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Title: Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology
Post by: Arcademan on May 30 2009, 01:52 pm
Guess Tom Cruise's been editing it too much (http://"http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/29/wikipedia-bans-church-of-scientology/")   :nono:

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The collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology from editing the site. The Register reports Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee, or ArbCom, voted 10 to 0 in favor of the ban, which takes effect immediately.

Wikipedia’s innovative free-encyclopedia draws upon the knowledge of millions of users to create and edit articles on every conceivable topic. Edits appear immediately and do not undergo any formal peer-review process.

Wikipedia officially prohibits use of the encyclopedia to advance personal agendas – such as advocacy or propaganda and philosophical, ideological or religious dispute – but the open format makes enforcing such policies difficult.

According to Wikipedia administrators speaking to The Register:

Multiple editors have been “openly editing [Scientology-related articles] from Church of Scientology equipment and apparently coordinating their activities.”
Entry's still on Wiki but has a lock symbol on the top of the page.