Talk:A Storehouse of Knowledge

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Money spent on design and name

"It appears there was quite a bit of money spent to get the wiki well designed and someone thought of a really good name for it. ASK can't compete with the lavish design that the Schlafly family paid for at Conservapedia but its supporters probably think ASK makes up for that by being more reasonable."

I find this comment rather bizarre. First, it has no citation, it just vaguely asserts something that may or may not be true - and probably isn't. It's not too hard to build a nice-looking wiki interface with a little effort. Huw Powell 19:21, 29 June 2009 (EDT)

I agree. I've removed it because it felt like sarcasm and mocking. I don't think A Storehouse of Knowledge is a good name (it's too long for a website), and the design is standard monobook. Conservapedia's skin is also monobook with a few custom colors and minor tweaks. Nx 15:43, 26 August 2009 (EDT)

Move to article page - vote

As the statement at the top says: Move to article page when agreed upon by 3 Sysops and 3 people involved I propose that we do just that.--Bob M 08:13, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

Vote for re-insertion

--Bob M 08:13, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

-- Lumenos 14:58, 13 September 2009 (EDT) Vote to unlock the article page (not an endorsement of any version of the article).

-- I vote to reinstate and unblock the article. Rationale: if there are disputes regarding certain claims in it, they are better resolved by adding citations, arguments and anything else that may serve as evidence. And if I may be so bold, future disagreements should be expressed through additions/edits, as opposed to reverting other people's changes. Felix Pleşoianu | talk 01:48, 14 September 2009 (EDT)

Felix - great point - direct reverting and re-reverting of edits in an edit war situation are useless in a wiki and should be avoided. Maybe we need to make that a 'policy'. Best, MarkDilley

-- rpeh 12:16, 14 September 2009 (EDT)

-- Unprotect. I'm OK with the page being unprotected. I think the draft above still needs some work, though. Specifically, the phrase "most of the membership consists of RationalWikians who do not agree with the site's worldview" is problematic. Unless you have access to the IP logs of both sites, or for that matter, psychic insight into the contributors' minds, I think you should shy away from making such general statements which cannot be backed up with a reference. --MarvelZuvembie 15:02, 14 September 2009 (EDT)

Re the phrase - it is actually true, but probably not useful to say because if it becomes untrue, who will remember to change it? Oh, and you don't need IP logs, since we are talking about "membership" - registered and active editors. There are about 4-5 ASKers who are in line with their worldview, and at least that many self-identified RWians there arguing with them on a daily basis. At least a dozen of "us" have been active there, but some don't bother any more. Huw Powell 20:30, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

ref tags and "references" tag

Wow, I just tried to make the ugly quote in this article a ref and add a ref section, and both tags (ref and references/) failed. What version of MW is running here? Or did I do something wrong (I suspect not)? Huw Powell 04:33, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

It's running 1.10, which is about two years old by my reckoning. Phantom Hoover 05:31, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
Are they extensions that have to be "activated" or something? No big deal, of course, this place probably doesn't have much need for footnoting. Huw Powell 20:31, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
It would appear that it is a separate extension. Phantom Hoover 07:58, 5 October 2009 (EDT)

My edit

I'm here explaining some of my changes to this article.

  • I removed "ideological", as I felt it was misleading, implying that the site is about ideology, whereas it is a general encyclopaedia. I did follow the link to the category, which explained that it was for "wikis which deal with the subject matter of ideology". What does that mean? That it has articles about ideological topics? Any general encyclopaedia does, including Wikipedia, which is not so described. In any case, the sentence also referred to the site's point of view, so it was somewhat redundant.
  • I changed "specifically toward a Young Earth Creationist worldview" to "specifically toward a biblical worldview", because that's what it is. The YEC viewpoint in the encyclopaedia is as a result of having a biblical viewpoint, and the site's viewpoint is specifically (i.e. specified as) biblical.
  • I removed the following sentence as bigoted nonsense:
Although the site owner claims aSK is an 'encyclopædia', Rayment strictly enforces his YEC viewpoint and many articles do not include appropriate citations, references or footnotes for independent verification (some articles do have citations, albeit citations to sources biased towards the specific viewpoint, e.g. overwhelmingly Creation Ministries International).
I enforce the encyclopaedia being what it's designed to be—an encyclopaedia from a biblical viewpoint. And any article that I've been primarily responsible for does include "appropriate citations, references or footnotes for independent verification", except from the viewpoint of opponents who refuse to see any citation from a creationist as "appropriate". Furthermore, most Creation Ministries International sources that are referenced themselves have many references to the secular literature. This argument is merely special pleading.

