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RationalWiki is an open wiki taking a critical look atthe pseudoscience movement and extremal politics, through the use of side-by-side examinations and humor. | |||
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. | |||
RationalWiki has about 2,250 registered users, of which 129 (or 5.75%) have Sysops rights, which are rewarded quite liberally by the bureaucrats. | |||
RationalWiki runs a large collection of specially customized extensions allowing a wide range of features such as; up-down voting, slider voting, a site wide intercom system, and easy bible quotations. | |||
RationalWiki also has a namespace dedicated to [[Conservapedia]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
RationalWiki started in {{tag|FoundedIn2007|May 2007}} after a group of editors at [[Conservapedia]] were banned over ideological differences with the authorities there. Their edits had consisted mostly of debating on talk pages, attempting to counteract what they perceived to be overwhelming anti-scientific and far-right political bias. Although the site was called RationalWiki to highlight the pro-scientific worldview of the founders, the content was largely weighted to the perceived lunacy of events at Conservapedia. | RationalWiki started in {{tag|FoundedIn2007|May 2007}} after a group of editors at [[Conservapedia]] were banned over ideological differences with the authorities there. Their edits had consisted mostly of debating on talk pages, attempting to counteract what they perceived to be overwhelming anti-scientific and far-right political bias. Although the site was called RationalWiki to highlight the pro-scientific worldview of the founders, the content was largely weighted to the perceived lunacy of events at Conservapedia. | ||
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The site works to refute a range of faith based ideas and superstitions. They have material on Scientology, Creationism, {{tag|Astrology}}, "New Age" philosophy, and many others. | The site works to refute a range of faith based ideas and superstitions. They have material on Scientology, Creationism, {{tag|Astrology}}, "New Age" philosophy, and many others. | ||
Despite this branching into other areas, most of their traffic is to the page [http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Conservapedia:What_is_going_on_at_CP%3F What is going on at Conservapedia?]. The situation is perhaps best described as on ongoing war between the two sites, discussed in more detail [[Conservapedia#The_RationalWiki_.2F_Conservapedia_War|here]]. | Despite this branching into other areas, most of their traffic is to the page [http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Conservapedia:What_is_going_on_at_CP%3F What is going on at Conservapedia?]. The situation is perhaps best described as on ongoing war between the two sites, discussed in more detail [[Conservapedia#The_RationalWiki_.2F_Conservapedia_War|here]]. | ||