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| − | == conservapedia – Embarrassing America since 2006! ==
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| − | Conservapedia, launched on November 21, 2006, has become one of the most amusing and unsavoury websites on the internet. Initially set up as a right wing alternative to Wikipedia, it rapidly gained notoriety as bastion of ignorance, religious fanaticism and heavy censorship.
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| − | Most visitors believed ‘conservapedia’ was a crudely written parody site – but it soon became clear it was in fact ‘the real deal’.
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| − | One event which brought conservapedia to greater public awareness was Andy Schafly’s attempt to refute Richard Lenski’s research. ( search ‘conservapediahasalittlehan’ ). Richard Lenski’s response is now considered one of the finest put-downs in the history of the internet. It also led to Danth’s Law (also known as Parker’s Law) mentioned in the British conservative newspaper, ‘the daily telegraph’. ( search ‘Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe’).
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| − | However, Andy isn’t the star of the show. That accolade goes to the user known simply as user: conservative. He claims to be a mysterious entity but outside conservapedia, he is known as a failed writer called Ken ^DE~MYER^. Ironically on the website that calls itself ‘the trustworthy encyclopaedia’, this user’s real surname is a banned term! (Hence the inserted characters!) Ken is also mentioned in the telegraph article.
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| − | Ken’s ‘articles’ have to be read to be believed. We loved the ‘bestiality’ series. (So much for the family friendly environment!)
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| − | Please feel free to copy and paste rather than blank and ‘nowiki’.
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| − | Happy holidays to all our fans. ^J^E^N^S^E^N^
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| − | P.s.Keep up the good work nick!
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