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Reverted edits by Amorrow (talk) to last revision by DavidB4-bot

Amorrow: ®

2017-02-16T21:35:30Z

DavidB4-bot: clean up & uniformity

2016-06-27T21:53:41Z

clean up & uniformity

WallyRyan: Removed material contrary to conservapedian ideals

2011-05-14T20:00:16Z

Removed material contrary to conservapedian ideals

DMorris: Undo revision 868945 by SydneyI (talk) Vandalism

2011-05-14T18:46:48Z

Undo revision 868945 by SydneyI (talk) Vandalism

SydneyI: Replaced content with "Vaginal Pains"

2011-05-14T18:39:35Z

Replaced content with "Vaginal Pains"

Andrew Dalby: moving my added info to a more relevant position (this isn't placement bias!)

2009-06-27T18:15:04Z

moving my added info to a more relevant position (this isn't placement bias!)

JonathanG: because some people don't click links without knowing where it's from

2009-06-27T18:01:48Z

because some people don't click links without knowing where it's from

Andrew Dalby: Reinserting and updating a detail omitted in 2008

2009-06-27T17:58:56Z

Reinserting and updating a detail omitted in 2008

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 * [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it).<ref name="wikibias" />
-It is understood in newspaper editing that the number of people who read a comment is proportional to its proximity to the beginning of the article.  Moreover, readers expect the more important information to be first, and place more emphasis on the top part of an article.  As an example of how this can be manipulated, Wikipedia's entry on former liberal Vice President [[Al Gore]] contains no mention of the drug charges against his son. But Wikipedia's entry on conservative Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] prominently mentions his adult daughter's sexuality.<ref name="wikibias" /> The same effect can be seen in the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] article; also in disputes on the talk page of Wikipedia's [[Barney Frank]] article concerning what details deserve mention in the introduction.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barney_Frank&oldid=291734546.</ref>
+It is understood in newspaper editing that the number of people who read a comment is proportional to its proximity to the beginning of the article.  Moreover, readers expect the more important information to be first, and place more emphasis on the top part of an article.  As an example of how this can be manipulated, Wikipedia's entry on former liberal Vice President [[Al Gore]] contains no mention of the drug charges against his son. But Wikipedia's entry on conservative Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] prominently mentions his adult daughter's sexuality.<ref name="wikibias" /> The same effect can be seen in the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] article; also in disputes on the talk page of Wikipedia's [[Barney Frank]] article concerning what details deserve mention in the introduction.<ref>See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barney_Frank&oldid=291734546.</ref>
-On [[Wikipedia]], placement bias is taken one step further by downplaying facts unfavorable to [[liberals]] by placing them in entirely different, and less-visited, entries. For example, the drug charges against Albert Gore III were mentioned in the rarely-viewed Wikipedia entry "Al Gore III"—but that entry has now been deleted.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Gore_III_(8th_nomination).</ref>
+On [[Wikipedia]], placement bias is taken one step further by downplaying facts unfavorable to [[liberals]] by placing them in entirely different, and less-visited, entries. For example, the drug charges against Albert Gore III were mentioned in the rarely-viewed Wikipedia entry "Al Gore III"—but that entry has now been deleted.<ref>See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Gore_III_(8th_nomination).</ref>
 ==References==

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 [[Liberal]] methods often use placement bias to obscure important facts unfavorable to their argument, and to promote their claims beyond what is justified.  Some examples:
-* The [[Wikipedia®]] entry on [[Boy Scouts v. Dale]], a case that the [[liberal]]s lost, features a glowing praise of the attorney on their side near the top of the article, an aside which had no relevance to the decision that he lost.<ref name="wikibias">[[Bias in Wikipedia]].</ref>
+* The [[Wikipedia]] entry on [[Boy Scouts v. Dale]], a case that the [[liberal]]s lost, features a glowing praise of the attorney on their side near the top of the article, an aside which had no relevance to the decision that he lost.<ref name="wikibias">[[Bias in Wikipedia]].</ref>
 * [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it).<ref name="wikibias" />

