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Some [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]s have formed a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|project]] to better develop and organise information in articles related to '''[[Scientology]]'''.  This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians.  If you would like to help, please inquire on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scientology|talk page]] and see the [[Wikipedia:to-do list|to-do list]] there.

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==Title==
'''WikiProject Scientology'''

==Scope==
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To create and improve [[WP:NPOV]], [[Wikipedia:Cite sources|well-referenced]] and encyclopedic articles on all aspects of Scientology.

==Assessment==
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/Assessment|Assessment]] - Automatically generated statistical data.

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[[:Category:Free Zone]] could really do with some work, if we can find a specialist or two.

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===Sister Project Searches===
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=scientology&go=Go WikiBooks search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:en.wikibooks.org+scientology Google WikiBooks search]
*[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=scientology&go=Go WikiQuote search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:en.wikiquote.org+scientology Google WikiQuote search]
*[http://wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=scientology&go=Go WikiSource search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:wikisource.org+scientology Google WikiSource search]

==Participants==
;Instructions
#'''''Add your name to the bottom of the list, with a comment.'''''
#You can also utilize the Userbox: {{tl|User Scientology project}}, on your User Page.
#Also, you can add '''<nowiki>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/DYK}}</nowiki>''' to your User page or Talk page, which will add facts from new WikiProject Scientology-related articles that were featured on the Main Page in [[WP:DYK]].
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* [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]]
* [[User:ChrisO|ChrisO]]
* [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] - never a Scientologist, Internet critic since 1995, apparently what passes for an expert [http://www.suburbia.net/~fun/scn/]
* [[User:Fernando Rizo|Fernando Rizo]] - I have no inside knowledge of Scientology, but I want to help keep this controversial topic as NPOV as possible. 23:38, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
* [[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]] - experienced Scientologist, now non-CoS (but not [[Free Zone]])
* [[User:Roger Gonnet|Roger Gonnet]] - eight years founder of a "successful" scientology profit center, 22 years critic, ex-"OT" - upper levels of the cult, 'auditor', translator,"course an case supervisior in scientology etc. Author of an anti-scientology book "La Secte".
* [[User:Texture|<span style="color:red;">T&#949;x</span>]][[User Talk:Texture|<span style="color:blue;">&#964;</span>]][[User:Texture|<span style="color:red;">ur&#949;</span><!-- TANSTAAFL -->]] - No inside knowledge - neither convert nor critic (but a serious non-believer) - Would like to see both sides evenly presented.  Currently too anti-Scientology in some sections.
* [[User:Marbahlarbs|Marbahlarbs]] - Lifelong Scientologist, still practice as an "applied religious philosophy". Would like to work on making Scn articles as NPOV as possible, add information. Not a raving lunatic. I'm still pissed about [[penet.fi]]
* [[User:Irmgard|Irmgard]] I know both sides.
* [[User:HistoricalPisces]]  [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Free Zone]].  I reject the [[xenu]] story but believe [[Dianetics]] and [[Scientology beliefs and practices|auditing]] can help mentally ill people.
* [[User:AKMask|AKMask]] Very interested in Scientology, and portraying both the positive and negatives in an open fashion.
* [[User:Entheta|Entheta]] - Never in Scn. Critic since about two years.
* [[User:Ronabop|Ronabop]] I like the NPOV challenge of NRM's.
* [[User: davidstrauss|David Strauss]] No inside knowledge, but familiar with the terminology and background. Here to help organize content and achieve documented, NPOV articles.
* [[User:Grandmasterka|<span style="color:red;">Grand</span>]][[User talk:Grandmasterka|<span style="color:blue;">master</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Grandmasterka|<span style="color:green;">ka</span>]] - I've edited several Scientology articles now, I might as well declare myself part of the project. I would best describe myself as a critic. NPOV is important.
* [[User:Vivaldi|Vivaldi]] -- Besides picking scabs and collecting them in jars, studying Scientology and its abuses is one of my most interesting hobbies.
* [[User:Xinit|Xinit]] - I'm a skeptic of religions and religion-like philosophies in general, and try to be a good editor regardless of my knowledge (or lack thereof) of the material at hand.
* [[User:Jake34567|Jake34567]] - I am in the process of interviewing someone who works for a scientologist church.
* [[User:Misou|Misou]] - the amount of extreme POVs in regards the Scientology topics fascinates me, especially in view of so much unused and founded online information on most articles. Lots to edit, if time permits!
* [[User:Glen S|{{{2|Glen S}}}]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Glen S|talk]]{{·}}&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Glen S|contribs]]) why not :)
* [[User:Badbilltucker|Badbilltucker]]
* [[User:Justanother|Justanother]] - (With a nod to Vivaldi) Besides scratching my butt and sniffing my finger, reading critical and shameless misrepresentations of something that I have lived for 30 years is one of my badder habits. Oh, BTW, I am a Scientologist. Unlike the CoS, I think critics should be free to criticise. I only ask that they "keep it real" and don't disrupt those that care to "get on with it".
* [[User:S. M. Sullivan|S. M. Sullivan]] Don't know that much about Wikipedia yet, but have a couple decades of CofS experience.
* [[User:Smee|Smee]] - I like to create new articles.
* [[User:COFS|COFS]] - I like to see an encyclopedia online, and that is a way to go for WP.
* [[User:john196920022001|john196920022001]]-I am a graduate level student who enjoys learning about other religions.
* [[User:Aleta|Aleta]] - already part of the religion & mythology projects, and interested in various religions
* [[User:Steve Dufour|Steve Dufour]] - I have never studied Scientology although I have had some contact with it.  My main interest in the project is my concern that the present public hatred and contempt of Scientologists is potentially very dangerous.
* [[User:Thaddeus Slamp|Thaddeus Slamp]]
*[[User:Raeft|Raeft]] - I am a Theology student and quite interested in religious studies and the advent of new perspectives. I'm a practicing Discordian, and will admit to that bias up front, but feel I can set aside those differences in favor of creating articles from a neutral point of view, and helping this project. Peace, all.

