Wikipedia:WikiProject Skepticism/Participants

Active members

If you wish to join this project, simply add your name to the list of "active members" here, and don't forget to list your interests and specialties.

1. LovelyGirl7 - Nibiru cataclysm and some other conspiracy theories
2. Autarch - mostly maths/physics related, but also evolution.
3. PeridotWitch ^talk
4. dino ^talk
5. Andries ^talk
6. Prosfilaes 20:07, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
7. BillC ^talk – electrical engineer. 23:01, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
8. porges ; wikipedia needs close watch :)
9. Smiloid- Interests: Paranormal occult
10. Cybercobra - creationism
11. Doczilla 00:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC) - psychology professor.
12. Długosz ^talk — wants to promote education and critical thinking.
13. LuckyLouie - Interests: pseudoscientific claims of "paranormal investigation" and "ghost hunting" groups, mediums, psychics, and spiritualists.
14. Audacity: backmasking, hidden message, subliminal message, theomatics, pareidolia
15. Titanium Dragon - Biomedical Engineering major, graduate in 2 months. Interests: Religion, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Biology, Fantasy (particularly Dragons), Astronomy
16. Lipollis - my expertise is in the fields of Archaeology, Antrhopology, Folklore and Linguistics. I've done a fair amount of field work in early American Industrial Archaeology, Iroquoian langues, archaeology, culture and the recent cultural conflicts over gaming. As a rational skeptic, my interests are in providing documented and legitimate academic criticisims where they apply. My most recent efforts have been on the Carlos Castaneda article.LiPollis 16:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
17. Omegatron — Electrical engineer. Can be found fighting to keep notable pseudoscience articles and trying to reform the irrationally skeptical.
18. Famousdog 14:07 11th July 2007 (UTC) - Vision, psychology, perception. There's a lot of rubbish talked about it!
19. Scorpion451 00:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC)- Undergraduate in chemical engineering. My specialies are bluntness and a penchant for bulldozing bad articles into legible ones, as well as a talent for finding the flaws in the "evidence" behind pseudoscience. I also strive to defend the right of these theories to be objectively included in wikipedia. Paranormal researches did prove ball lightning and the okapi, after all.
20. Rypcord Interests: Anthropology, Sexology, Sociology, Philosophy
21. Ronja 06:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC) I am a Bright from Finland and hope it is OK for me to be listed here, even though I most likely will use most the time I can spare to translate material from the articles in this project to the Finnish and Swedish wikipedias.
22. Jim62sch 10:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC) Any topic where pseudoscience, pseudohistory, religion or mysticism threatens to suvert or replace rational thought or scientific knowledge.
23. DIEGO ^talk 04:31, 27 October 2007 (UTC). Interest/experience in psychoeducational research; evidence-based practice in the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities and autism/PDD (both areas are rife with quackery); anti-scientific mental health practices (e.g., psychoanalysis, dubious therapies, etc.); anti-scientific practices in (U.S.) public education (e.g., whole language, zero-tolerance policies, etc.); general interest in neuroscience, psychology, medicine, education, developmental biology, the paranormal, alternative medicine, faith healing, anything "new age", and all aspects of the creation-evolution debate.
24. LeContexte (talk) 15:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC) general interest in skepticism and rationality, particularly in relation to "free energy" claims
25. Writtenonsand
26. Noleander (talk) 19:26, 7 December 2007 (UTC) Scientist. Interested in rebutting pseudoscience or superstitions, especially when they are used to take advantage of uneducated folks.
27. pustelnik medicine, particularly endocrinology, anthropology
28. Qui1che (talk) 02:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC) Interested in reviewing articles related to health and radio frequencies, mobile telephony and wireless communications.
29. Voice-of-All. I'd like to patrol ID/evolution and alternative medicine articles.
30. Mariordo engineering, economics, transportation economics, traffic engineering, biofuels, history of science, math, physics, astronomy, all-around skeptic and critical thinking.Mariordo (talk) 01:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
31. Ciroa Interested in widely recognized cases where skepticism delayed or impeded advances in mainstream science; if all skeptics agree, then it's not skepticism anymore.
