Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia

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Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia led to a ban on edits from the organization's computers editing on the website.[1][2]

Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia refers to a series of incidents that led in 2009 to Church of Scientology-owned networks being banned from making edits to Wikipedia articles relating to Scientology. The Church of Scientology has long had a controversial history on the Internet, and has initiated campaigns to manipulate material and remove information critical of the organization from the web. From early in Wikipedia's history, conflict arose within the topic of Scientology on the website. Disputes began in earnest in 2005, with users disagreeing about whether or not to describe Scientology as a cult or religion. In 2006, disagreements within the topic of Scientology on Wikipedia were more specific. Wikipedia user and Scientology critic David Gerard commented to The Daily Telegraph in 2006 that some articles were neutral due to a requirement to reference stated facts.^[3]

Revelations from software produced by Virgil Griffith in 2007 called Wikiscanner made public the nature of edits on Wikipedia which were able to be traced directly back to Church of Scientology-controlled computers. CBS News and The Independent reported that edits by the Scientology organization were made in attempts to remove criticism from the main article on the topic. The Times and Forbes noted Scientology computers were used to remove links between the Church of Scientology and former anti-cult organization since taken over by Scientology, the Cult Awareness Network. Der Spiegel reported that Wikiscanner revealed Scientology computers were used to promote Scientology's critical view of psychiatry, including adding links to the Scientology-founded organization Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) and to websites of other groups affiliated with Scientology.^[4]

In January 2009, The Register reported on a case involving Scientology before Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee. The Arbitration Committee on Wikipedia is composed of a group of volunteers voted upon by other users in order to resolve conflict on the site. Wikipedia administrators presented evidence during the case that Scientology-controlled computers were used to promote the organization, utilizing multiple different user accounts. One user who went by the handle "COFS" admitted this pattern of editing, and stated the edits from Scientology computers would continue. In May 2009, the Arbitration Committee decided to restrict editing from Scientology organization IP addresses, to prevent self-serving edits by editors within Church of Scientology-administered networks. The decision accorded Scientology-controlled IP addresses the same blockable status as open proxies on the site. The committee concluded that both sides had "gamed policy" and resorted to "battlefield tactics", with articles on living persons being the "worst casualties".^[5][6]

Arbitration Committee member Roger Davies wrote the majority of the decision, and commented to The New York Times that due to the controversial nature of the case, the decision was crafted so as not to focus directly upon any particular individual.^[7] Wikipedia media contact Dan Rosenthal emphasized in a statement to ABC News that it was generally accepted procedure on the site to ban users that had violated policy intended to prevent them from promoting propaganda.^[8] Wikimedia Foundation spokesman and head of communications Jay Walsh said to Bloomberg BusinessWeek the Arbitration decision was intended to help restore Scientology -related articles to an acceptable state on the site.^[9] Wikimedia Germany spokesperson Catrin Schoneville stated to Computerwoche that the decision impacted the English Wikipedia, and noted it was unclear whether a similar ruling might be applied to the German Wikipedia.^[10] Statements from Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw characterized the Arbitration ruling as a routine matter, and maintained there were still "gross inaccuracies" on the article on Scientology.^[9] In a statement to CNN, Pouw denied the presence of an organized campaign by the Church of Scientology to manipulate Wikipedia.^[11] Scientology representative Tommy Davis emphasized to the St. Petersburg Times that users critical of the organization were also banned, and similarly denied that Scientology leadership arranged a campaign to manipulate entries on Wikipedia.^[12]

