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Talk:Anonymous

2011-06-06T14:48:02Z

AnonNietzsche:

'This article has been proposed for speedy deletion. The reason given is: It is obvious vandalism, sarcastic mockery, or inappropriate according to The Conservapedia Commandments.'

So I read the Commandments, and found that the only issue from my edit was the lack of references. Something I shall fix if necessary.

I feel my only crime was not agreeing with the overarching bias of this site.

Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

: I don't really know much about this purported group, but from what I can find it seems to be a name thrown about by kids who spend too much time on the internet and enjoy pointless vandalism. This article makes them sound almost noble, which is clearly wrong. I think it's you who is biased - take a look around CP and you'll see what an open-minded group of editors can do. [[User:Jcw|Jcw]] 10:28, 6 June 2011 (EDT)

:: I have been looking around. I changed this article from a simple statement calling the group a bunch of terrorists to one which lists what they have done. I have tried to include the official opposition by non-government groups (and even included the statements of the Pirate Party). I have tried to keep my opinion out of by merely stating what we can know. They have been known to take part in a series of political motives. I could add a part which states the opinions of the public but that is kind of irrelevant to the actual facts about them. If I was to talk about Quantum Loop Gravity, I wouldn't go out and ask the public what they think of it because they won't really understand it. The same applies with groups who are portrayed by the media as a bunch of terrorists (despite being viewed as 'heroes' when they opposed Scientology). I'll edit in some stuff about the opinion that they are criminals.

Anonymous

2011-06-06T14:41:02Z

AnonNietzsche:

{{speedy}}
Anonymous is the name given to the loose collective of online activists (commonly described as hacktivists) who act in the defence of certain fundamental principles and beliefs they hold.

The group gained notoriety in recent years with it's participation in Operation Payback, which included a series of actions in defence of whistle-blowing organisation Wikileaks and its figure head Julian Assange, Operation Sony and from Westboro Baptist Churches declaration of war on Anonymous.

== History ==

The concept of Anonymous is considered by many to be as old as society. With anonymous non-violent acts of non-compliance against authority having existed as soon as their was authority to oppose.

The modern collective of Anonymous dates to 2003 (it has no official founders or membership so dating it's founding is difficult) on various image boards on the Internet, the most famously attributed of which is 4chan.

In it's juvenile days its focus was focused on 'trolling' various websites[http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=459214] (the act of purposefully being immature, annoying or offensive to enjoy the reactions of other members of the web). Famous examples include the 'Pools Closed' raids on Habbo Hotel[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02o5bISvkCI] and the mass flooding of YouTube with material banned by it's Terms of Service.

In 2008, in response to a Tom Cruise video[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHkHZIyrdo], Anonymous became more homogeneous in it's opposition to the Church of Scientology[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ]. Known as Operation Chanology, it included Denial-of-Service attacks, real life protests and mass publication and spread of information usually withheld by members of the church.

In 2010 it rose to notoriety due to Anonymous' actions against those who opposed Piracy. Operation Payback was initially about protesting those who wished to control the spread of information on the Internet, and later became involved with the support of Wikileaks and Julian Assange.

== Beliefs ==

As Anonymous is a collective, rather than a group, it has no official beliefs and ideals. This has begun to change in last year due to a cell within Anonymous, called AnonOps, carrying out a lot of the operations, but as a collective they are still loosely defined.

However, Anonymous is known for it's support of Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Personal Freedom, Transparency within the Government and Universal Access to Human Rights.[http://anonyops.com/Whoarewe.htm]

== Operation Chanology ==

In 2008, after a video of Tom Cruise talking about Scientology was leaked onto YouTube, Anonymous declared its 'destruction' of the Church of Scientology (CoS). Due to the CoS's belief in suppressing information, suppressing it's members, spreading misinformation and abusing taxation laws to remain tax free.

There was also considerable opposition to the core practise in Scientology of having to hand over a significant fortune[http://altreligion.about.com/od/controversymisconception/a/scientology_cos.htm] to be shown what the Scientology believes, which is strongly opposed by the ideal that 'Knowledge is Free.'

== Operation Payback ==

Operation Payback began in 2010 as a counter to those who opposed Internet Piracy. It began in response to Distributed Denial of Service attacks against Torrent websites, with return DDoS attacks against pro-copyright and anti-piracy companies.

The attacks received from criticism from the Pirate Party UK and the United States Pirate Party due to their support for a democratic opposition.[http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pirate-Parties-Ask-Anonymous-to-End-DDoS-Campaign-168050.shtml][http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-to-Pirate-Parties-We-Won-t-Stop-168306.shtml]

After Wikileaks released the secret Cables many of those who opposed Wikileaks, or retracted their affiliation[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8190541/WikiLeaks-cyberwar-on-Visa-and-MasterCard-disrupts-Christmas-shopping-in-Operation-Payback.html] due to government pressure, became the next targets. The concept of Freedom of Information was supported by Wikileaks so those who opposed the group became targets, but also those who were pressured into retracting by government forces (the US government was blamed significantly for this) opened up a knowledge of a corruption within these governments, due to their intervention in private business.

