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*''The Vane'' on Gawker [http://thevane.gawker.com/weather-hoaxer-threatens-facebook-after-it-takes-down-h-1604875212 cites us] as one entity threatened with a spurious lawsuit by [[Kevin Martin]].
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*Gawker [http://thevane.gawker.com/weather-hoaxer-threatens-facebook-after-it-takes-down-h-1604875212 cites us] as one entity threatened with a spurious lawsuit by [[Kevin Martin]].
 
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=== May 2014===
 
=== May 2014===
 
*''Discover Magazine'' blogger Keith Kloor likes our selection of [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/collideascape/2014/05/16/mike-adams-alt-medicine-purveyor-calls-health-ranger-threatens-sue-forbes-writer/#.U3pgsDxDua4 "ghoulishly absurd"] [[conspiracy theories]] touted by Mike Adams of [[NaturalNews]].
 
*''Discover Magazine'' blogger Keith Kloor likes our selection of [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/collideascape/2014/05/16/mike-adams-alt-medicine-purveyor-calls-health-ranger-threatens-sue-forbes-writer/#.U3pgsDxDua4 "ghoulishly absurd"] [[conspiracy theories]] touted by Mike Adams of [[NaturalNews]].
 
*Sheffield Hallam University's David Clarke [http://drdavidclarke.co.uk/2014/05/23/solway-spaceman-mystery-is-50-years-old/ gives credit to RW's study] of the [[Solway Firth Spaceman]].
 
*Sheffield Hallam University's David Clarke [http://drdavidclarke.co.uk/2014/05/23/solway-spaceman-mystery-is-50-years-old/ gives credit to RW's study] of the [[Solway Firth Spaceman]].
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===March 2014===
 
===March 2014===
 
*''Wonkette'' [http://wonkette.com/543862/no-pope-not-actually-indicted-for-child-trafficking-crimes-against-humanity-or-fishing-without-a-license uses us] to debunk Kevin Annett's [[International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State]].
 
*''Wonkette'' [http://wonkette.com/543862/no-pope-not-actually-indicted-for-child-trafficking-crimes-against-humanity-or-fishing-without-a-license uses us] to debunk Kevin Annett's [[International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State]].
*Amanda Marcotte on ''The Raw Story'': [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/26/conservatives-have-figured-out-a-disturbingly-effective-strategy-tell-lots-and-lots-of-lies/ "Conservatives Have Figured Out a Disturbingly Effective Strategy: Tell Lots and Lots of Lies"], with link at the top to [[Gish Gallop]]
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*The Raw Story: [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/26/conservatives-have-figured-out-a-disturbingly-effective-strategy-tell-lots-and-lots-of-lies/ "Conservatives Have Figured Out a Disturbingly Effective Strategy: Tell Lots and Lots of Lies"], with link at the top to [[Gish Gallop]]
 
*[http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/malaysiacapture.asp Sixth mention] on [[Snopes]]. Our ass is ''hot''.
 
*[http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/malaysiacapture.asp Sixth mention] on [[Snopes]]. Our ass is ''hot''.
  
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*Snopes uses us [http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/montana.asp for the fourth] and [http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/fukushima.asp fifth time in a row] to take down [[WhatDoesItMean]].  
 
*Snopes uses us [http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/montana.asp for the fourth] and [http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/fukushima.asp fifth time in a row] to take down [[WhatDoesItMean]].  
 
*Ken Perrot [http://openparachute.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/determining-scientific-knowledge-by-petition/ talks about] the analysis at [[A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism]], and learns all about [[wingnut welfare]].
 
