Comments on: Conservapedia: An encyclopedia for the delusional http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Cyde Weys Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:41:31 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-298 It's difficult to guess what percentage of Conservapedia edits are actually taking the whole ridiculous idea seriously and which percentage of edits are just people messing with them. At some point you reach the black hole of no return limit and all of the people who are "legitimately" trying to write anything just give up, because they are overwhelmed with people making fun of them. Look at it this way: if you were a neocon, would you bother contributing to an encyclopedia where half of the entries are basically making fun of your point of view? I'm hoping Conservapedia is doomed to failure. It’s difficult to guess what percentage of Conservapedia edits are actually taking the whole ridiculous idea seriously and which percentage of edits are just people messing with them. At some point you reach the black hole of no return limit and all of the people who are “legitimately” trying to write anything just give up, because they are overwhelmed with people making fun of them. Look at it this way: if you were a neocon, would you bother contributing to an encyclopedia where half of the entries are basically making fun of your point of view? I’m hoping Conservapedia is doomed to failure.

]]> By: arensb http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-297 arensb Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:36:25 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-297 It looks like Conservapedia has plenty of trolls desperately trying to parody right right wing by writing something even more outrageous than wha the right wing already writes. Some attempts are more obvious than others, e.g., from the <a href="http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Bill_Clinton&oldid=16759" rel="nofollow">article on Bill Clinton</a>: <blockquote>Bill Clinton managed to serve two terms without botching the prosecution of two wars, manipulating intelligence, engaging in a systematic program of torture, or mishandling the federal response to flooding of a major American city. Obviously, he is the devil incarnate.</blockquote> It looks like Conservapedia has plenty of trolls desperately trying to parody right right wing by writing something even more outrageous than wha the right wing already writes. Some attempts are more obvious than others, e.g., from the article on Bill Clinton:

Bill Clinton managed to serve two terms without botching the prosecution of two wars, manipulating intelligence, engaging in a systematic program of torture, or mishandling the federal response to flooding of a major American city. Obviously, he is the devil incarnate.

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Cyde Weys Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:09:56 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-265 To be fair, there's lots of things between the Earth and Mars. Asteroids, comets, etc. Depending on the lower size limit you want to put on it, we're talking trillions of possible objects out there. But no, I do not believe in the celestial teapot. I see no evidence for it. To be fair, there’s lots of things between the Earth and Mars. Asteroids, comets, etc. Depending on the lower size limit you want to put on it, we’re talking trillions of possible objects out there.

But no, I do not believe in the celestial teapot. I see no evidence for it.

]]> By: CJ King http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-264 CJ King Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:08:57 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-264 Sorry if I'm offending you! Sorry if I’m offending you!

]]> By: CJ King http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-263 CJ King Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:08:27 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-263 I believe in a God, but I don't think there's anything between Earth and Mars except air. Its an amusing possibility, though!! I believe in a God, but I don’t think there’s anything between Earth and Mars except air. Its an amusing possibility, though!!

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Cyde Weys Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:00:11 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-262 Hrmm, let me turn the question around on you: do you believe in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot" rel="nofollow">Celestial teapot</a>? Hrmm, let me turn the question around on you: do you believe in the Celestial teapot?

]]> By: CJ King http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-261 CJ King Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:58:37 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-261 Cyde, do you believe in God? Cyde, do you believe in God?

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Cyde Weys Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:06:17 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-253 Their hosting package isn't remotely up to snuff. They clearly weren't ready for this large media rush. They were probably humming along for some months, largely unnoticed, and then boom, taken out. I do like in constant fear of being slashdotted or dugg myself :-/ I'm just hosting this site on residential <em>asymmetric</em> cable. There's no way I could withstand it. Their hosting package isn’t remotely up to snuff. They clearly weren’t ready for this large media rush. They were probably humming along for some months, largely unnoticed, and then boom, taken out.

I do like in constant fear of being slashdotted or dugg myself :-/ I’m just hosting this site on residential asymmetric cable. There’s no way I could withstand it.

]]> By: goonsquad http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-252 goonsquad Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:13:11 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-252 Yep. However, the evolution quote isn't really too thinly veiled. No doubt it took a while before anyone realized who was the target of the jab. Editing this site looks fun if it wasn't /.ed and sluggish as hell. The George Washington excerpt you posted above was edited by someone today who ended every sentence with one or more exclamation points. Yep. However, the evolution quote isn’t really too thinly veiled. No doubt it took a while before anyone realized who was the target of the jab.

Editing this site looks fun if it wasn’t /.ed and sluggish as hell. The George Washington excerpt you posted above was edited by someone today who ended every sentence with one or more exclamation points.

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Cyde Weys Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:55:22 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-249 That doesn't surprise me one bit. It's hard to know what percentage of this site is actually being written by real conservatives versus people making fun of conservatives. One wonders if some conservatives are even able to make the distinction. I've already seen one person I know from Wikipedia editing on Conservapedia and he's definitely no neocon, so I wonder how many others are editing for fun rather than because they really buy into the ideology. That doesn’t surprise me one bit. It’s hard to know what percentage of this site is actually being written by real conservatives versus people making fun of conservatives. One wonders if some conservatives are even able to make the distinction. I’ve already seen one person I know from Wikipedia editing on Conservapedia and he’s definitely no neocon, so I wonder how many others are editing for fun rather than because they really buy into the ideology.

]]> By: goonsquad http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/22/conservapedia/comment-page-1/#comment-248 goonsquad Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:53:21 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/22/conservapedia/#comment-248 The following quote of yours was penned by a liberal. It's poking fun at anti-evolutionists. "Ironically, the thory of evolution is often disproved simply by the existence of those who argue against it. Intelligence, indeed the grasp of rote reason, seems beyond even the most articulate of the anti-evolutionists - a startling development, considering the difficulty of survival in modern times. Ostensibly, wolves, liberals and flagrant “street abortionists,” would easily predate upon these huddles masses - however, and perhaps due to the power of their De Jesus, many do not meet their ends this way; allowing thus for the continued distribution of their holy seed." The following quote of yours was penned by a liberal. It’s poking fun at anti-evolutionists.

“Ironically, the thory of evolution is often disproved simply by the existence of those who argue against it. Intelligence, indeed the grasp of rote reason, seems beyond even the most articulate of the anti-evolutionists – a startling development, considering the difficulty of survival in modern times. Ostensibly, wolves, liberals and flagrant “street abortionists,” would easily predate upon these huddles masses – however, and perhaps due to the power of their De Jesus, many do not meet their ends this way; allowing thus for the continued distribution of their holy seed.”

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