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 [[Liberal]] methods often use placement bias to obscure important facts unfavorable to their argument, and to promote their claims beyond what is justified.  Some examples:
-* The [[Wikipedia]] entry on [[Boy Scouts v. Dale]], a case that the [[liberal]]s lost, features a glowing praise of the attorney on their side near the top of the article, an aside which had no relevance to the decision that he lost.<ref name="wikibias">[[Bias in Wikipedia]].</ref>
+* The [[Wikipedia®]] entry on [[Boy Scouts v. Dale]], a case that the [[liberal]]s lost, features a glowing praise of the attorney on their side near the top of the article, an aside which had no relevance to the decision that he lost.<ref name="wikibias">[[Bias in Wikipedia]].</ref>
 * [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it).<ref name="wikibias" />

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 * The [[Wikipedia]] entry on [[Boy Scouts v. Dale]], a case that the [[liberal]]s lost, features a glowing praise of the attorney on their side near the top of the article, an aside which had no relevance to the decision that he lost.<ref name="wikibias">[[Bias in Wikipedia]].</ref>
-* [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it). <ref name="wikibias" />
+* [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it).<ref name="wikibias" />
 It is understood in newspaper editing that the number of people who read a comment is proportional to its proximity to the beginning of the article.  Moreover, readers expect the more important information to be first, and place more emphasis on the top part of an article.  As an example of how this can be manipulated, Wikipedia's entry on former liberal Vice President [[Al Gore]] contains no mention of the drug charges against his son. But Wikipedia's entry on conservative Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] prominently mentions his adult daughter's sexuality.<ref name="wikibias" /> The same effect can be seen in the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] article; also in disputes on the talk page of Wikipedia's [[Barney Frank]] article concerning what details deserve mention in the introduction.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barney_Frank&oldid=291734546.</ref>
-On [[Wikipedia]], placement bias is taken one step further by downplaying facts unfavorable to [[liberals]] by placing them in entirely different, and less-visited, entries. For example, the drug charges against Albert Gore III were mentioned in the rarely-viewed Wikipedia entry "Al Gore III" -- but that entry has now been deleted.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Gore_III_(8th_nomination).</ref>
+On [[Wikipedia]], placement bias is taken one step further by downplaying facts unfavorable to [[liberals]] by placing them in entirely different, and less-visited, entries. For example, the drug charges against Albert Gore III were mentioned in the rarely-viewed Wikipedia entry "Al Gore III"—but that entry has now been deleted.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Gore_III_(8th_nomination).</ref>
 ==References==
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-==See Also==
+==See also==
 [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]
-[[category:media]]
+[[Category:Media]]
-[[category:Liberal Bias]]
+[[Category:Liberal Bias]]

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 * [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it). <ref name="wikibias" />
-It is understood in newspaper editing that the number of people who read a comment is proportional to its proximity to the beginning of the article.  Moreover, readers expect the more important information to be first, and place more emphasis on the top part of an article.  As an example of how this can be manipulated, Wikipedia's entry on former liberal Vice President [[Al Gore]] contains no mention of the drug charges against his son. But Wikipedia's entry on conservative Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] prominently mentions his adult daughter's sexuality.<ref name="wikibias" /> The same effect can be seen in the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] article; also in disputes on the talk page of Wikipedia's [[Barney Frank]] article concerning what details deserve mention in the introduction.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barney_Frank&oldid=291734546.</ref> Similarly, in the entry on Barack Obama on [[Conservapedia]] the prominent placing of the long section "[[Barack Hussein Obama#Obama is likely the first Muslim President|Obama is likely the first Muslim President]]" might be seen by some as placement bias.
+It is understood in newspaper editing that the number of people who read a comment is proportional to its proximity to the beginning of the article.  Moreover, readers expect the more important information to be first, and place more emphasis on the top part of an article.  As an example of how this can be manipulated, Wikipedia's entry on former liberal Vice President [[Al Gore]] contains no mention of the drug charges against his son. But Wikipedia's entry on conservative Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] prominently mentions his adult daughter's sexuality.<ref name="wikibias" /> The same effect can be seen in the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] article; also in disputes on the talk page of Wikipedia's [[Barney Frank]] article concerning what details deserve mention in the introduction.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barney_Frank&oldid=291734546.</ref>
 On [[Wikipedia]], placement bias is taken one step further by downplaying facts unfavorable to [[liberals]] by placing them in entirely different, and less-visited, entries. For example, the drug charges against Albert Gore III were mentioned in the rarely-viewed Wikipedia entry "Al Gore III" -- but that entry has now been deleted.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Gore_III_(8th_nomination).</ref>

