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'''Metapedia''' is a [[wiki]] site, established in 2006, that promotes a pro-european view of politics, culture, and the arts and sciences.  

'''Metapedia''' is a [[wiki]] site, established ''circa'' 2005-2006, that promotes a racist view of politics, culture, and 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 black people, Jews and other non-European peoples.

Metapedia was started in Swedish and is now available in ten additional languages, as German, Romanian, Spanish, Hungarian, Portugese, Danish, Czech, Slovenian. WikiSlavia in Russian has joined as an autonomic section.

== History ==

== History ==

== Administrative policy ==

== Administrative policy ==

Metapedia does not permit anonymous editing. Anyone wishing to edit Metapedia content must first establish an account. However, anyone may establish an account with no more effort than Wikipedia currently requires.  

Metapedia does not permit anonymous editing. Anyone wishing to edit Metapedia content must first establish an account. However, anyone may establish an account with no more effort than Wikipedia currently requires. Metapedia states that the use of an "open proxy" is forbidden.

== Agenda ==

== Agenda ==

The mission statement of the English version says that they are "pro-European" in character. "Pro-European" in this context does not mean "anti-[[United States|American]]" in the sense that many current [[Europe]]an leaders choose to describe themselves and behave. Rather it means ''in favor of the original races that settled the region''. Thus the editors and administrators of Metapedia stand against movements that seek to lay the groundwork for discrimination against themselves.

Their mission statement says that they are "pro-European" in character. But the most detailed clues to their agenda come from the content of their articles. A strong bias against anything "non-European" pervades their commentary on virtually every subject that they treat.

 

"Pro-European" in this context does not mean "anti-[[United States|American]]" in the sense that many current [[Europe]]an leaders choose to describe themselves and behave. Rather it means ''in favor of the original races that settled the region''. Thus the editors and administrators of Metapedia stand against the interests of any ''other'' races, and against movements that, in their view, seek to lay the groundwork for discrimination against themselves.

== Critical analysis ==

== Critical analysis ==

The English-language version of Metapedia currently has slightly more than 3783 articles (Nov. 18.). A random sample includes a rather superficial treatment of some subjects, and a more detailed treatment of others, but in some cases with highly dubious historical accuracy.

The English-language version of Metapedia currently has slightly more than 3400 articles. A random sample includes a rather superficial treatment of some subjects, and a more detailed treatment of others, but in some cases with highly dubious historical accuracy.

* Metapedia often protests vigorously against certain modern turns-of-phrase. They assert, for example, that the phrase "[[Native American]]" first applied to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants and ''not'' to [[American Indian]]s. While Conservapedia treats the phrase "Native American" as simply a phrase requiring disambiguation, Metapedia treats the phrase and its current usage as an example of deliberate linguistic revisionism. They trace the first usage of the phrase to 1845 and the Native American Party. Oddly enough, their source is not someone who would be sympathetic to their aims at all, but rather an author seeking to encourage her readers to treat ''all'' peoples with the respect due fellow [[human]] beings.<ref name=Bruchac>Bruchac, Marge. "[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~massasoit/bruchac.htm Thoughts on Indian Images, Names, and Respect]." Free page section, RootsWeb, December, 1999. Accessed September 6, 2008.</ref>

* Metapedia often protests vigorously against certain modern turns-of-phrase. They assert, for example, that the phrase "[[Native American]]" first applied to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants and ''not'' to [[American Indian]]s. While Conservapedia treats the phrase "Native American" as simply a phrase requiring disambiguation, Metapedia treats the phrase and its current usage as an example of deliberate linguistic revisionism. They trace the first usage of the phrase to 1845 and the Native American Party. Oddly enough, their source is not someone who would be sympathetic to their aims at all, but rather an author seeking to encourage her readers to treat ''all'' peoples with the respect due fellow [[human]] beings.<ref name=Bruchac>Bruchac, Marge. "[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~massasoit/bruchac.htm Thoughts on Indian Images, Names, and Respect]." Free page section, RootsWeb, December, 1999. Accessed September 6, 2008.</ref>