RW

RW is not an encyclopedia. Their purpose includes the following: Refuting and analyzing the anti-science movement, ideas and people Refuting and analyzing the full range of crank ideas, why do people believe stupid things? Essays and works on right wing authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism, and other social and political constructs We encourage works that are predominantly original research and authorship. In many ways this is closer to blog-type entries than encyclopedia articles. People can come along and improve the works posted by others, but they are still essays.

Discussion generated by our articles is just as important, if not more so than the articles themselves. We seek dialog and debate, and we value having a record of that debate. In this fashion we are more like a forum than a wiki. The debate will be an important piece in and of itself. We therefore encourage people of all stripes to come in and argue.

So, we are not an encyclopedia: we are a collaborative blog/forum/wiki with a specific focus.

RW and Conservapedia
Most of the editors at RW came together because of the experience with Conservapedia. It was not a pleasant experience. Because of this a lot of our shared interest is in dealing with the issues we all experienced at that site. Conservapedia also represents a microcosm of much of what is wrong with right-wing authoritarian religious fundamentalism. So it provides good fodder for making our point. RW is not just about Conservapedia, or a response to Conservapedia. But, for all the reasons discussed, much of the material will spin off from Conservapedia. Over time it is hoped the focus will expand to encompass a wider range of examples and ideas, and a wide range of people who did not have the odious experience of being an editor at Conservapedia.

CP sysops

 * Aschlafly: the leader of Conservapedia, and "groomer" of his young students. Though he proclaims himself to be the intellectual leader of the Conservapedians, he regularly misses glaring errors in his own spelling and grammar. The master of godspeed, inventor of the Schlafly Reversal and butcher of Shakespeare, Andy shows us all that it is possible to insert one's head into one's ass and still breathe


 * RSchlafly: for someone who has a PhD, a truly stupid man. From as near as I can tell, he believes in neither relativity nor evolution, nor geocentric theory in its modern iteration. Thankfully he's on Conservapedia less & less. An argumentative type, he employs the traditional CP debating style of asking questions of editors but never answering responses, and then banning them.


 * TK: a puzzle wrapped in an enigma, bundled in a question mark. Tk is a 'man' who thinks the Gestapo had the right idea, they were just too pacifistic. Despite this, he enjoys his time at RW (sometimes) and is a friend of many of the contributors therein. His reception has been luke-cold at best, but he appears to express genuine contrition and a desire to "pull up a goat" and enjoy our lovely site. He was either the leader, or principal tool of Karajou, in the Night of the Blunt Knives. Known for his attempts to threaten and harrass those he dislikes, he has been referred to (even by other Conservapedians) as a second-rate bully.


 * RobS: this fellow checks over his shoulder every second. More paranoid and psychotic than Joe McCarthy & George W. Bush at the same time, RobS - Conservapedia's Director of Internal Counterintelligence - thinks that the more surveillance and the less freedom, the better. The TextBook Ostrich Case when it comes to facts and knowledge, he will ignore any ideas that don't fit his world view, and then ban the proposer. Rob is also convinced of the deep evil of the gay rights movement, and is incapable of having a normal discussion.


 * Conservative: after being kicked off of Wikipedia for poor writing (consisting only of cutting & pasting "mined" block-quotes) and a farcically far-right creationist perspective, Conservative turned his "talents" to developing this clusterfrack, amongst others. Conservative has been seen less & less at the 'ol Conservapedia, feeding rumors that he may be onto greener pastures, or perhaps just trying to understand Michael Behe's latest lies.


 * DanH / MountainDew: Often viewed as one of the nicer, more rational CP sysops, but look out, that smile also has teeth! Under both his user names, ole Danny boy has more blocks for petty and ideological reasons than TK or Conservative. Proof again that you can't judge a book by its cover. He's the guy who looks you in the eyes and says: "Welcome, Friend!, while he shoves the knife deep.


 * Karajou: a former swabbie in the U.S. Navy and wannabe law enforcement junkie, he is a less cerebral version of RobS, but far less reticent at pulling the block lever. This poor dolt labors under the impression that just because a vandal/troll/sock uses a certain IP address often, then ALL users with the first six digits are trolls/vandals/socks as well! He manages to "defend" CP almost 24/7, on less than 5 hours of sleep each night. Good thing the wife works to support them both, because Karajou is never away from his "command seat" for more than a couple of hours.


 * Jallen aka Niandra: an Aussie on holiday, and Queen of the generalized, non-specific blocks of hundreds. Ranks third behind Aschlafly and DanH/MountainDew. Protected the vast majority of uploaded pictures in late May.


 * Crocoite: Is quite possibly the "real deal" Conservative, so also most likely to be turned out the door by Andy for being one of those horrible, anti-Jesus Mormons.


 * Philip J. Rayment, defender of the dinosaur, or at least that dinosaurs and humans co-existed. Nice, well meaning chap, but CP's ultimate defender of Creationism and YEC. Probably the smartest and certainly the most erudite of the group.


 * Ed Poor, a noted homophobe, anti-semite (see also here), sexist and racist (Direct quote: "Well, then no matter how or when I may have found myself hating black people and desiring to discriminate them, don't I have a responsibility to repel those racists thoughts and feelings from my mind?") is like nails down a chalkboard. This may be due to smarmy self-righteousness masked in a weird pseudo-"good faith" thing he has going on. His favorite topics are explaining how to "earn trust", and demanding "writing plans" from peons. Ed was a long-time administrator and bureaucrat at Wikipedia until events in 2005 and 2006 led to accusations of abuse of power and POV warring, which led to the stripping of his authority.

ConservaScotland and ConservaBritain articles than the rest put together. Or did he put it there in the first place?
 * Fox: Despite leaving Conservapedia around the time DeborahB was promoted to sysop, the Foxpuppet returned with a vengeance and was duly raised to the ranks of the exalted. Probably the only sysop on CP capable of spotting parody, did more damage to the


 * TerryH: Perhaps one of the most angry, sexless sysops, TerryH adopts the founders debate policy well. He hurls insults, then retreats when he loses. Often regarded as being the complete opposite of civility, Terry finds it very difficult to discuss something without resorting to insults - a sure sign of a weak argument. Furthermore, he deletes someones account when they gain the upper hand in majority opinion and reason.