*Ken Perrot [http://openparachute.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/determining-scientific-knowledge-by-petition/ talks about] the analysis at [[A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism]], and learns all about [[wingnut welfare]].
*"Doktor Zoom" at ''Wonkette'' [http://wonkette.com/540308/sundays-with-the-christianists-american-history-textbooks-that-will-live-in-infamy links to] [[Hitler and evolution]] as a reference to debunk the idea that [[Nazism]] was related to [[evolution]].
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*''Wonkette'' [http://wonkette.com/540308/sundays-with-the-christianists-american-history-textbooks-that-will-live-in-infamy links to] [[Hitler and evolution]] as a reference to debunk the idea that [[Nazism]] was related to [[evolution]].
 
*[[Judith Curry]] [http://judithcurry.com/2014/01/18/mann-on-advocacy-and-responsibility/ cites] RationalWiki's definition of [[anti-science]] to (counter-)attack [[Michael Mann]]; the mention was later [http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/19/weekly-climate-and-energy-news-roundup-120/ reproduced] on [[Watts Up With That]]. Wonder how would Curry and Watts react if they bothered to find out what the wiki says about ''them''...
 
*[[Judith Curry]] [http://judithcurry.com/2014/01/18/mann-on-advocacy-and-responsibility/ cites] RationalWiki's definition of [[anti-science]] to (counter-)attack [[Michael Mann]]; the mention was later [http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/19/weekly-climate-and-energy-news-roundup-120/ reproduced] on [[Watts Up With That]]. Wonder how would Curry and Watts react if they bothered to find out what the wiki says about ''them''...
 
*[[Belgium|Belgian]] news website ''Express.be'' [http://www.express.be/sectors/fr/ict/les-10-lois-qui-regissent-internet/201533.htm quotes us] on [[Pommer's Law]].
 
*[[Belgium|Belgian]] news website ''Express.be'' [http://www.express.be/sectors/fr/ict/les-10-lois-qui-regissent-internet/201533.htm quotes us] on [[Pommer's Law]].
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===August 2012===
 
===August 2012===
*The ''Sensuous Curmudgeon'' [http://sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/creationist-revival-meeting-in-australia/ links to] to [[Salem hypothesis]] while talking about a [[creationist]] rocket scientist.
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*The ''Sensuous Curmudgeon'' [http://sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/creationist-revival-meeting-in-australia/ links to] to [[Salem Hypothesis]] while talking about a [[creationist]] rocket scientist.
 
*[http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2012/08/22/whats-in-a-name-quite-a-lot-actually/ Jason Thibeault] of [[FtB]] links to our article on the [[Brights Movement]]
 
*[http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2012/08/22/whats-in-a-name-quite-a-lot-actually/ Jason Thibeault] of [[FtB]] links to our article on the [[Brights Movement]]
 
*[http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/why-people-laugh-at-creationists-but-have-a-harder-time-refuting-idists/ Sal Cordova] of Uncommon Descent quotes, but does not link to, our article on [[VenomFangX]].
 
*[http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/why-people-laugh-at-creationists-but-have-a-harder-time-refuting-idists/ Sal Cordova] of Uncommon Descent quotes, but does not link to, our article on [[VenomFangX]].
*Since [[Paul Ryan]]'s elevation to [[vice-president]]ial nominee there's been increasing interest in our [[Randroid]]-bashing. From hedge fund manager Paweł Morski and Katie Martin of Dow Jones/''[[WSJ]]'': [http://twitter.com/katie_martin_FX/status/234276813688422400 "That link has kept me giggling for a good while."]
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*Since [[Paul Ryan]]'s elevation to [[vice-president]]ial nominee there's been increasing interest in our [[Randroid]]-bashing. From Paweł Morski and Katie Martin of ''[[WSJ]]'': [http://twitter.com/katie_martin_FX/status/234276813688422400 "That link has kept me giggling for a good while."]
 
