User:Rp2006

This user supports Jimbo Wales in his fight against the
unsubstantiated claims of lunatic charlatans.

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About me

This user believes science, practiced through the scientific method, is the
most reliable way of determining the
nature of reality.

Rp2006 has met one of the 24 humans who have flown to the moon, as well as many others who have orbited the Earth. (Take that flat-Earthers!)

This user has been touched by His Noodly Appendage.

My WikiProjects

This user is a participant in WikiProject Skepticism.

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My two "Good Articles"

I have two articles in this category. Only about 0.5% of Wikipedia articles are in this category, so I am particularly proud of this!

This user helped promote the article Alan Hale (astronomer) to good article status.

This user helped promote the article Bob Cenker to good article status.

My six DYK articles

And yes, I wrote (or greatly expanded) each of these. I did not just nominate a page someone else wrote and claim credit. :-)

Article	DYK Date & Archive Link	List Position	DYK Hours	Pageviews	Hook: Did You Know...
Alan Hale	10/19/16	1	24	12,110	...that Alan Hale, who discovered Comet Hale–Bopp (pictured), said that he "predicted" its appearance would trigger suicides‍—‌and it turned out he was right?
Bob Cenker	6/29/17	8	24	9,493	...that RCA's only astronaut, civilian Bob Cenker, narrowly avoided catastrophe during his mission on Space Shuttle Columbia, which experienced several launch-pad aborts and almost exploded?
Science Moms	12/16/17	2	24	6,462	...that the goal of the Science Moms documentary is to challenge the anti-GMO, anti-vaccination, pro-alternative medicine culture affecting parents?
Bob Nygaard	4/12/18	7	24	11,127	...that Bob Nygaard, a private investigator specializing in psychic fraud, has been instrumental in the return of millions of dollars to victims of this crime?
The Photo Ark	7/24/18	4	24	3,377	...that in May 2018, the 8,000th animal was photographed for The Photo Ark project, which aims to document all 12,000 species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries worldwide?
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots	5/11/20	3	12	3,143	... that the Netfix miniseries Unorthodox was inspired by Deborah Feldman's memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots?

My most significant articles

Created from scratch

Science Moms Documentary	Bob Nygaard Bio: Psychic-fraud private eye	The Photo Ark Wildlife project/book/film
Thomas John (medium) Bio: Self-proclaimed psychic medium	Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots Autobiographical book	America's Frontline Doctors Far-right organization
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space Netflix 2021 docuseries	King of Clones Netflix 2023 documentary	Virulent: The Vaccine War 2022 pro-vaccination documentary
How to Become a Cult Leader Netflix 2023 docuseries

Expanded from a stub

Alan Hale Bio: Co-discoverer of comet Hale-Bopp	Robert J. Cenker Bio: RCA astronaut

Significantly expanded or reconstructed

Canine cancer detection Unsupported medical claims	Weather pains Unsupported medical claims	Grounds For Sculpture Sculpture park	Forever Marilyn Large scale sculpture
Robert Burnham Jr. Bio: Astronomer	David Paulides Bio: Paranormal author	Monica the Medium TV show	Psychic Friends Network Phone-a-psychic service
What the Health Pseudoscience documentary	Gina Marks Bio: Self-proclaimed psychic	Miami Psychic Book	Kinesio tape Pseudoscience in sports
Havana syndrome Cuba "sonic attack" incidents (likely mass hysteria)	Félicette First cat in space	Gua sha TCM dermatology pseudocience	Robert S. Lancaster Skeptical activist
Char Margolis Bio: Self-proclaimed psychic medium	The Goop Lab Netflix 2020 docuseries	Deborah Feldman Author of Unorthodox	Mick West CSI fellow
Iranian schoolgirls mass poisoning reports Nationwide poisonings (or mass hysteria)	MH370: The Plane That Disappeared Conspiracy-pushing Netflix 2023 docuseries	Waco: American Apocalypse Netflix 2023 docuseries	The Phenomenon 2020 UFO documentary
EnChroma Eyeglasses marketed to fix CVD	Satan Wants You Documentary about the Satanic Panic

Other significant contributions

James Randi Bio: Magician and JREF founder	Uri Geller Bio: Self-proclaimed psychic	Johnny Carson Bio: Television host	The Tonight Show TV show
Cara Santa Maria Bio: Science communicator	Rob Schneider Bio: Actor	Goop Snake oil company	Gwyneth Paltrow Bio: Actor and founder of Goop
Cowspiracy Pseudoscience documentary	Facilitated communication Discredited medical technique	Warm Kitty Song popularized on The Big Bang Theory	Detoxification Discredited medical technique
Oil pulling Oral health pseudocience	After School Satan After school secular program	Pet psychic Just OMG!	Psychodermatology (Pending upgrade) Dermatology pseudocience
Tyler Henry Bio: The Hollywood "Medium"	Joel Sartore Bio: Nat Geo photographer	Modern flat Earth beliefs This is for real!	Taylor Winterstein Bio: Anti-vaxx Samoan activist
Eric R. Braverman Bio: Medical doctor who misdiagnosed his patients and prescribed inappropriate treatments	Skeptical Inquirer "The Magazine for Science and Reason"	Jeanette Wilson Bio: Conspiratorialist and self-proclaimed psychic healer	The Dybbuk box Paranormal hoax investigated by Kenny Biddle

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Important concepts

Here are some articles concerning some of the most important concepts for successful Wikipedia editing, and one bad-ass essay on fighting pseudoscience and woo on Wikipedia:

Helpful lists and articles

Citation issues

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Simplified DYK instructions

See here for my instructions on doing a DYK nomination.

Hey, why is Wikipedia so biased?

See here for the official WP guidance on bias and POV issues. Also, here is: the Arbitration Committee Decisions on Pseudoscience.

The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, once said the following. (This was borrowed from editor Roxy the dog):

"Wikipedia’s policies around this kind of thing are exactly spot-on and correct. If you can get your work published in respectable scientific journals – that is to say, if you can produce evidence through replicable scientific experiments, then Wikipedia will cover it appropriately."

"What we won’t do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of 'true scientific discourse'. It isn’t.[1][2]"

So yes, we are biased towards science and biased against pseudoscience.
We are biased towards astronomy, and biased against astrology.
We are biased towards chemistry, and biased against alchemy.
We are biased towards mathematics, and biased against numerology.
We are biased towards cargo planes, and biased against cargo cults.
We are biased towards crops, and biased against crop circles.
We are biased towards venipuncture, and biased against acupuncture.
We are biased towards water treatment, and biased against magnetic water treatment.
We are biased towards electromagnetic fields, and biased against microlepton fields.
We are biased towards evolution, and biased against creationism.
We are biased towards medical treatments that have been shown to be effective in double-blind clinical trials, and biased against medical treatments that are based upon preying on the gullible.
We are biased towards astronauts, and biased against ancient astronauts.
We are biased towards psychology, and biased against phrenology.
We are biased towards Mendelian inheritance, and biased against Lysenkoism.

On the subject of Verifiability vs Truth, there are these conflicting WP essays:

Wiki Adventure badges

If you're new to Wikipedia and have not yet done so, I strongly suggest taking The Wikipedia Adventure which teaches you to "Learn to edit Wikipedia in under an hour." These are the badges I was awarded while learning to edit:

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