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+RationalWiki traces its roots as far back as 2007, and it not only looks like that, but it also has a trail that long. As you browse the site, you will stumble on content and culture actually made nearly 20 years ago. For example, RationalWiki has a really cute fixation on [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Goat|goats]]. [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Weapon_of_gun|Largely defensive weapons of gun]]. There are so many in-jokes you'll only get by browsing the site a bunch. Furthermore, RationalWiki has a pretty lax approach to moderation and grants most users sysop permissions in a process they lovingly call "Demotion to Janitor", as this gives you the powers to clean up the occasional vandalism on the page. Seriously, they will appoint you Janitor and leave a message on your talk page congratulating you for your "demotion". Similarly, RationalWiki, like Wikipedia, uses citations to back up claims. However, it uses the citation feature for light-hearted writing as well, for example with the <nowiki>{{lie}}</nowiki><sup>[Do you believe that?]</sup> tag as indicators for jokes, and <nowiki>{{nofact}}</nowiki><sup>[Citation NOT needed]</sup> for some claims that are too trivial to mull over. Some of my style here is inherited from there.
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-There is quite a bit to say about RationalWiki. The website traces its roots as far back as 2007, and it not only looks like that, but it also has a trail that long. As you browse the site, you will stumble on content and culture made nearly 20 years ago. For example, RationalWiki has a really cute fixation on [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Goat|goats]]. Furthermore, RationalWiki has a pretty lax approach to moderation and grants most users sysop permissions in a process they lovingly call "Demotion to Janitor", as this gives you the powers to clean up the occasional vandalism on the page. Seriously, they will appoint you Janitor and leave a message on your talk page congratulating you for your demotion. Similarly, RationalWiki, like Wikipedia, uses citations to back up claims. However, it uses the citation feature for light-hearted writing as well, for example with the <nowiki>{{lie}}</nowiki><sup>[Do you believe that?]</sup> tag as indicators for jokes, and <nowiki>{{nofact}}</nowiki><sup>[Citation NOT needed]</sup> for some claims that are too trivial to mull over. Some of my style here is inherited from there.
 As lax as RationalWiki is with its moderation (at least in comparison to places like Wikipedia), RationalWiki is similarly lax with its style. Due to its nature of wanting to be an encyclopedia, Wikipedia needs to retain a professional tone. RationalWiki can do away with all of that. Instead, RationalWiki likes to have some fun. We're all skeptics in our own little skeptic community, after all. However, and this part is important, the primary objective of each RationalWiki page is to do science education/communication. It's just that RationalWiki can afford to have some fun while it's at it.