Essay:Why RationalWiki is so great

Inspired by

Community

 * RationalWiki has few rules. Good arguments are valued more than rules or authority.
 * All regular editors are sysops, and can easily do common administrative tasks (like moving pages) or take action against vandals (without waiting for a moderator to take action).
 * There is a democratic, meritocratic, egalitarian system. Anyone who has a work ethic and provides high-quality editing can work his/her way up.

Content and style

 * RationalWiki is not neutral, and not subject to a balance fallacy.
 * The writing style aims to be humorous and a fairly "light read".
 * Topics are selected on mission relevance rather than notability; so obscure topics that don't have Wikipedia-quality sources can be covered well. (Sometimes resulting in a if an intermediate Reliable Source cribs the RationalWiki article!)
 * Contains large quantities of goat.