+ - Climategate spreads to Wikipedia-> 14
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sparkydevil writes "Some catnip to those who have long argued about administrator bias and groupthink in Wikipedia.
Canada's National Post reports here and here that one of the objectives of those promoting Climate alarm was to control Wikipedia. Starting in February 2003 U.K. scientist and Green Party activist William Connolley, one of nine Realclimate.org team members, rewrote Wikipedia'½Â½Â(TM)s articles on global warming, on the greenhouse effect, on the instrumental temperature record, on the urban heat island, on climate models, on global cooling as well as working to erase the Little Ice Age, the Medieval Warm Period and infamous hockey stick graph. He rewrote articles on the politics of global warming and on the scientists who were skeptical of the team.
According to the article Connolly created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles, removed more than 500 articles as an administrator and barred over 2000 Wikipedia contributors while rewarding those who supported his views. "In these ways, Connolley turned Wikipedia into the missionary wing of the global warming movement.""
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Canada's National Post reports here and here that one of the objectives of those promoting Climate alarm was to control Wikipedia. Starting in February 2003 U.K. scientist and Green Party activist William Connolley, one of nine Realclimate.org team members, rewrote Wikipedia'½Â½Â(TM)s articles on global warming, on the greenhouse effect, on the instrumental temperature record, on the urban heat island, on climate models, on global cooling as well as working to erase the Little Ice Age, the Medieval Warm Period and infamous hockey stick graph. He rewrote articles on the politics of global warming and on the scientists who were skeptical of the team.
According to the article Connolly created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles, removed more than 500 articles as an administrator and barred over 2000 Wikipedia contributors while rewarding those who supported his views. "In these ways, Connolley turned Wikipedia into the missionary wing of the global warming movement.""
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You're a fucking moron.
How about looking to see if there are any climatologists that disagree that global warming is happening, and that we're causing it?
Or when your doctor makes a diagnosis you don't like, do you immediately go looking for a second opinion from your car mechanic?
Oh yeah, I forgot, the climatologists are all involved in a conspiracy to conceal "the truth", because there is so much money to be made performing research (so much more than the poor oil industry could hope to provide.)
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Oh, and I managed to refute your argument that there are no climatologists who oppose AGW without calling you a "fucking moron", which is more than you managed. I think I deserve modding up just for that, thankyouverymuch!
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What climatologists? Lindzen or Singer who are real climatologists and disagree with the alarmism or the current chairman of the IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, who is an engineer?
Nice language BTW.
Deniers attack Wikipedia contributors! (Score:1, Insightful)
Here is an example of deniers attacking Wikipedia contributors.
It's a shame the extent the deniers go to in order to please their big oil masters.
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So wikipedia gets some actual excepts and people s (Score:2)
So wikipedia gets some actual excepts and people still complain. I supose that is one way of dealing with reality's liberal bias.
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