Talk:UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest

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Refers to material from blog postings, message boards, and primary-source document research. Cirt (talk) 07:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

The boy goes by "EpicNoseGuy" both at Enturbulation.org and in an appearance in a YouTube video. Cirt (talk) 07:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

The form statement/warning City of London Police issued to protesters. Cirt (talk) 08:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

N.B. even if someone publishes the boy's name, we likely should not. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:30, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Cirt (talk) 08:31, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Additional info/sources

Listing here below. Cirt (talk) 09:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

• RS Davis. "It’s a Cult Cult Cult Cult Cult Cult Cult Cult Cult Cult Cult: Why is the British government shutting down the opponents of Scientology?" — Nolan Chart, May 22, 2008
• Dawn Olsen. "Will Disclosure In Court Be Scientology’s Undoing In UK Teen’s “Cult” Case?" — GlossLip, May 22, 2008
• George Pitcher. "Scientology arrest makes a mockery of the law" — The Daily Telegraph, May 21, 2008
• "Teen charged over Scientology 'cult' call" — National Nine News, May 21, 2008
• "Anonymous: Minor arrested for calling scientology a "cult"" — Die Welt, May 21, 2008
• "Scientology protester appeal" — The Scotsman, May 21, 2008
• "Sects and the City: Cult Friction as Police Harass Anti-Scientology Protest..." — SchNEWS, May 16, 2008
• Claire Dyer. "Scientologists pay for libel" — The Guardian, June 9, 1999 - some interesting historical background info

Links

Will list below. Cirt (talk) 09:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

• UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology ’cult’ at protest, World Student Press Agency
• UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest, Mister-Info

Charges

Being issued a summons/citation is hardly the same thing as facing charges. --SVTCobra 09:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

This is wording per multiple secondary news/media sources. Cirt (talk) 10:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

This is UK law. He faces charges. Whether or not he'll end up in court is depending on how the CPS views it. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Image

I don't think that the image is fair-use. There doesn't seem to be any reason why a free version could not have been taken. Perhaps it is possible to get the owner of the image to release under a free license so that it could be uploaded to Commons. --SVTCobra 16:20, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

That may be difficult to arrange but in the meantime I think that a newsworthy fair use rationale can be asserted for this image. Cirt (talk) 18:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. Cirt (talk) 20:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Cited in The Guardian

This story has gone around the world beneath such edifying headlines as "UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest"; and when you've finished wondering why we're such a pathetic country sometimes, we should endeavour to divine precisely what it is he was meant to have done wrong.

• Marina Hyde. "Intergalactic tyrants beware: the boys in blue are after you - Anyone who thinks the police aren't interested in diversity will be amazed by the links they have built with Scientology" — The Guardian, May 24, 2008

The exact title of this article was cited in this piece, and I think that this Wikinews article's title is unique and hasn't been used anywhere else. Cirt (talk) 05:48, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Featured Article

Since this was voted a featured article (It's been more than a week), somebody should add the "FA" tag to it. --WNewsReporter (talk) 07:04, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Done, by DragonFire1024 (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 21:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC)