Wikipedia:Wikiproject Rational Skepticism/Skeptic watchlists
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[edit] Lists of skeptical subjects
[edit] General skeptical topics
| Title | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Anecdotal evidence | 16/04/06 | |
| Coincidence | Short stub. | 27/01/07 |
| Cold reading | 16/04/06 | |
| Debunker | Possible POV issues, weighted towards criticism. | 23/01/07 |
| Demarcation problem | 16/04/06 | |
| Falsifiability | Needs technical details explained more clearly. | 27/01/07 |
| Ideomotor effect | Well-referenced stub. Possible POV issues. | 27/01/07 |
| Manipulation | Quasi-disambiguation page. | 16/04/06 |
| Occam's razor | Cited by media outlet. | 18/12/06 |
| Pareidolia | 16/04/06 | |
| Skeptic's Dictionary | 16/04/06 | |
| Skepticism | 16/04/06 | |
| Scientific skepticism | ||
| The Demon-Haunted World | Stub. Has some strange sentence structure. | 16/04/06 |
[edit] Organizations
| Title | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| 9/11 Truth Movement | Constant updating by promoters of quackery | 0/0/06 |
| Center for Inquiry | 27/01/07 | |
| Committee for Skeptical Inquiry | Formerly CSICOP, changed name. Needs attention. | 19/08/06 |
| James Randi Educational Foundation | 16/04/06 | |
| Landmark Education Erhard Seminars Training Werner Erhard and Associates |
Needs watchful idea to make sure supporters do not turn article(s) into violation of Wikipedia:Spam. | |
| The National Council Against Health Fraud | Tone needs work. Under constant attack by promoters of quackery. | 27/01/07 |
| Quackwatch | Under constant attack by promoters of quackery. | 06/11/06 |
| Scholars for 9/11 Truth | Constant updating by promoters of quackery | 0/0/0 |
| The Skeptics Society | Talk page empty. | 27/01/07 |
[edit] Medicine
| Title | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Neutrality disputed. | 27/01/07 |
| Alternative medicine | Neutrality and factual accuracy disputed. Lacks references. Some stubby sections. "Controversial". | 27/01/07 |
| Applied kinesiology | Neutrality disputed. | 27/01/07 |
| Chiropractic | "Controversial". | 27/01/07 |
| Craniosacral therapy | Bias: general account assumes truth of claims about massage moving skull bones, rather than reporting as NPOV. | 30/03/07 |
| Diagnostic kinesiology | Does not cite its sources. Short article. | 27/01/07 |
| Doctor of Chiropractic | Does not cite its sources. Not Wikified. | 16/04/06 |
| Evidence-based medicine | 16/04/06 | |
| Homeopathy | Split under discussion. "Controversial". | 16/04/06 |
| Innate intelligence | 27/01/07 | |
| Iridology | Some unsourced claims. Generally in good shape. Watched by WikiProject Ophthalmology | 18/12/06 |
| Joint manipulation | Created by skeptic, quacks don't like it. | 05/11/06 |
| Magnet therapy | Neutrality disputed. Short. Needs expert attention. | 27/01/07 |
| Megavitamin therapy | Under constant attack, including personal attacks. | 12/08/06 |
| Morgellons | Under very aggressive attack from User:Pez1103 | 28/10/06 |
| Mucoid plaque | OK currently, disruptive POV pusher having gone. | 30/03/07 |
| National Anti-Vaccination League | Has a cleanup tag; provides insufficient context and is inaccessible to readers. Merge under discussion. Not Wikified. Poor English grammar. Too listy. | 27/01/07 |
| National Vaccine Information Center | Some unsourced statements. | 16/04/06 |
