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− | '''Boy Scouts are for spanking''' | + | '''Boy Scouts are for spanking''' was a campaign launched by [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?act=idx Wikipedia Review] against Wikipedia and Wikimedia for hosting a pornographic website displaying images of naked children, of children being spanked or subjected to violent acts. The campaign provoked a storm of opposition from the Wiki 'free culture' community, and led to one Wikipedia Review member being permanently banned from Wikipedia. |
− | the name given by [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?act=idx Wikipedia Review] to an affair
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| + | The campaign was ultimately succesfull, with the site being taken down at the end of January 2008 and hosted elsewhere. |
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− | ==Complaint by John Russ Finley== | + | ==Original complaint by John Russ Finley== |
| The original 'Boy Scouts are for spanking?' thread began on 22nd January when 'John Russ Finley', later banned, complained on Jimmy Wales talk page as follows. | | The original 'Boy Scouts are for spanking?' thread began on 22nd January when 'John Russ Finley', later banned, complained on Jimmy Wales talk page as follows. |
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