Conservapedia:Debate Topics

Debate topic suggestions, organized so that it's not necessary to delete them.

(Note: If some topic is miscategorized, it can be cut and pasted without affecting the relevant links.)

Debates about Conservapedia

Wikis

1. Debate:Can Conservapedia become the next Wikipedia, is this good or bad
2. Debate:Does bias impair Wikipedia's reliability?
3. Debate:Does an encyclopedia define complex subjects, or insert more bias into them?
4. Debate:Does altering the record of debate in a wiki 'Encyclopedia' render the entire thing a farce?
5. Debate:Can/May/Should online wiki encyclopedias copy from each other?

Positions

1. Debate:What is CP's position on Relativity? (and, in general, on physical sciences)
2. Debate:Is Conservapedia representing a conservative POV or a Young Earth Creationist POV?
3. Debate:The liberal quotient of Conservapedia; what is it? Does it matter?
4. Debate:How should Conservapedia work to avoid having a conservative bias?
5. Debate:How can we protect Conservapedia by distinguishing real conservative encyclopedia articles from satires written by liberals?
6. Debate:Is it tasteless for Conservapedia to critique the Virginia Tech poem on the Main Page?
7. Debate:Should Conservapedia be more open about sex related articles?

Characteristics

1. Debate:Can Conservapedia Succeed?
2. Debate:Is Conservapedia fair and balanced?
3. Debate:What exactly is Conservapedia?
4. Debate:Is it okay for Conservapedia to have biased articles?
5. Debate:Is Conservapedia a 'Trustworthy Encyclopedia'?

Blocking Policy

1. Debate:Has anyone ever been been banned for pointing out that many of the other entries on this site are in need of citation and evidence to back up statements?
2. Debate:Do sysops block editing on pages when it seems their opponents are making strong points?
3. Debate:Does Conservapedia censor opponents the way Expelled says ID advocates are censored?
4. Debate:The 90/10 rule exists soley to squash debate, and should be eliminated

Other

1. Debate:Should the term list entries be included in Conservapedia's entry count?
2. Debate:Where do you personally look for facts and information on topics "When did Brahms live" or "Why did Monet paint grainstacks?"
3. Is Conservapedia blinkered?
4. Debate:Is the Conservapedia Logo in violation of US Flag Code?
5. Debate:Should the Conservapedia logo be changed?
6. Debate:Is it time to propagate Conservapedia in other languages/countries?

Media

Media Bias

1. Debate:Does the media really have a liberal bias?
2. Debate:Propaganda in childrens' television

Decency Standards

1. Debate: To what extent should we have obscenity laws
2. Debate: Should certain books be banned from libraries?
3. Debate:Does modern music negatively influence children
4. Debate:Is Anime and Manga Ok?

Music

1. Debate:Is Rap music torture?
2. Debate:What Is Music?

Other

1. Debate:Was the media attention needed?
2. Debate:Is the use of copyrighted photographs without permission stealing?

Funny, maybe?

1. Debate:Are cats just useless Dogs
2. Debate:Was the shooting at Virginia Tech somehow President Bush's fault?
3. Debate:Are video games getting better or worse as graphics, sound, and gameplay complexity improve?
4. Debate:Favorite old time radio show

Other

1. Debate:What are the lessons that we should take away from the Milgram Experiment
2. Debate:Mall Shootings