32. Vufors (talk) 08:32, 9 June 2008 (UTC) - Science areas in Physics and Mathematics.
33. Magnum Serpentine (talk) 21:38, 14 June 2008 (UTC) - Disproving Fundamentalist Reconstructionist. I am a Christian (Non Fundamentalist). Historian with degrees in United States and World Histories . Also have a degree in Psychology. Skeptic but not Skeptical Inquirer Skeptic. I will admit if I am stumped, I don't know or if there is not enough evidence to say yes or no on a subject. Also I will admit if something turns out to be true. Amateur Astronomer since age of 7.
34. DDStretch(talk) Critical of Psychology and Psychiatry, Alternative and Complementary Medicine in particular, but wide-ranging. I have degrees in psychology and mathematical psychology and though now retired, I continue to research and advocate in areas of critical thinking, argumentation theory, and the research process within the psychological and psychiatric sciences.
35. Macdonald-ross (talk) History of biology, biography, evolution.
36. Fiziker - I am an undergraduate physicist. My efforts with regards to this project are focused for now on improving Bigfoot.
37. Athol Mullen (talk) - Mechanical engineer - interests include debunking perpetual motion devices (eg water-fuelled car). Global warming skeptic.
38. Ole Eivind - Chemistry student interested in science and scepticism in general. President of The Students' Skeptics Society at NTNU.
39. Nutiketaiel (talk) 14:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
40. Snowded TALK 23:00, 26 October 2008 (UTC) - concerned about the misuse of science in support of management fads
41. Krelnik (talk) (7 December 2008 - History of skepticism, bios of skeptics, harm caused by pseudoscience. Creator of What's The Harm website.
42. Jettparmer Engineering, philosophy, General Science, Medicine, Pseudoscience, Conspiracies, Paranormal, extraterrestial, Religion
43. McKay Professional mathematician. Interested in pseudoscience of all sorts.
44. DreamGuy (talk) Strong supporter of getting rid of WP:UNDUE weight violations that try to give fringe views equal weight (or worse) as the mainstream expert views. (Been doing it for years, figured I should finally sign up.)
45. Proxima Centauri (talk) Astronomy, Evolution, Refuting Bronze Age Mythology The Bible refuting claims that religion makes people happy, (religion probably makes some people happy, others eg wives who think God wants them to stay with abusive husbands can be very unhappy) etc etc etc
46. A Quest For Knowledge - Conspiracy theories, especially topics related to 9/11 conspiracy theories including World Trade Center controlled demolition conspiracy theories and 9/11 Truth Movement; also evolution and common misconceptions about science.
47. Lippard (talk) 12 Jun 2009. Interests: creationism, conspiracy theory, religions that make empirical claims, epistemology, when skeptics go wrong.
48. Bueller 007 (talk) 08:57, 25 June 2009 (UTC) - evolutionary biology and population genetics
49. Rmosler | ● 10:43, 25 June 2009 (UTC) - Mostly biology and health related.
50. Koala technology, UFOs, creationism/ID, pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, and other nonsense.
51. Loadmaster — Conservative skeptic, with interests in astrophysics, mathematics and logic, computers and programming, artificial intelligence, etc.
52. GastelEtzwane (talk) 22:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC) science, French translations of English articles.
53. Chrisrus (talk) 21:08, 8 August 2009 (UTC) Knowable truths that are hard to cite, Knowable falsehoods that are difficult to remove, defending the integrity of words, mysteries that people don't want solved, fuzzy edges around definitions, etc.
54. MartinPoulter (talk) 21:40, 18 August 2009 (UTC) - PhD in Philosophy of Science, staff member at Bristol University hence have access to many journals. Interested in skepticism all my adult life, in particular the role of cognitive biases in explaining the appeal of paranormal or fringe beliefs. I'm keen that WP should reflect the scientific state of knowledge of a topic, and not just what's easily findable on the web/ in the media.
55. JoDonHo Nuclear power, energy, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories.
56. John Shandy` I'm a natural born skeptic, an intellectual with underpinnings of reason and science. My interests are: finance, economics, secular humanism, atheism, conspiracy debunking, astronomy, cosmology, and politics. I hope to help improve many of the shortcomings of the finance & economics articles, but also keep an eye out for ways to contribute to rational skepticism projects. Cheers, John Shandy` • talk 06:17, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
57. I Feel Tired I don't know if I really have any specialties, but I'm interested in just about everything and I'm ready to help
58. WeijiBaikeBianji I had specialized training in some psychological issues (e.g., eyewitness testimony) in law school, and have a general interest in skeptical literature and carefully verifying purported scientific claims.
