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Debate:Can conservapedia become the next Wikipedia, is this good or bad (view source)
Revision as of 16:00, August 11, 2010
, 16:00, August 11, 2010→View from a longtime Wikipedian
Conservapedia's major problem at this time is lack of articles and information. For this reason I view it not as an encyclopedia, but as a political web page. One example of this is my recent research into "presque isle state park" located in PA. Wikipedia has a nice article that explains the park as it is today, it's history, War of 1812, etc... Conservapedia had no article at all! If Conservapedia is to become a better source of info, they must employ people who will get that article and countless others loaded into the system. Conservapedia must do away with the strong bias in favor of conservatism because it is simply a turn-off for most editors. A good place to start would be re-writing the article about the current President (Obama). The article starts out "allegedly born in Honolulu August 4, 1961" which is a theory that has been debunked numerous times by respected members of both political parties and also the more conservative media outlets. When a neutral reader looks at this, he or she is probably turned off by the article and moves on to Wikipedia. Just food for thought!
Conservapedia's major problem at this time is lack of articles and information. For this reason I view it not as an encyclopedia, but as a political web page. One example of this is my recent research into "presque isle state park" located in PA. Wikipedia has a nice article that explains the park as it is today, it's history, War of 1812, etc... Conservapedia had no article at all! If Conservapedia is to become a better source of info, they must employ people who will get that article and countless others loaded into the system. Conservapedia must do away with the strong bias in favor of conservatism because it is simply a turn-off for most editors. A good place to start would be re-writing the article about the current President (Obama). The article starts out "allegedly born in Honolulu August 4, 1961" which is a theory that has been debunked numerous times by respected members of both political parties and also the more conservative media outlets. When a neutral reader looks at this, he or she is probably turned off by the article and moves on to Wikipedia. Just food for thought!
:First of all, Jtsnowde, I don't see you, or anyone else for that matter, coming into Conservapedia and writing articles such as "presque isle state park"; they are coming in because they are intolerant of conservatism, and they restrict themselves to either trying to force upon this site their opinions related to liberalism, atheism, socialism, religion, or science. More than 95% or Conservapedia is meant to be a general-interest encyclopedia, which means everybody coming in - including yourself - has that capability. But like the others, you're engaging in the debate ''against'' the site rather than contributing to it. Second, as to Obama's birth certificate, you know full-well that the theories were never debunked; if they were, then the general public would be looking at his original long-form birth certificate right now, and the controversy would be over and done with.
:I challenge you right now to do an article on [[Presque Isle State Park]] right now; make it a stand-alone article that's completely original. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:00, 11 August 2010 (EDT)