==Structure==

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Dry and encyclopaedic is the goal here. Critical writings tend to be heavy on detail and references but very opinionated and POV; pro-Scientology writing tends to cover what is important to the [[Church of Scientology]] but leaves out things the critics consider highly relevant. There is very little source material that is NPOV and not ''reasonably'' factually questionable by either side. Similary, there is little actual NPOV that is not considered POV by the other side.

Wikipedia (and [[:category:Scientology]]) has contributors who are knowledgeable critics, contributors who are CoS members and contributors who are non-CoS Scientologists. It should be possible to work together (or at least not conflicting overly) in a manner that self-evidently fits Wikipedia's goals, policies and guidelines and its mission as an encyclopedia.

:I think it's important that we avoid variations from general Wikipedia policies, guidelines and styles on this project. Many projects do this and it's ''not'' a good thing IMO. Our work should be invisible except from the quality of the results - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 15:28, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

:Jargon.  There are many terms and phrases that reoccur within Scientology (e.g. "get ethics in on the planet"), that are meaningless to most readers.  The goal of Wiki, and good writing, is clarity; as much for Scientology as art criticism or molecular biology.   Avoid jargon, catch phases, indeed cliches, whenever possible. Jargon specific to Scientology, which includes proper nouns  (e.g. Sea Org, Rehabilitation Project Force) or nouns formalized within Scientology (e.g "Tech") should be linked, perhaps in appropriate cases to Wiki Dictionary as jargon.

==Hierarchy definition==
No classification of this project has been defined.

==Goals==
# Create and expand NPOV encyclopaedic coverage of important topics regarding Scientology.
#Neither a critical POV, a pro-CoS POV or a pro-Scientology POV - describe all as relevant, but the article tone must be strictly neutral.
#High-quality and thorough referencing. Casual readers seem to find a lot of things about Scientology hard to believe.

