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Cultopedia-admin: Cultopedia rebuild: publish generated Organizations page

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Cultopedia-admin: Cultopedia: rebuild Organizations page as sortable overview table

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Cultopedia: rebuild Organizations page as sortable overview table

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	'''Organizations''' is a curated index of ~~the~~ groups Cultopedia is currently ~~tracking~~.		'''Organizations''' is a curated index of groups that Cultopedia currently tracks.

	~~This list is intentionally narrower than~~ Wikipedia~~. It focuses on~~ organizations ~~that are themselves central to the study of cults~~, ~~sects, coercive systems~~, and ~~related abusive structures. It does '''not''' aim~~ to ~~include every adjacent member, affiliate, celebrity connection, or tangential subtopic~~.		Cultopedia imports Wikipedia entries of organizations which, at least by some, have been indicated to be a cult or a sect. This page is intentionally selective and is meant to give a quick overview of the organizations currently included in the project.

	~~This page is part of Cultopedia's curation layer. Over time~~, ~~monthly rebuilds can refresh the underlying Wikipedia~~-~~based content while keeping this scoped list stable and intentional.~~		{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			! Organization
	~~== Current focus ==~~		! Status
	* [[~~Scientology~~]]		! Current name
	* [[~~Aum Shinrikyo~~]]		! Current leader
	* [[~~Branch Davidians~~]]		\|-
	* [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)\|Heaven's Gate]]		\| [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
	* [[Order of the Solar Temple]]		\| Active, split successors
	* [[Peoples Temple]]		\| Aleph / other successor groups
	* [[Rajneesh movement]]		\| No single leader
	* [[~~Unification Church~~]]		\|-
	* [[~~Fundamentalist~~ Church of ~~Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints~~]]		\| [[Branch Davidians]]
	* [[The Family International]]		\| Active, fragmented
			\| Branch Davidian Seventh Day Adventists and related claimant groups
	~~== Scope notes ==~~		\| [[Trent Wilde]] ''(one continuing group)''
	* Include organizations that are themselves major target topics for Cultopedia.		\|-
	* Exclude peripheral people, general pop-~~culture overlap, and broad fan-out branches unless they become central to the project.~~		\| [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]
	* Use this page as a starting list for ~~future monthly review~~ and ~~expansion.~~		\| Active
			\| FLDS Church
			\| [[Warren Jeffs]]
			\|-
			\| [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)\|Heaven's Gate]]
			\| Defunct
			\| Heaven's Gate
			\| None
			\|-
			\| [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
			\| Defunct
			\| Order of the Solar Temple
			\| None
			\|-
			\| [[Peoples Temple]]
			\| Defunct
			\| Peoples Temple
			\| None
			\|-
			\| [[Rajneesh movement]]
			\| Active
			\| Osho movement / Osho International Foundation
			\| No single leader
			\|-
			\| [[Scientology]]
			\| Active
			\| [[Church of Scientology]]
			\| [[David Miscavige]]
			\|-
			\| [[The Family International]]
			\| Active
			\| The Family International
			\| [[Karen Zerby]]
			\|-
			\| [[Unification Church]]
			\| Active
			\| Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
			\| [[Hak Ja Han]]
			\|}

	== Related pages ==		== Related pages ==
	* [[Leaders]]		* [[Leaders]]
	* [[Main Page]]		* [[Main Page]]

Cultopedia-admin: Cultopedia: add curated Organizations hub page

2026-04-04T12:50:35Z

Cultopedia: add curated Organizations hub page

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'''Organizations''' is a curated index of the groups Cultopedia is currently tracking.

This list is intentionally narrower than Wikipedia. It focuses on organizations that are themselves central to the study of cults, sects, coercive systems, and related abusive structures. It does '''not''' aim to include every adjacent member, affiliate, celebrity connection, or tangential subtopic.

This page is part of Cultopedia's curation layer. Over time, monthly rebuilds can refresh the underlying Wikipedia-based content while keeping this scoped list stable and intentional.

== Current focus ==
* [[Scientology]]
* [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
* [[Branch Davidians]]
* [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]]
* [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
* [[Peoples Temple]]
* [[Rajneesh movement]]
* [[Unification Church]]
* [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]
* [[The Family International]]

== Scope notes ==
* Include organizations that are themselves major target topics for Cultopedia.
* Exclude peripheral people, general pop-culture overlap, and broad fan-out branches unless they become central to the project.
* Use this page as a starting list for future monthly review and expansion.

== Related pages ==
* [[Leaders]]
* [[Main Page]]