Background

Main article: Scientology versus the Internet

The Scientology organization has experienced a controversial history on the Internet.^[13] It has been criticized for attempting to restrict freedom of speech on the Internet; this conflict has come to be known as Scientology versus the Internet,^[14][15][16] or Scientology v. The Net.^[17][18][19] The organization has attempted to manipulate and maintain power over its public image on the web.^[13][14] Early lawsuits involved in this dispute have included Religious Technology Center v. Netcom,^[18] as well as Religious Technology Center v. F.A.C.T. Net.^[20] Writing in his book, Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age, author Mike Godwin noted, "In one of the earliest widely publicized sets of cases involving intellectual property on the Net, the Church of Scientology has been exploring the uses of copyright and trade secret law when it comes to silencing its critics, many of them former members of the church."^[18] The Guardian noted, "According to insiders and security experts, Scientologists have been conducting concerted campaigns for more than a decade to remove online information critical of the organisation."^[13] In response to criticism over its actions on the Internet, Scientology has stated its efforts are aimed at defending the copyrights over its secretive spiritual documents.^[14][15]

Legal cases have involved a newsgroup focused on the topic called alt.religion.scientology, which revealed information from advanced Scientology methods including the Operating Thetan (OT) levels that describe the story of Xenu.^[14][15] In 1995, attorneys representing the Church of Scientology tried to get alt.religion.scientology removed from Usenet.^[14][16] This maneuver had the opposite impact for Scientology, serving to drive up popularity of alt.religion.scientology and resulting in a "declaration of war" from the hacker organization Cult of the Dead Cow.^[16] Professor David S. Touretzky of the computer science department and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a critic of Scientology and proponent of freedom of speech on the Internet.^[15] He noted the Scientology organization was, "trying to threaten freedom of speech on the Internet by making service providers legally responsible for their customers' speech."^[15] Journalist and founder of The Skeptic, Wendy M. Grossman, observed of Scientology's attempts to suppress information on the Internet, "Scientology versus the Net ... was the original net.war. The story was at heart pretty simple (and the skirmishes continue, in various translations into newer media, to this day). Scientology has a bunch of super-secrets that only the initiates, who have spent many hours in expensive Scientology training, are allowed to see. Scientology's attempts to keep those secrets off the Net resulted in their being published everywhere. The dust has never completely settled. Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead, said Mark Twain. That was before the Internet. Scientology was the first to learn – nearly 15 years ago – that the best way to ensure the maximum publicity for something is to try to suppress it."^[21]

History

Early conflict

Conflict within the topic of Scientology on Wikipedia arose early on from the website's beginnings.^[22] Author Jonathan Zittrain noted in his 2009 book published by Yale University Press, The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It, "as Wikipedia grew it began to attract editors who had never crossed paths before, and who disagreed on articles they were simultaneously editing. One person would say that Scientology was a 'cult,' the other would change that back to 'religion,' and the first would revert it back again."^[22] In a 2005 article about Wikipedia for The Guardian, Charles Arthur noted individuals debated online, "whether Scientology should be classed as a cult", and he compared the "cultism" of Scientology to that of Wikipedia itself.^[23] ABC News noted in a 2009 article, "Wikipedia disputes about Scientology have gone on since 2005."^[8]

In 2006, conflict on Wikipedia within the topic of Scientology was drawn out over specific disagreements.^[24] Journalist Alan Bjerga of McClatchy Newspapers reported in August 2006, "Wayne Saewyc, a Wikipedia spokesman, said debates on controversial topics can become incredibly time-consuming and sometimes maddening. In the entry covering Scientology, for example, contributors argued for nine months over whether the Scientologist method of childbirth should be called 'silent birth' or 'quiet birth.'"^[24] In an October 2006 article about Wikipedia, Paul Vallely of The Independent commented that, "Some pages seem to have been taken over by fanatics and special interest groups (try the Scientology page)."^[25] Wikipedia user and Scientology critic David Gerard commented to The Daily Telegraph in October 2006 about the state of Scientology articles on the site, saying "he believes the Wikipedia entry is the most balanced and informative account to be found anywhere on the web."^[3] Gerard commented on "NPOV" (neutral point of view) in the topic, "This is a good example of why NPOV is one of the most revolutionary things about Wikipedia. On the web you’ll find a lot of Church of Scientology sites, and a lot of critics’ sites, which are generally very bitter. On Wikipedia you have to be neutral, and you have to be able to reference your facts."^[3]

Wikiscanner revelations

For more details on this topic, see Wikiscanner.