==Projects==
Note: The projects below are merely my idea on how this project's work could be handled as separate collaboration projects. These haven't been agreed by anyone else on this project yet. Volunteers, and new projects, are welcomed. --[[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]] 22:55, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
# '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/History Article Project|History Article Project]]'''
#: This project would be involved in editing, creating and cleaning up articles related to the history of Scientology, ensuring that there is a uniform coverage of Scientology's history both in individual articles and across all of the subjects pertaining to Scientology.
#: '''Participants:''' [[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] - [[Scientology]] says scientology was started in 1952, but does not explain.
# '''L. Ron Hubbard Books Coverage Project'''
#: This project would be involved with creating, maintaining and improving articles containing information and synopses of official Scientology books written by LRH. Many of LRH's books do not have a synopsis or even a stub, at the moment.
#: '''Participants:''' [[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]]
# '''Critical Books Coverage Project'''
#: Quite a number of key texts (like [[Robert Kaufman]]'s ''[[Inside Scientology|Inside Scientology/Dianetics]]'') have absolutely no mention on the wiki, as far as I can determine. A project taskforce could be created to ensure adequate coverage of all key critical texts, by writing, editing and maitaining synopses and information about these books.
#: '''Participants:''' [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] (I will probably take Martin Hunt's books list [http://www.solitarytrees.net/pubs/li-hunt.htm] and see if I can do stubs at least)
#:: ''Discussion moved to [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Scientology|project talk page]]'' --[[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]] 00:16, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
# '''NPOV Review Project'''
#: This project would provide internal peer review of material generated by this WikiProject, to check for proper balance and NPOV. Also, this project would check existing articles on Scientological subjects and correct POV material as appropriate.
#: '''Participants:''' [[User:Fernando Rizo|Fernando Rizo]] (I already try to do this for the [[Scientology]] main article, I can certainly watchdog many of the other articles as well. ) [[User:Irmgard|Irmgard]] [[User:Ronabop|Ronabop]]
# '''Technical Subject Article Project'''
#: Many fundamental subjects in Scientology technology have absolutely no coverage at the moment in the encyclopedia. This project would create, maintain and improve articles related to Scientology technology and beliefs.
#: '''Participants:''' [[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]]

==Tasks==
Note that we have a stub of our own, so if you think of an article to add to this list, you really might as well just start it, jot down whatever occurs to you off the top of your head and add that stub to it. Please try to add at least one reference, to help the next editor.

