Wikipedia is ruining the American way of life

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Wikipedia is ruining the American way of life

Post by Drolgin Steingrinder »

According to Conservapedia.com, Wikipedia is
6 times more liberal than the American public
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Why, you say? Well, I'm glad you asked. Follow me down this road into the mindset of the true American public.
Wikipedia allows the use of B.C.E. instead of B.C. and C.E. instead of A.D. The dates are based on the birth of Jesus, so why pretend otherwise? Conservapedia is Christian-friendly and exposes the CE deception.
Now if you look over here, you'll notice that
Wikipedia often uses foreign spelling of words, even though most English-speaking users are American. Look up "Most Favored Nation" on Wikipedia and it automatically converts the spelling to the British spelling "Most Favoured Nation." Look up "Division of labor" on Wikipedia and it automatically converts to the British spelling "Division of labour," then insists on the British spelling for "specialization" also.
Over here in our department for hat the uck you will find that
The Wikipedia entry for the Piltdown Man omits many key facts, such as how it was taught in schools for an entire generation and how the dating methodology used by evolutionists is fraudulent.


(My emphasis, and please note that no quote is cited for the claim of fraudulence).

And in conclusion,
There is a strong anti-American and anti-capitalism bias on Wikipedia. In its description of the post-war Bell Trade Act of 1946, in which the United States gave the Philippines $800 million in exchange for some free trade provisions, Wikipedia omits any mention of the $800 million dollars and instead lambasts the "wrath of Father Capitalism."[8] The agreement was approved by popular vote on the Philippines, but the Wikipedia article omits that fact also.
So how is this wonderful new(ish) site going to counter the horrible influence of Wikipedia.com on today's youth? With truth, that's how!

For instance, here's the entry from Conservapedia on the 'Origin of the Kangaroo':
According to the origins model used by creation scientists, modern kangaroos, like all modern animals, originated in the Middle East[1] and are the descendants of the two founding members of the modern kangaroo baramin that were taken aboard Noah's Ark prior to the Great Flood. It has not yet been determined by baraminologists whether kangaroos form a holobaramin with the wallaby, tree-kangaroo, wallaroo, pademelon and quokka, or if all these species are in fact apobaraminic or polybaraminic.

Also according to creation science, after the Flood, kangaroos bred from the Ark passengers migrated to Australia. There is debate whether this migration happened over land[2] -- as Australia was still for a time connected to the Middle East before the supercontinent of Pangea broke apart[3] -- or if they rafted on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters
I wouldn't be surprised if the sysadmins at Bob Rogers U automatically routed http://www.wikipedia.org to http://www.conservapedia.com within a month or two. Christ. Literally, Jesus Christ.
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hat the fuck.
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I think I'm going to see if I can edit the entry on Jesus Christ. I'll let you know how it turns out.


Edit - that page is protected because of excessive vandalism.
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Yeah I was thinking about doing that.

Just mass editing all their articles.

I'm sure they'll prosecute me in one of their witch hunt trials, though. Cause god sanctions killing, as long as it's in his name. It says that somewhere in the bible i'm pretty sure!
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I honestly dont know what to say. I should maybe have expected it, but its a surprise anyway.
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Re: Wikipedia is ruining the American way of life

