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'''Liberapedia''' is a website that was created in response to [[Conservapedia]].  It modestly claims to be "Saving the World from Neoconservative Fascist Hatemongering Racists".  
'''Liberapedia''' is a website that was created in response to [[Conservapedia]].  It modestly claims to be "Saving the World from Neoconservative Fascist Hatemongering Racists".  


However [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Liberal-WillH its creator] stated that it was created to parody Conservapedia and advises that: "most articles should take stereotypical {{tag|liberal}} views and distort them to the extreme” The creator of Liberapedia, WillH has left the site leaving no active bureaucrats. The remaining sysops struggled to handle the incoming spam, and later moved to a new site hosted at [[wikia]] where the new “founder” is [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Ajuk Ajuk]. See [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Liberapedia Old Liberapedia] for more information.
However [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Liberal-WillH its creator] stated that it was created to parody Conservapedia and advises that: "most articles should take stereotypical {{tag|liberal}} views and distort them to the extreme” The creator of Liberapedia, WillH has left the site leaving no active bureaucrats. The remaining sysops struggled to handle the incoming spam, and later moved to a new site hosted at the [[Wikia]] [[Wiki farm]], under the leadership of a new "founder", [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Ajuk Ajuk]. See [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Liberapedia Old Liberapedia] for more information.


Unfortunately no one bought up the URL of [[Old Liberapedia]] and the domain name now hosts a placeholder site with [http://www.liberapedia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Spam]. This could matter because on March 7th 2009 Google put that site on top when users look for Liberapedia. [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Old_Liberapedia_cyber_squaters&t=20090308075834 A forum] was set up to discuss it.  As of March 8th 2009 this has stopped at least in the UK but the future is uncertain and as of June 30th Yahoo still give the spammed wiki URL just below the link to New Liberapedia.  We cannot guess what would have happened if Liberapedia users had overlooked the spam going on top of Google's answers.  [http://www.palaeos.org/Special:RecentChanges?title=User_talk:Proxima_Centauri&curid=8287&diff=20855&oldid=19869 Suggested action] if other wikis get comparable problems.  
Unfortunately no one bought up the URL of [[Old Liberapedia]]. For a while, search engines ranked the old site higher than the new one, leading to confusion and possible loss of traffic and users. The old domain name now hosts a placeholder site with [http://www.liberapedia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page advertisements]. This situation is gradually improving as search engines rank the placeholder lower than new Liberapedia.


Liberapedia includes serious articles as well as parodies, and there is sometimes no clear distinction between the two. Although its stated goal is to be a parody encyclopaedia, the serious content contradicts this.
Liberapedia includes serious articles as well as parodies, and there is sometimes no clear distinction between the two. Although its stated goal is to be a parody encyclopaedia, the serious content contradicts this.
Liberapedia now is yet another Wiki from the fertile [[Wiki farm]] of [[Wikia]]. 


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