#Fix the stubs - expand and give full references
##[[:Category:Scientology stubs]]
#Articles that need writing
##[[Lisa McPherson Trust]]
##[[Scientology and psychiatry]]
##[[Author Services Inc.]]
#Topics important to the majority of Scientologists
##What does a CoS Scientologist want to learn about Scientology from an encyclopedia?
##A concise form of what is covered in dozens of books and thousands of lectures. 
##:Note: this might better be termed ''What might a CoS Scientologist want a non-Scientologist to learn about Scientology from an encyclopedia''? CoS Scientologists learn about these things from source materials.
##:Note that quite a lot of the tech topics exist as redirects to [[Scientology beliefs and practices]] &mdash; a blue link doesn't mean the article exists as yet
###[[ARC (Scientology)]] and the [[ARC Triangle]]
###:Someone just marked the second one as a suspected copyright violation, since Roger appears to have added it when not logged in, so the history only shows a French IP rather than his name! I've explained on [[WP:CP]] and I expect Guy will ask Roger on [[user talk:Roger Gonnet]] - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 22:48, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
###::I suggest that when the copyvio is cleared, a merge and redirect to the article [[ARC (Scientology)]] is performed, as I can't really see that the ARC Triangle should be in a separate article to ARC. --[[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]] 04:57, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
###:::Or just let that be removed, redirect it to the ARC article and use the original as a reference? - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 10:22, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
###[[Assists]]
###[[Auditing processes and procedures]]
###[[Clear (Scientology)]] - just written ([[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 10:22, 1 August 2005 (UTC))
###[[Codes of Scientology]], including:
####[[The Code of a Scientologist]]
####[[The Auditor's Code]]
####[[The Supervisor's Code]]
###[[Comm cycle]]
###[[Dianetic auditing procedure]] - including cost, duration of sessions, and frequency. Also, technical information (e.g. [[engram]]s, locks, chains, misdirectors, groupers, holders, denyers, etc.)
###[[E-meter]] - including photographs, description of operation, reads etc.
###[[Engram]] needs expansion regarding Scientology
###[[Ethics (Scientology)]] inc PTS/SP stuff, O/W writeups, etc. As of 18APR06, this is now longer article, but still lacks O/W info and criticism from non-SCN POV
###[[Exteriorisation (Scientology)]] inc info. about the ''Ext/Int R/D'', ''Dianetics 55'' processes etc.
###[[Grades (Scientology)]] inc. related information
###[[KRC (Scientology)]] and the [[KRC Triangle]]
###[[Management by statistics (Scientology)]] with reference to [[Ethics (Scientology)]]
###[[Mental image pictures]] inc. short reference to engrams. Includes stuff on service facsimiles, locks, etc.
###[[MEST (Scientology)]]
###[[Operating Thetan]] (currently a long stub, needs summaries of all levels)
###[[Overts & Withholds]] or [[O/Ws]] inc. Overt-motivator sequence
###[[Power Processes]]
###[[Purification Rundown]] - very critic POV; needs Scientologist coverage
###"Previous lifetime" stuff:
####[[Genetic Entity]] (GE) with reference to [[A History of Man]]
####[[Implant (Scientology)]] - needs the list from [[Space opera in Scientology doctrine]]
####[[New Era Dianetics]] (NED)
####[[NED for OTs]] (NOTs)
#### etc.
### "Red" and "Green" volumes: ''[[Technical Bulletins]]'' and ''[[Administrative Bulletins]]''
###[[Saint Hill Manor]] or [[AOSH]]  Just a note - these terms are not synonyms and have different meanings.[[User:Bennjamyn|Bennjamyn]] 00:36, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
###[[Study Tech]]
###[[Thetan]]
###[[Tone scale]]
###Information about and proper synopses of key Scientology texts: [[A History of Man]], [[Book of Case Remedies]], [[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health]], [[Dianetics 55!]], [[Introduction to Scientology Ethics]], [[Science of Survival]], [[Scientology: Fundamentals of Thought]], etc.
###:Note: There is probably much more to be added here, but this is just a start. Maybe a lot of these could be merged into some kind of "Fundamentals of Scientology" article. --[[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]] 21:30, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
#Topics specifically important to CoS-only Scientologists (e.g. IAS members and those "on lines" at orgs)
#Topics specifically important to non-CoS Scientologists (e.g. Free Zone members and unaffiliated Scientologists)
##[[:Category:Free Zone]] is just about empty and needs a knowledgeable contributor or two.
#Topics important to critics of Scientology
##Scientology and celebrities
##What topics are particularly popular on [[Operation Clambake]]? Someone needs to go through them
##Key critical books and articles
###[[Jon Atack|Atack, Jon]]. [[A Piece Of Blue Sky]].
###[[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs, William S.]] [[Burroughs On Scientology]], ''Los Angeles Free Press'', 6th March 1970.
###[[Paulette Cooper|Cooper, Paulette]]. [[The Scandal of Scientology]].
###[[Major John Forté|Forté, Major John]]. [[The Commodore and the Colonels]].
###[[Robert Kaufman|Kaufman, Robert]]. [[Inside Scientology/Dianetics]].
###[[Russell Miller|Miller, Russell]]. [[Bare-faced Messiah]].
##Matters within the Church of Scientology of interest to critics
###[[Copyright and the Church of Scientology]]
###[[Church of Spiritual Technology]] (CST) the "secret" management of the CoS; known only by a PO Box
###[[Estates Project Force]] (EPF)
###[[Guardian's Office]] (GO)  -- exists but only as a [[:Category:Redirects with possibilities|redirect with possibilities]]
###[[Introspection Rundown]]
###[[Office of Special Affairs]] (OSA)
###[[Operation Snow White]]
###[[Operating Thetan]] - [[OT III]] already has good coverage in [[Space opera in Scientology doctrine]] and [[Xenu]]
###[[Overboarding (Scientology)]] - not quite sure about this one; re. overboarding on the Apollo
###[[Rehabilitation Project Force]] (RPF) and the [[RPF's RPF]]
###[[Religious Technology Center]] (RTC) - the "semi-secret" management
###[[Scieno Sitter]] -- of course, we should use whatever the official name of it is, and only use "Scieno Sitter" as a redirect