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−	~~Vaginal Pains~~	+	'''Placement bias''' is the manipulation of the order and placement of information in order to distort the impression left in the reader.
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		+	[[Liberal]] methods often use placement bias to obscure important facts unfavorable to their argument, and to promote their claims beyond what is justified. Some examples:
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		+	* The [[Wikipedia]] entry on [[Boy Scouts v. Dale]], a case that the [[liberal]]s lost, features a glowing praise of the attorney on their side near the top of the article, an aside which had no relevance to the decision that he lost.<ref name="wikibias">[[Bias in Wikipedia]].</ref>
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		+	* [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it). <ref name="wikibias" />
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		+	It is understood in newspaper editing that the number of people who read a comment is proportional to its proximity to the beginning of the article. Moreover, readers expect the more important information to be first, and place more emphasis on the top part of an article. As an example of how this can be manipulated, Wikipedia's entry on former liberal Vice President [[Al Gore]] contains no mention of the drug charges against his son. But Wikipedia's entry on conservative Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] prominently mentions his adult daughter's sexuality.<ref name="wikibias" /> The same effect can be seen in the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] article; also in disputes on the talk page of Wikipedia's [[Barney Frank]] article concerning what details deserve mention in the introduction.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barney_Frank&oldid=291734546.</ref> Similarly, in the entry on Barack Obama on [[Conservapedia]] the prominent placing of the long section "[[Barack Hussein Obama#Obama is likely the first Muslim President\|Obama is likely the first Muslim President]]" might be seen by some as placement bias.
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		+	On [[Wikipedia]], placement bias is taken one step further by downplaying facts unfavorable to [[liberals]] by placing them in entirely different, and less-visited, entries. For example, the drug charges against Albert Gore III were mentioned in the rarely-viewed Wikipedia entry "Al Gore III" -- but that entry has now been deleted.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Gore_III_(8th_nomination).</ref>
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		+	==References==
		+	<References/>
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		+	==See Also==
		+	[[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]
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		+	[[category:media]]
		+	[[category:Liberal Bias]]

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−	~~'''Placement bias''' is the manipulation of the order and placement of information in order to distort the impression left in the reader.~~	+	Vaginal Pains
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−	~~[[Liberal]] methods often use placement bias to obscure important facts unfavorable to their argument, and to promote their claims beyond what is justified. Some examples:~~
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−	* The [[Wikipedia]] entry on [[Boy Scouts v. Dale]], a case that the [[liberal]]s lost, features a glowing praise of the attorney on their side near the top of the article, an aside which had no relevance to the decision that he lost.<ref name="wikibias">[[Bias in Wikipedia]].</ref>
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−	* [[Liberal]] icon [[Bertrand Russell]] receives glowing adoration on Wikipedia; it is only after about 7,700 words about him that Wikipedia finally mentions Russell's support of the [[communist revolution]] (but pretends that Russell quickly opposed it). <ref name="wikibias" />
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−	It is understood in newspaper editing that the number of people who read a comment is proportional to its proximity to the beginning of the article. Moreover, readers expect the more important information to be first, and place more emphasis on the top part of an article. As an example of how this can be manipulated, Wikipedia's entry on former liberal Vice President [[Al Gore]] contains no mention of the drug charges against his son. But Wikipedia's entry on conservative Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] prominently mentions his adult daughter's sexuality.<ref name="wikibias" /> The same effect can be seen in the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] article; also in disputes on the talk page of Wikipedia's [[Barney Frank]] article concerning what details deserve mention in the introduction.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barney_Frank&oldid=291734546.</ref> Similarly, in the entry on Barack Obama on [[Conservapedia]] the prominent placing of the long section "[[Barack Hussein Obama#Obama is likely the first Muslim President\|Obama is likely the first Muslim President]]" might be seen by some as placement bias.
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−	On [[Wikipedia]], placement bias is taken one step further by downplaying facts unfavorable to [[liberals]] by placing them in entirely different, and less-visited, entries. For example, the drug charges against Albert Gore III were mentioned in the rarely-viewed Wikipedia entry "Al Gore III" -- but that entry has now been deleted.<ref>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Gore_III_(8th_nomination).</ref>
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−	~~==References==~~
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−	~~==See Also==~~
−	~~[[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]~~
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−	~~[[category:media]]~~
−	~~[[category:Liberal Bias]]~~