Wikiscanner software by Virgil Griffith revealed edits from Scientology-associated computers to Wikipedia

The development of the Wikiscanner software by Virgil Griffith in 2007 revealed changes made to Wikipedia articles by Scientology organization computers.^[26] CBS News reported, "Many of the edits are predictably self-interested: PCs in Scientology officialdom were used to remove criticism in the church's Wikipedia entry."^[27] The Independent noted, "Computers with IP addresses traced to the Church of Scientology were used to expunge critical paragraphs about the cult's world-wide operations."^[28] The Times reported that a Scientology organization computer was used to manipulate information in the Wikipedia article about the Cult Awareness Network, "A computer linked to the Church of Scientology's network was used to delete references to links between it and a group dubbed the 'Cult Awareness Network.'"^[29] Forbes noted, "Scientology officials appear to have removed critical comments from an anti-cult organization."^[30]

Der Spiegel reported in more depth on some of the edits revealed by Wikiscanner to have been made on Wikipedia by computers associated with the Scientology organization. From 2003 to 2007, 170 edits were made, a large proportion of which focused on Scientology views critical of psychiatry. The article "Kurt Cobain" was edited by the Scientology organization in order to include a link to the Scientology-founded "Citizens Commission on Human Rights" (CCHR);^[4] and an edit to the article put forth the notion that, "the singer's childhood Ritalin prescription led him to suicide".^[31] Multiple edits involved adding links to webpages of organizations affiliated with Scientology.^[4]

Reporting for Slate, journalist Michael Agger observed that an edit by a Scientology-associated IP address to a Scientology-related article on Wikipedia does not necessarily indicate such an edit was made by an employee of the organization. Virgil Griffith explained, "Technically, we don't know if it came from an agent of that company. However, we do know that edit came from someone with access to their network. If the edit occurred during working hours, then we can reasonably assume that the person is either an employee of that company or a guest that was allowed access to their network."^[31]

Project Chanology

Main article: Project Chanology

After the Scientology organization tried to remove a promotional film of Scientology featuring celebrity member Tom Cruise from the Internet, a group of web-based activists known as "Anonymous" focused efforts against Scientology.^[13] Anonymous disrupted Scientology websites and spread anti-Scientologist materials online.^[13] In July 2008, Messenger Newspapers noted, "A war between internet collective Anonymous and the Church of Scientology" had been "fought out largely on the battlefields of YouTube, Wikipedia and other websites", before emerging to become a movement with protests taking place in front of Scientology buildings.^[32] Known as Project Chanology, the movement was "Organised from a Wikipedia-style website (editable by anyone) and through anonymous internet chat rooms".^[33] The New York Times noted that through its actions related to attempts to remove the Tom Cruise video from the Internet, the Church of Scientology became a victim of the Streisand effect – a phenomenon whereby attempts to suppress information on the Internet end up having the opposite impact.^[34]

Arbitration Committee ban

Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee concluded the Scientology case on May 28, 2009

In January 2009, The Register reported on an ongoing case involving Scientology before Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, "According to site administrators, several pro-Scientology accounts have been editing the site using Scientology-owned computers."^[35] The Arbitration Committee on Wikipedia is composed of a group of volunteers voted upon by other users in order to resolve conflict on the site.^[36][37] During the Arbitration case, the page about Scientology was modified by members of the organization.^[35][38] Scientology members had doctored entries in order to advertise for their cause.^[39] The Register noted that one of the Wikipedia users admitted he had edited from computers operated by the Scientology organization, "One of these pro-Scientology editors – who once used the handle 'COFS' – has admitted as much. And he vows to continue editing Scientology articles from Scientology computers."^[35] The Register quoted the "COFS" user as saying, "I am not going to leave voluntarily and I will continue to use a) my own computer, b) public computers, c) my wireless laptop, d) computers in the Church of Scientology and any station I please".^[35] The Guardian cited The Register, and noted, "The technology news website The Register alleges the church has an organised operation to challenge internet criticism."^[40]

