Talk:RationalWiki

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I sent an invite to the young whippersnapper who wandled himself here.--PalMD^{-yada yada} 21:34, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

Good for you. His IP block ought to over by now. human^{be in} 21:35, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

I can't believe i said "young whippersnapper".--PalMD^{-yada yada} 21:38, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

I can't believe I let you get away with it. Let's block each other! human^{be in} 21:46, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

I, um, well, er, I'm not a, er, sysop. I can't block my own toilet.--PalMD^{-yada yada} 21:47, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

• I am now a vandal. Bohdan 21:48, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

Baal, Vishnu and Jeezus! How could you???--PalMD^{-yada yada} 21:50, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

• The worst part is, he likes being blocked! human^{be in} 21:56, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

Contents 1 history 2 Metapedia.... 3 New direction 4 Perhaps it's worth saying 5 This website is Propaganda 6 YouTube 7 History section 8 This part sucks 9 founder? 10 RW symbol

[edit] history

I do think there should be a history section. All I know so far is what day it got started. YB ^indeed! 20:00, 16 August 2007 (CDT)

And then there was light ;) Thank you. human^{be in} 23:27, 16 August 2007 (CDT)

WEIRD! I was reading up on CP on WP and read that a doctor named Peter Lipson started it. I can't find anything about it here, though! (Here as in the site, not this article.) So I thought I'd head over to the talk page, only to find that I had asked this question about 4 months earlier. Ha! Weird. YB ^indeed! 21:05, 8 December 2007 (EST)

[edit] Metapedia....

It has occurred to me, just now, that perhaps Rationalwiki should expand to cover, perhaps, this 'wiki' too?

Just a thought...--TheThinkingMan 21:43, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

Touch dirt & ye shall be soiled! Susan^{talk to me} 21:48, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

Maybe an article, yes. As far a sickening-read hobby for people who can't get enough CP... Ugh. Anyway, we wouldn't have to "expand" to "cover" it. Just write an article. Ironically, they have no user named "Hitler was a sensitive man" yet... human^{be in} 21:53, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

What I mean is, we already have watchdog pages for CP (more then one) perhaps it would be a good idea to include one for this site as well.--TheThinkingMan 22:03, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

We know where it is, idiot. Quit spamming the link to that racist trash around. human^{be in} 22:28, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

Sure, TTM, why not? Oh, perhaps because it would mean someone would actually have to go there over and over again. I don't have the stomach for it, do you? human^{be in} 22:30, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

Perhaps not. O_O Maybe we should send an email to one of the anti-racism sites around :/ I feel we need to do SOMETHING though. --TheThinkingMan 23:00, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

Of course - write Metapedia.... human^{be in} 23:26, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] New direction

What to do? I think we need a new raison d'etre, to reanimate the group. We've certainly got a great core of users, a slim & streamlined wiki (thanks to project whitewash and Susan's categorizing), and above all, time and brains on our hands (I really should wash those).

So what to do with them? I'd like to do something about the Creation Museum, or CreationWiki, or something like that. I still want to do the Visitor's Guide but I'm too damn busy lately. Other ideas?-αmεσ (pirate) 23:22, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

What happened to our old raisondetra? You know, the debunking irrationality thing? human^{be in} 23:28, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

I think we need a new target, or we'll be relatively aimless and just revert to targeting CP-αmεσ (pirate) 23:30, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Perhaps it's worth saying

That due to the inherently open nature RationalWiki (hell, even the Main Page is unprotected), and it's small size relative to sites like Wikipedia or Uncyclopedia, vandalism will be encountered more often than on those sites. All users should be encouraged to revert vandalism, on a bigger scale. --Ζωροάστρης 14:25, 11 November 2007 (EST)

[edit] This website is Propaganda

Theres no use denying it like some child. 98.17.12.20 13:11, 18 December 2007 (EST)

It's not a "web sty", it's a "web shite". Git yer terminaulogy richt! human 15:22, 18 December 2007 (EST)

