User:Durova/Questionable Scientology inline citations

At Requests for arbitration/Scientology questions arose regarding links to several at Wikipedia articles. To the best of my knowledge these have not been brought up at the reliable sources noticeboard and the community has not reached consensus about whether any of them are reliable sources or not, although a number of these are probably not. This list is compiled without attempting to resolve that issue.

A total of 1398 external links are potentially under discussion as evidence. This report gives a picture of how that reflects in article space. The lists below were compiled by the following method:
 * Talk space, user space, and Wikipedia namespace were excluded.
 * Articles where the link was a legitimate self-published source per WP:RS were excluded. For example, Lermanet.com at Arnaldo Lerma.  This principle was applied conservatively.
 * Articles where the link appeared only in the "external links" section were excluded, because external linking practices are different from the requirements for inline citations.
 * An article which contains more than one inline citation to challenged domains is listed once per domain. So Church of Scientology, which has citations to four different challenged domains, is listed four times.

For all domains, article inline citations were a small minority of total links. Summary:


 * 1) Xenu.net: 374 links, 57 articles.
 * 2) Lermanet.com: 268 links, 46 articles.
 * 3) Holysmoke.org: 178 links, 50 articles.
 * 4) Clambake.org: 134 links, 43 articles.
 * 5) Whyaretheydead.net: 122 links, 42 articles.
 * 6) home.snafu.de/tilman/:82 links, 12 articles.
 * 7) xenu-directory.net: 46 links, 16 articles.
 * 8) gerryarmstrong.org: 54 links, 10 articles.
 * 9) truthaboutscientology.com: 46 links, 8 articles.
 * 10) lisamcpherson.org: 44 links, 8 articles.
 * 11) scientology-lies.com: 31 links, 11 articles.
 * 12) spaink.net:28 links, 2 articles.
 * 13) suppressiveperson.org: 15 links, 0 articles.
 * 14) fairgamed.org: 5 links, 0 articles.
 * 15) xenutv.com: 5 links, 1 article.

So the matter is not as huge as it first appeared, yet potentially a laborious cleanup. Please note that simple addition will not yield the total number of Scientology articles affected. In addition to multiple occurrences for the same articles in different domains, some of these domains are also in use at other topics. For instance, Holysmoke.org is cited at Neolithic, Roe v. Wade, Black supremacy, Charles Manson, Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, LaRouche movement, and several other articles unrelated to Scientology. If the domain is unreliable then it ought to be removed from all articles, of course. This caveat pertains to the Scientology arbitration.

I hope the following list makes the cleanup task for fellow editors. Due to relative unfamiliarity with the topic I defer to other editors about which domains are reliable or unreliable and how to implement a cleanup. Durova Charge! 23:12, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Xenu.net
For this section only I cross-checked occurrences across other domains. Numbers that appear in parentheses note the number of challenged domains that have inline citations within an article. If no parenthetical note appears beside an article then only xenu.net has been used as an inline citation.

Since this was the first domain I surveyed, I discussed it with Cirt before the rest of the research was complete. He agreed to remove contributory copyright violations that resolve to this domain and edited several articles for that purpose while I was compiling the rest of the report. I was a bit concerned that some articles he had worked on such as Xenu used this domain for inline citations. He countered that xenu.net has been used by several major newspapers in exposés. I'm not entirely convinced by that argument; quite a number of newspapers have cited Wikipedia and Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Yet the community accepted it at the recent featured article review which closed earlier this month.

Cirt and I discussed the possibility of opening a WP:RSN thread to settle the question about whether this source is reliable. If this matter had arisen outside the context of arbitration he would have opened a noticeboard query promptly. We decided not to do so at the present time in order to refrain from expanding the dispute at the present. He remains open to the community's consensus. In the meantime he has removed instances of contributory copyright infringement that resolve to this domain, because that action should be uncontroversial.


