Well in one ruling the folks at Wikipedia said
to the Chruch of Scientology!
I guess they were getting mad a the folks in the Church Of Scientology editing articles to show their views. I guess this was not the first time they had their hands slapped but this time they had the doors of wikipedia shut on them with a big Banned sticker on the outside for them to see.
Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology from editing any articles. It's a punishment for repeated and deceptive editing of articles related to the controversial religion. The landmark ruling comes from the inner circle of a site that prides itself on being open and inclusive.
The case, which began in December, centers on more than 400 articles about the ultra-secretive Church and its members. Those pages have hosted long-running, fierce edit wars that pitted organized Church of Scientology editors — using multiple accounts — against critics of Scientology who fought those changes by citing their own or one another's self-published material. In fact, this is the fourth Wikipedia arbitration case concerning Scientology in as many years.
Yeah no joke - wonder if Tom Cruise will be on Oprah jumping up and down on the sofa mad about it. He could do another interview with Matt Laure (The Today Show) and proclaim that "He knows". I do find it funny.
Yeah it just goes to show that since ppl can edit them that you can't rely on wikipedia as your only source of info when doing research. I agree that I may not read something on wikipedia that I like but its not based on opinions but facts - like them or not.
I don't care about L. Ron Hubbard and his clones, but does Wiki ever ban the millions of other people that can, and probably have, puposefully posted inaccurate information on there?
I'll state my opinion with this fact: I've read thousands of books in my rather long life. I have almost a compulsion to finish any book I start (except obvious reference books). Even if I don't like it much, I want to be able to say I've read it.
The only book I've ever literally thrown into a garbage can before finishing it was L. Ron Hubbard's original Dianetics. I gave it exactly 100 pages of my time, looking for something cohesive and sensible. Then I tossed it.
Single & Not Looking
oooh that'll tick them off real good. They deserve it though.