59. Shinryuu - I've had my share of arguments regarding AIDS/HIV and vaccination but will continue participating in them, however I'm also interested in anything else biology-/biomedicine-related, even in the tedious creationism/evolution debate.
60. Loremaster - Conspiracy theories
61. Civilizeme (talk) 19:42, 27 November 2007 (UTC) Interests: epistemology and phenomenology; atheism and skepticism; evolutionary biology; cognitive neuroscience; poetics; spiritualism and pseudoscience in literature
62. ARTEST4ECHOInterests: Fact checking, maths and physics related subjects.
63. CMBJ - fact checking
64. Keahapana - Background in physics, mathematics, oriental studies, oriental languages, and linguistics.
65. Marasmusine - I'm concerned about the undue weight in pseudoscience such as Category:Energy therapies.
66. Sgerbic - Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia ~ Concerned that this Wiki Project is generally dormant when there is SO MUCH work to be done. Work backwards, find a relevant article first then update the Wiki page. Lets get busy!
67. DRS - In favour of describing beliefs accurately so as not to mislead or misinform.
68. Plutonium27 - Health care (especially nursing), nutrition, pharmacology, human biology. Dip.HE (Nursing). L.LB(Hons).
69. Dustinlull - CAM, vaccine denialism, homeopathy
70. Jettparmer - CAM, conspiracy theories, engineering, science, evolution, psychology, religious aspects
71. Ginger Maine Coon (talk) 20:01, 14 December 2011 (UTC) - Biochemist working in biotech and pharma industry, particularly interested in CAM, anti-vaccine movement and other anti-science phenomena so prevalent in this society.
72. Gilderien 12:09, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
73. Nightscream - Bit of everything at one time or another: Psychics, AIDS denialism, 9/11 conspiracy theories, creationism, Michael Shermer, etc.
74. salimfadhley - Fringe theories, alternative medicine, Energy (esotericism), new age, holistic-healing, particularly energy medicine
75. EricEnfermero - Health care, psychology; maintaining neutral language in articles
76. JoelWhy - Conspiracy theories, "alternative" medicine/quackery, law
77. Wayfarer - Conspiracy theories, science, evolution, skepticism, rationalism, (a)theism, faith healing, quackery, psychology, philosophy etc. 14:34, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
78. Yutsi - fringe theories, fundamentalism, Scientology, etc.
79. MrX - Alternative medicine, Kirlian photography, the paranormal, Eastern mysticism, etc. Approaching subjects with an open mind, allowing for infinite possibilities, but employing rational thinking and the foundations of science as tools to ensure that subjects are depicted with a neutral point of view on Wikipedia.
80. Andrewaskew - pseudoscience and the rhetorical uses thereof, more interested in cataloguing the strangeness of human belief than refutation, but I will fight for NPOV.
81. Allecher ^talk - The project looks a bit stagnant, let's see if we can get it going again. My interests are in critical thinking and general science.
82. Frederick Green - Pseudoscience especially when related to technology.
83. Nmillerche - Engineer with a background in computational modeling of nanostructures. My interests are in advancing scientific skepticism in all disciplines and ensuring reliable sources for all content discussed.
84. Cap020570 - Pseudoscience, medicine, science.
85. Dynamicimanyd - Physics/fibre optics/electronics background. Keen on digital audio technology, codecs, listening tests and audio myths. Wider skeptical interests, most of it really, especially skeptical podcasts, alt-med, antivaccination and alltrials campaign, evolution/creationism, psychology of human misjudgment esp in behavioral finance (Robert Cialdini, Charlie Munger etc), alleged psychics and cold/hot reading, astrophysics. Happy to proofread text and edit audio/photo/video materials and review articles for Good Article status. Some experience of using Google Scholar to source citations for audio articles.
86. Brainy J - I've no specific specialization, but I'm reasonably well rounded on different skeptic topics. Glad to help out anywhere I can as a WikiGnome.
87. Kyle Hamar
88. War wizard90 - Agnostic, I read up a lot on religious contradictions and spend a lot of time at Skeptics Annotated Bible. I am especially familiar with the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as I was raised in that church. I also have a generally good (though not university level) understanding of particle physics. Pretty well rounded in most science subjects and the normal skeptical science targets (i.e. dousers, psychics, miracles, etc). I'm a process engineer in injection molding by profession.
