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Conservapedia -- the more truthy wiki

RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page

This may be my new favorite bored-at-work website. What's frightening is that it does not appear to actually be a joke. If it is, I really have to salute the dedication of people to put so much work into it--that would be some crazy Prestige-style "live the illusion" shit.

I especially like the Obama entry: http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama

Also, evolution: http://www.conservapedia.com/Evolution

I don't know what's more frightening--that this actually exists, or that there are people out there that may be using this as an actual reference.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    It never started out as a joke, but I've seen whole forums where their favorite passtime was to see how much out-there crap they could put in there before triggering anyone's warning signals.

    Not that I'm advocating that, mind you.

    Also, adding an entry on Stephen Colbert where you list him as a standard conservative pundit is not, actually, a good way to go unnoticed, it seems.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    What's the deal with that picture? Why are his hands folded and not on his heart? I personally am not offended and couldn't care less but I imagine there had to have been some clean up for that?

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Regicid3 wrote: »
    What's the deal with that picture? Why are his hands folded and not on his heart? I personally am not offended and couldn't care less but I imagine there had to have been some clean up for that?

    the anthem had just ended, or something like that. Don't recall exactly.

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  • NeadenNeaden Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I like how they refer to him as the first Affirmative Action President, which leads to this link which basically makes fun of anyone who uses the phrase.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2008
    "allegedly born in Honolulu". haha.

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  • kildykildy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    "Senator Obama began his anti-soldier candidacy for President of the United States on February 10, 2007"

    This is clearly a heavily biased statement. After editing out the "anti-soldier" remark, it was replaced within 2 minutes. This site never had a lot of credibility to begin with, but this whole article is just transparently biased. Amazingly so for a site whose main claim against Wikipedia is that they slant to the left.

    Apparently insinuating that Barak Obama's candidacy is not based on being "anti-soldier" is "Liberal bias"

    Warning: your introduction of liberal bias is getting tiresome and will lead to blocking of your account.--Aschlafly 11:23, 8 June 2008 (EDT)
    From the Obama talk page. The warning is <3

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Regicid3 wrote: »
    What's the deal with that picture? Why are his hands folded and not on his heart? I personally am not offended and couldn't care less but I imagine there had to have been some clean up for that?

    It was the national anthem, not the pledge of allegiance.

    Did they ever fix the entry on Africa where it was supposedly to the west of Europe? Oh, lolfundies, you rarely disappoint.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Funniest bit I've seen on there yet:
    http://www.conservapedia.com/John_Scopes

    Specifically, the talk page. Apparently, even religious conservatives don't like Conservapedia.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2008
    Oh man it's full of gold. "Obama disrespectfully calls him 'George Bush'". "He has no clear personal achievement that cannot be explained as the likely result of affirmative action". "Obama wore an American flag lapel pin after 9/11, but later stopped wearing it without adequate explanation"

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2008
    Aww, the article on gravity actually makes (mostly) sense now and doesn't even mention God any longer.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    is the article on Kangaroos still the pinnacle of craziness, or did they fix it?

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    lol "If elected, Obama would be the first Affirmative Action President."

    My brain first picked that up as "African-American President" but realized something was not quite right and went back and read it again. Just wow.

    Oh man the Obama page is priceless.


    Also all the "In the News" links are to World Net Daily.

    WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?!

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    At one point, there was an article on Judaism where they said that Jews were all descendants of the biblical Cain.

    I thought that was supposed to be vampires?

    edit: Aww, they removed the hilarious legal warning from the front page! That was some sort of self-inflicted punchline. I miss it.

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  • ErandusErandus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on Conservapedia.

    Richard Lenski is a scientist who's 20 year research project results in concrete evidence that a strain of E. Coli evolved the ability to metabolize citrate - something E. Coli does not normally do. This is published as massive support of the theory of evolution. Conservatives throw a hissy.

    Andrew Schlafly - basically the founder of conservapedia - sends Richard Lenski emails questioning his data and methods, and demanding copies of the raw data and samples of the bacteria. Richard Lenski proceeds to take a giant public shit on Schlafly. It is one of the best nerd-pwnings ever.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2008
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Funniest bit I've seen on there yet:
    http://www.conservapedia.com/John_Scopes

    Specifically, the talk page. Apparently, even religious conservatives don't like Conservapedia.

    That's glorious. After the fantastic speech there another little insight into the bunker mentality of the regular contributors "A page history and check on other edits by the culprit reveals that it was an enemy of Conservapedia, whom I assume is a liberal". An enemy of conservapedia?

