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On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021. Rationalwiki.org.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]
On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021. Rationalwiki.org.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]
In June of 2022, the RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] said that RationalWiki was "half dead".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. In addition, in June of 2022, RationalWiki user Neiltyson1fan called RationalWiki a "[[zombie]] wiki".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2463835&oldid=2463826 Latest revision as of 10:07, 21 June 2022 (view source), Neiltyson1fan (talk | contribs)]</ref>
In June of 2022, the RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] said that RationalWiki was "half dead".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said: "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away. In addition, in June of 2022, RationalWiki user Neiltyson1fan called RationalWiki a "[[zombie]] wiki".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2463835&oldid=2463826 Latest revision as of 10:07, 21 June 2022 (view source), Neiltyson1fan (talk | contribs)]</ref> On August 15, 2022, RationalWiki User: [[KarmaPolice]] wrote concerning RationalWiki: "...it's quite possible that by say, 2030 the RW 'TimeCube' page may be *only* surviving record of it's existence."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477921&oldid=2477918 Latest revision as of 19:08, 15 August 2022 (edit) (undo) KarmaPolice (talk | contribs)(→Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref>
As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which measures the close-mindedness/intolerance and groupthink of a wiki. See: [[Atheism and intolerance]] and [[Atheism and groupthink]]
As can be seen via its block log, RationalWiki has a low [[Essay: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki|edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki]] which measures the close-mindedness/intolerance and groupthink of a wiki. See: [[Atheism and intolerance]] and [[Atheism and groupthink]]