89. Hutcher, interested in "Conspiracy theories" primarily because I find their critics to be weak on research and desperate to accept the orthodoxy. JFK Assassination and 9/11 are good examples.
90. Samwalton9 - Largely interested in physics topics as I'm an undergraduate Astrophysicist.
91. Mrund - Archaeology, history, Scandinavia. Active on English and Swedish Wikipedia.
92. joolzzt - jack of all trades, master of none.
93. MrBill3^talk - Science, Medicine, Religion
94. Ugog Nizdast^talk - Pledge my allegiance from India, I admit that I don't have any expertise in anything but the usual topics like science, religion, medicine and especially controversial topics related to India that require scrutiny. And the spelling of 'sceptic'.
95. the_stuart^talk - History, politics, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, general topics.
96. Orlady - Somehow I became a specialist on Wikipedia articles about education fraud and accreditation, although I have no real-life involvement in those areas. I am interested in other aspects of the subject.
97. MikeTheFriend - Interested in Pseudoscience and education among other skeptical topics
98. Jinkinson - The anti-vaccine movement
99. Walkirianubes - Everything skeptic, I'm happy to help.
100. ottRider - Science education, Astronomy, Science-Based Medicine
101. Dougweller - pseudoarchaeology and pseudohistory
102. Hubas - Neuroscientist, so anything concerning the brain is of highest interest, but I'm also very interested in debunking all claims of pseudoscience. Swedish if needed for translations.
103. Dkriegls - Scientist and Skeptic. Educational focus: Clinical Psychology. Wikipedia expertise: Lists, Biographies, Cities/towns, and wiki-bureaucracy.
104. Graham Proud - interested in the interactions between psychology, philosophy and religion - and how our understanding of the world around us shapes our "need" for religion...thank you Copernicus et al!
105. NHCLS - Bilingual agnostic sceptic (English & French). Interested in pretty much everything scepticism-related, especially conspiracy theories (9/11 truth particularly), religious pseudoscience/pseudohistory (creationism or Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code), alternative medicine, science-fiction (which I find is only good if there's as much science as fiction), pseudoscience about humans (myth of the Noble Savage, blank slate), etc... Also very interested in correcting common misconceptions about science and scientific concepts and technologies (a natural flavour is the same thing as an artificial flavour, nuclear power plants cannot explode like Hiroshima or Nagasaki, and scientists are creative!). I'm strongly inspired by Carl Sagan.
106. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) Always interested in woo and pseudoscience.
107. Nederlandse Leeuw – History student. Interested in history of science and the skeptical movement, and pseudoscience (mainly pseudohistory, creationism and logical fallacies).
108. Jackninja5 - As a sceptic myself, I would usually like to find info on many conspiracy theories, including ones I believe (e.g. Diana's death, Moon landings, John F. Kennedy's assassination) and ones I don't believe (Genocide denial, 9/11, Pope John Paul I's death).
109. Insertcleverphrasehere - interests, cold fusion, pseudoscience, and the effects of skepticism - expertise in engineering, geology, biology, and the scientific method in general.
110. Shibbolethink - PhD Student in Virology and Immunology, interested in alternative medicine, creationism, and the pathology of conspiracy theories.
111. Jerodlycett (talk) 08:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
112. Pretense - Interested in linguistics and astronomy. Mostly focused on anti-vax movement but also general pseudoscience.
113. Xeldarith - Interest in medicine, particularly alternatives to pharmacotherapy that lack the evidence to support their use.
114. trhermes - Interested in naturopathy and pseudo-medicine in general, especially intersections with law and regulation.
115. Bduke
116. Bubba73
117. Cool Hand Luke
118. Count Iblis
119. GangofOne even though I am not much of a joiner
120. Harald88
121. Laura Scudder
122. Michael C Price
123. Philosophus
124. Pjacobi
125. Ragesoss (Although, as an historian of science, I in no way endorse the term pseudoscience.)
126. William M. Connolley
127. Apidium23
128. Tim Williamson - Evolution, psychics, naturopath and homeopathic medicine.
129. Superversity - Monitoring on going peer reviewed research corroborating and advancing human health information among universities worldwide.
130. MrFringilla - Skeptical activism, organizations and spokespeople, podcasts and projects. In terms of pseudoscientific topics, I am mainly interested in health and chemistry related stuff.
