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==Policies and guidelines== | ==Policies and guidelines== | ||
RationalWiki has a set of community standards to which it sometimes/somewhat adheres. For example, it states "Talk pages should ''never'' be deleted" but in actual practice, talk pages deemed to consist of [[trolling]] sometimes are deleted. Policies are few and readily disregarded. | RationalWiki has a set of community standards to which it sometimes/somewhat adheres. For example, it states "Talk pages should ''never'' be deleted" but in actual practice, talk pages deemed to consist of [[trolling]] sometimes are deleted. Policies are few and readily disregarded. | ||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
RationalWikians generally tend to frown on editing articles from a non-leftist point of view, and favor instead having talk page discussions with dissenting viewpoints | RationalWikians generally tend to frown on editing articles from a non-leftist point of view, and favor instead having talk page discussions with dissenting viewpoints. | ||
==Critiques== | ==Critiques== | ||
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] RationalWiki is often criticized as intolerant toward minority opinions. [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] argues, "RationalWiki doesn't seem to realize that science is dynamic, and established theories may be rejected in the future."[https://encyclopediadramatica.es/RationalWiki#Trolling_RationalWiki] | 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] RationalWiki is often criticized as intolerant toward minority opinions. [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] argues, "RationalWiki doesn't seem to realize that science is dynamic, and established theories may be rejected in the future."[https://encyclopediadramatica.es/RationalWiki#Trolling_RationalWiki] | ||
==RationalWiki Foundation== | ==RationalWiki Foundation== | ||
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*[[Liberapedia]] started as a parody of [[Conservapedia]]; it is a less formal wiki that is inclusive of both humor and serious content | *[[Liberapedia]] started as a parody of [[Conservapedia]]; it is a less formal wiki that is inclusive of both humor and serious content | ||
*[[RationalWikiWikiWiki]] criticism and discussion site of RationalWiki and RationalWikiWiki (defunct) | *[[RationalWikiWikiWiki]] criticism and discussion site of RationalWiki and RationalWikiWiki (defunct) | ||
==Similar wikis== | ==Similar wikis== | ||
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