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<Blockquote>''As a site we have a point of view, and that point of view is that the scientific method and the information gained from its application is better than almost anything else humanity has come up with. We believe that the support of, profiting from and creation of pseudosciences is dangerous and wrong. [http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/RationalWiki:Project_Whitewash/What_is_a_RationalWiki_article]''</Blockquote>   
<Blockquote>''As a site we have a point of view, and that point of view is that the scientific method and the information gained from its application is better than almost anything else humanity has come up with. We believe that the support of, profiting from and creation of pseudosciences is dangerous and wrong. [http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/RationalWiki:Project_Whitewash/What_is_a_RationalWiki_article]''</Blockquote>   
==Criticism==
==Criticism==
Some members, have admitted vandalising [[Conservapedia]] in the past. As most of the founding members were blocked from Conservapedia for trying to moderate anti-scientifc content and include more liberal points of view, they have continued to undermine Conservapedia in the following manners:
Many of the members, especially admins admit to having been vandals at many different wikis including [[Conservapedia]]. They have attacked Conservapedia in the following manners


*Openly mocking the site owner and administrators of Conservapedia
*Fighting and picking fights;
*Trying to add scientific content to pages espousing only a young-Earth creationist POV
*Trying to remove content;
*Showing outright contempt for the site, fundamentalist Christianity, homophobia, misogyny and extreme conservatism in general
*Blanking pages, including pages of admins;
*Trying to moderate lies against liberal politicians
*Using foul language against other editors;
*Adding facts about conservatives which illustrates the hypocrisy of the site
*Showing outright contempt for the site, conservatism in general, Christianity, and family values;
*Possibly manipulating page-view counts to highlight intolerant and unscientifc content
*The insertion of objectionable content, such as porn images and links to porn sites;
*Adding parody and false information in run-of-the-mill articles
*Lying, by either including deliberately false article content, or lying in their own conduct;
*Fooling Conservapedia administrators through misdirection on Rationalwiki
*Vandalism and cyber-terrorist tactics.
*Utilising Poe's Law to undermine the credibility of Conservapedia


The site has also been criticized because
*Some editors espouse atheism and mock fundamental religion on their user pages


Allegations of cyber-terrorism, posting of pornography and use of foul language have also been made but no proof has been offered which links any of this specifically to senior editors at RationalWiki.
 
On RationalWiki
 
*Many of the users hold Religion in contempt, they often criticize Christianity, conservativism, family values, pro-life, etc.
*Many of the admins insult religion on their user pages
*Many users at RationalWiki will remove factual material, even if backed up by sources, from articles, which are supposed to unoffically express a liberal point of views for example see http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Liberal&curid=935&diff=202920&oldid=202917


==See also==
==See also==

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RationalWiki started in May 2007 responsing to Conservapedia. The content of the Wiki deals with Conservapedia a great deal but they also branched out into skepticism.

The site works to refute a range of faith based ideas and superstitions. They have material on Scientology, Astrology, New Age and many others.

Their stated goals are:

  • Analyzing and refuting the anti-science movement, ideas and people.
  • Analyzing and refuting the full range of crank ideas.
  • Explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism.

Most of their traffic is to do with the page What is going on at Conservapedia? The website has a highly controversial sense of humour.
Example of RationalWiki’s perspective:-

As a site we have a point of view, and that point of view is that the scientific method and the information gained from its application is better than almost anything else humanity has come up with. We believe that the support of, profiting from and creation of pseudosciences is dangerous and wrong. [1]

Criticism

Many of the members, especially admins admit to having been vandals at many different wikis including Conservapedia. They have attacked Conservapedia in the following manners

  • Fighting and picking fights;
  • Trying to remove content;
  • Blanking pages, including pages of admins;
  • Using foul language against other editors;
  • Showing outright contempt for the site, conservatism in general, Christianity, and family values;
  • The insertion of objectionable content, such as porn images and links to porn sites;
  • Lying, by either including deliberately false article content, or lying in their own conduct;
  • Vandalism and cyber-terrorist tactics.


On RationalWiki

  • Many of the users hold Religion in contempt, they often criticize Christianity, conservativism, family values, pro-life, etc.
  • Many of the admins insult religion on their user pages
  • Many users at RationalWiki will remove factual material, even if backed up by sources, from articles, which are supposed to unoffically express a liberal point of views for example see http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Liberal&curid=935&diff=202920&oldid=202917

See also


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