Philip J. Rayment (talk) 10:45, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

sortable list of articles

Sortable list of articles

for the sake of clarity and readability on included talk pages, please ensure this table is kept positioned at the BOTTOM of any talk page, thanks
sortable table of related articles across various wiki sites (view / edit / talk)
↓ subject aSK AP
(en) 		CZ CP CW ED EOS IP Lib LP MP
(en) 		New
CP 		RW RWW Unc
(en) 		Wikinfo Wikinfo
(criticism) 		WP
(en) 		WP
simp
eng 		WP
(es) 		subject ↓
a Storehouse
of Knowledge		 here here here here here a Storehouse
of Knowledge
Anarchopedia here here here here here Anarchopedia
Andrew Schlafly here here here here here here here here here here Andrew Schlafly
Citizendium here here here here here here here here here here here Citizendium
Conservapedia here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here Conservapedia
CreationWiki here here here here here CreationWiki
Encyclopedia
Dramatica		 here here here here here here here here here here here Encyclopædia
Dramatica
Encyclopedia
of Stupid		 here here here Encyclopedia
of Stupid
Fred Bauder here here here here Fred Bauder
Illogicopedia here here here Illogicopedia
Jimmy Wales here here here here here here here here satire here here here here here here Jimmy Wales
Julian Assange here here here here here here here Julian Assange
Larry Sanger here here here here here here here here here Larry Sanger
Liberapedia here here here here here here Liberapedia
Libertapedia (Ltn Wiki) here here here here Libertapedia
Metapedia (en) here here here here Metapedia (en)
Philip J.
Rayment		 here here here here Philip J.
Rayment
RationalWiki here here here here here here here here here here here (RW-talk) RationalWiki
RationalWikiWiki here RationalWikiWiki
Schlafly here here here here here here Schlafly
Uncyclopedia here here here here here here here here here here here here here Uncyclopedia
Wikia here here here here here here here here here here Wikia
WikiIndex here here here here here WikiIndex
Wikinfo here here here here here (RD-talk) Wikinfo
WikiLeaks here here here here here here here here here here here here WikiLeaks
Wikimedia
Foundation		 here
Wikipedia (en) here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here Wikipedia (en)
Wikipedia
(simple)		 here here here Wikipedia
(simple)
Wikipedia (es) here here Wikipedia (es)
Wikitruth WT founder here here Wikitruth
↑ subject aSK
(talk) 		AP
(temp)
(talk) 		CZ
(talk) 		CP
(talk) 		CW
(talk) 		ED
(talk) 		EOS
(talk) 		IP
(talk) 		Lib
(talk) 		LP
(talk) 		MP
(en)
(talk) 		New
CP
(talk) 		RW
(talk) 		RWW
(talk) 		Unc
(en)
(talk) 		Wikinfo
(talk) 		Wikinfo
(criticism) 		WP
(en)
(talk) 		WP
simp
eng
(talk) 		WP
(es)
(talk) 		subject ↑

I've put this in the following talk pages: — talk:a Storehouse of Knowledge, talk:Citizendium, talk:Conservapedia, talk:Encyclopedia Dramatica, talk:Encyclopedia Of Stupid, talk:Liberapedia (Wikia), talk:Libertapedia, talk:RationalWiki (en), talk:RationalWikiWiki, talk:WikiLeaks, talk:English Wikipedia, talk:Español Wikipedia, talk:Simple English Wikipedia, talk:Wikinfo, and talk:Wikitruth. —206.130.173.53 13:17, 21 January 2011 (PST)

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