Conservapedia
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Conservapedia is an encyclopedia written with a conservative viewpoint; specifically, Conservapedia's articles are politically conservative, friendly to young Earth creationism and conservative Christianity, and USA-centric. Conservapedia does not abide liberal censorship of valid and factual criticism of liberals, homosexuals, atheists, and people who support or teach the theory of evolution.
The site was started in November 2006 by Andrew Schlafly and a group of homeschooled people to provide an alternative to the anti-Christian, pro-Evolution, anti-American and anti-conservative bias of Wikipedia. The stated purpose of the site is to provide a family-friendly resource for homeschooled children from fundamentalist Christian homes. However, a few more adult topics such as homosexuality are also treated in depth.
Conservapedia cannot be edited during nighttime, U.S. time, except by users with special "night editing" rights, to prevent vandals from striking when all or most of the administrators are asleep.
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As of 20 December 2008, Conservapedia had 26,529 registered users, of which 30 (or 0.11%) are Administrators.
Suggested guidelines for prospective editors
Some WikiIndex editors have had negative experiences with this wiki and offer the following precautions in order to prevent having your account blocked:
- As it says on Conservapedia's user creation page, "User names based on your real name or initials are preferred" [1], but are not required.
- Conservapedia's "90/10 rule" states that "unproductive activity, such as 90% talk page edits and only 10% quality edits to Conservapedia articles, may result in blocking of the account". It is best to first establish yourself by making constructive edits to articles before trying to delve into the more controversial subjects.
- Conservapedia does not block editors for ideological reasons.
- Do not insert ideologically-motivated {{fact}} tags in articles, especially if you could add the citations yourself.
- Conservapedia is a conservative-, creationist-friendly encyclopedia. Do not insert liberal bias into articles.
- Do not write rude or offensive material about another user.
- If you get blocked for any of these reasons and you think the block was unfair, do not create a new account. Instead, email the administrator or user who blocked you and appeal for a second chance. Most users are granted leniency and are allowed to edit again.
See also
- RationalWiki, an entire wiki originally founded to criticize Conservapedia, now also criticizes pseudo-science in general.
- Liberapedia, the parody wiki of Conservapedia
- An archive on the Conservapedia "Special Discussion Group"