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?

[carbuncle]

An anon IP removed an image of South Park co-creator Trey Parker an article about a Scientology-themed episode. Cirt reverted with an edit summary of "highly relevant and appropriate photo and caption" and started the following discussion on the talk page:

Photo of director and writer of the episode

Regarding [1] - The photo of the director and writer of the episode, Trey Parker, is highly relevant and appropriate in this article. Please, do not remove it. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 20:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

In what way is it? OrangeDog (τ • ε) 12:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Um, he wrote and directed the episode. -- Cirt (talk) 14:35, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Cirt entirely, it is perfectly relevant and appropriate director and writer in the article. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 16:01, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Having a look at featured articles on cartoon episodes, the vast majority do not have a photo of the writer and/or director. When one is included, it is usually because it was their first episode or they personally won an award for the episode. What makes this episode special in relation to Trey? OrangeDog (τ • ε) 19:00, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

because he was personally involved in "closetgate" outside just writing and directing the episode. It bled over into real life.Coffeepusher (talk) 20:35, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Normally Cirt doesn't bother to start talk page discussions when reverting IPs, so I suppose the extra attention is making them more thoughtful. Thanks, OrangeDog, for the chuckles.

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An anon IP removed an image of South Park co-creator Trey Parker an article about a Scientology-themed episode. Cirt reverted with an edit summary of "highly relevant and appropriate photo and caption" and started the following discussion on the talk page:

Photo of director and writer of the episode

Normally Cirt doesn't bother to start talk page discussions when reverting IPs, so I suppose the extra attention is making them more thoughtful. Thanks, OrangeDog, for the chuckles.

One thing that is striking about the South Park article is that Isaac Hayes' statement about why he quit is not included, although the article makes room for plenty of taunting invective and rumour directed at him and Cruise.

Hayes' statement was widely reported in mainstream press. Hayes spoke of a "growing insensitivity toward personal spiritual beliefs" in the media that was also reflected in the Muhammad cartoons controversy: "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins."

On the Xenu talk page, Cirt dismissed this as "Hayes's-channeling-of-the-Scientology-organization position, often parroted out about so-called 'bigotry...'"

Not including such a widely reported statement is arguably a form of censorship.