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*Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media. | *Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media. | ||
As of January 2014, the original [[:Category:Wiki English|English]] language [[RationalWiki]] had about 395 active users. 530 users had [[sysop]] rights, which are awarded very liberally by the [[bureaucrat]]s. | |||
RationalWiki runs a large collection of specially customized extensions, most of which were created by [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:Nx Nx], implementing a wide range of features such as up-down voting (WIGO, or what-is-going-on), slider voting, a site wide intercom system, a signature checker, and easy [[:Category:Bible|Bible]] quotations.[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Version] The source code of most of these extensions has been made publicly available. | RationalWiki runs a large collection of specially customized extensions, most of which were created by [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:Nx Nx], implementing a wide range of features such as up-down voting (WIGO, or what-is-going-on), slider voting, a site wide intercom system, a signature checker, and easy [[:Category:Bible|Bible]] quotations.[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Version] The source code of most of these extensions has been made publicly available. | ||
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Former [[Conservapedia]] sysop and [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]] founder Philip J. Rayment harshly criticized RationalWiki as, "[A] place of filthy and blasphemous language, replete with name-calling, smearing, innuendo, hypocrisy, and other undesirable attributes".[http://www.astorehouseofknowledge.info/index.php?title=User_talk:Philip_J._Rayment&diff=14129&oldid=14127] | Former [[Conservapedia]] sysop and [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]] founder Philip J. Rayment harshly criticized RationalWiki as, "[A] place of filthy and blasphemous language, replete with name-calling, smearing, innuendo, hypocrisy, and other undesirable attributes".[http://www.astorehouseofknowledge.info/index.php?title=User_talk:Philip_J._Rayment&diff=14129&oldid=14127] | ||
Many of those critical of RationalWiki refer to the website as "RatWiki" or "IrrationalWiki". Although [[Liberapedia]] is mostly supportive of the wiki, it is critical of its perceived conservative bias.{{fact}} | Many of those critical of RationalWiki refer to the website as "RatWiki" or "IrrationalWiki". Although [[Liberapedia]] is mostly supportive of the wiki, it is critical of its perceived conservative bias.{{fact}} One of the more famous essays on this topic, linked by hundreds of pages and probably more by broken external links to the defunct RationalWikiWiki page, is "I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki".[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki] One of the more thorough critiques of RationalWiki's claims to rationality is [[Maratrean]]'s "Is RationalWiki really rational?"[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Is_RationalWiki_really_rational%3F] | ||
==Satire== | ==Satire== | ||