[edit] New articles
- These articles have recently been added by the RW community. There may be plenty left to do.
| 4 | Exegenesis. I've seen several articles link to it, but the link's red. |
| 6 | The Barry Soetoro neologism and the thinly-veiled racism that it implies. |
| 1 | Forks Over Knives, a popular 2011 documentary film claiming a vegan and raw foodist er, "plant-based" and "non-processed" diet control and reverse heart disease and cancer. |
| 6 | Disclosure - both the "Disclosure Project", and the more general conspiracy theory concept |
| 6 | We really need a GDP article. |
| 11 | Marjoe Gortner, the 5-year-old Evangelical preacher who grew up to blow the whistle on his profession. Also the documentary Marjoe |
[edit] Recent suggestions
- These are the most recent ideas for new articles.
   | 2 | Origin of deluvian myths. There are flood myths from around the world, not just the Noachid one. Creationists unsurprisingly jump on this as "proof" the Deluge was global. |
   | 3 | Possibly a category for Feminism? We have Category:Women's rights but that's not really quite the same; there are cultural topics outside just rights to debunk we haven't covered yet that tie nicely into articles we already have, such as the MRA article and others. For example, we don't have pages on gender roles and gender myths; a lot of our gender articles are sexuality-based. |
   | 2 | An article for Insane Clown Posse? As I understand it they are pretty insane (uh, no pun intended) and push some form of christianity, as well as a mistrust of science, and how magnets work and such. |
   | 4 | The awesome developments at Vostok Station probably merit an article. It even has its own Hitler conspiracy. |
   | 1 | All this talk of the Higgs boson reminds me of Dr Marietta Higgs, a dodgy UK paediatrician who promoted some dubious diagnostic technique to do with poking kid's bums and seeing how much their sphincter dilated, as an indicator of whether child abuse had occurred. This led to a great many children been taken away from their parents and a general scandal. It was also tied to general ballyho about alleged ritual child abuse in the Orkney islands and something sinister to do with Thomas the Tank Engine. Thoroughly Bad Medicine. |
   | 3 | Nexus Magazine. It's a vast collection of conspiracy theories, alt medicine, stories from readers about "what is really going on", and of course, ads selling just about every crank product you can imagine. A good example of Crank magnetism, I thought it should have an article. |
   | 5 | A Sex woo category? I can't believe there isn't one already. We have "male enhancement", g-spots, a whole bunch of herbal and homeopathic medicines, beliefs like coitus interruptus, oriental meditation techniques, the list goes on |
   | 4 | Henry Hyde, one of the most heartless figures (and that's saying something) in the history of the GOP. |
   | 5 | Margaret Wente, before we put every single brain-fart of hers into the Clogs. |
   | 2 | DSHEA, the Dietary supplement health and education act of 1994, which regulates what claims supplement/alternative medicine medicine products can make. Also codified the unregulated nature of supplements. |
   | 3 | TARP, the bulk portion of the 2008 Wall Street bailout |
   | 4 | Depression, especially the purported connection it has with atheism and liberalism and everything else. |
   | 8 | Pseudojournal, e.g. the things the creationists come out with. To scientific journals as pseudoscience is to science, i.e. the barest surface imitation. |
   | -17 | We need an article on George Zimmerman, the man who killed a black teenager just for walking down the street. |
   | 1 | Ho'oponopono, a Hawaiian cultural practice appropriated by woosters. In its wooish incarnation, it was allegedly able to "heal a ward of mentally ill criminals". [1] Endorsed by Law of Attraction proponent Joe Vitale. |
   | 3 | I think someone should make an article on the Congo, considering how utterly devastating that war was and how few people in the First World know about it. |
   | 5 | Tullio Simoncini, author of the book Cancer Is A Fungus. Search that phrase for fresh lunacy. (courtesy RW Facebook group) |
   | 12 | A look at infanticide, the pro-lifers' main snarl word. |
   | 3 | Roman Piso theory, a crank theory of Biblical history, a Dan Brown-level conspiracy proposed as "the new classical scholarship".[2][3] |
