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The Conservapedia Commandments state that we must "Always cite and give credit to your sources", though it does not instruct on the use of good sources. The Manual of Style similarly does not shed light on the subject. This essay attempts to define a good set of guidelines for the use of appropriate citation material on Conservapedia.

What Types of Sources are Currently Being Used?

Since there are currently no clear guidelines, the reference sections have every type of source imaginable, ranging from the main stream media and journal articles all the way down to forums, talk page comments and even comments left on blog posts.

Why Do We Need a Guideline?

Guidelines

Good

Journal articles and scholarly works
Mainstream media (break up into parts)
Primary sources (official websites)
Non-partisan secondary sources
Nonsholarly nonfiction (gray area)
Activist groups

Bad

Partisan online news sites
Blogs

Ugly

Forums or message boards
Any other CP page
Comments to blogs

Exceptions and Rules of Thumb

When Does Bias Matter?

The Godfather is novel by Mario Puzo written in 1969. In 1972 Francis Ford Coppola directed a movie of the same name based on the novel.

Plot

The story follows the actions of Vito Corleone, the Italian-American boss of a New York City crime syndicate, and those of his family.

Family meets with sollozo, sonny slips sollozo shoots vito to proposition sonny michael visits father, is hit by mccluskey Michael kills mccluskey and sollozo, hides in italy; war breaks out carlo beats connie to draw out sonny; sonny is killed, fredo heads west the Don arranges peace with the 5 families; michael is allowed home and marries kay michael arranges for the family to move to nevada vito dies of a heart attack, tessio arranges for a meeting with barzini (when?), meaning he is going to betray michael michael kills barzini and tattaglia, tessio and carlo kay discovers mike's deeds and converts to catholicism

Awards

Sequels

The film It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the book of the same name by Mario Puzo. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and is considered to be one of the greatest American films of all time. The American Film Institute ranks The Godfather as the second-best movie of the last century, after Citizen Kane.

The film was followed by two sequels, The Godfather Part II (1974) (which also won Best Picture) and The Godfather Part III (1990) (which was nominated for Best Picture).

