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RationalWiki is not an encyclopedia. It is hoped that it will be much more similar to what wikis were like before Wikipedia came to the stage.
Our purpose includes the following:
- Refuting and analyzing the anti-science movement, ideas and people
- Refuting and analyzing the full range of crank ideas, why do people believe stupid things?
- Essays and works on right wing authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism, and other social and political constructs
We encourage works that are predominantly original research and authorship. In many ways this is closer to blog-type entries than encyclopedia articles. People can come along and improve the works posted by others, but they are still essays.
Discussion generated by our articles is just as important, if not more so than the articles themselves. We seek dialog and debate, and we value having a record of that debate. In this fashion we are more like a forum than a wiki. The debate will be an important piece in and of itself. We therefore encourage people of all stripes to come in and argue.
So, we are not an encyclopedia: we are a collaborative blog/forum/wiki with a specific focus.
Rationalwiki and Conservapedia
Most of the editors at this site came together because of our experience with Conservapedia. It was not a pleasant experience. Because of this a lot of our shared interest is in dealing with the issues we all experienced at that site. Conservapedia also represents a microcosm of much of what is wrong with right-wing authoritarian religious fundamentalism. So it provides good fodder for making our point. RationalWiki is not just about Conservapedia, or a response to Conservapedia. But, for all the reasons discussed, much of the material will spin off from Conservapedia. Over time it is hoped the focus will expand to encompass a wider range of examples and ideas, and a wide range of people who did not have the odious experience of being an editor at Conservapedia.
History
RationalWiki was created on May 22, 2007.
See also
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