I'm a little bit fascinated by wikipedia, though I haven't often blogged about it. I think I'm more fascinated by wikis in general, but wikipedia is the most popular of, and my first exposure to, the wiki world.
With that background, it is time to talk about Conservapedia. This is truly special, combining my wiki fetish with my love of bashing insane conservatives. Lots of the good folks over at ScienceBlogs and in other places have already touched on this, including some of my favorite blogs:
Pharyngula 1
Pharyngula 2
Dispatches from the Culture Wars 1
Dispathces from the Culture Wars 2
Daily Kos
One of my favorite things about Conservapedia was highlighted by Ed Brayton, who points out that their list of problems with Wikipedia includes their complaint that wikipedia is biased because lots of people reject evolution and also the complaint that wikipedia is biased because truth is not democratically determined.
This whole thing seems like Colbert dreamed it up.
UPDATE:
Jon Swift also has an excellent take on the matter
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I have already learned so much from Conservapedia.
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