Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Conservapedi: Really?

Apparently conservatives have decided that Wikipedi is too biased against Christians. (Really.)So they have started Conservapedi. Which will tell the truth about abortions, faith and evolution.

Here is what they say about Feb 2nd.


February 2
Did you know that
faith is a uniquely Christian concept? Add to the explanation of what it means, and how it does not exist on other religions.


Two of the arguments that Wikipedia is liberally biased?

1. 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. (Scott's note: CE is used as Common Era - I don't think it is really meant anti-Christian. I think it is a little stupid, but not anti-Christian).

2. 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", even there there are far more American than British users. (Come on.. this is just a stupid argument. Wikipedia is a globally updated and shared resource. And, to be honest, most English speakers use English spelling (that country of India adds a lot of English Speakers). It isn't Anti-American to spell labor with an extra u in it.)

Well, like anything on the net, if there is a steadfastly and proudly conservative site, that calls anyone who disagrees with them anti-American (which Conservapedi does), then people will screw with you. And, Conservapedi is screwed with.

Witness the inclusion of the "Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus " as an entry.


Apparently, according to Conservapedi it is "Their habitat lies on the eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are Amphibian, spending only their earliest life stages and mating seasons in their aquatic environment. Because of the moistness of the rainforests and their well designed skin adaptations, they are able to keep from becoming dried out for prolonged periods of time."