   | 10 | Meta-analysis, re-analysing the results of several studies to improve the statistical power of the result. Very important in medical science. |
   | 4 | The Health and Social Care Bill, David Cameron and co.'s attempt to reform the NHS. It has the wonderful status of having zero support by the medical establishment, who are sure it's a mass privatization scheme. |
   | 4 | Bioshock, the so-called Randian Animal Farm. Mentioned in nearly every article related to the crazy lady. |
   | 5 | ACTA, or put an area for it in the SOPA article. |
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Mississippi personhood amendment. Now that it's over and done with, I'm shocked nobody's done anything on it. Good thing the voters realized that zygotes don't give a shit about much. |
   | 4 |
Do Not Open (2007 book). Provides a kind of an "at a glance" view of various pseudosciences and conspiracies (sans anti-allopathy), although it sometimes reads like an Ancient Aliens episode. |
   | 3 | Might be relevant to FCC/censorship discussions: shock jock radio host Howard Stern. |
   | 7 | Time zero, i.e. the time "before" the Big Bang. Not the Doctor Who thing. That is, use this article to discuss naturalistic hypotheses on the cause of the Big Bang. |
   | 5 | The Denisovans, as in the "Woman X" found in Siberia who may have inhabited the area throughout eastern Asia. |
   | 6 | The Black Sea deluge in 5400 BC. I've heard it may have had some relation to the origin of the myth of the Ark, despite being some 3000 years apart. |
   | 1 | Mark Dice, an apparent YouTube sensation that tries to validate every Alex Jones conspiracy by making people sign dumb petitions. |
   | 14 | Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or at least the debate surrounding it. Most in the Manhattan Project and the entire US military command actually thought it was unnecessary. |
   | 5 | Camille Paglia, the Ayn Rand of feminists. There's a bunch of other "anti-feminist" feminists as well. |
   | 7 | WALL-E, which almost got boycotted by wingnuts for furthering the "green agenda" |
   | 1 | UrsuAdams ("Donnie" Adams), a Planet X-spinning YouTuber with a fixation on Neumayer Station. Recent hijinks include popularizing a fake picture of a "Heavy Mass Object" and accusing amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave of being a liar after Musgrave pointed out that the fake is actually 'shopped from one of his pictures. |
   | 4 | Tim Todd, creator of the "Truth for Youth" tract series. |
   | 3 | We need an article specifically on organized religion. That or I need to stop playing Civ4. |
   | 2 | An article devoted to the PIIGS, the countries responsible for the current economic crisis. |
   | 4 | District 9, one of the greatest critiques of the human condition in recent years. |
   | 10 | Every single wingnut involved in the bullshit known as Ethical oil. |
   | 5 | A group of nutters that make Ayn Rand's fans look sophisticated: the Paulbots/Pauldroids, whatever you may call them. |
   | 0 | Brian Leonard Golightly Marshall. Can be found on YouTube under many different usernames. Yahweh/Christ reincarnate. Rightful heir to the throne of England. Has cured AIDS. Probably needs psychiatric attention. |
   | 2 | Michael A. Hoffman, II-- he's fine with Jews, he just hates Judaism |
   | 8 | Last persecuted minority, for all the times people have claimed that status for their group, be they Christians, obese, atheists, "posh people," et al. The "[x] are the only group it's still acceptable to openly hate" bullshit. |
   | 6 | Yahoo! News, for it's uncanny ability to attract racists and science deniers to its comment sections. |
   | 3 | 2011 Anthrax attacks - come on - the media (especially CNN) screams about them, they mysteriously happen, then stop, no suspects, no news conference, nothing. |
   | 12 | The origins of Islamic extremism (considering that groups like the Muslim Brotherhood only started to gain prominence in the 20th century). |
   | 7 | Cameron Todd Willingham, a man accused of killing his children and put to death. Afterwards, scientists throughout the nation decried the evidence against him as pseudoscience and folklore |
[edit] Older suggestions
- These are older suggestions, but perhaps they still haven't been made yet. Why not give them some love?