###:Does it have an official name? Does it need its own article? It's mentioned in [[Scientology versus The Internet]] ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 18:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC))
###::I'm not entirely convinced it does need its own article - it's just a custom version of [[CyberSitter]] (which doesn't have an article either). If someone wants to write something really long about it ... - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 21:54, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
###:::Suggestion withdrawn, then. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 15:06, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
###[[Sea Organisation]] or [[Sea Org]] - the main Church of Scientology nexus
#Put <nowiki>{{WikiProject Scientology}}</nowiki> (the project template) on the talk page of all relevant articles
#POV Scientology articles requiring attention
##[[Church of Scientology]] - slight critical POV, low priority
##[[Purification Rundown]] - distinct critical POV, high priority - I've put up a checklist towards achieving NPOV on this article's talk page. [[User:Fernando Rizo|Fernando Rizo]] [[User_talk:Fernando Rizo|''T'']]/[[Special:Contributions/Fernando_Rizo|''C'']] 19:25, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
#People notable in the context of Scientology
##Notable CoS public Scientologists ([[:Category:Scientologists]])
###[[Anne Archer]]
###[[Mary Bono]] - there is a question as to whether she is now, or ever was, a Scientologist.
###[[Chick Corea]]
###[[Isaac Hayes]]
###[[John Travolta]] 
###[[Keith Code]]
###[[Kirstie Alley]]
###[[Tom Cruise]]
###[[Nancy Cartwright]]
###[[Beck]]
##Notable CoS staff members (e.g. management, prominent Sea Org and OSA staff) ([[:Category:Scientologists]])
###[[David Gaiman]] has a [[Neil Gaiman|famous son]], but was all over the UK press in his own right in the 1960s and still works for the CoS now
###[[John McMaster]], 1960s "World's First Clear", did ''lots'' of publicity
###[[David Miscavige]] Chairman of the Board, RTC
###[[Guillaume Lesevre]] ED INT, Church of Scientology
###[[Helena Kobrin]] apparently now disappeared; originally from Legal, OSA INT
###[[Mark Rathbun]] Inspector General, RTC
###: Would be great if someone with some info got an article on Rathbun started, especially if someone has any info on what has happened to him recently. The CoS seems to have removed his name from all their websites. Sources on OCMB says he blew.
###[[Mary Sue Hubbard]] L. Ron Hubbard's wife, now deceased; often referred to as MSH
###[[Mike Rinder]], ED OSA INT
###[[Warren McShane]] Deputy Inspector General for Legal Affairs, RTC
###[[Heber Jentzsch]]
###[[Joe Winter]] -- important in the history of Dianetics
##Notable Freezone and Independent Scientologists (not sure what cat. [[:Category:Free Zone]] is appropriate, but it's not clear to me whether [[:Category:Scientologists]] or [[:Category:Former Scientologists]] is more useful to the reader - see talk
###[[Bill Robertson]] aka. Captain Bill Robertson or CBR; formerly LRH's right hand man
###[[David Mayo]] original contributor to upper level materials and founder of the Advanced Ability Center organisation (now defunct)
###[[Heidrun Beer]] freezoner; has had some interference from the CoS
###[[Ralph Hilton]] prominent Freezoner and technical enthusiast. Runs FZAOINT, I seem to recall.
###[[Ray Kemp]] - former mission holder and one of LRH's closer friends. Alleged author of the OCA/APA Test.
###[[Tommy Thompson (Free Zone)]] - Not sure who he is, but the [http://www.whatstommyupto.com/ critical attention] devoted to him seems to indicate that he's someone...
##Notable critics ([[:Category:Critics of Scientology]])
###[[Andreas Heldal-Lund]] has a stub
###[[Arnaldo Lerma]] has an article in need of wikification and cleanup
###[[Cyril Vosper]], author of ''The Mind Benders'' (which is currently the same article)
###[[David S. Touretzky]] Professor at CMU; long history of being a CoS critic
###[[Fredric Rice]]
###[[Gerald Armstrong]] Very long lawsuit with the CoS over alleged contract breach; notable writer
###[[Jeff Jacobsen]]
###[[Jesse Prince]] famous ex-member
###[[Jon Atack]] - critic and author
###[[Keith Henson]]
###[[Karin Spaink]]
###[[Larry Wollersheim]] - high profile lawsuit and outspoken critic
###[[Roger Gonnet]] - head of the CoS in [[France]] for many years, did many of the official translations into [[French language|French]], is now a critic, wrote a critical book
###[[Ron Newman (computer programmer)]] has a v short article
###[[Steven Fishman]] of [[Fishman Affidavit]] fame, one of the first to publicise the OT materials - currently a redirect to the famous affidavit's page
###[[Steve Hassan]] - did he do a lot specific to Scientology? His article talks about his experiences with the [[Unification Church]]
###[[Ursula Caberta]]
###Just posting to a.r.s probably isn't enough, nor even a popular website unless it's [[Operation Clambake]] ... real-world influence, e.g. lawsuits, writing a book, frequent media (discussion needed) - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]]
###[[Bob Minton]]. Both he and the [[Lisa McPherson Trust]] should have articles I think. Many of us who weren't around when all that stuff was going on are still confused as to exactly what happened, so if someone with good knowledge could write about it, that would be great ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 21:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC))
###Just started a stub on [[Tory Christman]], the well-known ex-Scn and critic. I figure that since she's been on TV 'AND' radio making her case against the "church" we def. need an article on her. Anyone want to tackle the full length writeup? [[User:206.114.20.121|206.114.20.121]] 19:59, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
:::::::I can try to do it. I was unsure whether she would qualify as being "important enough" to get her own wikipedia article, but you're probably right, since she's been on tv and radio, etc. ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 02:53, 27 September 2005 (UTC))
:::::::::I have now written a brief article. Please check and correct any mistakes ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 05:08, 27 September 2005 (UTC))