These Operation also spun Operation Avenge Assange[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/06/anonymous_launches_pro_wikileaks_campaign/], an operation against those who targeted and victimised Julian Assange after the cable leaks.

== Westboro Baptist Church ==

On February 16, 2011, the Westboro Baptist Church issued a declaration of war against the group Anonymous. WBC claimed that Anonymous had threatened to start a war with their website and church. Despite this going against both Rule 14 of the Internet (Do not feed the trolls) and the principle belief of Freedom of Speech, a member of Anonymous called Topiary agreed to speak on the David Pakman Show on February 24[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJwSjor4hM].

On the show Anonymous explained that it initially had no interest in WBC because it considered them unimportant and trolls but after being harassed on the show the group replaced their sites with a message explaining their lack of interest.

== Cyber 'Terrorists' ==

NATO recently classified the actions of anyone participating in civil disobedience online as 'Terrorists.' The ruling is currently inapplicable as it includes those who join Facebook groups supporting Activism and because the current wording implies that NATO is to be acting as 'thought police.'

It also sparked controversy among the public, as non-Anons began to show opposition to this ruling as it is was over encompassing and too widespread.

Talk:Anonymous

2011-06-06T14:24:48Z

AnonNietzsche: Created page with "'This article has been proposed for speedy deletion. The reason given is: It is obvious vandalism, sarcastic mockery, or inappropriate according to The Conservapedia Commandments..."

Anonymous

2011-06-06T14:11:55Z

AnonNietzsche: Added the claims of Cyber Terrorism made by NATO. In case some of you believe that I am not going to include any negatives.

{{speedy}}
Anonymous is the name given to the loose collective of online activists (commonly described as hacktivists) who act in the defence of certain fundamental principles and beliefs they hold.

The group gained notoriety in recent years with it's participation in Operation Payback, which included a series of actions in defence of whistle-blowing organisation Wikileaks and its figure head Julian Assange, Operation Sony and from Westboro Baptist Churches declaration of war on Anonymous.

== History ==

The concept of Anonymous is considered by many to be as old as society. With anonymous non-violent acts of non-compliance against authority having existed as soon as their was authority to oppose.

The modern collective of Anonymous dates to 2003 (it has no official founders or membership so dating it's founding is difficult) on various image boards on the Internet, the most famously attributed of which is 4chan.

In it's juvenile days its focus was focused on 'trolling' various websites (the act of purposefully being immature, annoying or offensive to enjoy the reactions of other members of the web). Famous examples include the 'Pools Closed' raids on Habbo Hotel and the mass flooding of YouTube with material banned by it's Terms of Service.

In 2008, in response to a Tom Cruise video, Anonymous became more homogeneous in it's opposition to the Church of Scientology. Known as Operation Chanology, it included Denial-of-Service attacks, real life protests and mass publication and spread of information usually withheld by members of the church.

In 2010 in rose to notoriety due to Anonymous' actions against those who opposed Piracy. Operation Payback was initially about protesting those who wished to control the spread of information on the Internet, and later became involved with the support of Wikileaks and Julian Assange.

== Beliefs ==

As Anonymous is a collective, rather than a group, it has no official beliefs and ideals. This has begun to change in last year due to a cell within Anonymous, called AnonOps, carrying out a lot of the operations, but as a collective they are still loosely defined.

However, Anonymous is known for it's support of Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Personal Freedom, Transparency within the Government and Universal Access to Human Rights.

== Operation Chanology ==

In 2008, after a video of Tom Cruise talking about Scientology was leaked onto YouTube, Anonymous declared its 'destruction' of the Church of Scientology (CoS). Due to the CoS's belief in suppressing information, suppressing it's members, spreading misinformation and abusing taxation laws to remain tax free.

There was also considerable opposition to the core practise in Scientology of having to hand over a significant fortune to be shown what the Scientology believes, which is strongly opposed by the ideal that 'Knowledge is Free.'

== Operation Payback ==

Operation Payback began in 2010 as a counter to those who opposed Internet Piracy. It began in response to Distributed Denial of Service attacks against Torrent websites, with return DDoS attacks against pro-copyright and anti-piracy companies.

The attacks received from criticism from the Pirate Party UK and the United States Pirate Party due to their support for a democratic opposition.

After Wikileaks released the secret Cables many of those who opposed Wikileaks, or retracted their affiliation due to government pressure, became the next targets. The concept of Freedom of Information was supported by Wikileaks so those who opposed the group became targets, but also those who were pressured into retracting by government forces (the US government was blamed significantly for this) opened up a knowledge of a corruption within these governments, due to their intervention in private business.

These Operation also spun Operation Avenge Assange, an operation against those who targeted and victimised Julian Assange after the cable leaks.