In an effort to adhere to Wikipedia policy, Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee decided on May 28, 2009,^[41] to restrict editing from Scientology organization IP addresses in order to prevent self-serving edits by editors within Church of Scientology-administered networks.^[5][42] The decision accorded Scientology-controlled IP addresses the same blockable status as open proxies on the site.^[43][44][45] Ten members of the Arbitration Committee voted in favor of the ruling.^[46][47][48] This prevented such users from editing existing articles or creating new articles on the site.^[49] Wikipedia previously frequently had banned individual users from the site, but not entire organizations.^[50] The Arbitration decision came as the culmination of a "longstanding struggle" involving promoters of the organization and critics of its practices.^[51] ABC News noted the conflict was "one of the longest-running disputes in Wikipedia's history".^[8] The conflict involved over 400 articles within the topic of Scientology.^[52][53] It was the fourth such Arbitration Case before Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee on the topic of Scientology in the prior four years.^[8][54][55] The case was drawn out for six months, prior to the decision of the Arbitration Committee.^[56] A "host of anti-Scientologist editors" were topic-banned as well.^[5][42] The committee concluded that both sides had "gamed policy" and resorted to "battlefield tactics", with articles on living persons being the "worst casualties".^[5][6] The committee ruled that the Scientology organization had a responsibility to "ensure appropriate use of its servers and equipment",^[1] and pointed to a conflict of interest involved with edits from Scientology-associated computers.^[57] The block on IP addresses includes those originating from the Church of Scientology's offices in Los Angeles, California;^[58] the organization additionally maintains headquarters in Clearwater, Florida.^[12]

News.com.au reported, "According to evidence found by Wikipedia, multiple users with known scientology IP addresses had been 'openly editing (Scientology-related articles) from Church of Scientology equipment and apparently coordinating their activities'."^[59] Sky News noted that the ban on Scientology computers applies to "Any computer addresses 'owned or operated' by the Church or associates linked to it".^[60] Fox News Channel reported on the decision, "The encyclopedia's administrators found that Scientology computers had been repeatedly changing more than 400 pages related to the Church, deleting negative references and adding positive ones. The volume of changes was overwhelming administrators' ability to reverse them, hence the block."^[61] Fox News Channel described the decision by the Arbitration Committee to block Scientology-controlled IP addresses as "an unprecedented move";^[61] The Guardian similarly noted, "whatever your feelings towards the world of Scientology, Wikipedia's decision to enact a blanket ban appears to be unprecedented."^[13] InfoWorld wrote that edits by the Scientology organization were motivated by, "a massive organized effort to make the CoS look good and/or counter the relentless public criticism that has shadowed the organization since the earliest days of the Net."^[62] Wired News reported that the ban on the Scientology organization was triggered by "repeated and deceptive editing of articles related to the controversial religion".^[63] The Los Angeles Times noted that the ban stemmed from "the church's self-serving wiki-revisionism".^[64] Der Spiegel noted that skeptics doubted the efficacy of the ban on the Scientology-controlled IP addresses, and commented on the likelihood of individuals creating multiple account names.^[65]

Wikimedia comments

Wikimedia Foundation head of communications Jay Walsh emphasized the Arbitration decision was aimed at getting Scientology-related articles to an acceptable state on Wikipedia

Arbitration Committee member Roger Davies wrote the majority of the decision in the Scientology case.^[7] Davies commented in an interview with The New York Times, "It was obvious that this case was going to be controversial pretty much from the start. What we have done is we’ve really tried to make sure that we have not directed our fire at anyone in particular."^[7] He noted there was a recurring pattern of disputed editing on controversial topics, "One of the problems we keep bumping into is what I call core belief issues — politics, religion, nationalism. Fringe faiths, fringe nationalities."^[7]