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Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:Why, you say? Well, I'm glad you asked. Follow me down this road into the mindset of the true American public.
Was this just a bad set of quote tags, or do you really think this is anything like the mindset of the true American public?
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Boogahz wrote:
Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:Why, you say? Well, I'm glad you asked. Follow me down this road into the mindset of the true American public.
Was this just a bad set of quote tags, or do you really think this is anything like the mindset of the true American public?
I suspect satire.
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Boogahz wrote:Was this just a bad set of quote tags, or do you really think this is anything like the mindset of the true American public?
Neither actually. If you know Drolgin and his sense of humor/wit/creativity, then you know that with his statement he is digging on the conservative right-wing propaganda swallowers.
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Vaemas wrote:
Boogahz wrote:Was this just a bad set of quote tags, or do you really think this is anything like the mindset of the true American public?
Neither actually. If you know Drolgin and his sense of humor/wit/creativity, then you know that with his statement he is digging on the conservative right-wing propaganda swallowers.
Yes, I do know that much. I was asking because apparently others do not.
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Boogahz wrote:
Vaemas wrote:
Boogahz wrote:Was this just a bad set of quote tags, or do you really think this is anything like the mindset of the true American public?
Neither actually. If you know Drolgin and his sense of humor/wit/creativity, then you know that with his statement he is digging on the conservative right-wing propaganda swallowers.
Yes, I do know that much. I was asking because apparently others do not.
Then they are not worthy.
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Vaemas wrote:
Boogahz wrote:
Vaemas wrote:
Boogahz wrote:Was this just a bad set of quote tags, or do you really think this is anything like the mindset of the true American public?
Neither actually. If you know Drolgin and his sense of humor/wit/creativity, then you know that with his statement he is digging on the conservative right-wing propaganda swallowers.
Yes, I do know that much. I was asking because apparently others do not.
Then they are not worthy.
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Odds are good that this is satire, but its just as likely real, which scares me, but I regret to say would not suprise me. As ridiculous as the crap on that site is, I know a lot of people who believe most of that shit.
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What in good god's name is this shit?

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Is this like, some landover baptist style satire shit? If so, it's almost not funny. But still a good read!
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Post by Drolgin Steingrinder »

As far as I can tell, not satire. I wish.

Also, check out http://www.creationwiki.org - if this first bunch is made of hazelnuts and almonds, the second group is all cashews, pecans and macademias.
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# Wikipedia's entry for the Renaissance denies any credit to Christianity, its primary inspiration.
Well I guess one can be inspired to lash out against systemic ignorance...
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It just reminds me of Stephen Colbert's quote saying that the truth has a liberal bias. An organization needs to get together and edit everything to show what a wiki actually is.

Edit- Okay I checked out a few searches and they don't have much yet, but they DO have a complete section debunking the Da Vinci Code, probably because Dan Brown's work is making millions of Christians to lose their faith?
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Post by Kilmoll the Sexy »

If a work of fiction made them lose their faith, then they have much more serious issues to worry about. Brown's work should make people think....but it should make them think more about the corruption of man and especially the Catholic church. Do I think the Catholic Church may have tried to destroy books written that did not make it into the Bible so they could control people? Absolutely. Does it make one iota of difference if Jesus did have a wife and that fact was hidden all these years due to people being corrupt? No. If God had a son, then why is it so sacriligous to believe that his son should not?
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Definitely not satire. This wiki was created by the son of fundamentalist lunatic, and rabid anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly. Conservapedia is actually a pretty good window into the soul of this family.
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From What I see from Bouncing around it, is that they will not have to spend money in disk space anytime soon, My god what is there like 10 pages? But they do have one point Wikipedia is a great source of misinformation.

And quite frankly if you dont like the site dont go to it.
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Wikipedia has a lot more good information than it does bad. As with anything you read, you should apply a critical eye and not take it as gospel (no pun intended). Check the references that are clearly cited on many pages. While there is bad information on it, they do a reasonable job trying to point out when information is disputed or biased.

Wikipedia has a greater collection of factual information about more subjects on it than any other site on the internet that I know about.
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What Sylvus said. I will never reference information from Wiki in a quote but don't mind going there for some quick info on something and then do further research if needed.

Wiki has oddball info you won't find compiled elsewhere. When I search in google, I'll look for links other than Wiki first but it's nice to have Wiki always pop up as an option.
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*cough* I was commenting that Drolgin's commentary was satirical in nature, per Boogahz's post- not suggesting that the site itself was satire.
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Drolgin, why do you hate God? He loves you, you know. He made this entire universe just for us, 6000 years ago!
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masteen wrote:Drolgin, why do you hate God? He loves you, you know. He made this entire universe just for us, 6000 years ago!
Drolgin hates God for making him a Swede :(
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Arborealus wrote:
# Wikipedia's entry for the Renaissance denies any credit to Christianity, its primary inspiration.
Well I guess one can be inspired to lash out against systemic ignorance...
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