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| | ==Influential editors and users== | | ==Influential editors and users== |
| − | *[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] is the username of the aforementioned founder of Conservapedia, Andrew Schlafly. He has contributed massively to Conservpedia since the beginning and is the final authority on article content and user conduct. | + | *[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] is the username of the aforementioned founder of Conservapedia, Andrew Schlafly. He has contributed massively to Conservapedia since the beginning and is the final authority on article content and user conduct. |
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| | *[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]], active at Conservapedia for over a year, and at Wikipedia for seven years, was the first elected bureaucrat at Wikipedia and has been extremely influential at both sites. At Conservapedia, he has primarily aimed at accuracy, rationality, and user cooperation. | | *[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]], active at Conservapedia for over a year, and at Wikipedia for seven years, was the first elected bureaucrat at Wikipedia and has been extremely influential at both sites. At Conservapedia, he has primarily aimed at accuracy, rationality, and user cooperation. |
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| | *Conservapedia provides information about the [[American]] people that liberal critics would rather hide: for example, nearly 50 percent of Americans reject evolution and embrace [[creationism]], and even more want creationism taught alongside evolution in school. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml</ref> Another example is the fact that atheists- often claiming to be more equipped to help their fellow men than religious people- actually give less to charity than believers, even when church giving is excluded. <ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=272</ref> <ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3647/is_200310/ai_n9340592/Religious</ref> | | *Conservapedia provides information about the [[American]] people that liberal critics would rather hide: for example, nearly 50 percent of Americans reject evolution and embrace [[creationism]], and even more want creationism taught alongside evolution in school. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml</ref> Another example is the fact that atheists- often claiming to be more equipped to help their fellow men than religious people- actually give less to charity than believers, even when church giving is excluded. <ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=272</ref> <ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3647/is_200310/ai_n9340592/Religious</ref> |
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| − | *Search results for controversial subjects such as homsexuality and evolution contain Conservapedia links within a few searches and often on the first page.<ref>http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5abSHtJKrEAHU9XNyoA?p=homosexuality&fr=ush-news</ref> | + | *Search results for controversial subjects such as homosexuality and evolution contain Conservapedia links within a few searches and often on the first page.<ref>http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5abSHtJKrEAHU9XNyoA?p=homosexuality&fr=ush-news</ref> |
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| | *Many biographical articles contain religious references and information about the person’s religion, much more so than Wikipedia. Editor and college student Tasha Jones, ([[User:Taj|Taj]]) said of this aspect, “It gives me a better understanding of how people feel religion relates to our lives.” <ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/19/nation/na-schlafly19</ref> | | *Many biographical articles contain religious references and information about the person’s religion, much more so than Wikipedia. Editor and college student Tasha Jones, ([[User:Taj|Taj]]) said of this aspect, “It gives me a better understanding of how people feel religion relates to our lives.” <ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/19/nation/na-schlafly19</ref> |