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Someone made huge changes to my additions, even though I gave good citations for everything, and I think what I wrote is actually fact, considering a lot of it comes from the church's literature. I wish he would stop doing that.--[[User:JoyousOne|JoyousOne]] 09:41, 25 April 2007 (EDT)
Someone made huge changes to my additions, even though I gave good citations for everything, and I think what I wrote is actually fact, considering a lot of it comes from the church's literature. I wish he would stop doing that.--[[User:JoyousOne|JoyousOne]] 09:41, 25 April 2007 (EDT)
: I did that Joyous. You may view who does what by clicking the "History" tab at the top of most pages. Both the article and this discussion page have History Tabs, you may learn exactly who typed every word you see on the page, removed any word from the page, etc. There are no secrets here. I did most of that. My edit summaries tell you why I did that. For example:
* "Scienotology denies the foundation of the Christain Religion" (and you quote how 'if it is true for you, it is true"). Now I understand that A + B = C to you. BUT, that is not what everyone gets. One does not equal the other.
* When you find a rumor at Xenu.net (God knows there is a whole lot of rumor on Xenu.net), and you place that rumor into the article as a rumor, and you likewise state that rumor has been legally opposed by the Church of Scientology, then you are addressing an issue that has 2 sides, you see? Both sides have taken a strong stance, both sides have made a real issue of it, both sides have spent a good deal of time and money over the issue. There are necessarily 2 sides to an issue that has been in court, do you see? Therefore, it is WRONG to present an undecided rumor into the article in such a way that your personal, biased, uneducated point of view controls or colors the reader's view of the issue.
* Scientology is composed of, perhaps, 40 million words. That is a LOT of information. Critics have created a lot of information too, though far less of it in recent years. It might be helpful for you to edit a less complex issue for a short while and read the editing commandments and talk with other editors and get the feel of this place. Though of course I'm just trying to be helpful here. [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 10:15, 25 April 2007 (EDT)