Cirt's Scientology edits - February 2011 Options

[Gruntled]

Hey. In case nobody's noticed it's February now. Can some kind mod please close this thread so we can start a new one? And since this is obviously campaigning for Cirt for Dick of the Year award, should it be in a different forum?

[Beer me]

The cult loving anthropologist has just attacked Delicious Carbuncle at BLPN over cult bashing Cirt (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wtf.gif)

[Somey]

The cult loving anthropologist has just attacked Delicious Carbuncle at BLPN over cult bashing Cirt (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wtf.gif)

I believe you're referring to this bit of business, in which Cirt tries the "nothing to see here, please move along" approach to one of his previous efforts to discredit the Scientologists.

As for the Isaac Hayes quote about bigotry, as much as I dislike Scientology, I guess I'd have to agree that it should be in the article. It's just as likely to make Hayes and the CoS look hypocritical as anything else, and it would be more fair, at least in my opinion. Besides, the CoS is taking a beating at the moment because of the story in the New Yorker about Paul Haggis, and while I don't think it's even the first nail in their coffin, recruitment-wise I think they're going to have a rough couple of years. An article on the South Park episode isn't likely to have much impact in comparison to that, and most people who like South Park aren't likely to be part of Scientology's optimal demographic anyway.

[Cedric]

Besides, the CoS is taking a beating at the moment because of the story in the New Yorker about Paul Haggis, and while I don't think it's even the first nail in their coffin, recruitment-wise I think they're going to have a rough couple of years.

What is stranger still is that there appear to be no edits at all about the FBI slave labor investigation revealed in the New Yorker piece--nothing at all in the histories for the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Tom Cruise or Tommy Davis (Scientology) articles. Nothing on the talk pages either, not even on the WikiProject Scientology talk page. Nada. This seems a most unusual exercise in restraint not merely from Cirt, but all of the anti-Scilon crew at WP. This despite the fact it has been all over the media for two weeks now (interview with author here).

One wonders if a bunch of stuff just got wished off into the cornfield. Or perhaps the WMF is taking the suggestions of the FBI's legal counsel much more seriously nowadays. Or maybe both. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/fear.gif)


EDIT: The author also has a BLP. Nothing there either.

[carbuncle]

Besides, the CoS is taking a beating at the moment because of the story in the New Yorker about Paul Haggis, and while I don't think it's even the first nail in their coffin, recruitment-wise I think they're going to have a rough couple of years.

What is stranger still is that there appear to be no edits at all about the FBI slave labor investigation revealed in the New Yorker piece--nothing at all in the histories for the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Tom Cruise or Tommy Davis (Scientology) articles. Nothing on the talk pages either, not even on the WikiProject Scientology talk page. Nada. This seems a most unusual exercise in restraint not merely from Cirt, but all of the anti-Scilon crew at WP. This despite the fact it has been all over the media for two weeks now (interview with author here).

One wonders if a bunch of stuff just got wished off into the cornfield. Or perhaps the WMF is taking the suggestions of the FBI's legal counsel much more seriously nowadays. Or maybe both. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/fear.gif)


EDIT: The author also has a BLP. Nothing there either.

I doubt that anything in the New Yorker piece is news to the people who follow the CoS closely, so there's probably not much that needs to be added (tl:dr). I suspect that everyone who edits regularly in that topic area is aware by now that controversial Scientology-related edits while there is increased scrutiny will probably be bad news for them (and almost certainly for Cirt).