| Orthomolecular medicine | Along with related articles, currently heavily policed by a group of pro-orthomed editors | 11/02/07 |
| Placebo | WP:AID candidate. | 27/01/07 |
| Psychic surgery | 16/04/06 | |
| Quackery | Does not cite its sources. | 16/04/06 |
| Reflexology | 16/04/06 | |
| Spinal adjustment | Neutrality disputed. Does not cite its sources. | 16/04/06 |
| Subluxation | Quasi-disambiguation page. Stub. | 16/04/06 |
| The National Council Against Health Fraud | 16/04/06 | |
| Vertebral subluxation | Neutrality disputed. Does not cite its sources. | 16/04/06 |
| Wilk v. American Medical Association | Has a cleanup tag; provides insufficient context and is inaccessible to readers. | 16/04/06 |
[edit] Paranormal claims
| Title | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Anomalous phenomenon | Expanded and more neutral. | 15/12/06 |
| Aura analysis | 26/06/2006 | |
| Aura (paranormal) | Person at CSICOP talk page claiming Synaesthesia as proof of paranormal auras | 24/06/2006 |
| Astral projection | 16/04/06 | |
| Astrology | 16/04/06 | |
| Automatic writing | Has a cleanup tag. Does not cite its sources. | 16/04/06 |
| Bigfoot | Original research, unverified claims. (Watched by WP:Paranormal.) | 16/04/06 |
| Chakra | External links suffer from linkspam. "Controversial". | 16/04/06 |
| Clairvoyance | 16/04/06 | |
| Crop circle | Under recent revert attack, but generally under control. | 17/04/06 |
| Dowsing | Neutrality disputed. (Watched by WP:Rational Skepticism.) | 11/08/06 |
| Electronic voice phenomenon | Occasionally used by proponents to push POV. Bears watching. | 24/01/07 |
| Extra-sensory perception | Neutrality disputed. (Watched by WP:Paranormal.) | 16/04/06 |
| Ghost hunting | "purported" and "alleged" being removed by users who wish ghosts to be validated. | 10/02/07 |
| Inedia | Some unsourced statements. | 16/04/06 |
| Loch Ness Monster | (Watched by WP:Paranormal.) | 16/04/06 |
| Lunar effect | May have some inaccurate or misleading statements. Now tagged for cleanup. | 29/01/07 |
| Magic (paranormal) | (Watched by WP:Supernatural.) | 16/04/06 |
| Magick | Some unsourced statements. | 16/04/06 |
| Mars effect | Most of article expresses subtle POV (positive). | 16/04/06 |
| Medium (spirituality) | A pro-POV mess. No analysis of claims; newly merged article | 27/01/07 |
| New Age | Cited by media outlet. | 16/04/06 |
| Numerology | Has a cleanup tag; not written in formal, encyclopedic tone. One section lacks references. | 16/04/06 |
| Occult | 16/04/06 | |
| Ouija | 16/04/06 | |
| Parapsychology | 27/01/07 | |
| Patterson-Gimlin film | Neutrality disputed. Original research, unverified claims in one section. | 16/04/06 |
| Psychic | Needs some more work. | 01/29/2007 |
| Psychokinesis | Neutrality disputed in one section. | 16/04/06 |
| Reiki | Some unsourced statements. "Controversial". (Watched by WP:Alternative medicine, WP:Japan.) | 16/04/06 |
| Spiritualism | 16/04/06 | |
| Supernatural | 16/04/06 | |
| Telepathy | OK, needs citeation on disputing "proof", also in Scientific investigation of telepathy | 18-Dec-2006 |
| Therianthropy | Quasi-scientific neologism on Otherkin. | 27/11/06 |
| True-believer syndrome | Much of the article is about Robert Carroll, not the topic. | 30/04/06 |
[edit] People
Self-identified skeptics are marked in italics.