 * 1) Church of Scientology (4)
 * 2) Scientology controversies (5)
 * 3) Scientology (10)
 * 4) Dianetics (4)
 * 5) L. Ron Hubbard (6)
 * removed link to (WP:COPYLINKS) Cirt (talk) 02:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Scientology and the legal system (3)
 * 2) Lawrence Wollersheim
 * 3) Disconnection (2)
 * 4) Harry Palmer (author) (2)
 * 5) Scientology: The Now Religion (3)
 * 6) History of Dianetics (2)
 * 7) Harvey Jackins (2)
 * 8) Re-evaluation Counseling
 * 9) Quackery
 * 10) Moxon & Kobrin (2)
 * 11) Citizens Commission on Human Rights (4)
 * 12) The Way to Happiness
 * 13) Cult Awareness Network (2)
 * 14) Xenu
 * 15) Body thetan
 * 16) Thetan
 * 17) Revolt in the Stars
 * 18) Sequoia University (3)
 * 19) Oxford Capacity Analysis (2)
 * 20) Fair Game (Scientology) (5)
 * 21) Dead File
 * 22) Cyril Vosper
 * 23) The Mind Benders (3)
 * 24) Scientology and Werner Erhard (5)
 * 25) The Bridge (2006 drama)
 * 26) Volunteer Ministers
 * 27) Scientology and the Internet (2)
 * removed link to, replaced with cite to 60 Minutes, CBS News. Cirt (talk) 07:17, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Zenon Panoussis
 * 2) Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (2)
 * 3) Manuel Real
 * 4) István Balogh (politician)
 * 5) Robert Vaughn Young (3)
 * 6) Rehabilitation Project Force (4)
 * 7) Operation Snow White (4)
 * 8) Heber Jentzsch (4)
 * 9) Golden Era Productions
 * 10) Gold Base (4)
 * 11) Scientology and psychiatry (3)
 * 12) The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power
 * 13) Implant (Scientology) (2)
 * 14) Incident (Scientology) (3)
 * 15) Space opera in Scientology scripture (2)
 * 16) Helatrobus (3)
 * 17) Land of Sunshine
 * 18) Tom Cruise
 * 19) Exorcism
 * 20) Tory Christman (2)
 * 21) Scientology as a business (2)
 * 22) List of Scientologists (2)
 * 23) Margaret Grubb
 * 24) Leipzig Human Rights Award
 * 25) Project Chanology

Lermanet.com

 * 1) All About Radiation
 * 2) Inside Scientology
 * 3) The Scandal of Scientology
 * 4) The Mind Benders
 * 5) Scientology: The Now Religion
 * 6) Auditing (Scientology)
 * 7) Scientology
 * 8) Reactive mind
 * 9) Bob Minton
 * 10) Universal Life
 * 11) Fair Game (Scientology)
 * 12) Office of Special Affairs
 * 13) Scientology and Werner Erhard
 * 14) Günther Beckstein
 * 15) Sahaja Yoga
 * 16) Diskeeper
 * 17) Free Zone (Scientology)
 * 18) Diskeeper Corporation
 * 19) Tom Theo Klemesrud
 * 20) Scientology and the legal system
 * 21) Vexatious litigation
 * 22) Heber Jentzsch
 * 23) Keith Henson
 * 24) John Gordon Clark
 * 25) Leo J. Ryan Award
 * 26) History of Dianetics
 * 27) Gold Base
 * 28) Religious Technology Center
 * 29) Office of Special Affairs
 * 30) Operation Freakout
 * 31) Lucis Trust
 * 32) New Age
 * 33) Operation Snow White
 * 34) List of films considered the worst
 * 35) Richard Behar
 * 36) Alt.religion.scientology
 * 37) Scott Bundgaard
 * 38) Jack Parsons
 * 39) Sequoia University
 * 40) Arthur W. Wermuth
 * 41) Tory Christman
 * 42) Scieno Sitter
 * 43) L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?
 * 44) Ronald DeWolf
 * 45) Criminon
 * 46) Jesus in Scientology