==General strategy and discussion forums==
*[[/General]]
*[[/Strategy]]

I suggest keeping it to here and the talk page until either grows way too big and needs to bud off - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 13:36, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

==Other subpages==

[[/publicwatchlist]] -- a shared "public watchlist" created with {{tl|Public watchlist}}.  Don't forget to add the talk page of the article, too; they aren't added automatically as they are on a true watchlist.

{{Public watchlist}}

==Templates==

===Infoboxes===

We had an old Template:Scientology (before MediaWiki had categories), but it was (a) redundant with the category (b) IMO very much from a critical POV in the article selection.

In order to help avoid something POV-leaning (a common failing with article series boxes &mdash; see [[WP:CLS]]), I've made [[Template:WikiProject Scientology]] the WikiProject box for article talk pages. Put <nowiki>{{WikiProject Scientology}}</nowiki> at the top of talk pages and you'll get:

I really think we can do everything a reader would need with carefully-chosen category names and sorting, and infoboxes are unneccesary - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 20:48, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

===Stub templates===
*Use {{tl|Scientology-stub}}. This will put:


The article will also be added to [[:Category:Scientology stubs]].

===Other templates===
*{{tl|ScientologySeries}} - Adds column with related articles to right side of article's page.
*{{tl|Scientology}} - Adds horizontal footer with related articles to bottom of article's page.
*'''<nowiki>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/DYK}}</nowiki>''' - Adds facts from new WikiProject Scientology-related articles that were featured on the Main Page in [[WP:DYK]].

===Userboxes===
*{{tl|User Scientology project}}, userbox which will add the user to the WikiProject Scientology.

==Categories==
*[[:Category:Scientology]]
**[[:Category:Scientology beliefs and practices]]
***[[:Category:Scientology rundowns]]
**[[:Category:Scientology books]]
**[[:Category:Scientology controversy]] - see discussion on talk page
***[[:Category:Critics of Scientology]]
**[[:Category:Scientologists]]
***[[:Category:Former Scientologists]]
***[[:Category:Dead Scientologists]]
**[[:Category:Scientology organizations]]
**[[:Category:Free Zone]]
**[[:Category:L. Ron Hubbard]]
**[[:Category:Scientology images]]
**[[:Category:Scientology and the legal system]]
**[[:Category:Scientology stubs]]
**[[:Category:Scientology magazines]]
*[[:de:Kategorie:Scientology]]
*[[:ja:Category:サイエントロジー]]

==Lists==

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/Old list of articles about Scientology]]
*:This was originally ''List of articles about Scientology'' - it got VFDed in April 2005, I undeleted it and put it into project space. Use as is helpful and check old revisions as well - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 13:26, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

==Articles==
===New Wikipedia articles related to Scientology===
Please list your new Scientology-related articles here ('''newer articles at the top'''). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the [[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]] box on the [[Main]] Wikipedia page.  DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

Don't forget to add the appropriate Scientology-related category, and a {{template|scientology-stub}} notice if appropriate!

