Editing Scientology controversies (section)

==Scientology and Wikipedia==
{{main|Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia}}
In an effort to adhere to [[Wikipedia policy]], the [[Arbitration Committee (English Wikipedia)|Arbitration Committee]] of the [[English Wikipedia]] decided in late-May 2009 to restrict editing from Church of Scientology [[IP address]]es, to prevent self-serving edits by editors within CoS-administered networks.<ref name="Huff">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/wikipedia-bans-scientolog_n_208967.html|last=Shea|first=Danny|title=Wikipedia Bans Scientology From Site|date=2009-05-29|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=2009-05-29|archive-date=September 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905124710/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/wikipedia-bans-scientolog_n_208967.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Metz">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/|title=Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology|last=Metz|first=Cade|date=2009-05-29|work=The Register|access-date=2009-05-29|archive-date=May 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530183913/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[[WP:ARBSCI]]</ref> A "host of anti-Scientologist editors" were topic-banned as well.<ref name="Huff" /><ref name="Metz" /> The committee concluded that both sides had "gamed policy" and resorted to "battlefield tactics", with articles on living persons being the "worst casualties".<ref name="Huff" /> In 2022, the rule of IP addresses from the Church of Scientology being blocked as if they were open proxies was lifted.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1064249361#Motion:_Scientology Revision as of 7 January 2022] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828013118/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1064249361#Motion:_Scientology |date=August 28, 2024 }} of [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment]], retrieved September 29, 2023</ref>