RationalWiki:Mission

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The RationalWiki Mission is:

1. Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement;
2. Documenting the full range of crank ideas;
3. Explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism;
4. Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media.

We also have a fifth, unofficial purpose, which is to provide people who agree with the previously-stated goals a place to just hang out and have fun with like-minded people.

RationalWiki is not a general encyclopedia; it does not require articles on every known subject. However, the wiki's mainspace welcomes many articles that do not relate to the primary missions of RationalWiki providing that they are factually accurate and of interest to the community at large. These include articles on general science, historical events and important individuals throughout the world.

The mission outlines what RationalWikians like to write about. As per most community standards, it's not a hard rule, but more of a suggestion. Articles that are wholly or mostly on-mission are likely to stay; those that aren't will probably go.

Articles that don't feel missional can be tagged with {{missionality}} (for rewrites) or {{afd}} (for deletion).

To transclude the RW mission, use {{mission}}. If you want to copy the current mission and don't want it to change with any future change of the mission use {{subst:mission}}

See also

• RationalWiki:Community Standards
• Tips on how to write good RationalWiki articles can be found at What is a RationalWiki article?
• Details on our blocking policy.
• Etiquette when editing articles.
• Sysops should look over our RationalWiki:Sysop guide