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'''Metapedia''' is a [[Wikipedia]] spin-off project, established ''circa'' 2005-2006, that promotes an [[anti-American]] (Euro-centric), racist, and [[anti-Semitic]] view of politics, culture, the arts and sciences.  Available in English and now in ten additional languages, Metapedia also maintains links to WikiSlavia, in Russian and Siberian.  The site labels the [[Holocaust]] as "the holohoax" and denigrates both the character and intelligence of Jews, black people and other non-European peoples. The site accuses [[Conservapedia]] of promoting a [[neoconservative]] worldview and ironically being "rife with [[Marxist]] phraseology",<ref>Metapedia's article on Conservapedia, as of 7/13/2010</ref> presumably because Conservapedia condemns [[evolutionary racism]], which Metapedia explicitly supports.  

'''Metapedia''' is a [[Wikipedia]] spin-off project, established ''circa'' 2005-2006, that promotes an [[anti-American]] (Euro-centric), racist, and [[anti-Semitic]] view of politics, culture, the arts and sciences.  Available in English and now in ten additional languages, Metapedia also maintains links to WikiSlavia, in Russian and Siberian.  The site labels the [[Holocaust]] as "the holohoax" and denigrates both the character and intelligence of Jews, black people and other non-European peoples. The site falsely accuses [[Conservapedia]] of promoting a "[[neoconservative]]" worldview and ironically being "rife with [[Marxist]] phraseology",<ref>Metapedia's article on Conservapedia, as of 7/13/2010</ref> presumably because Conservapedia condemns [[evolutionary racism]], which Metapedia explicitly supports.  

== History ==

== History ==

The archives of Metapedia indicate that its history begins on August 9, 2006, with the first talks on the development of the Swedish-language version.  This version launched on October 26, 2006 and grew fairly quickly.  They then expanded to a Danish version, and then into German and English (May 15, 2007), French (May 29, 2007), Portuguese, and Czech.

The archives of Metapedia indicate that its history begins on August 9, 2006, with the first talks on the development of the Swedish-language version.  This version launched on October 26, 2006, and grew fairly quickly.  They then expanded to a Danish version, and then into German and English (May 15, 2007), French (May 29, 2007), Portuguese, and Czech.

On July 27, 2007, Metapedia began linking to WikiSlavia, while continuing its own expansion into various other languages of Western and Eastern Europe (Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish).

On July 27, 2007, Metapedia began linking to WikiSlavia, while continuing its own expansion into various other languages of Western and Eastern Europe (Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish).

* As at least one of their detractors (see below) has alleged, Metapedia explicitly denies that the [[Holocaust]] ever occurred.  They also head their article with this disclaimer:{{cquote|Make sure that you won't be prosecuted in your country for what you write, before editing this page.}}  They then carry a link to an article titled "Revisionism laws information" that carries a few sparsely documented or undocumented examples of "persecution" of those who sincerely refuse to believe that Hitler's mass-execution policy was real or ever bore any fruit. (Editor's note: the Holocaust is amply documented and documentable by personal interviews by surviving witnesses and, in at least one memorable case, a former inmate.)

* As at least one of their detractors (see below) has alleged, Metapedia explicitly denies that the [[Holocaust]] ever occurred.  They also head their article with this disclaimer:{{cquote|Make sure that you won't be prosecuted in your country for what you write, before editing this page.}}  They then carry a link to an article titled "Revisionism laws information" that carries a few sparsely documented or undocumented examples of "persecution" of those who sincerely refuse to believe that Hitler's mass-execution policy was real or ever bore any fruit. (Editor's note: the Holocaust is amply documented and documentable by personal interviews by surviving witnesses and, in at least one memorable case, a former inmate.)

* Their article about Conservapedia dismisses this project contemptuously as "just another attempt to suppress the real [[Bible|Biblical]] (sic) truth about the differences between the races."  In this context one should note that their treatment of the Bible is even more superficial than is their treatment of Judaism.  Therefore their assertion of "biblical truth" is an assertion without evidence, for which they lay no foundation.  In fact, the Bible says that all the races of man descend from [[Noah]] through his sons [[Shem]], [[Ham]], and [[Japheth]].  The Bible gives absolutely no warrant for ethnic discrimination, and certainly none for discrimination against Jews.

* Their article about Conservapedia dismisses this project contemptuously as "just another attempt to suppress the real [[Bible|Biblical]] (sic) truth about the differences between the races."  In this context, one should note that their treatment of the Bible is even more superficial than is their treatment of Judaism.  Therefore their assertion of "biblical truth" is an assertion without evidence, for which they lay no foundation.  In fact, the Bible says that all the races of man descend from [[Noah]] through his sons [[Shem]], [[Ham]], and [[Japheth]].  The Bible gives absolutely no warrant for ethnic discrimination, and certainly none for discrimination against Jews.

== Reaction ==

== Reaction ==