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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}} 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] | 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] Customarily, one is entitled or encouraged or required to imbibe whenever someone complains that RationalWiki users' thinking or behavior is irrational and that this is contrary to the ideals implied by the site's name. | ||
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