Why is the Church of Scientology being banned from Wikipedia?”
The online encyclopedia’s arbitration committee has voted to block contributions from computers owned by Scientologists, following complaints that many were using the website to push propaganda. Feuds between pro- and anti-Scientology users had already forced the site, written entirely by members of the public, to lock entries about the church, which counts Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its celebrity members.
Wikipedia have banned Church of Scientology members banned from editing their entry The online encyclopedia’s arbitration committee has voted to block contributions from computers owned by Scientologists, following complaints that many were using the website to push propaganda. Feuds between pro- and anti-Scientology users had already forced the site, written entirely by members of the public, to lock entries about the church, which counts Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its celebrity members. “Newcomers are treated rudely. Bad faith assumptions, personal attacks, edit wars, soapboxing, and other disruptions are common occurrences,” the arbitration committee said. Now the administrators have acted to rebuild the encyclopedia’s reputation for neutrality by taking the unprecedented step of banning anyone they consider to be connected to the church from altering articles. “All IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates, broadly interpreted, are to be
