RationalWiki:Special Recruitment Project

''This is, at this point, a mere proposal. I hope everyone likes the idea though.''

In the interest of becoming the greatest open-content skeptical resource on the web, it is my belief that we need to get as much skeptical expertise as possible. I take as my model the supposed induction model of the Russian Army Special Forces -- you don't join them, they pick you.

SRP operatives will choose skeptical websites and fora where useful expertise is rife and infiltrate the daily ebb and flow of the conversation, whether as experts or as interested laypersons. Those with the most expertise in an area Rationalwiki either covers or needs to cover will be approached privately to add contributions to the wiki.

This is not a viral marketing thing. We certainly could use that, but User:PalMD is spreading the RW gospel from the Denialism Blog, so I doubt viral marketing is really needed. This is about finding good contributors and bringing their perspective into the fold.

An interested party has created a private Google group at http://groups.google.com/group/rw-srp; other interested parties can contact User:RWSpetsnaz for invitations. You can add target sites to the following list (please sign out and add them as anon IPs):

Pro-skeptic
Sites devoted to skepticism and rationalism.


 * http://www.randi.org
 * http://www.infidels.org
 * http://walkaway.aimoo.com -- ex-fundie support group. Them's good people.
 * http://www.exmormon.org
 * http://www.bullshido.net -- martial arts.
 * http://www.quatloos.com -- financial fraud.

Pro-credulity
Places with high bullshit quotients but who still tolerate skepticism. Seek out people fighting the good fight.


 * none yet