What exactly do we, um... propagandize? ...propagate? In any case, I can't imagine us doing a very good job of it... Uchiha^KATON! 15:25, 18 December 2007 (EST)

Liberal beliefs. 98.17.12.20 17:00, 18 December 2007 (EST)

I think we're "propaganda" in the sense that we have a viewpoint. But I don't think that's something to be ashamed of. We set out to have a viewpoint, didn't we?-αmεσ (pirate) 15:28, 18 December 2007 (EST)

Rather feel that, apart from the odd right wing single issue wazzock, we're propagandising to the converted. (Is there any conection between a propaGANDER and a CANARD? Susan^{purrrrr ...} 15:32, 18 December 2007 (EST)

It's no more "propoganda" than Conservapedia. So, what's a "Website", then? Somewhere for internet pigs to live? We only do and have goats here (with the occassional Hiver). Spica 15:47, 18 December 2007 (EST)

I think of it less as propaganda than as evangelism.--PalMD^{-If it looks like a donut, eat it} 16:10, 18 December 2007 (EST)

You don't know what a website is? LAMO! 98.17.12.20 16:59, 18 December 2007 (EST)

[edit] YouTube

I was just putting a bunch of random things on YouTube to see if there were any results... "No Videos found for 'rationalwiki'". CP has a few, but mainly just "WTH?!" style. Fuzzy|AFD 20:53, 2 April 2008 (EDT)

[edit] History section

So far it's only one line. I think something about RW 1.0 and its origins could be included, but I don't have the dates. 07:50, 18 September 2008 (EDT) Totnesmartin

I was just about to raise this. We are currently calling this RationalWiki 3.0 Which began here. Anyone know when RationalWiki 1.0 started? - User = 03:50, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Feb or Mar 2007. Ask Trent? Also, we have a RW:history article that is reasonably accurate, please to update. ħuman 07:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I fix, ok? ħuman 07:22, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] This part sucks

Indeed, it is as if Andrew Schlafly, in an overly complicated metaphor, was maritally raped by a stick of kryptonite, and, choosing life, gave birth to Conservapedia. A child, from the moment of conception (i.e., when life begins), bent on its own destruction. This a hideous chimaera of bad writing and clumsy metaphor. It also incorrectly implies that CP wants to destroy itself, which isn't so. I'd delete it but I'm a newbie and I don't want to tread on people's toes. Real first name and last initial 12:41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

It is suppose to be a clumsy metaphor. - User = 12:46, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

But why have a clumsy metaphor? It's not even about this site, it just looks like someone stuck in a rant about Conservapedia that wouldn't fit elsewhere. Real first name and last initial 12:52, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Well lets see if anyone else shows up to comment shall we? - User = π 12:56, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Verily, I believe that Rfn&li hath an point. ^{I am eating} _& honey^chat 12:59, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I support ditch, any more takers? - User = 13:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually it would be nice to elaborate more on what we do now at that point instead of looking back at CP so much. - User = 13:04, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

True. But I'd definitely ditch that line. –SuspectedReplicant^{retire me} 13:05, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay I have removed the paragraph, it is definitely a nice segue to pimp some of our new stuff. - User = π 13:19, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I think that whole section needs to be re-worked to make it less CP. The CP stuff should go to the history section.--Bob^{Not Jim} 13:26, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Feel free. Or maybe a section RationalWiki and Conservapedia? - User = 13:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

It's just that I'm a bit reluctant to edit such a foundational article without a bit of discussion first.--Bob^{Not Jim} 14:13, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] founder?

more on this and why founded again? Tommy0210 (talk) 23:47, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

See RationalWiki:History. Does that answer your questions? -- Nx / talk 23:50, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] RW symbol

Suggest it be known as 'Bracket Brain' (unless octopedal representation).

Is it out of its skull? ^{— Unsigned, by: 82.44.143.26 / talk / contribs}

The founder/organiser of the RW conspiracy (a combination of [[Mornington Crescent]] and [[Lord Voldemart]]). ^{— Unsigned, by: 212.85.6.26 / talk / contribs}