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Everyone is an enemy of Conservapedia in Schlafly's clinically paranoid mind.

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  • NeadenNeaden Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on Conservapedia.

    Richard Lenski is a scientist who's 20 year research project results in concrete evidence that a strain of E. Coli evolved the ability to metabolize citrate - something E. Coli does not normally do. This is published as massive support of the theory of evolution. Conservatives throw a hissy.

    Andrew Schlafly - basically the founder of conservapedia - sends Richard Lenski emails questioning his data and methods, and demanding copies of the raw data and samples of the bacteria. Richard Lenski proceeds to take a giant public shit on Schlafly. It is one of the best nerd-pwnings ever.

    What the fuck? I know that guy. I went to school with his daughter.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Neaden wrote: »
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on Conservapedia.

    Richard Lenski is a scientist who's 20 year research project results in concrete evidence that a strain of E. Coli evolved the ability to metabolize citrate - something E. Coli does not normally do. This is published as massive support of the theory of evolution. Conservatives throw a hissy.

    Andrew Schlafly - basically the founder of conservapedia - sends Richard Lenski emails questioning his data and methods, and demanding copies of the raw data and samples of the bacteria. Richard Lenski proceeds to take a giant public shit on Schlafly. It is one of the best nerd-pwnings ever.

    What the fuck? I know that guy. I went to school with his daughter.
    Who? Lenski, or Schlafly?

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  • NeadenNeaden Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Neaden wrote: »
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on Conservapedia.

    Richard Lenski is a scientist who's 20 year research project results in concrete evidence that a strain of E. Coli evolved the ability to metabolize citrate - something E. Coli does not normally do. This is published as massive support of the theory of evolution. Conservatives throw a hissy.

    Andrew Schlafly - basically the founder of conservapedia - sends Richard Lenski emails questioning his data and methods, and demanding copies of the raw data and samples of the bacteria. Richard Lenski proceeds to take a giant public shit on Schlafly. It is one of the best nerd-pwnings ever.

    What the fuck? I know that guy. I went to school with his daughter.
    Who? Lenski, or Schlafly?
    Lenski

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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    my only contribution was tweaking the Equator entry from
    The Equator is the line that goes around the middle of the Earth. You can see the Equator on a globe, or on some maps too.
    to
    The Equator is an imaginary line that goes around the middle of the Earth. You can see the Equator on a globe, or on some maps too, but not in real life.

    it last a few weeks.

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on Conservapedia.

    Richard Lenski is a scientist who's 20 year research project results in concrete evidence that a strain of E. Coli evolved the ability to metabolize citrate - something E. Coli does not normally do. This is published as massive support of the theory of evolution. Conservatives throw a hissy.

    Andrew Schlafly - basically the founder of conservapedia - sends Richard Lenski emails questioning his data and methods, and demanding copies of the raw data and samples of the bacteria. Richard Lenski proceeds to take a giant public shit on Schlafly. It is one of the best nerd-pwnings ever.

    Best like ever: "And lest you accuse me further of fraud, I do not literally mean that we have unicorns in the lab. Rather, I am making a literary allusion."

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Proto wrote: »
    my only contribution was tweaking the Equator entry from
    The Equator is the line that goes around the middle of the Earth. You can see the Equator on a globe, or on some maps too.
    to
    The Equator is an imaginary line that goes around the middle of the Earth. You can see the Equator on a globe, or on some maps too, but not in real life.

    it last a few weeks.

    clearly there's no "around" the "middle" of the Earth, as the Bible clearly implies in several places that the Earth is flat.

    edit: for reference, this is another example of something that's just a little too out-there to post on Conservapedoia.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2008
    In the dinosaur entry, under the heading of 'Creationists cite a number of reasons to believe that dinosaurs have existed until relatively recent times, and perhaps still survive.': "Dragons appear in the flag of Wales, in traditional Chinese New Years' Day celebrations, and in the Chinese calendar. Εvery other creature on the calendar is a real creature."

    IT SEEMS SO LOGICAL NOW.

    Edit: Just noticed that it's actually "Rush Week: Human Events Celebrates 20 Years of Rush Limbaugh".

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Global Warming

    as the page points out, other planets are experiencing warming as well. The common denominator is THE SUN. The Bible predicted that this would occur, and during this particular time. Read Isaiah 30:26 as well as 2Peter 3:10-12, Malachi 4:1.

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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on Conservapedia.