*[[FreeThoughtBlogs|Mano Singham]] links to our article on [[Poe's Law]] in a [http://freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2012/08/10/teaching-about-martin-luther-king-jr-turns-women-into-lesbians/ blog post]
 
*[[FreeThoughtBlogs|Mano Singham]] links to our article on [[Poe's Law]] in a [http://freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2012/08/10/teaching-about-martin-luther-king-jr-turns-women-into-lesbians/ blog post]
 
*The evil [[feminist]]s have [http://web.archive.org/web/20120814184240/http://birdsy-purplefish.tumblr.com/post/29006251311/i-found-a-rational-wiki-page-for-the-amazing-atheist found] the [[TheAmazingAtheist|banana]].
 
*The evil [[feminist]]s have [http://web.archive.org/web/20120814184240/http://birdsy-purplefish.tumblr.com/post/29006251311/i-found-a-rational-wiki-page-for-the-amazing-atheist found] the [[TheAmazingAtheist|banana]].
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===February 2012===  
 
===February 2012===  
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20131216185721/http://judiciary.sut1.co.uk/docs/benchmark/benchmark_feb2012.pdf ''Benchmark''], the official newsletter for the {{wpl|Judiciary of England and Wales|Judiciary of England and Wales,}} upvotes our [[Freeman on the land]] article.
 
 
*[[Abuz Zubair]] at [[Islamic Awakening]] on his article: [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/f18/urgent-calling-all-muslims-east-london-today-55211/index27.html#post590994 "My son should sue the pigs for libel."] We're quaking.
 
*[[Abuz Zubair]] at [[Islamic Awakening]] on his article: [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/f18/urgent-calling-all-muslims-east-london-today-55211/index27.html#post590994 "My son should sue the pigs for libel."] We're quaking.
  
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===December 2011===
 
===December 2011===
 
*[[VDARE]]: [http://www.vdare.com/articles/announcing-vdarecom-s-war-on-christmas-competition-2011-defy-the-deniers "Announcing VDARE.com’s War On Christmas Competition 2011—Defy The Deniers!"]
 
*[[VDARE]]: [http://www.vdare.com/articles/announcing-vdarecom-s-war-on-christmas-competition-2011-defy-the-deniers "Announcing VDARE.com’s War On Christmas Competition 2011—Defy The Deniers!"]
*Random blogpost by a reader: [http://declogic.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-rationalwiki.html Website: RationalWiki]
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*Random blogpost by a reader: [http://declogic.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-rationalwiki.html "Website: RationalWiki"]
*[http://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/tag/rationalwiki/ Exposing PseudoAstronomy] - references [[Question Evolution]] among others.
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*[http://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/tag/rationalwiki/ Exposing PseudoAstronomy] references [[Question Evolution]] among others.
 
*A former user [http://www.pixlee.net/?p=45#comment-30 points out misogyny on RationalWiki.]
 
*A former user [http://www.pixlee.net/?p=45#comment-30 points out misogyny on RationalWiki.]
  
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===January 2009===
 
===January 2009===
*[[Science and Math Defeated]]: [http://sciencedefeated.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/losers-at-rationalwiki-want-a-piece-of-my-pageviews/ Losers at RationalWiki want a piece of my pageviews]
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*[[Science and Math Defeated]]: [http://sciencedefeated.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/losers-at-rationalwiki-want-a-piece-of-my-pageviews/ "Losers at RationalWiki want a piece of my pageviews"]
  
 
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*''Los Angeles Times'': Article about Conservapedia [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/19/nation/na-schlafly19 briefly mentions RationalWiki in its very early days.]
 
