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::And as for your example, on math articles, even if there is no liberal bias in the wikipedia article, Conservapedia is the better reference.  For example, the average student looking up the fundamental theorem of calculus, something every student should know by the time they finish high school, doesn't benefit from being told that it is a weaker form of the generalized stokes theorem, something students couldn't understand until the final year of a math bachelors.  We keep our articles concise and informative, not bloated with confusing and unnecessary information. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 00:06, 12 December 2009 (EST)
 
::And as for your example, on math articles, even if there is no liberal bias in the wikipedia article, Conservapedia is the better reference.  For example, the average student looking up the fundamental theorem of calculus, something every student should know by the time they finish high school, doesn't benefit from being told that it is a weaker form of the generalized stokes theorem, something students couldn't understand until the final year of a math bachelors.  We keep our articles concise and informative, not bloated with confusing and unnecessary information. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 00:06, 12 December 2009 (EST)
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::: Well put, Jacob.  The math articles on Wikipedia are not good educational resources.  They don't earnestly teach.  In their best light, they merely try to show off.
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::: And thanks for Daniel's observation.  As George Orwell said, "all issues are political issues."  Liberal bias does creep even into math, as illustrated by the Wikipedian resistance to recognizing the concept of [[elementary proof]], and how the [[Axiom of Choice]] has traditionally been disfavored.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:12, 12 December 2009 (EST)
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