Holysmoke.org

 * 1) Leo J. Ryan Award
 * 2) Inside Scientology
 * 3) Auditing (Scientology)
 * 4) Scientology
 * 5) Narconon
 * 6) Citizens Commission on Human Rights
 * 7) Stephen A. Kent
 * 8) Operation Snow White
 * 9) Chelmsford Royal Commission
 * 10) OT VIII
 * 11) L. Ron Hubbard
 * 12) Grady Ward
 * 13) Mace-Kingsley Ranch School
 * 14) Cult Awareness Network
 * 15) Safe Environment Fund
 * 16) Gold Base
 * 17) Scientology holidays
 * 18) Church of Scientology
 * 19) Trementina Base
 * 20) Robert Vaughn Young
 * 21) Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
 * 22) Raphanobrassica
 * 23) Elaine Ziemba
 * 24) Neolithic
 * 25) Diane Carlson Evans
 * 26) Carlos Castaneda
 * 27) Late-term abortion
 * 28) Abortion in the United States
 * 29) Office of Special Affairs
 * 30) Scientology and Werner Erhard
 * 31) Black supremacy
 * 32) Tom Theo Klemesrud
 * 33) Lisa McPherson
 * 34) Gottfried Helnwein
 * 35) File 18
 * 36) List of longest novels
 * 37) Roe v. Wade
 * 38) Rehabilitation Project Force
 * 39) Katherine Ann Power
 * 40) Harvey Jackins
 * 41) American exceptionalism
 * 42) American Empire
 * 43) Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
 * 44) Charles Manson
 * 45) Michelle Remembers
 * 46) Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
 * 47) L. Ron Hubbard and the military
 * 48) Northport, New York
 * 49) LaRouche movement
 * 50) Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart

clambake.org

 * 1) Family Action Information Resource
 * 2) A Piece of Blue Sky
 * 3) Blood ritual
 * 4) Noisy investigation
 * 5) Auditing (Scientology)
 * 6) Scientology
 * 7) L. Ron Hubbard and the military
 * 8) Space opera in Scientology scripture
 * 9) Helatrobus
 * 10) Ronald DeWolf
 * 11) Dianetics
 * 12) E-meter
 * 13) Scientology controversies
 * 14) Commodore's Messenger Organization
 * 15) Sara Northrup
 * 16) Battlefield Earth (novel)
 * 17) David Miscavige
 * 18) Incident (Scientology)
 * 19) Operation Snow White
 * 20) Quentin Hubbard
 * 21) Timeline of Scientology
 * 22) Scientology and the legal system
 * 23) Inside Scientology
 * 24) Scientology and Werner Erhard
 * 25) Kenton Gray
 * 26) Brain-Washing (book)
 * 27) Scientology: A History of Man
 * 28) Suppressive Person
 * 29) R2-45
 * 30) Engram (Dianetics)
 * 31) List of Scientologists
 * 32) Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
 * 33) L. Ron Hubbard
 * 34) A Doctor's Report on Dianetics
 * 35) Scientology and sex
 * 36) Have You Lived Before This Life
 * 37) Sunday Dispatch
 * 38) Scientology and psychiatry
 * 39) Volney Mathison
 * 40) Scientology as a business
 * 41) Scientology
 * 42) Sequoia University
 * 43) Church of Scientology

whyaretheydead.net

 * 1) L. Ron Hubbard
 * 2) Sociological classifications of religious movements
 * 3) Sect
 * 4) Cult
 * 5) Lisa McPherson
 * 6) Michael Baden
 * 7) Introspection Rundown
 * 8) Scientology controversies
 * removed link to, should find secondary source for this info instead. Cirt (talk) 07:14, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Cults and governments
 * 2) Edward Lottick
 * 3) Quentin Hubbard
 * 4) Heber Jentzsch
 * 5) Sea Org
 * 6) Disconnection
 * 7) Religious Technology Center
 * 8) Gold (color)
 * 9) Scientology
 * 10) Gold Base
 * 11) Safe Environment Fund
 * 12) Fishman Affidavit
 * 13) Steven Fishman
 * 14) Moxon & Kobrin
 * 15) Scieno Sitter
 * 16) Quentin Hubbard
 * 17) Robert Vaughn Young
 * 18) Bennetta Slaughter
 * 19) Frederick Lenz
 * 20) Great Commission church movement
 * 21) Leo J. Ryan Award
 * 22) Maurice Davis (rabbi)
 * 23) David A. Halperin
 * 24) Mark Sirkin
 * 25) Galen Kelly
 * 26) Harold Goldstein (psychologist, mental health)
 * 27) Scientology and Werner Erhard
 * 28) L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?
 * 29) Maurice K. Temerlin
 * 30) Kenja Communication
 * 31) Cults and governments
 * 32) Medical claims in Scientology doctrine
 * 33) Fort Harrison Hotel
 * 34) Bennetta Slaughter

