Talk:List of Scientologists

In the page for Deering Banjo Co. you state that Greg & Janet Deering founded that company in 1975. They are scientologists, so should one or both be listed here as CEO status?

And also maybe Sky Dayton? Unconventional2 (talk · contribs · email)

  Done. Grorp (talk) 02:04, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

I don't see any meaningful reason for the coloration, and no one sorts on birth year. The list is already in alphabetical order, and there's no need for an other-sortable table. A simple bulleted list would suffice, with birth year in parentheses, followed by the notes and citations. It would be easier to read (see recently archived complaint by mobile user in dark mode) and definitely easier to maintain the list. Grorp (talk) 01:38, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Alright... I made a change to the format (not the content) so we can see what it would look like without 'tables'. Opinions? Grorp (talk) 02:54, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

I'll leave the table of former members, because sorting on 'when left' is at least somewhat interesting and makes having a sortable table worthwhile. Grorp (talk) 04:06, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Is there any official evidence of her current status with Scientology because a lot of the evidence I’ve seen is from tabloid sources and they aren’t the most reliable. Bob3458 (talk) 19:16, 29 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

If anyone is interested, there is a draft article for Cardone: Draft:Grant Cardone. I found it one day and added the section for "Legal issues" and "Bibliography", but the article needs a lot of cleanup to transform it from "advertisement" to wiki article. Grorp (talk) 07:33, 24 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

She was in the article, it's still cached by google. However now she is neither in the active list nor in the list of those who have left. 2A02:810B:103F:F6B4:946D:9F5B:2DFC:205E (talk) 23:39, 5 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I removed her from the list because the source was Scientology News, which is not independent. JSFarman (talk) 00:26, 6 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Should the list in Scientology_and_celebrities#List exist? Should it be merged here? Not sure if it is a good idea to have to separate lists of notable people with some overlap. PhotographyEdits (talk) 20:29, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I would not support such a merge. This is a standalone list-class article with a comprehensive list of people. On the other hand, Scientology and celebrities is an article with a list, and that list is a small subset of this one. The two have different purposes.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 20:38, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

How do you distinguish between Wikipedia-notable people and celebrities? To me that distinction is not quite clear. PhotographyEdits (talk) 21:19, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I would say the distinction is between ordinary people and those who the Church of Scientology (COS) "uses" to promote Scientology. I expanded the article Scientology and celebrities, though there is much more that could be written about the subject, so you might want to read some of it to get the flavor of how significantly different a "celebrity" is to Scientology, than a regular person. COS publishes the Celebrity magazine; each issue profiles a celebrity who is a Scientologist. If someone gets a mention in Celebrity mag, then they are considered a celebrity by the standards of the Church of Scientology.

I would like to see the person's celebrity "tags" next to each of their names in the list—like Kirstie Alley (actress), Greta Van Susteren (journalist). It looks like someone started to do some of that. We could even go so far as to mention which area of Scientology that celebrity was publicly promoting. Example, I think Kirstie Alley promoted Narconon.

Anyway, go read the new Scientology and celebrities.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 06:21, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply