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| | The entry for the Renaissance in Wikipedia refuses to give any credit to Christianity. | | The entry for the Renaissance in Wikipedia refuses to give any credit to Christianity. |
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| | + | A Wikipedia editor who posts and edits under the names "Nearly Headless Nick" and the fake "Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington" apparently deleted the entire Conservapedia entry on Wikipedia. His own user page says he "died on October 31, 1492 and is the resident ghost of Gryffindor tower." Wikipedia is controlled by editors like these?! |
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| | Wikipedia often uses foreign spelling of words, even though most users are American. The entry for Hapsburg (the ruling family) changes the spelling to Habsburg, even though the American spelling has always been "Hapsburg". Often British spellings of words (e.g., "favour") are used even when the topic is American. That's silly. Conservapedia favors American spellings of words. | | Wikipedia often uses foreign spelling of words, even though most users are American. The entry for Hapsburg (the ruling family) changes the spelling to Habsburg, even though the American spelling has always been "Hapsburg". Often British spellings of words (e.g., "favour") are used even when the topic is American. That's silly. Conservapedia favors American spellings of words. |
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| | The Wikipedia entry for John Peter Zenger gives an incorrect date for his important trial: 1734, instead of the correct 1735. The Wikipedia entry also links to an incorrect Wikipedia definition of "Philadelphia lawyer", which Merriam-Webster defines as a lawyer knowledgeable in "even the most minute aspects of the law." Wikipedia claims the term comes from the Zenger trial, but Merriam-Webster puts the first use of that term at over 50 years later. | | The Wikipedia entry for John Peter Zenger gives an incorrect date for his important trial: 1734, instead of the correct 1735. The Wikipedia entry also links to an incorrect Wikipedia definition of "Philadelphia lawyer", which Merriam-Webster defines as a lawyer knowledgeable in "even the most minute aspects of the law." Wikipedia claims the term comes from the Zenger trial, but Merriam-Webster puts the first use of that term at over 50 years later. |
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| − | Wikipedia has an entry describing Demopedia, which has become almost inactive. Conservapedia is growing far faster than Demopedia, yet many Wikipedia editors insisted on censoring the Conservapedia entry in Wikipedia.
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| | For its entry "indentured servitude," Wikipedia erroneously claims it occurred in the 16th century, when it was actually the 17th century. And Wikipedia omits any reference to Bacon's Rebellion, the key event in the history of indentured servitude. | | For its entry "indentured servitude," Wikipedia erroneously claims it occurred in the 16th century, when it was actually the 17th century. And Wikipedia omits any reference to Bacon's Rebellion, the key event in the history of indentured servitude. |