*''Los Angeles Times'': Article about Conservapedia [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/19/nation/na-schlafly19 briefly mentions RationalWiki in its very early days.]
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*Deventer, Jannie S.J. van. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687513002185 "The precious metals we prefer to ignore."] ''Minerals Engineering'' 53 (2013): 266-275. (Citing [[ORMUS]])
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*Hanover University General Hospital; Anthony B. Glower; Mary Elizabeth Kreutzer; Seamus O. Milk; Alicia Polishov, Petitioners, v. Thomas L. Rutherford, Respondent. Supreme Court of the United States. [http://www.law.siu.edu/_common/documents/court-problem-2013.pdf ''National Health Law Moot Court Competition''.] Southern Illinois University School of Law, 2013. 1-27. (Citing [[Huffington Post]])
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*Wilkins, John S. [http://bit.ly/1pk5jIx "The Salem Region: Two Mindsets about Science."] ''Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem''. Ed. [[Massimo Pigliucci]] and Maarten Boudry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. 397-416. (Citing [[Salem Hypothesis]])
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*Mackin, Glenn D. [http://bit.ly/1s89OnH "The Aporia of Practical Reason: From Ethics to Politics."] ''The Politics of Social Welfare in America''. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 22-62. (Citing [[euphemism treadmill]] — critical of us)
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*Navin, Mark. [http://www.academia.edu/3552388/Competing_Epistemic_Spaces_How_Social_Epistemology_Helps_Explain_and_Evaluate_Vaccine_Denialism "Competing Epistemic Spaces: How Social Epistemology Helps Explain and Evaluate Vaccine Denialism."] ''Social Theory and Practice'' 39.2 (2013): 241-264. (Citing [[vaccine hysteria]])
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*Greuel, Gert-Martin W. [http://www.emis.ams.org/proceedings/TIEP2013/04greuel.pdf "Changes and Enhancements of the Publication Structure in Mathematics."] ''Special Session on Topics and Issues in Electronic Publishing''. Proc. of Joint Mathematics Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego. Ed. Klaus Kaiser, Steven G. Krantz, and Bernd Wegner. 2013. 41-56. (Citing [[Mohamed El Naschie]])
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*Dunlop, Rachael A. [http://rzsnsw.metapress.com/content/uh257j541702l55t/ "The hijacking of scientific technology and terminology for profit."] ''Science Under Siege: Zoology Under Threat.'' Ed. Peter Banks, Daniel Lunney, and Chris Dickman. Mosman: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2012. 90-95. (Citing [[Gish Gallop]])
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*Hendrickson, Heather, and Paul B. Rainey. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7417/full/nature11487.html "Evolution: How the unicorn got its horn."] ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' 489.7417 (2012): 504-505. (Citing [[Lenski affair]])
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*Pennington, Jo, ed. [http://web.archive.org/web/20131216185721/http://judiciary.sut1.co.uk/docs/benchmark/benchmark_feb2012.pdf "Freemen on the land: Nonsense or loophole?"] Judiciary of England and Wales: ''Benchmark'' 57 (2012): 18-19. (Citing [[Freeman on the land]])
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===2011===
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*Brunn, Stanley D., Gerald R. Webster, and J. Clark Archer. [http://books.google.ca/books?id=Aq0z86Kc4rsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=rationalwiki&f=false "The Bible Belt in a Changing South: Shrinking, Relocating, and Multiple Buckles."] ''Southeastern Geographer'' 51.4 (2011): 513-549. (Citing [[Bible Belt]])
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*Keeler, Mary, Josh Johnson, and Arun Majumdar. [http://necsi.edu/events/iccs2011/papers/45.pdf "Crowdsourced Knowledge: Peril and Promise for Complex Knowledge Systems."] Proc. of Eighth International Conference on Complex Systems, Boston Marriott, Quincy. New England Complex Systems Institute, 2011. 753-767. (Citing [[The Fine Art of Baloney Detection]])
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*Opper, Melissa H. [http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr/vol31/iss3/2/ "WikiLeaks: Balancing First Amendment Rights with National Security."] ''Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review'' 31.3 (2011): 236-267. (Citing [[WikiLeaks]])
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*Lefrere, Paul. [http://bit.ly/1twolL8 "Using Information (and Exformation) to Inform Action."] ''Perspectives on Information''. Ed. Magnus Ramage and D. A. Chapman. New York: Routledge, 2011. 77-90. (Citing [[Lenski affair]])
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