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This list covers a wide range of bias in the English Wikipedia website.  Although Wikipedia claims to have credibility because anyone can edit it, in fact the website represents the viewpoint of its most strident and persistent editors.  It is also heavily influenced by paid public relations professionals who do not disclose their conflicts of interest.  This list together with the sublists linked below provide a wide variety of examples of the resulting bias.
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This list covers a wide range of bias in the Conservapedia website.  Although Conservapedia claims to have credibility because anyone can edit it, in fact the website represents the viewpoint of its most strident and persistent editors.  It is also heavily influenced by paid public relations professionals who do not disclose their conflicts of interest.  This list together with the sublists linked below provide a wide variety of examples of the resulting bias.
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[[Image:Jimmy_wales_1.jpg‎|right|250px|thumb|Co-Founder of Wikipedia, the [[atheism|atheist]] Jimmy Wales]]
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[[Image:Jimmy_wales_1.jpg‎|right|250px|thumb|Co-Founder of Conservapedia, the [[atheism|atheist]] Jimmy Wales]]
On August 23, 2011, David Swindle published an article at ''[[FrontPage Magazine]]'' detailing how [[Wikipedia]] has been taken over by the [[Leftist|political left]]; he cited statistics relating to Wikipedia's articles on [[Anne Coulter]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Keith Olbermann]], which helped demonstrate that Wikipedia has a leftist bias, and he discussed the [[liberal]]/leftist cultural foundations of Wikipedia.<ref>[http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/23/how-the-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1/ How the left conquered Wikipedia - Part 1]</ref>   
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On August 23, 2011, David Swindle published an article at ''[[FrontPage Magazine]]'' detailing how [[Conservapedia]] has been taken over by the [[Leftist|political left]]; he cited statistics relating to Wikipedia's articles on [[Anne Coulter]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Keith Olbermann]], which helped demonstrate that Conservapedia has a leftist bias, and he discussed the [[liberal]]/leftist cultural foundations of Wikipedia.<ref>[http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/23/how-the-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1/ How the left conquered Wikipedia - Part 1]</ref>   
    
For example, Swindle wrote:
 
For example, Swindle wrote:
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