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The wikisphere is made up of all wikis and their interconnections:
Wikis and wiki farms
The following is a small selection of the wikis in the wikisphere:
| Wiki | Owner | Point of view | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservapedia | Andy Schlafly | Conservative | http://www.conservapedia.com/ |
| Liberapedia | WillH | Leftist | http://liberapedia.wikia.com/ |
| Libertapedia | Nathan Larson | Libertarian | http://libertapedia.org/ |
| Metapedia | Anders Lagerström | European racialist | (Blocked by spam filter) |
| Mises Wiki | Ludwig von Mises Institute | Austrian school | http://wiki.mises.org/ |
| Wikipedia | Wikimedia Foundation | Neutral | http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
Neutral and sympathetic point of view wikis
Several wikis and wiki farms ostensibly promote a "neutral point of view" in their encyclopedias. The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia, the largest wiki in the world, and many smaller wikis (e.g. Wiktionary, Wikiquote, etc.) Citizendium was launched by Larry Sanger in an attempt to compete with Wikipedia.[1]
Wikinfo, operated by Fred Bauder, supplements Wikipedia. It adheres to a "sympathetic point of view" except with regard to "manifestly evil concepts, people, or events".[2]
RationalWiki is a site whose stated purpose consists of analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement; documenting the full range of crank ideas; explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism; and analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media. RationalWiki invites users to engage in "constructive dialog."[3] In practice, "users, by bickering, shouting, unilateral actions, complaints about unilateral actions, and ad hoc voting eventually reach a mass consensus" in a mobocratic process.[4] A great deal of joking and pranking occurs, and the site adheres to a "snarky point of view" policy.[5] It is difficult to say whether RationalWiki is primarily a joke wiki with some serious content or vice versa.
Viewpoint wikis
Many wikis openly adhere to a particular philosophical or religious point of view. Examples include Metapedia, Conservapedia, Liberapedia, Libertapedia, and Mises Wiki.
Joke wikis
Joke wikis include Uncyclopedia and Encyclopedia Dramatica.