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 '''RationalWiki''' ('''RW''') is an open [[wiki]] site taking a [[:Category:Criticism|critical]] look at [[:Category:Pseudo-science|pseudo-science]], and '[[:Category:Conservative|Conservative]]' and [[:Category:Christianity|Christian]] fundamentalist [[:Category:Politics|politics]], through the use of side-by-side examinations and [[:Category:Humor|humor]].
-Stated goals are:<ref name=RW-WhatIs>{{RW|RationalWiki:What is a RationalWiki article?|RationalWiki: What is a RationalWiki article}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref>
+The wiki's stated goals are:<ref name=RW-WhatIs>{{RW|RationalWiki:What is a RationalWiki article?|RationalWiki: What is a RationalWiki article}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref>
 *Analyzing and refuting the [[:Category:Pseudo-science|pseudo-science]] and anti-[[:Category:Science|science]] movement, ideas and [[:Category:People|people]];
 *Documenting the full range of crank [[:Category:Ideas|ideas]];
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 ==History==
-RationalWiki started in [[:Category:Founded in 2007|May 2007]], after a group of [[editor]]s at [[Conservapedia]] were banned over [[:Category:Ideology|ideological]] differences with the authorities there.  Their edits had consisted mostly of debating on [[talk page]]s, attempting to counteract what they perceived to be overwhelming anti-scientific and [[:Category:Wikis with a strong viewpoint|far-right]] political biases.  Although the site was called RationalWiki to highlight the apparent pro-scientific [[:Category:Earth|worldview]] of the [[founder]]s, the content was largely weighted to the perceived lunacy of events at Conservapedia.  As of January 2014, voting was ongoing concerning whether to expand RationalWiki's mission.  It appeared unlikely that RationalWiki was going to explicitly embrace the idea of becoming a general encyclopaedia.<ref>{{RW|Forum:Expanding RW's mission#Less talking, more voting!|Forum: Expanding RW's mission – Less talking, more voting!}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref>
+RW was founded in march of 2007, when Trent M Toulouse posted a message onto the Wikipedia talk-page of Colin L R, which initiated the creation of the website. The website served as a staging-area for leftist influence upon Conservapedia by its now-organized leftist edittors. However, the conservapedians eventually discovered RW, and in turn, banned all of the members thereof from Conservapedia. In turn, Colin L R wiped the RW server and re-started the wiki on may 22nd 2007.
+Their edits on Conservapedia had consisted mostly of debating on [[talk page]]s, attempting to counteract what they perceived to be overwhelming anti-scientific and [[:Category:Wikis with a strong viewpoint|far-right]] political biases.  Although the site was called RationalWiki to highlight the apparent pro-scientific [[:Category:Earth|worldview]] of the [[founder]]s, the content was largely weighted to the perceived lunacy of events at Conservapedia.  As of January 2014, voting was ongoing concerning whether to expand RationalWiki's mission.  It appeared unlikely that RationalWiki was going to explicitly embrace the idea of becoming a general encyclopaedia.<ref>{{RW|Forum:Expanding RW's mission#Less talking, more voting!|Forum: Expanding RW's mission – Less talking, more voting!}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref>
 In [[:Category:Founded in 2011|2011]], a [[:Category:Wiki Russian|Russian]]-language version of [[RationalWiki (ru)|RationalWiki]] was launched, founded by [https://ru.RationalWiki.org/wiki/Участник:Bertran Bertran], and located at <tt>ru.RationalWiki.org</tt>.[https://ru.RationalWiki.org/w/index.php?title=Заглавная_страница&dir=prev&action=history]