== Westboro Baptist Church ==

On February 16, 2011, the Westboro Baptist Church issued a declaration of war against the group Anonymous. WBC claimed that Anonymous had threatened to start a war with their website and church. Despite this going against both Rule 14 of the Internet (Do not feed the trolls) and the principle belief of Freedom of Speech, a member of Anonymous called Topiary agreed to speak on the David Pakman Show on February 24.

On the show Anonymous explained that it initially had no interest in WBC because it considered them unimportant and trolls but after being harassed on the show the group replaced their sites with a message explaining their lack of interest.

== Cyber 'Terrorists' ==

NATO recently classified the actions of anyone participating in civil disobedience online as 'Terrorists.' The ruling is currently inapplicable as it includes those who join Facebook groups supporting Activism and because the current wording implies that NATO is to be acting as 'thought police.'

It also sparked controversy among the public, as non-Anons began to show opposition to this ruling as it is was over encompassing and too widespread.

Anonymous

2011-06-06T14:00:08Z

AnonNietzsche: An unbiased explanation and history of Anonymous. If this is removed then it is clear that this site has a huge bias and is not the 'Trustworthy Encyclopedia' if pretends to be

Anonymous is the name given to the loose collective of online activists (commonly described as hacktivists) who act in the defence of certain fundamental principles and beliefs they hold.

The group gained notoriety in recent years with it's participation in Operation Payback, which included a series of actions in defence of whistle-blowing organisation Wikileaks and its figure head Julian Assange, Operation Sony and from Westboro Baptist Churches declaration of war on Anonymous.

== History ==

The concept of Anonymous is considered by many to be as old as society. With anonymous non-violent acts of non-compliance against authority having existed as soon as their was authority to oppose.

The modern collective of Anonymous dates to 2003 (it has no official founders or membership so dating it's founding is difficult) on various image boards on the Internet, the most famously attributed of which is 4chan.

In it's juvenile days its focus was focused on 'trolling' various websites (the act of purposefully being immature, annoying or offensive to enjoy the reactions of other members of the web). Famous examples include the 'Pools Closed' raids on Habbo Hotel and the mass flooding of YouTube with material banned by it's Terms of Service.

In 2008, in response to a Tom Cruise video, Anonymous became more homogeneous in it's opposition to the Church of Scientology. Known as Operation Chanology, it included Denial-of-Service attacks, real life protests and mass publication and spread of information usually withheld by members of the church.

In 2010 in rose to notoriety due to Anonymous' actions against those who opposed Piracy. Operation Payback was initially about protesting those who wished to control the spread of information on the Internet, and later became involved with the support of Wikileaks and Julian Assange.

== Beliefs ==

As Anonymous is a collective, rather than a group, it has no official beliefs and ideals. This has begun to change in last year due to a cell within Anonymous, called AnonOps, carrying out a lot of the operations, but as a collective they are still loosely defined.

However, Anonymous is known for it's support of Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Personal Freedom, Transparency within the Government and Universal Access to Human Rights.

== Operation Chanology ==

In 2008, after a video of Tom Cruise talking about Scientology was leaked onto YouTube, Anonymous declared its 'destruction' of the Church of Scientology (CoS). Due to the CoS's belief in suppressing information, suppressing it's members, spreading misinformation and abusing taxation laws to remain tax free.

There was also considerable opposition to the core practise in Scientology of having to hand over a significant fortune to be shown what the Scientology believes, which is strongly opposed by the ideal that 'Knowledge is Free.'

== Operation Payback ==

Operation Payback began in 2010 as a counter to those who opposed Internet Piracy. It began in response to Distributed Denial of Service attacks against Torrent websites, with return DDoS attacks against pro-copyright and anti-piracy companies.

The attacks received from criticism from the Pirate Party UK and the United States Pirate Party due to their support for a democratic opposition.

After Wikileaks released the secret Cables many of those who opposed Wikileaks, or retracted their affiliation due to government pressure, became the next targets. The concept of Freedom of Information was supported by Wikileaks so those who opposed the group became targets, but also those who were pressured into retracting by government forces (the US government was blamed significantly for this) opened up a knowledge of a corruption within these governments, due to their intervention in private business.

These Operation also spun Operation Avenge Assange, an operation against those who targeted and victimised Julian Assange after the cable leaks.

== Westboro Baptist Church ==

On February 16, 2011, the Westboro Baptist Church issued a declaration of war against the group Anonymous. WBC claimed that Anonymous had threatened to start a war with their website and church. Despite this going against both Rule 14 of the Internet (Do not feed the trolls) and the principle belief of Freedom of Speech, a member of Anonymous called Topiary agreed to speak on the David Pakman Show on February 24.

On the show Anonymous explained that it initially had no interest in WBC because it considered them unimportant and trolls but after being harassed on the show the group replaced their sites with a message explaining their lack of interest.