Wikipedia’s high court has ruled that all Scientology owned and operated IPs be treated as open proxies and thus banned.

In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates.

Closing out the longest-running court case in Wikiland history, the site’s Arbitration Committee voted 10 to 0 (with one abstention) in favor of the move, which takes effect immediately.

A heavy-handed decision to be sure, and one that will Wikipedia a lot of flack. Still, I have no sympathy for Scientology, and their tactics for suppressing any and all criticism of their goofy cult are legendary. As someone who’s done more than my share of troll-hunting, I say fuck ’em.

The Register has all the details.

Anthony Hecht is The Stranger's Chief Technology Officer. He owns no monkeys.

23 replies on “Wikipedia Bans Scientology”

  1. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

    That’s great.

  7. @4 – nah, I actually knew Elron Hubbard and used to do Turkey Readings of his books (and help choose the award winners). Personally, I’m more of a Flying Spaghetti Monster cult guy.

    Pass me another plate of spaghetti and meatballs …

  8. When Wikipedia came for the Church of Scientology,
    I remained silent (well, actually, I brayed like a Jackass…);
    I was not a Scientologist.

    blah

    blah

    When they came for me,
    there was no one left to speak out for me.

    enjoy your freedom
    while you can

  9. @8: Thread over, you lose by pocketing the jackbooted 8-ball.

    Free advice: being banned from Wikipedia for running a low-rent botnet to polish up pages about you is in no way comparable to being imprisoned, tortured, and executed for being a political dissident.

  11. Hard to sympathize with a cult whose tactics includes framing a news reporter with fabricated bomb threats, completely infiltrating several U.S Government offices to edit documents and get rid of dodgy intel about them.

    If they’re really are the nice shiny religion they say they are, then why are they trying so hard not to let people know how they work?

  12. “I actually knew Elron Hubbard”

    Maybe the good lord does exist. Every once in a while, my prayers are answered; this is beautiful. Thank you for existing, Will. I worship you now.

  18. I find it especially amusing that Will claims to have known “Elron” Hubbard, considering that no such person ever existed.

  23. My point was that the guy’s name was “L. Ron,” not “Elron,” and Will, who supposedly knew the guy, doesn’t even seem to know the difference.

    To anyone in the world unlucky enough to actually be named “Elron Hubbard,” I suppose I have to offer my condolences.

Comments are closed.