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Talk:Conservapedia/Archive6
Russian propaganda[edit]
Has anyone noticed the blatant flood of Russian propaganda on CP following the Ukraine invasion? They're essentially calling the attack justified because Zelenskyy is an illegitimate Nazi dictator or something. --XXanax (talk) 01:03, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah, the WIGO talk page has some on it. "They" should be clarified, though. The bulk of the bad takes (especially the "Zelensky coddles Nazis" angle straight from Putin's propaganda playbook) seems to be regurgitated by RobSmith, a dumbbell well known for his idiotic half-baked takes. The other main contribution to the asinine Ukraine take, though not near the level as RobSmith's edits, is Mr. Schlafly himself, who is mainly happy about Putin's invasion because, in his view, Ukraine is promoting the "homosexual agenda" for some reason (I guess because Kiev had a small gay pride parade or something).
- So it's a small duo of idiots largely controlling the narrative. However, Conservapedia's narrative is not dissimilar from other places in white nationalist or extreme fundamentalist space in the US. Putin has tried to create a propaganda narrative projecting a sort of (in my opinion rather idiotic looking, considering he's an old fart :p ) more-macho-than-thou masculinity, with echoes of white nationalism and intolerance. There are idiots that fall for this sort of thing. The invasion is revealing who they are. PanGalacticGargleBlaster (talk) 01:34, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
- It's more thinly-veiled antisemitism from Nobsy (Conservapedia:RobSmith#On George Soros). From the opposite end the allegedly left-wing The Gravel Institute was parroting Putin's propaganda just before the invasion.[1] Bongolian (talk) 06:01, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
What Conservapedia needs[edit]
... is a good dose of creativity (as distinct from Creationism), regular doses of the 'more interesting, 'Er What?' and lurid' chapters of the Bible, BibleCelebrityGossip (tm), irony traps, and exposure to the inherent contradictions in their arguments, until until they get into a mirror maze and vanish/undergo spontaneous combustion. — Unsigned, by: 212.85.6.26 / talk / contribs 
Requesting thread archival (why?) Plutocow (talk)
Where's Conservapedia's true quote that says "sentences should not be facts."?[edit]
Where is the citations of Convervapedia's quote that says "sentences should not be facts? I can't find it in this article because there is no citation for it. Please, cite or give proof that this is Conservapedia's true quote "sentences should not be facts". Cite the proof here:
— Unsigned, by: Coolguy212 / talk / contribs Requesting thread archival (why?) Plutocow (talk)
1990'sguy[edit]
He banned me for putting science in their starlight problem article! I'm gonna go to the saloon bar and whine. — Unsigned, by: Doublethink / talk / contribs Requesting thread archival (why?) Plutocow (talk)
Violating Terms of Service Openly[edit]
One of the most prolific members of Conservapedia is a user called Conservative. Recently they have begun to open violate the terms of service of an online web traffic analysis firm SimilarWeb, by displaying the metrics which are otherwise only meant for personal use on the Conservapedia website.
This is use is very much against SimilarWeb's TOS (available here: https://www.similarweb.com/corp/legal/terms/) which state clearly that
"(i) give, sell, rent, lease, timeshare, sublicense, disclose, publish, assign, market, sell, display, transmit, broadcast, transfer or distribute any portion of the Platform, Site or Applications to any third party;"
I wonder if there's a way we can mess with Conservapedia using this? — Unsigned, by: StagCodeHoarder / talk / contribs
- There's ways in which RationalWiki violates the TOS of Linode and Web.com, doubtful that either would do squat if an abuse report were sent however. These places have bigger fish to fry than RW or CP. 71.208.x.x (talk) 14:45, 14 May 2022 (UTC) Also there's crap tons of Nintendo IP illegally hosted on RW. Something to think about before tossing rocks around. 71.208.x.x (talk) 14:47, 14 May 2022 (UTC)