Wikimedia Foundation spokesman and head of communications, Jay Walsh,^[9] stated the decision was focused on reducing hostility within the subject and getting articles back to an appropriate state.^[66] Walsh emphasized to Bloomberg BusinessWeek that edits which serve the interests of organizations are acceptable, but must be within the procedure of "adding valuable context" to articles.^[9] In a statement to The Wall Street Journal, Walsh said, "This is about people reducing the hostility around the topic, and getting the articles back to a state where they make sense. I think the arbitration committee wants to send the message that Wikipedians have to be neutral on all accounts and all fronts. They don’t take these situations lightly. They understand there’s a perspective of: Are we censoring people or individuals? It’s really about what can we do that’s best for Wikipedia and the people who read it."^[67] When asked by Ross Reynolds of National Public Radio affiliate KUOW-FM why the Arbitration decision included a "ban on IP addresses at the Church of Scientology", Walsh answered, "So the simple answer is that within looking at these computers and where these edits were coming from, the decision is that ultimately most of the edits within these ranges have been from single-user-accounts, people who have a single intention to change or move or in some cases remove information, which could be considered censorship, which is really something that doesn't work out well on Wikipedia. And this is an effort to kind of calm that effect, and to bring some neutrality and some quality back to these articles."^[68]

Wikipedia media contact, Dan Rosenthal, stated to ABC News, "Scientology is up there among the most controversial on Wikipedia. You can compare it to articles on abortion, the presidential election and the like and there's been nowhere near the level of bitterness and fighting."^[8] Rosenthal commented, "You could imply that there is a conflict of interest. Rather than two unrelated people getting together", promoters of the Scientology organization were "getting together, saying, 'Let's work together to make this a more pro-scientology article.'"^[8] Rosenthal noted that "it is standard practice to ban users found violating rules designed to keep people with an agenda from propagandizing."^[69][70] Rosenthal said that approximately 300 users are blocked or banned per day from Wikipedia in order to stop vandalism, or for violating regulations created to prevent propaganda.^[71] Catrin Schoneville, spokesperson for Wikimedia Germany, stated to Computerwoche that the decision impacted the English Wikipedia version, and it was unknown whether a similar decision in the future would be applied to the German Wikipedia site.^[10]

Scientology statements

Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis denied Scientology leadership arranged a campaign to manipulate entries on Wikipedia

Scientology spokeswoman, Karin Pouw, stated of the Wikipedia Arbitration decision, "Do Scientologists care what has been posted on Wikipedia? Of course. Some of it has been very hateful and erroneous."^[72] Pouw commented, "We hope all this will result in more accurate and useful articles on Wikipedia."^[60] She characterized the Arbitration Committee decision as,"a routine internal action by Wikipedia to clean up its editing process".^[73] Pouw emphasized, "More importantly is the fact that Wikipedia finally banned those who were engaged in unobjective and biased editing for the purposes of antagonism as opposed to providing accurate information."^[2][74] Pouw commented to ABC News, "People have conflicts on Wikipedia all the time, and it's obvious why — anybody can post."^[8] Bloomberg Businessweek reported on Pouw's statements, "[Pouw] says her organization regularly monitors the Internet for wrong information about its belief system and members. After this ruling, Puow says there remain 'gross inaccuracies' on the Scientology article on Wikipedia that she hopes will eventually be corrected. But for the time being, her group’s ability to do that have been weakened."^[9] In a statement to CNN, Pouw asserted "she is unaware of any coordinated effort to alter Wikipedia".^[11]

Tommy Davis, a representative of the Scientology organization, stated to the St. Petersburg Times that members of the organization were attempting to correct what they perceived as factual inaccuracies: "The story that's being missed is there were people who were doing nonstop attacks on the church and using Wikipedia to do it. Those people have been banned."^[12] Davis denied that Scientology leadership arranged a campaign to manipulate entries on Wikipedia. He asserted, "The church is huge. ... Scientologists are going to say what they're going to say about their own religion."^[12]