| Title | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Sathya Sai Baba | ||
| Stephen Barrett | ||
| Allison DuBois | Neutralized but watch for unsourced original research | 10/02/07 |
| Sylvia Browne | 16/04/06 | |
| Robert Todd Carroll | ||
| Harris Coulter | Short article. | 16/04/06 |
| Richard Dawkins | ||
| Natasha Demkina | Edit war still going on. A pro-Demkina editor has requested comments on the talk page. He and his supporters insist on including reports from the disreputable news tabloid Pravda RU and from self-published personal web sites | 27/08/06 |
| John Edward | Neutrality disputed. Recently peer reviewed. | |
| Werner Erhard | Needs watchful idea to make sure supporters do not turn article into violation of Wikipedia:Spam. | |
| Barbara Loe Fisher | Stub. | 16/04/06 |
| Kendrick Frazier | ||
| Martin Gardner | 16/04/06 | |
| Mark Geier | Edits own article, removing stuff. | 03/08/06 |
| Uri Geller | 16/04/06 | |
| Samuel Hahnemann | Founder of homeopathy. Far from neutrality. | |
| L. Ron Hubbard | Some unsourced statements. | 16/04/06 |
| Philip J. Klass | ||
| Paul Kurtz | ||
| Billy Meier | ||
| Joe Nickell | ||
| B. J. Palmer | Needs verification and citations. Short article. Talk page empty. | 16/04/06 |
| Daniel David Palmer | 16/04/06 | |
| Philip Plait | ||
| Karl Popper | ||
| James Randi | ||
| Wilhelm Reich | 16/04/06 | |
| Jane Roberts | ||
| Carl Sagan | Recently defeatured, reviewers citing concerns over WP:RS, WP:CITE and quality of prose. | 20/02/07 |
| Viera Scheibner | Merge under discussion. Short article. | |
| Michael Shermer | ||
| Doris Stokes | Neutrality and factual accuracy disputed. | 16/04/06 |
| Kevin Trudeau | 16/04/06 | |
| Marcello Truzzi | 16/04/06 | |
| Immanuel Velikovsky | 16/04/06 | |
| Mike Warnke | Recently revamped. Needs look-over | 23/03/07 |
| Victor Zammit | Hagiography | 02/05/06 |
[edit] Pseudoscience
- Alchemy
- Characterology
- Cold fusion
- Controversial science
- Context speaking budgies
- Creation science
- Cryptozoology
- Dianetics
- Essentialism
- Eugenics
- Feng Shui
- Ghost hunting
- Graphology
- Hypnosis
- Kirlian photography
- Lunaception
- Orgone
- Pathological skepticism
- Penta Water
- Perpetual motion
- Personology
- Phrenology
- Physiognomy
- Precognition
- Pseudoarchaeology
- Pseudoscience
- Psychoanalytic theory
- Pyramidology
- What the Bleep Do We Know!?
[edit] Religion and philosophy
- Church of Scientology
- Draconity
- Life University
- Neopaganism
- Otherkin
- Rosicrucian
- Scientology
- Shroud of Turin
- Vampire lifestyle
- Walk-in
[edit] Science
- Aspartame
- Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- Evolution
- Holism in science
- Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
- Pathological science
- Scientific method
- Scientific skepticism
- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
[edit] UFOs and extraterrestrials
- Psychosocial Hypothesis
- Abduction phenomenon
- Black triangles
- Brookings Report
- Center for UFO Studies
- Condon Committee
- Contactees
- Donald Howard Menzel
- Extraterrestrial hypothesis
- Face on Mars
- Fund for UFO Research
- Green Fireballs
- J. Allen Hynek
- James E. McDonald
- Kecksburg UFO incident
- Kenneth Arnold
- List of major UFO sightings
- Majestic 12
- Mantell Incident
- Maury Island incident
- Men in Black
- Mutual UFO Network
- Project Blue Book
- Project Grudge
- Project Sign
- Project Twinkle
- Rendlesham Forest Incident
- Robertson Panel
- Roswell UFO incident
- Stanton T. Friedman
- UFO conspiracy theory
- Unidentified flying objects
[edit] Users' personal watchlists
- Hob Gadling's excellent List of pseudoscience pages.
[edit] Relevant categories
- Category:Alternative medicine stubs
- Category:Ailments of unknown etiology
- Category:Alternative medical systems
- Category:Alternative medicine
- Category:Biologically based therapies
- Category:Chiropractic
- Category:Confidence tricks
- Category:Consumer fraud
- Category:Consumer organizations
- Category:Controversies
- Category:Deception
- Category:Early scientific cosmologies
- Category:Energy therapies
- Category:Hoaxes
- Category:Homeopathy
- Category:Internet fraud
- Category:Logical fallacies
- Category:Medical lists
- Category:Obsolete biological theories
- Category:Obsolete medical theories
- Category:Propaganda
- Category:Propagandists
- Category:Pseudoscience
- Category:Scientific skepticism
- Category:Skeptical Wikipedians
- Category:Skepticism
- Category:Skeptic organisations
- Category:Supernatural healing
- Category:Wikipedia controversial topics
- Category:Wikipedians who oppose quackery
