Wikipedia:Wikiproject Rational Skepticism/Skeptic watchlists

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This page is for skeptics to post their watchlist suggestions, or links to their watchlists.

Contents

[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
Aqua Detox Humungous and unencyclopedic POV/OR essay under construction at Talk:Aqua Detox and User talk:Robi123 7/05/07
Chiropractic pseudoscience category disputed: non-palmer/non-subluxation based therapy practicitioners object to classification of topic as a whole (see category guidline #8). Request feedback, input from Skeptics. Use my talk page or Talk:Chiropractic#Pseudoscience_redux 04/04/07
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 Seems calm now. 21/01/08
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

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