Talk:Scientology controversies
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This article was nominated for deletion on April 15, 2008. The result of the discussion was Snowball Keep.
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A fact from Scientology controversies appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 20 March 2007. The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know
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[edit] Internal controversy
The sentence introducing the recent Guardian article "Scientologist rallies followers against leader in leaked email" is
- Debbie Cook says emphasis on fundraising under David Miscavige is betrayal of founder L Ron Hubbard's beliefs
It appears that Cook is the person mentioned here. Quote from the article:
- In what appears to be a direct attempt to undermine Miscavige's leadership, Cook [...] urged people receiving the email to reject orders not directly backed up by Hubbard's teachings, and to encourage other members to do the same. / One recipient passed the email to New York's Village Voice, which posted it in a blog. While the email was later removed at the request of Cook – who has verified its authenticity – it has been republished elsewhere.
The last two words of that, "republished elsewhere", are linked to a blog posting, "Reformation – Division Within Corporate Scientology". (This is also here at WebCite.)
The Guardian article perhaps emphasizes the substance of the criticism less than the fact that it was internal. Something about this smells encyclopedic to me, but somebody more experienced than I am at editing these articles would have a better idea of what to do with it. -- Hoary (talk) 02:51, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
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