   | 7 | Cold fusion and Wikipedia - oh, there is a story to tell here: lenr-canr.org, Jed Rothwell, Abd, banned users, Wikiversity, Google Knol. Pseudoscience trying to insert itself into an Internet encyclopedia near you! |
   | 9 | Leslie Keane - Reporter who wrote a book on UFOs. Poses as a moderate, but is fundamentally a kook. |
   | 8 | Roberto DeMattei, President of Italian National Research Council and a complete wingnut: japanese tzunami is god's terrible yet benevolent voice, Roman Empire failed due to homosexuals and Eden is an historical reality. |
   | 6 | Saint Michael's World Apostolate - some lady in New York had visions from Jesus and Mother Mary about current (then) world events. They now have newsletters and send you a blessed rose petal if you are interested. |
   | 4 | Peter Watts border incident - Police brutality, mysteriously disappearing tapes, and the heinous crime of not falling down quickly enough, all on the US border. Why have an article on the incident? Because authoritarianism is one of our targets, and this is a notable incident. |
   | 5 | Universe - the Cosmology Quest, apparently a documentary about scientists who think the Big Bang theory is wrong. This goes right with the anti-science part of our mission. You can watch it here. |
   | 5 | Conspiracy of Silence - a documentary pushed by some conspiracy theorists as "proof," needs a good spanking debunking. Listed on Wikipedia as "Franklin child prostitution ring allegations." |
   | 7 | Torsion field, the Eastern Bloc's contribution to pseudo-physics |
   | 1 | Jarrah White - or should he be included in the (in)famous YouTubers list? |
   | 7 | Allison DuBois - The real, not the fictional character. She claims that she has psychic abilities |
   | 6 | Rhema - weird-arse fundie sect founded by Kenneth Hagin. Anyone from Perth, Western Australia will have encountered these loons. |
   | 10 | Warrior mysticism or paramilitary woo - not sure what the best name for this phenomenon is. People who obsess in a crank-like manner over Sun Tsu, Vikings, Mao's guerrilla warfare writings and related philosophy where it shades over into a fantasy lifestyle and into New Age beliefs. We have several articles on tangential topics like Soldier of Fortune and Fun:Whacker, not to mention martial arts, Asatru, and the militia movement where this kind of thinking seems to be rampant. |
   | 0 | Sue Lowden - Thinks we should lower health care costs by bartering with our doctors. |
   | 8 | Gene Duplication - Extreme pwnage against those claiming mutation can't add data. |
   | 4 | St Malachy & the prediction of the Popes. He gets a mention under Pope, but worthy of more? |
   | 3 | Edward Babinski - interesting-looking blogger who moved from fundamentalism to agnosticism. [14] and [15] might be useful. |
   | 6 | Aga Khan - leader of a sect of 20 millions Muslims, deserves a page. |
   | 5 | Terra Preta a two-in-one carbon sink and sustainable fertilizer. |
   | 10 | Exopolitics - Exopolitics is the study of the key individuals, political institutions and processes associated with extraterrestrial life. |
   | 8 | Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - there being some debate on what was on it, legalities etc (and some evidence that the British Government were aware of the possibility beforehand - file KV 6/47 at The National Archives). Jackiespeel (talk) 19:07, 22 December 2009 (UTC) |
   | 10 | David Sewell - mastermind behind PRATTs like this and this; author of books such as The Political Gene: How Darwin's Ideas Changed Politics |
   | 6 | Aculife, Help strengthen your health with the latest ancient technology! Aculife strengthens the immune system against Hypertension, Insomnia, Fatigue, Asthma, Ulcers, Hemorrhoids, High Blood Pressure, Rheumatism, Muscle Pain and many more common ailments. The Aculife is compact and lightweight enough to be taken virtually anywhere. You can even treat simple ailments like stiff aching backs, muscles and neck from travel or strenuous workouts. |
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- See the archive. Most of these have since been closed.
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