki/RationalWiki RationalWiki]; ''Liberapedia.Fandom.com''; [[Liberapedia]]; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref> [[Libertapedia]],<ref>[[Archive.org:20130115093810/http://Libertapedia.org/wiki/RationalWiki|RationalWiki]]; ''Libertapedia.org'', via [[Archive.org]]; archived 2013-01-15.</ref> [[PolyWiki]],<ref>[[Archive.org:20140127055443/http://PolyWiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki|RationalWiki – from PolyWiki, the global storehouse of information about polyamory]]; ''PolyWiki.org'', via [[Archive.org]]; archived 2014-01-27.</ref> [[SuicideWiki]],<ref>[http://archive.is/0WtR8 RationalWiki – from SuicideWiki, the global repository of suicide reasons, methods and miscellany]<!--http://SuicideWiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki-->; ''SuicideWiki.org'', via [[archive.is]]; archived 2014-03-04.</ref> and [[TV Tropes]].<ref>[https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wiki/RationalWiki Rational Wiki];{{DeadEL}} ''TVTropes.org''; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref>  [[English Wikipedia]] has a brief description of RationalWiki in its {{Wp|Conservapedia}} article, along with a more recent substantive {{Wp|RationalWiki}} article.  [[Conservapedia]] seems to prefer to pretend that RationalWiki doesn't exist, and to treat it as an '{{Wp|Newspeak#Unperson|unwiki}}' (in the Orwellian sense).  Three RationalWiki articles have been hurled down the Conservapedia memory hole, and presently it is protected from being re-created.<ref>[http://www.Conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=RationalWiki Combined display of all available logs of RationalWiki on Conservapedia]; ''Conservapedia.com''; [[Conservapedia]]; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref>  This has been mocked at [[New Conservapedia]], whose RationalWiki article states, "We do not include a link. Pseudo-science must be censored beyond all coasts."<ref>[[Archive.org:20150316024118/http://Conservapaedia.Referata.com/wiki/IrrationalWiki|IrrationalWiki]]; ''Conservapaedia.Referata.com'', via [[Archive.org]]; archived 2015-03-16.</ref>