CreationWiki:About

From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science

The CreationWiki is a free internet encyclopedia of creation science that was inaugurated during the summer of 2004 by the Northwest Creation Network, and is the product of an international team of creationists.

The website operates from a fully dedicated server with the following hardware specs.

AMD 4200x2 Dual-core CPU
1500 GB Premium Bandwidth
1 GB Ram Memory
2 x 160 GB Sata Drives

Like most wikis, the CreationWiki is designed to be a collaborative effort and virtually every page of the archive can be edited by our registered users. Since its inception, the number of people involved with this project has grown steadily. There are currently 398 users and 3,583 articles written from a creationist point of view. For helpful information on how to get started with the CreationWiki, consult the community portal.

Creationist Point of View (CPOV)

The purpose of the CreationWiki is to provide an encyclopedic archive of information relevant to the study of creation apologetics. Creation science, as preeminent in this field of apologetics, will constitute the primary focus of the site.

NPOV - We are explicitly attempting to move away from the Neutral Point of View policy adopted by Wikipedia, because of the unique purpose of CreationWiki.
CPOV - Articles should be written from the creationist point of view (CPOV), which holds that the universe and life on Earth are the result of an act of creation by God.

The young earth Biblical creationism position will remain the principal perspective on the CreationWiki, but non Biblical creation perspectives are welcome. Furthermore, almost any topic or content can find a home on this site provided that it be written from the uniquely creationist point of view.

Statistics

Main Article: CreationWiki Statistics

Currently, there are 3,583 articles within the CreationWiki.

As of July 2007, there are 13,193 total pages in the CreationWiki database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about CreationWiki, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 2,944 pages that are probably legitimate content pages.

There have been a total of 5,407,714 page views, and 73,915 page edits since CreationWiki was setup. That comes to 5.60 average edits per page, and 73.16 views per edit

For past statistics - View the archive.

Advantages of using the CreationWiki:

Substantiative - community collaboration provides creationism with scientific validation.
Peer Review - The articles posted on the CreationWiki will be read and critiqued by many others.
Free Webhosting - Publish on the web without needing your own website.
Improved Exposure - Due to the ever increasing size of the CreationWiki, articles receive high rankings on search engines.

Registration

We require that editors register to protect against vandalism. However, automatic registration has been disabled due to malicious spambot activity. To join the CreationWiki editorial staff, please request an account from the Registrar.

Although anyone may review articles using the discussion pages, only creationists are permitted to edit articles on the CreationWiki. Misuse of this service will result in banning of IP address.

Policy & Guidelines

As many aspects of the creation remain largely theoretic, and many disagreements exist within the creation community, it is important that strict policies be in place to establish editing etiquette. All users are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the CreationWiki policies and guidelines, as continued participation is reliant upon the observance of these directives.

Behavioral Policies
Editing Guidelines and Style guide.

Donations

The CreationWiki is a valuable resource that is growing to become one of the most important research tools available to the creationist community. If you value this resource, please consider making a donation to help support its development. Donations are accepted through the secure Northwest Creation Network webstore, which accepts most major credit cards and Paypal.