    Richard Lenski is a scientist who's 20 year research project results in concrete evidence that a strain of E. Coli evolved the ability to metabolize citrate - something E. Coli does not normally do. This is published as massive support of the theory of evolution. Conservatives throw a hissy.

    Andrew Schlafly - basically the founder of conservapedia - sends Richard Lenski emails questioning his data and methods, and demanding copies of the raw data and samples of the bacteria. Richard Lenski proceeds to take a giant public shit on Schlafly. It is one of the best nerd-pwnings ever.

    that is fucking amazing.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on the internet.

    Fix'd.

    I kinda want to post that entire exchange in here just so I can Gold it.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on Conservapedia.

    Richard Lenski is a scientist who's 20 year research project results in concrete evidence that a strain of E. Coli evolved the ability to metabolize citrate - something E. Coli does not normally do. This is published as massive support of the theory of evolution. Conservatives throw a hissy.

    Andrew Schlafly - basically the founder of conservapedia - sends Richard Lenski emails questioning his data and methods, and demanding copies of the raw data and samples of the bacteria. Richard Lenski proceeds to take a giant public shit on Schlafly. It is one of the best nerd-pwnings ever.

    Best like ever: "And lest you accuse me further of fraud, I do not literally mean that we have unicorns in the lab. Rather, I am making a literary allusion."

    And then he links to both "unicorn in the garden" and "literary allusion". It was beautiful.

    We should contact Lenski and invite him to join PA.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    Erandus wrote: »
    http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

    This is the best page on the internet.

    Fix'd.

    I kinda want to post that entire exchange in here just so I can Gold it.
    And report it for awesomest.

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    the only thing i dont get is the rude part in the second letter. it just didnt ruffle my feathers... maybe the part where he said it was tax payer funded?

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    the only thing i dont get is the rude part in the second letter. it just didnt ruffle my feathers... maybe the part where he said it was tax payer funded?

    Well, Lenski also read the public talk page where Schlafly and co. were publicly slandering him while discussing the second letter, so there's that.

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  • CauldCauld Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    the only thing i dont get is the rude part in the second letter. it just didnt ruffle my feathers... maybe the part where he said it was tax payer funded?

    Well, Lenski also read the public talk page where Schlafly and co. were publicly slandering him while discussing the second letter, so there's that.

    Hell, I just read the article on Lenski and I'd be pretty upset if I were him.

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  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The magic page is kind of funny. Devils and scandalous art, indeed.

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    the only thing i dont get is the rude part in the second letter. it just didnt ruffle my feathers... maybe the part where he said it was tax payer funded?

    Well, Lenski also read the public talk page where Schlafly and co. were publicly slandering him while discussing the second letter, so there's that.

    yeah there is that but he said the letter was rude... maybe theres a different letter or something?

    i tried to look at the discussion page but its about 10 pages of straight text... not something im interested in reading really.

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    the only thing i dont get is the rude part in the second letter. it just didnt ruffle my feathers... maybe the part where he said it was tax payer funded?

    Well, Lenski also read the public talk page where Schlafly and co. were publicly slandering him while discussing the second letter, so there's that.

    yeah there is that but he said the letter was rude... maybe theres a different letter or something?

    i tried to look at the discussion page but its about 10 pages of straight text... not something im interested in reading really.
    Schafly wrote:
    ...data relating to the period during which the bacterial colony supposedly developed Cit+.

    That's pretty god damned rude right there.

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Wonder_Hippie wrote: »
    That's pretty god damned rude right there.

    the use of the word supposedly?

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Coming out of Schafly's mouth referring to yet another experiment that 100% proves evolution? Yes, it's pretty god damned rude.

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  • KruiteKruite Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I especially love how the references to the "potential problems" and "flaws" are to conservapedia's own pages...
    Isn't the point of including references to MAKE REFERENCES to OUTSIDE sources? In this case say, a scientist's site or paper that has reviewed the report and gone into detail about said flaws.
    It's obvious that conservapedia doesn't want anyone on their site to actually read Lenski's papers and take whatever they say as fact.

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  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I read that whole sorry chain a few weeks, back linked from another site, - No argument here that Schafly is batshit

    Surely if modern sources were so biased it would be really easy to remove the bias and create a clean source - but apparently that can only be done if all evidence is thrown out

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  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Things like this really scare me. Like...really really.

    Edit: Really really really. Read the page on homosexuality.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    If you had a 20 year study slandered by a bunch of mouthbreathers who couldn't pass Bio 101 you'd get annoyed too

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