What Would Xenu Do? Wikipedia Shuts Site To Scientologists
Wikipedia, the website that calls itself “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit,” has just told one large group of people they can no longer contribute to it. If you’re a Scientologist, you’re no longer welcome to edit entries on Wikipedia. This policy change came after a number of users with IP addresses associated with the Church of Scientology were making edits that the ten-member Wikipedia arbitration committee decided pushed a Scientology agenda, defying the site’s nonpartisan goals. Andrew Lih is the author of the new book The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia and the host of the “Wikipedia Weekly Podcast.” He himself is an avid wikipedian.
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