The Church of Scientology Banned From Wikipedia

softsailor.com ^ | 5-30-09

[Justaham]

Scientology members no longer have access to Wikipedia as the website has banned the so-called Church of Scientology to edit the content of the site. Wikipedia, the biggest online encyclopedia has blocked all the IPs which were making changes to Scientology pages from the site in order to avoid propaganda and “sock puppet” attacks. This is the first time Wikipedia decides to take drastic measures against one organization, but nothing is new as the site’s administrators has been banning individual Scientology users for a long time.

[razorback-bert]

Tom Cruise isn’t going to like this.

[KevinDavis]

They are so getting sued..

[Justaham]

List of well known people who are Scientologists:

* Kirstie Alley, actress
* Anne Archer, actress
* Catherine Bell, actress
* Sonny Bono, artist and congressman
* Nancy Cartwright, voiceover artist
* Erika Christensen, actress
* Tom Cruise, actor
* Sky Dayton, founder and Chairman of the Board of EarthLink
* Jason Dohring, actor
* Jenna Elfman, actress, and her husband Bodhi, actor
* Beck Hansen, (Beck) musician
* Isaac Hayes, musician, actor RIP
* Katie Holmes, actress
* L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology
* Jason Lee, actor and professional skateboarder
* Geoffrey Lewis, actor
* Juliette Lewis, actress (daughter of Geoffrey)

[John123]

I think Sonny is dead...

[fieldmarshaldj]

3 of those people have since gone on to discover Scientology is a load of bullcrap. And for the record, my name is John Smith.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

From your list, how many are now dead?

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Everything about the Church of Scientology, I learned from South Park.

[max americana]

Yeah, but “Lord” Xenu is still on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu

[Justaham]

I forgot to add the following to the list:
- John Travolta (actor)
- Kelly Preston (actress)
- Mimi Rogers (actreaa, first wife of Tom Cruise, and who was responsible for introducing TC to Scientology.)
- Will Smith - actor (????)
- Jada Pinkette-Smith - actress (????)
- Anne Archer - actress
- Catherine Bell (actress)
- Lisa Marie Presley (Elvis Presley’s only child)
- Rob Thomas (musician)
- Chaka Khan (musician)
- Greta Van Susteren - host of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren new show on FOX TV
- Linda Blair - actress best known for The Exorcist

[Star Traveler]

Christianity next... LOL...

[RC one]

yup, they are so sued.

[pnh102]

On what grounds? Wikipedia is a private entity and it has every right to ban whoever it wants from its system.

[Cyber Liberty]

I guess he’s on Venus or something, then....

[jongaltsr]

Can they erase prior documents or just add?

If they can only add then they should be allowed. Even though I totally disagree with Scientology, I love to read what they have to say. It tells me more about human bias and stupidity and is often worth a good chuckle.

Whicked Pedia is a non scientific / not accurate document produced by non scientific and very fallible humans.

[Justaham]

Past Adherents no longer with Scientology:

- Oliver Stone - film director
- J.D. Salinger - popular, acclaimed novelist for his novel The Catcher in the Rye
- Brad Pitt - actor
- William S. Burroughs - author and Beat Generation icon
- Christopher Reeve - actor who played “Superman” (RIP)
- Van Morrison - influential singer, songwriter, musician (lapsed)
- Soleil Moon Frye - actress best known as “Punky Brewster”
- Sharon Stone - actress
- Peggy Lipton - actress
- Mikhail Baryshnikov - ballet dancer
- Patrick Swayze - actor
- Kate Capshaw - actress, Steven Spielberg’s wife
- Rock Hudson - actor, movie star (RIP)
- Emilio Estevez - actor
- John Brodie - football player
- Don Simpson - producer, Top Gun, etc.
- Ricky Martin - singer
- Olivia D’Abo - actress
- Cathy Lee Crosby - actress
- Gloria Gaynor - singer and “disco queen”
- Charles Manson - infamous serial killer (still in prison)
- Candice Bergen - actress, star of TV series Murphy Brown, Boston Public, etc. (may have not actually been a member)

[Justaham]

ACtually, the Church of Scientology is being sued in France because of fraud.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Hubbard must’ve been stoned when he wrote that crap. It’s not even good science fiction.

[max americana]

I live in the Hollywood area and the scientologists have the biggest properties in the area. I mean massive. Talking to a friend of mine who’s in the biz 2 weeks ago, he mentioned that if Americorps and Acorn went to war against the scientologists, the scientologists will win. Why? Just look at the faces of the people who read Dianetics..they really do believe it..even factoring the Xenu character. Not even the most ardent Obama-ton could shake their “belief”. Scary..

[fieldmarshaldj]

Too bad we can’t all lock them together in a big stadium during a hurricane...

[preacher]

http://preview.tinyurl.com/673gf3
Wikipedia bias
Written by Dr Fred Hansen

Recently, quite a few people who occasionally use Wikipedia have told me that they have noticed that this useful online encyclopaedia is left leaning in some of its entries. I always assumed this might just reflect the same bias in the media as a whole. But I was wrong. The bias does not emerge by default but is vigorously enforced, as this story on Wikipedia global-warming propaganda shows.

Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe and author of The Deniers, sums up the situation well:

In theory, Wikipedia is a “people’s encyclopedia” written and edited by the people who read it; so on controversial topics, one might expect to see a broad range of opinion. But on global warming, Wikipedia offers consensus, Gore-style — a consensus forged by censorship, intimidation, and deceit.

Solomon undertook several attempts to edit the Wikipedia page on global warming and to delete mistakes for instance about British scientist Bennie Peiser, only to find his entries eradicated time and again. Obviously in the people’s encyclopaedia there are two classes of editors: one with genuine imprimatur and another that may be censored. Solomon discovered that network administrator William Connolley, a ruthless enforcer of the doomsday consensus, uses his authority to ensure Wikipedia readers see only what he wants them to see. Any reference, anywhere among Wikipedia’s 2.5 million English-language pages, that casts doubt on the consequences of climate change will be bent to Connolley’s bidding.

There are other examples of course. Just look at the pages Roe v. Wade or Intelligent Design and make up your own mind.