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'''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.
 
'''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.
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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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However, the campaign was ultimately successful, with the site being taken down at the end of January 2008 and hosted elsewhere.
    
==Original complaint by John Russ Finley==
 
==Original complaint by John Russ Finley==
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