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-'''Boolean algebra''' is a division of mathematics which deals with boolean variables, which are variables which can only have two values. Typically these values are 0 and 1, especially within the fields of [[electronics]] or [[computers]], however boolean variables can be other values, such as "true" and "false". Boolean algebra was invented in the nineteenth century by an [[English]] mathematician named George Boole.
+{{Essay By|HelpJazz}}
-==Three Basic Operations==
+The [[Conservapedia:Commandments|Conservapedia Commandments]] state that we must "Always cite and give credit to your sources", though it does not instruct on the use of good sources. The [[Conservapedia:Manual of Style#Citing Sources and Using Footnotes|Manual of Style]] similarly does not shed light on the subject. This essay attempts to define a good set of guidelines for the use of appropriate citation material on Conservapedia.
-The three basic operations of boolean algebra are AND ([[multiplication]]), OR ([[addition]]), and NOT. See the table below for a numerical description. From these functions, the other functions of boolean algebra can be derived.
-{| class="wikitable" align="left"
+==What Types of Sources are Currently Being Used?==
-! colspan=3 | AND: A•B=C !!  !! colspan=3 | OR: A+B=C !! !! colspan=2 | NOT (A'=B)
+Since there are currently no clear guidelines, the reference sections have every type of source imaginable, ranging from the main stream media and journal articles all the way down to forums, talk page comments and even comments left on blog posts.
-|- align="center"
-| '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C''' || rowspan=5 | || '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C''' || rowspan=5 | || '''A''' || '''B'''
-|- align="center"
-| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
-|- align="center"
-| 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
-|- align="center"
-| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
-|- align="center"
-| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1
-|}
-===AND===
-AND is the boolean equivalent of multiplication. The product of two numbers are non-zero if both numbers are non-zero. In words, the AND function states: "If A AND B are true then C is true".  The AND function is commutative, so it results in the same answer no matter what order the values are in. For example, A • B = B • A, and A • (B • C) = (A • B) • C.
-Just as in traditional [[algebra]], [[exponent]]s can be represented as a series of multiplications in boolean algebra, but the results are different. A<sup>n</sup> can be represented as the value A multiplied n times, or A•A•A•A... = C. Boolean multiplication returns a "true" (or a 1) if all values are "true" (or 1), but in this case, all values are always the same. So if A = 0, C = 0, and if A = 1, C = 1. This means that A<sup>n</sup> simply reduces to A!
+==Why Do We Need a Guideline?==
-===OR===
+==Guidelines==
-OR is the boolean equivalent of addition. The sum of two positive numbers is non-zero if either number is non-zero. In words, the OR function states: "If A OR B is true then C is true". Like AND, the OR function is commutative.
+Good
+*Journal articles and scholarly works
+*Mainstream media (break up into parts)
+*Primary sources (official websites)
+*Non-partisan secondary sources
+*Nonsholarly nonfiction (gray area)
+*Activist groups
+Bad
+*Partisan online news sites
+*Blogs
+Ugly
+*Forums or message boards
+*Any other CP page
+*Comments to blogs
-===NOT===
+==Exceptions and Rules of Thumb==
-NOT is a function which is not the equivalent of an algebraic function. It is represented by an apostrophe (A') or an overbar (<math>\bar A</math>). NOT reverses the value of any variable: if A = 0, A' = 1, and if A = 1, A' = 0.
+===When Does Bias Matter?===
-NOT can be combined with AND and NOT for interesting results. A•A' (A AND NOT A) always equals 0 (false), since no matter the value of A, one of the two values is always 0. Similarly, A+A' (A OR NOT A) always equals 1 (true), since no matter the value of A, one of the two values is always 1.
-===Order of Operations===
+----
-The [[order of operations]] for boolean algebra is the same as that for traditional algebra, except that there are fewer functions for boolean algebra: parenthesis are evaluated first, followed by multiplication then addition. Bars over multiple variables are treated at the same level as parenthesis.
+'''''The Godfather''''' is novel by [[Mario Puzo]] written in 1969. In 1972 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] directed a movie of the same name based on the novel.
-==Derived Functions==
+==Plot==
-From the three functions mentioned above, other functions can be derived. Some common derivatives are NAND, NOR and XOR. See the table below for a numerical description.
+The story follows the actions of Vito Corleone, the [[Italian-American]] boss of a [[New York City]] crime syndicate, and those of his family.
-{| class="wikitable" align="left"
+Family meets with sollozo, sonny slips
-! colspan=3 | NAND: (A•B)'=C !!  !! colspan=3 | NOR: (A+B)'=C !! !! colspan=3 | XOR
+sollozo shoots vito to proposition sonny
-|- align="center"
+michael visits father, is hit by mccluskey
-| '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C''' || rowspan=5 | || '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C''' || rowspan=5 | || '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C'''
+Michael kills mccluskey and sollozo, hides in italy; war breaks out
-|- align="center"
+carlo beats connie to draw out sonny; sonny is killed, fredo heads west
-| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
+the Don arranges peace with the 5 families; michael is allowed home and marries kay
-|- align="center"
+michael arranges for the family to move to nevada
-| 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
+vito dies of a heart attack, tessio arranges for a meeting with barzini (when?), meaning he is going to betray michael
-|- align="center"
+michael kills barzini and tattaglia, tessio and carlo
-| 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
+kay discovers mike's deeds and converts to catholicism
-|- align="center"
-| 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1
-|}
-===NAND and NOR===
+==Awards==
-NAND and NOR are formed by simply performing a NOT on the output of an AND or OR operation, respectively. NAND can be expressed symbolically as A NAND B = (AB)' and NOR can be expressed symbolically as A NOR B = (A+B)'.
-===XOR===
+==Sequels==
-XOR (or "exclusive OR") gives a 1 ("true") if either of its inputs are 1, but not both. Symbolically this can be broken down into its basic operations by the expression: A XOR B = A'B + B'A.
-{{clear}}
-<nowiki>
-[[Category:Mathematics]]
+The film   It was directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and based on the book of the same name by [[Mario Puzo]]. It won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture, and is considered to be one of the greatest American films of all time. The [[American Film Institute]] ranks ''The Godfather'' as the second-best movie of the last century, after ''[[Citizen Kane]]''.
-[[Category:Electronics]]</nowiki>
+The film was followed by two sequels, ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974) (which also won Best Picture) and ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990) (which was nominated for Best Picture).