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 '''Liberapedia''' is a website that was created in response to [[Conservapedia]].  It modestly claims to be "Saving The World From Neoconservative Fascist Hatemongering Racists".
-However [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Liberal-WillH its creator] stated that it was created to parody Conservapedia and advises that: "most articles should take stereotypical {{tag|liberal}} views and distort them to the extreme"  The creator of Liberapedia, WillH has left the site.  Liberapedia has moved to a new site where the new “founder” is [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Ajuk Ajuk].
+However [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Liberal-WillH its creator] stated that it was created to parody Conservapedia and advises that: "most articles should take stereotypical {{tag|liberal}} views and distort them to the extreme"  The creator of Liberapedia, WillH has left the site, leaving no active bureaucrats. The remaining sysops could not handle the incoming spam, and moved to a new site hosted at [[wikia]], where the new “founder” is [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Ajuk Ajuk].
-Unfortunatiely no one bought up the URL of [[Old Liberapedia]] and it has been [http://www.liberapedia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Spammed]. This could matter because on March 7th 2009 Google put that site on top when users look for Liberapedia. [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Old_Liberapedia_cyber_squaters&t=20090308075834 A forum] was set up to discuss it.  As of March 8th 2009 this has stopped at least in the UK but the future is uncertain and as of March 12th Yahoo still give the spammed wiki URL.  We cannot guess what would have happened if Liberapedia users had overlooked the spam going on top of Google's answers.  [http://www.palaeos.org/Special:RecentChanges?title=User_talk:Proxima_Centauri&curid=8287&diff=20855&oldid=19869 Suggested action] if other wikis get comparable problems.
+Unfortunately no one bought up the URL of [[Old Liberapedia]], and the old site continued to operate for some time. Since Google ranked the old site higher than the new one, visitors might have been confused. The old site has since expired, and the domain name now hosts a placeholder site.
+Liberapedia includes serious articles as well as parodies, and there is often no clear distinction between the two. Although its stated goal is to be a parody encyclopedia, the serious content contradicts this.
-Some articles are parodies.  Others are serious or part serious.  There are sometimes difficulties with readers not understanding that material is intentionally funny.  Efforts are being made to put templates onto funny pages to show this.
+==Cyberbullying==
+One contributor to both RationalWiki and Liberapedia has accused a minority of RationalWiki users of cyberbullying.[http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/User_talk:Proxima_Centauri#Privacy] The user used the same usernames on both wikis, and complains that her privacy was not respected. Potential users may want to start accounts with usernames that can't be recognised at other websites to prevent trolls following them round the Internet. It might also be a good idea to not link to other wikis on your userpage.[http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Proxima_Centauri&diff=187580&oldid=187465]
-Liberapedia now is yet another Wiki from the fertile [[Wiki farm]] of [[Wikia]].
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