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==RationalWiki today== | ==RationalWiki today== | ||
While [[Conservapedia]] continues to be a major | While [[Conservapedia]] continues to be a major source of traffic to RationalWiki (Mainly, [http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Conservapedia:What_is_going_on_at_CP%3F RationalWiki: What is going on at Conservapedia?]), they have branched out into many areas of skepticism. Many articles focus on unfounded medical claims, pseudoscience, and Biblical literalism. Despite a seemingly anti-religious stance, some editors are practicing Christians, Jews, Muslims, or Odinists (among others) tending towards the more liberal aspects of their religion rather than fundamentalism. | ||
The site works to refute a range of faith based ideas and superstitions. They have critical material on Scientology, Creationism, {{tag|Astrology}}, "New Age" philosophy, and many others. It also comments critically on other Christian creationist wikis notably [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]], see [[RationalWiki:A_Storehouse_of_Knowledge| RationalWiki: A Storehouse of Knowledge] | The site works to refute a range of faith-based ideas and superstitions. They have critical material on Scientology, Creationism, {{tag|Astrology}}, "New Age" philosophy, and many others. It also comments critically on other Christian creationist wikis notably [[A Storehouse of Knowledge]], see [[RationalWiki:A_Storehouse_of_Knowledge| RationalWiki: A Storehouse of Knowledge]]. | ||
The website has a rather idiosyncratic sense of humour, which includes widespread intentional misspellings and other peculiar phrases. There are many "inside jokes", particularly in the material relating to [[Conservapedia]], and the writing often has the tone of a close-knit social group. | The website has a rather idiosyncratic sense of humour, which includes widespread intentional misspellings and other peculiar phrases. There are many "inside jokes", particularly in the material relating to [[Conservapedia]], and the writing often has the tone of a close-knit social group. | ||