Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology

[JMcEntegart]

The Church of Scientology is no longer allowed to edit Wikipedia entries.

Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology : Read more

 

[tenor77]

Yeah I hear they're perpetuating the myth that Tom Cruise is straight.

 

[apmyhr]

Thats awesome. I bet John Travolta logged on to see he was banned and said "Ohhh my gawd!"

 

[sneakysnake128]

B-B-B-Banhammer'd!

 

[bungee91]

There all wacked out of their mind anyway!..
+1 Wikipedia

 

[Guest]

Woot. Take that, Scilons !!!

 

[fuser]

Damn, that sci-fi cult can't catch a break these days. France is beating them down too.

 

[fuser]

For me the final straw was when Chef left South Park.

 

[Guest]

...the church of scientology wasn't... (not weren't)

 

[Guest]

Church of scientology worships scientists and money.
Even if they are banned, they could easily edit wikipedia at home, or switch providers.. So it's a dumb move for Wikipedia.

 

[Thunderfox]

Shouldn't it be every Tom Cruise, Dick and Harry?

 

[techtre2003]

@john0857
Actually, I think weren't is correct since the way "Church" is being used refers to a group of people and not a singular body.

 

[Guest]

Why do these Scientology care anyways what happens on this alien planet. They are waiting for the alien mothership to take to home are they not.

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

[citation][nom]ProDigit80[/nom]Church of scientology worships scientists and money.[/citation]
Minus the "scientists" part.

And the banning of Scientology-associated IPs probably does extend to some home users. Read the page to see how they determined who to ban (based more on behavior of certain editors than just if they were posting from a Scientology compound).

 

[foxyg]

Ban the mormons too please

 

[Kill@dor]

@truth_hurts = ROFLMBO

 

[biometricsguy]

Honestly, I surprised that it took this long for the scientology ban. This might be some kind of record for them.

 

[tipoo]

Stephen Colbert got banned alot faster than these guys, they must suck.

 

[tiredwolf]

It sounds like it was completely justified, wikipedia only functions so long as the information is completely neutral. Otherwise anyone can turn it into their own Media propaganda machine. To the guy that said ban the mormons too, why? This isn't about banning religions or groups you don't like. They did it because this group was coordinating with each other to edit information as an organization, so as an organization they were banned.

 

[p00dl3_h3r0]

[citation][nom]tiredwolf[/nom]To the guy that said ban the mormons too, why? This isn't about banning religions or groups you don't like. They did it because this group was coordinating with each other to edit information as an organization, so as an organization they were banned.[/citation]

For real. This is NOT about banning scientology or in any way discrediting them or ANY other organization. Its simply about trying to keep things neutral, like our own little slice of internet switzerland.