Wikipedia has been infested by a cult of denial, censorship, and
hypocracy that casts a dark shadow on the spirit of wiki and the
freedom of information that is the spirit of the internet itself.
The members of this cult regard themselves as sufficient experts in
the fields of cold fusion, low energy nuclear reactions, chemically
assisted nuclear reactions, and condensed matter nuclear science to
edit, deny, or censor material or references written by PhD experts
in these fields - while not having attended any international
conferences in the field, read the important papers in the field, or
even been exposed to the field enough to know who is who in the
field. This cult of denial is a disgrace to Wikipedia. The
fundamental value of the cult members is the denial of the reality,
validity, or truth of the vast amount of science and literature in
this field. It is a culture of fear, fear that the precious position
of cold fusion denial in which they are so thoroughly invested will
be exposed as ridiculously wrong.
This cult of denial refuses to recognize that the body of information
and terminology in a field belongs to its experts and practitioners,
regardless how that denial cult or anyone else might feel about that
body of information, its emotional, spiritual, or scientific
content. The cold fusion denial cult apparently refuses to recognize
that LENR-CARN.org is a premier repository for freely accessible
articles on cold fusion and related field. This site, Dieter Britz's
COLD NUCLEAR FUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY, www.chem.au.dk/~db/fusion, and
newenergytimes.com are three of the major comprehensive repositories
of free information on cold fusion, and they are readily recognized
by experts in the field. Treating any of these site URLs as "SPAM"
is merely a tactic to suppress information regarding cold fusion.
Further, the cult is apparently unable to even recognize Jed
Rothwell, librarian of LENR-CANR.org and author and translator of
books and numerous articles in the field for two decades, as any kind
of authority, or his LENR-CARN.org site as a public service.
Wiki provides articles titled: Alchemy, Astrology, Numerology, Magic,
Witchcraft, Demonology, Conjuring, Divination, Prophecy,
Supernatural, Miracle, Paranormal, Fairies, Werewolves, Vampires,
Zombies, Chupacabra, Wizard, Bigfoot, and Alien abductions. If these
bodies of knowledge and beliefs are worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia,
despite a lack of non-controversial supporting scientific evidence,
then surely the body of knowledge regarding cold fusion and related
fields must have some valid place in Wikipedia. The exclusion of the
extensive body of cold fusion knowledge is hypocritical in the
extreme. Further, the above articles include linkages to various web
sites that should be excluded from Wikipedia if there is any rational
basis to excluding LENR-CANR.org. Consider the external links in the
Astrology article - for example, the open directory link:
http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Divination/
Astrology//
Perhaps the use of open directory in this link shows a direction
toward compromise with Wikipedia. The open directory can be used to
form links related to the cold fusion field, and referenced in
Wikipedia. Further, an article or articles on cold fusion and
related fields might be included without controversy if an
appropriate disclaimer written by the cult of denial were included at
the front of the article. At least that would prevent the body of
knowledge of the field of cold fusion from being fully suppressed in
Wikipedia, despite the fact it includes articles by Nobel Laureates,
professors, PhD's, and scientists working at US government labs.
When the cold fusion field is proven valid sufficiently, say by sale
of useful products, the disclaimer by the deniers can simply be
removed. Meanwhile the field and the documentation of it in Wikipedia
can proceed unhindered. That documentation is every bit as valid,
useful, and appropriate to Wikipedia as any of the above articles,
regardless the emotional content it may have for some individuals.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