Popular culture

Stephen Colbert satirized the Arbitration decision on his comedy program The Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert satirically discussed Wikipedia's ban on editing from Scientology organization computers, in a June 4, 2009, segment of his comedy program, The Colbert Report.^[75] Colbert commented, "Wikipedia banned the Church of Scientology from editing entries. All because Church members were giving entries a pro-Scientology bias. People started getting suspicious when the entry for Tom Cruise listed him as five foot ten."^[75] Colbert observed, "Folks, I think this is the worst tragedy to befall Scientologists, since galactic overlord Xenu stacked billions of frozen people around volcanoes which he detonated with hydrogen bombs."^[75] In the piece about the Wikipedia ban on Scientology computers, The Colbert Report highlighted an article about the incident by The Register.^[76] In October 2009, Comedy Central placed the segment among "Colbert's Best Scientology Moments".^[77]

Analysis

Sociologist Stephen A. Kent commented to ABC News about the Arbitration decision

Writing in the 2009 book Scientology, contributor Mikael Rothstein commented favorably about the Wikipedia article on "Xenu", "The most sober and enlightening text about the Xenu myth is probably the anonymous article on Wikipedia..."^[78] Writing about Scientology in her 2010 book Insiders' Guide to the Greater Tampa Bay Area, author Anne W. Anderson noted, "In May 2009, Wikipedia ... imposed a very rare ban on some computers that were repeatedly editing entries about Scientology."^[79] In an August 2009 article for TIME, titled "A Brief History of Wikipedia", journalist Dan Fletcher noted, "In May, Wikipedia banned IP addresses owned by the Church of Scientology on the grounds that Scientologists were making edits that didn't suggest a 'neutral point of view' — the encyclopedia's golden rule."^[80]

In an interview with ABC News, sociologist of the University of Alberta, Stephen A. Kent commented, "Historically, Scientology has tried to control what critics say about it. The Internet, however, has posed insurmountable problems regarding control and censorship and Wikipedia's action is just one of many disputes that have occurred when Internet users have pushed back. Scientology can't roll over and give up on this issue. It will continue to attempt to have its representation."^[8] Evgeny Morozov of Foreign Policy wrote a blog post critical of the Arbitration decision, and stated, "I am no fan of Scientology, but I think that banning them from Wikipedia is going to be counterproductive. Unfortunately, it presents the Wikipedia admins/editors as a non-neutral group that opposes a particular set of ideas."^[81] In an August 2010 article in The Guardian, journalists Rachel Shabi and Jemima Kiss observed, "Editors can remain anonymous when changing content, but conflicts are passed to Wikipedia's arbitration committee. Scientology was a regular source of conflict until the committee blocked editing by the movement."^[82]

See also

	Wikipedia portal
	Internet portal
	Scientology portal

• alt.religion.scientology
• Operation Clambake
• Scieno Sitter
• Scientology and the legal system
• Scientology controversies

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Further reading

• AGK and Ragesoss (June 1, 2009). "End of Scientology arbitration brings blocks, media coverage". The Wikipedia Signpost (en.wikipedia.org). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-06-01/Scientology_arbitration. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 
• Wikipedia Arbitration Committee (May 28, 2009). "Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Scientology". Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Scientology. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 
• Gardner, Sue (June 2009). "Foundation report to the Board, June 2009". Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (Wikimedia Foundation). http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Foundation_report_to_the_Board,_June_2009. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 

External links

• Erenrich, Daniel; Virgil Griffith (2010). "Search results for query 'Scientology'". Wikiscanner (katrina.cs.caltech.edu). http://katrina.cs.caltech.edu/erenrich_rnd345/scanner_final/company_selection.php?company_name=Scientology. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 
• JayWalsh (talk · contribs), Wikimedia Foundation head of communications, as guest on KUOW-FM to discuss the Scientology arbitration case — (kuow.org: listen in .mp3, program listing)