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[[RationalWikian]]s generally tend to frown on editing articles from a non-leftist point of view, and favor instead having talk page discussions with dissenting | [[RationalWikian]]s generally tend to frown on editing articles from a non-leftist point of view, and favor instead having talk page discussions with dissenting opinions. | ||
==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".<ref>[[ask:User talk:Philip J. Rayment/Archive 2#Invitation|User talk:Philip J. Rayment/Archive 2#Invitation]];{{DeadEL}} ''aStorehouseofKnowledge.info''; [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]]; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref> | 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".<ref>[[ask:User talk:Philip J. Rayment/Archive 2#Invitation|User talk:Philip J. Rayment/Archive 2#Invitation]];{{DeadEL}} ''aStorehouseofKnowledge.info''; [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]]; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref> 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."<ref>[[ed:RationalWiki#How to Trolling RationalWiki|RationalWiki - How to Trolling RationalWiki]];{{DeadEL}} ''EncyclopediaDramatica.rs''; [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref> | ||
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".<ref>{{RW|Essay: I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref> One of the more thorough critiques of RationalWiki's claims to rationality was [[Maratrean]]'s "Is RationalWiki really rational?"<ref>{{RW|Essay talk: Is RationalWiki really rational?}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref> 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. | 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".<ref>{{RW|Essay: I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2022-12-09.</ref> One of the more thorough critiques of RationalWiki's claims to rationality was [[Maratrean]]'s "Is RationalWiki really rational?"<ref>{{RW|Essay talk: Is RationalWiki really rational?}}; ''RationalWiki.org''; accessed 2018-08-01.</ref> 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. | ||