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<br>Example of RationalWiki’s perspective:- | <br>Example of RationalWiki’s perspective:- | ||
<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 to 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: | Some members, have admitted to 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: | ||
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*Vandalism and cyber-terrorist tactics. Because making malicious edits to a webpage that can be reverted with a single click is the moral equivalent of car-bombing. | *Vandalism and cyber-terrorist tactics. Because making malicious edits to a webpage that can be reverted with a single click is the moral equivalent of car-bombing. | ||
*Openly mocking the site owner and administrators of Conservapedia | |||
*Trying to add scientific content to pages espousing only a young-Earth creationist POV | |||
*Showing outright contempt for the site, fundamentalist Christianity, homophobia, misogyny and extreme conservatism in general | |||
*Trying to moderate lies against liberal politicians | |||
*Adding facts about conservatives which illustrates the hypocrisy of the site | |||
*Possibly manipulating page-view counts to highlight intolerant and unscientific content | |||
*Adding parody and false information in run-of-the-mill articles | |||
*Fooling Conservapedia administrators through misdirection on Rationalwiki | |||
*Utilising Poe's Law to undermine the credibility of Conservapedia | |||
===On RationalWiki=== | |||
On RationalWiki | |||
*Many of the users hold Fundamentalist Religion in contempt, they often criticize Christianity, conservativism, family values, pro-life, etc. | *Many of the users hold Fundamentalist Religion in contempt, they often criticize Christianity, conservativism, family values, pro-life, etc. | ||
*Many of the admins insult religion on their user pages | *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 | *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 | ||
*Allegations of cyber-terrorism, posting of pornography and use of foul language have also been made by Andy's Acolytes,but no proof has been offered which links any of this specifically to senior editors at RationalWiki. The FBI has no comment. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||