One of Wikipedia‘s leading administrators bears an extreme conflict of interest, but you can’t expose him from the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard. He created the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard.

This administrator is a longtime student of Prem Rawat – formerly Guru Maharaj Ji – the India-born spiritual leader who styled himself as the “Perfect Master” and fostered a worldwide religious movement encouraging followers to call him “Lord of the Universe.”

Prem Rawat used to be Lord of the Universe. Now he is reduced to buying his way into parties.

The former self-proclaimed Lord of the Universe, who lives in luxury off the donations his erstwhile followers, is causing controversy in the UK.

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) today condemned intimidation and harassment of Australian freelance journalist John Macgregor by the Elan Vital sect and a series of rulings by the Queensland supreme court in Elan Vital's favour which pose a threat to press freedom.

SCOOP EDITOR'S NOTE: The following – ever so strange - tale came in this morning via email. Scoop is not in a position to verify it, nor to express an opinion on the legal merits of what it reports. For more detail follow up via the link below. Or email the Scoop editor for contact phone numbers. On the face of it John MacGregor has had a terrible time and deserves all the support he can get from his colleagues in the media business – Scoop Co-Editor Alastair Thompson.

Bristol Evening Post (England), June 17, 2003

Bristol Evening Post (England), June 16, 2003

The Daily Californian, May 1, 2003

The Daily Californian, Apr. 30, 2003

The Courier Mail (Australia), Sep. 4, 2002