home.snafu.de/tilman/

 * 1) Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena
 * 2) Mimi Rogers
 * 3) Fair Game (Scientology)
 * 4) Dianetics
 * 5) Mary Sue Hubbard
 * 6) Timeline of Scientology
 * 7) Scientology
 * 8) Cults and governments
 * 9) Universal Life
 * 10) Anton Piller order
 * 11) Browser wars
 * 12) Milton Katselas

xenu-directory.net

 * 1) Timeline of Scientology
 * 2) Scientology
 * 3) The Earth Organization
 * 4) Auditing (Scientology)
 * 5) L. Ron Hubbard
 * 6) Fair Game (Scientology)
 * 7) Scientology: The Now Religion
 * 8) Inside Scientology
 * 9) The Scandal of Scientology
 * 10) The Mind Benders
 * 11) Rehabilitation Project Force
 * 12) Tom Theo Klemesrud
 * 13) John Gordon Clark
 * 14) Rundown (Scientology)
 * 15) Mike Rinder
 * 16) Scientology and psychiatry

gerryarmstrong.org

 * 1) Fair Game (Scientology)
 * 2) R2-45
 * 3) Auditing (Scientology)
 * 4) Scientology
 * 5) Implant (Scientology)
 * 6) Incident (Scientology)
 * 7) Helatrobus
 * 8) Office of Special Affairs
 * 9) Citizens Commission on Human Rights
 * 10) Edward Lottick

truthaboutscientology.com

 * 1) Standard Tech
 * 2) Dianetics
 * 3) Heron Books
 * 4) Harry Palmer (author)
 * 5) Laura Prepon
 * 6) Nancy Cartwright
 * 7) Rundown (Scientology)
 * 8) Bennetta Slaughter

lisamcpherson.org

 * 1) Scientology controversies
 * removed link to, should find secondary source for this info instead. Cirt (talk) 07:14, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Citizens Commission on Human Rights
 * 2) Symbols of Scientology
 * 3) Doctrine of Exchange
 * removed link to, tagged with fact. Cirt (talk) 03:10, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Free Zone (Scientology)
 * 2) Mary Sue Hubbard
 * 3) Scientology
 * 4) Church of Scientology

scientology-lies.com

 * 1) Sterling Management Systems
 * removed convenience link to (WP:COPYLINKS) Cirt (talk) 03:02, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Danny Masterson
 * removed link to, replaced with cite to The Dallas Morning News, modified info accordingly. Cirt (talk) 03:04, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Celebrity Centre
 * removed link to, replaced with cites to secondary sources, The Daily Telegraph, Newsday, Los Angeles Times. Cirt (talk) 03:05, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Volney Mathison
 * removed link to, replaced with cite to The Skeptic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll (2005) Cirt (talk) 03:08, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Medical claims in Scientology doctrine
 * removed link to, replaced with cites to secondary sources San Francisco Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, WebMD, FOX News. Cirt (talk) 03:08, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Doctrine of Exchange
 * removed link to, tagged with fact. Cirt (talk) 03:09, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Oxford Capacity Analysis
 * removed link to, should find secondary source for this info instead. Cirt (talk) 07:12, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Scientology controversies
 * removed link to, should find WP:RS secondary source for this info instead. Cirt (talk) 07:13, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Scientology and the Internet
 * removed link to, should find secondary source for this info instead. Cirt (talk) 07:16, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Rehabilitation Project Force
 * removed link to, should find secondary source for this info instead. Cirt (talk) 07:19, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Heber Jentzsch
 * removed info sourced to, should find secondary source for this info instead. Cirt (talk) 07:20, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

spaink.net

 * 1) L. Ron Hubbard
 * removed link to, best to find a secondary source for this sort of info. Cirt (talk) 02:45, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) L. Ron Hubbard and the military
 * removed link to, not the best WP:RS, better to find a secondary source here. The link to the text of the Hubbard biography could possibly go back in, in light of Talk:Bare-faced Messiah, but could do with more discussion/verification. Cirt (talk) 02:44, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

suppressiveperson.org
No articles.

fairgamed.org
No articles.

xenutv.com

 * 1) Stacy Meyer
 * removed convenience link, not needed for WP:V, also WP:COPYLINKS is an issue. Cirt (talk) 02:41, 16 December 2008 (UTC)