Vampiel
June 3rd, 2009, 04:20 PM
http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/4912-wikipedia-bans-all-scientology-ips-from-editing
‘Ban is unprecedented in the site’s history.’ -
Wikipedia.org has just announced the biggest ban in its history (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/) in an effort to stop exploitation of its online resources. The Church of Scientology has been “excommunicated” from the site, so to speak, with all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associate banned from making contributions.
The decision was reached by the Arbitration Committee, the site’s governing body. The decision took a record amount of time and ended in a 10 to 0 vote, with one abstention. The Committee cited a lengthy record of abuse and inaccuracy by members of the Church of Scientology.
Wikipedia is currently the eighth largest site on the internet, and perhaps the largest source of compiled information. However, it has been forced to begin blocking destructive users, despite its motto that it’s “the free encyclopedia anyone can edit”. The Scientology ban is the first time a major organization has been evicted from the site, though.
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The reason for the ban, according to the admins, is overwhelming evidence of biased edits. Scientologists, according to the admins were “openly editing [Scientology-related articles] from Church of Scientology equipment and apparently coordinating their activities, damaging Wikipedia’s reputation for neutrality.”
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Tory Christman, a former officer in the Church of Scientology’s Office of Special Affairs, recently revealed details on the Church’s sneaky internet activity. He claims, “The guys I worked with posted every day all day. It was like a machine. I worked with someone who used five separate computers, five separate anonymous identities…to refute any facts from the internet about the Church of Scientology.”
I wonder how many other subjects this happens in.
‘Ban is unprecedented in the site’s history.’ -
Wikipedia.org has just announced the biggest ban in its history (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/) in an effort to stop exploitation of its online resources. The Church of Scientology has been “excommunicated” from the site, so to speak, with all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associate banned from making contributions.
The decision was reached by the Arbitration Committee, the site’s governing body. The decision took a record amount of time and ended in a 10 to 0 vote, with one abstention. The Committee cited a lengthy record of abuse and inaccuracy by members of the Church of Scientology.
Wikipedia is currently the eighth largest site on the internet, and perhaps the largest source of compiled information. However, it has been forced to begin blocking destructive users, despite its motto that it’s “the free encyclopedia anyone can edit”. The Scientology ban is the first time a major organization has been evicted from the site, though.
.....
The reason for the ban, according to the admins, is overwhelming evidence of biased edits. Scientologists, according to the admins were “openly editing [Scientology-related articles] from Church of Scientology equipment and apparently coordinating their activities, damaging Wikipedia’s reputation for neutrality.”
.....
Tory Christman, a former officer in the Church of Scientology’s Office of Special Affairs, recently revealed details on the Church’s sneaky internet activity. He claims, “The guys I worked with posted every day all day. It was like a machine. I worked with someone who used five separate computers, five separate anonymous identities…to refute any facts from the internet about the Church of Scientology.”
I wonder how many other subjects this happens in.