131. Libertybison (talk) - History and Pseudohistory
132. Icerat (talk) - expertise in business and health, interested in everything
133. --jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:25, 29 May 2016 (UTC) General interest.
134. Gronk Oz - Science communication, particularly astronomy.
135. Shortsword ^(talk) - Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia. Science, evidence, critical thinking, trying to avoid superstition in all its forms
136. GliderMaven - all skepticism
137. Karlpoppery - History of science and the scientific method. I've got some education in biochemistry though it's no longer what I do. English and French.
138. Rp2006 ^(talk) - I am an Aerospace Systems Engineer (that technically makes me a Rocket Scientist!) and member of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia team. I am interested in supporting science education and countering all forms of pseudoscience being pushed on Wikipedia by believers. I mostly do short edits for the cause, but I have four brand new, and two almost from-scratch, articles to my credit to-date; five of these had Did You Know...? spots, and two have been classified as Good Articles! Check them out: Alan Hale, Bob Cenker, Science Moms, The Photo Ark & Bob Nygaard.
139. PaleoNeonate - Pseudoarchaeology, pseudohistory, pseudoscience (including evolution denial, climate change denial), paranormal, alternative medicine, creationism, alternate-facts/fake-news, cults, traditions (oral, literary, practices)...
140. Mramoeba (talk) 18:02, 13 May 2017 (UTC) looking for articles in need of rewriting, interested in science, biography and medicine
141. Kalligrafiemonk - Pseudoarchaeology, pseudohistory, pseudoscience, fake-News, History of science.
142. Ben Taylor - Science-based physician with a main interest in medical psuedoscience and challenging unverified claims
143. Amhras - translating articles
144. JGehlbach - Professionally versed in many facets of information technology, computer networks, open-source software. Always down to question alt-med, with particular focus on Rife devices and cancer quackery. Curious about everything.
145. The Young Skeptic - wants to promote science, skepticism, and critical thinking.
146. 8==8 Boneso (talk) 23:27, 22 January 2018 (UTC) - Anything that may interest my short attention span from time to time. Health & psychics got me involved in WP. Silly arguments made by conspiracy theorists and the like, entertain me. Pages I have created do not relate to skepticism, but I have edited and (hopefully) improved many that do.
147. Sadsignal - Experience in natural and applied sciences. Skeptic of the paranormal and the ability claims of the likes of Sylvia Brown and Theresa Caputo. I believe such claims to be the works of cold reading. Fan of James Randi. Other interests include fake-news, pseudohistory, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories.
148. Psax - history, alternative facts, alternative medicine, cults, sects, churches
149. Slroney Librarian interested in assisting anyone with sources. Primarily work on pages for women scientists especially in the biological sciences and agriculture but I dabble randomly as well.
150. TheGreatConsultingDetective March 9, 2018. Long time skeptic, first time WikiProject participant and new Wikipedian. General interest and knowledge. Best area is psychology.
151. Rap_Chart_Mike Specialize in physics and mathematics, pseudoscience, anti-intellectualism
152. Nestek - Work in Change Management and am interested in fake news, medical quackery and generally straightening out misinformation - particularly Australian based woo.
153. tronvillain (talk) - mostly interested in alternative medicine, folklore, cryptozoology, and pseudoscience in general.
154. Wyrm127 (talk) - Flat Earth, creationism, chemtrails, alternative medicine, and other pseudoscience and not evidence based claims.
155. PSArgentina Interested in alternative medicine, pseudosciences and anti-intellectual phenomena.
156. Quixilver391 Interested in anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories, paranoia, illogical reasoning, careless sharing of ideas. Main subject is folklore.
157. Girth Summit Geologist by training, geophysicist and later teacher by profession. Interested in keeping bunk of all sorts off Wikipedia.
158. Akrasia25 Evolution, Science, Medicine, drug development
159. Skeptic from Britain - history of evolution, food myths, philosophy.
160. Duke Gilmore - Science, probability, cognitive biases.
161. Gerald Carey - Creationism/Intelligent Design, fake medicine and poor health advice; and education, science in general
162. Wyatt Tyrone Smith - Scepticism, science, religion, pseudoscience, etc, etc, etc.
163. Tim Panagos - Scepticism, cognitive biases, archeology
164. Michael Cassidy - Science, Math, Astonomy, Physics
165. AntiChristoffer - Science, GMO, Computer science