# Conservapedia. The "conservative" answer to wikipedia. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020 "2007-02-20T21:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/1 "2007-02-20T21:38:37Z")
I thought I’d share this hilarious website. > [@](#): > > [Conservapedia is a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American. On Wikipedia, many of the dates are provided in the anti-Christian “C.E.” instead of “A.D.”, which Conservapedia uses. Christianity receives no credit for the great advances and discoveries it inspired, such as those of the Renaissance.](http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page) I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. But, I’ll find some more interesting bits: Islam: > [@](#): > > [Because Islam is an uncomplicated religion to live by, it is sure to continue in its popularity around the world.](http://www.conservapedia.com/Muslim) Or Homosphere: > [@](#): > > [Homosphere is a recently coined word, much like “blogosphere”. Just as “blogosphere” refers to the totality of weblogs on the internet, so homosphere is used to refer to everything on the internet having to do with homosexuality. > > Thus, sites like MoveOn are part of the homosphere, while good Christian sites like Conservapedia are not]([http://www.conservapedia.com/Homosphere](http://www.conservapedia.com/Homosphere)). :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/2 "2007-02-20T21:58:58Z")
Why don’t they just vandalize the real Wikipedia like everyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/3 "2007-02-20T22:03:22Z")
The Homosphere! Two men enter! Then two more! And two more after that! And… does anyone have a towel? It’s getting kind of messy in the Homosphere. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/4 "2007-02-20T22:07:56Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] The Homosphere! Two men enter! Then two more! And two more after that! And… does anyone have a towel? It’s getting kind of messy in the Homosphere. [/QUOTE] Great, now I’m picturing something like a giant hamster ball full of naked guys. Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/5 "2007-02-20T22:08:11Z")
I’m sorry, but I don’t see the problem here. I’ve taken a gander and the articles are often poor and lacking in all but the briefest detail, but they’re free to do what they want and you’re equally free to ignore them. At least it’s open in its bias. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/6 "2007-02-20T22:09:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Thus, sites like MoveOn are part of the homosphere, while good Christian sites like Conservapedia are not. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/7 "2007-02-20T22:13:57Z")
I looked at “evolution” on that site. It’s pretty concise. Then compare that to the entry for “creationism”. It, too, is pretty small. They’re much to small and simplistic, at least for now. Later, we’ll really have looking at it and rolling our collective eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/8 "2007-02-20T22:17:51Z")
It often reads like a primary school child’s work. On Canada: > [@](#): > > Canada is the second largest country in the world for it’s considerable amount of land. It was named Canada because when an explorer came to a Canadian Indian village he asked what this place was called, and they told him “Kanada”, which means village in their indian language. It borders the United States, and most of it’s population is in The more southern provinces of Canada. On George W. Bush (in its entirety): > [@](#): > > Is the president of the United States of America. Was elected in 2001, and then re-elected in 2004. (Which asserts three simple things, of which the second is clearly false (it was 2000)) ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/9 "2007-02-20T22:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] I’m sorry, but I don’t see the problem here. I’ve taken a gander and the articles are often poor and lacking in all but the briefest detail, but they’re free to do what they want and you’re equally free to ignore them. [/QUOTE] We’re also free to give them a well-deserved mocking, which is what this thread is all about. What’s the problem with that? ---
**Author:** ![iano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@iano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iano)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/10 "2007-02-20T22:41:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Ancient History (Creation-500 AD) 😃 Oh, I bet it fizzles due to a lack of a talented community and rampant vandalism. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/11 "2007-02-20T22:51:07Z")
Apparently, they created this in response to the inherent [bias](http://www.conservapedia.com/Examples_of_Bias_in_Wikipedia) that the Wikipedia writers have. To which I can only quote Colbert: “…reality has a well-known liberal bias!” So they’re fighting perceived bias with bias. I hope that works out for them. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/12 "2007-02-20T22:56:13Z")
One more thing I’ve found: it contains the full text of Shakespeare’s [As You Like It.](http://www.conservapedia.com/As_You_Like_It) This is very odd in an encyclopedia: why not just give a link to one of the freely available texts of the play on the Net? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/13 "2007-02-20T22:57:46Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Great, now I’m picturing something like a giant hamster ball full of naked guys. Thanks for that. [/QUOTE] Better than a bunch of naked guys full of hampsters. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/14 "2007-02-20T23:15:31Z")
You know, I might be off base here, but I suspect…I suspect there might be some good old fashioned kidding going on at that Conservapedia site. And the real conservatives that post in ignorance just add to the funning. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/15 "2007-02-20T23:36:26Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] The Homosphere! Two men enter! Then two more! And two more after that! And… does anyone have a towel? It’s getting kind of messy in the Homosphere. [/QUOTE] Hilarious! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nongoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@nongoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nongoog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/16 "2007-02-20T23:43:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Thus, sites like MoveOn are part of the homosphere, while good Christian sites like Conservapedia are not. ha- HA! Simply acknowledging that the homosphere exists is enough to fall under the category itself! Fools! Disparaging the boot is a bootable offense! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/17 "2007-02-21T00:21:28Z")
Nongoog? That’s a paddlin. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/18 "2007-02-21T00:35:31Z")
The entry for “Wikipedia” on this site includes a couple quotes which I find hilarious. The first is this: > [@conservapedia](#): > > Because anyone can edit it, and because of its system of governance, it does not have standards similar to those of printed encyclopedias. For example, the balance of the content in Wikipedia inevitably represents what its contributors find interesting to write about, rather than what encyclopedias traditionally contain. Which is presumably in contrast to the highly qualified panel of experts writing Conservapedia. Another gem: > [@conservapedia](#): > > only 10% of Americans accept evolution as it is taught in public school,(Citation Needed) Says it all, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/19 "2007-02-21T01:02:32Z")
Maybe it’s a joke site. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020/20 "2007-02-21T01:40:26Z")
I direct your attention to the Encyclopedia Dramatica. Google it yourself, it’s not really that safe for work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-conservative-answer-to-wikipedia/393020.md?page=2)