*[[Tom Cruise: Unauthorized]] -- [[User:Smee|Smee]] 07:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Elli Perkins]] -- [[User:Smee|Smee]] 03:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Erhard Seminars Training]] -- Existing article, some practices evolved from Scientology.  [[User:Smee|Smee]] 18:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Werner Erhard]] -- Existing article, prominent former Scientologist.  [[User:Smee|Smee]] 18:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Noah Lottick]] -- [[User:Smee|Smee]] 09:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
* [[Wog]] - includes Scientology meaning -- [[User:Hartley Patterson|Hartley Patterson]] 16:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
*[[Scieno Sitter]] -- [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 06:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Religion Inc.]] -- [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 02:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Cults of Unreason]]  --  [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 11:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Scientology: The Now Religion]] -- [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 08:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC).
*[[A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant]] -- [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 11:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC).
*[[The Scandal of Scientology]] -- [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 11:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC).
*[[Inside Scientology]] -- [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 11:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC).
*[[Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act]] -- [[User:ChrisO|ChrisO]] 01:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
*[[The Thetan]] - (did not create article, but expanded it)  [[User:Smeelgova|Smee]] 18:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
*[[Citizens for Social Reform]] -- started by [[User:AndroidCat]]
*[[The Bridge (film)]]  [[User:Rogue 9|Rogue 9]] 23:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
*[[David Gaiman]] - finally created a stub. There appears to be no official bio for him whatsoever. - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 16:17, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
*[[:Category:American Scientologists]] and [[:Category:Leaders of Scientology]] created 15 July by [[User:Chicheley|Chicheley]]. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 12:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
*[[Freedom Magazine]] -- [[User:Grandmasterka|<span style="color:red;">Grand</span>]][[User talk:Grandmasterka|<span style="color:blue;">master</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Grandmasterka|<span style="color:green;">ka</span>]] 05:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*[[History of Dianetics]] was recently split off from [[Dianetics]]. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 17:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
*[[Golden Age of Knowledge]] --[[User:Davidstrauss|Davidstrauss]] 20:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
*[[Rundown (Scientology)]] --[[User:Davidstrauss|Davidstrauss]] 06:27, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
*[[Paulette Cooper]] -- both this and [[Operation Freakout]] need considerable work, the information out there needs to be rendered in readable form. Also would like to know what images are okay to use. [[User:Madame Sosostris|Madame Sosostris]] 18:25, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
*[[Mike Rinder]] - stub created. increased media visibility lately. ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 21:28, 4 March 2006 (UTC))
*[[Source (magazine)]] --[[User:Davidstrauss|Davidstrauss]] 23:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
*[[Standard Tech]] --[[User:Davidstrauss|Davidstrauss]] 23:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
*[[Psychiatry: An Industry of Death]] - Just cameacross this one, needs checking, catagorization, etc... [[User:JesseW/sig|JesseW, the juggling janitor]] 08:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
*[[Dianetics Today]] - another "If I create a new article about a Dianetics book, I get to describe Dianetics the way '''I''' want" POV fork. -- 01:40, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
*<s>[[Scientology - Outsider Explanations]] and [[Scientology Auditing - Outsider Explanations]].  Not sure how to categorize these.  (I'm not the creator of either, BTW.) -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 20:39, 11 January 2006 (UTC)</s> Deleted on AFD as POV original research - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 14:28, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
*[[Scientology and the legal system]] Not new at all, but I'm under the impresssion that this project does not know if it's existance. So here ya go. I added your template to the talk page, hope thats ok. --[[User:CastAStone|CastAStone]] 00:45, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
*[[Dianetics]] - effectively new as of January 8th, as it's been completely rewritten with an insane number of footnotes. Comments welcomed on [[Talk:Dianetics]].
*[[Science of Survival]], started Dec. 27th.  Very much needs careful NPOVing as it makes strong claims about scientific validation of Dianetics.
*[[Author Services Inc.]] - stub started Dec 14th.
*[[Ron DeWolf]] - stub created. does anyone have a date of death? There's an entry on Wikiquotes for Ron DeWolfe, [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ron_DeWolfe], anyone know how to link to that? Google gives almost as many hits for "Ron DeWolfe" as for "Ron DeWolf", but DeWolf seems to be the correct spelling. [http://lisatrust.bogie.nl/legal/affidavit-DeWolf.htm] ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 18:08, 18 December 2005 (UTC))
:DeWolf is the correct spelling, I moved the article to [[Ronald DeWolf]], since he seemd to prefer that name, at least in the court hearings. It also has more google hits. ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 00:41, 19 December 2005 (UTC))
*[[Church of the New Faith]] - a name the CoS used in Australia in the 1970s - might do with being part of a longer article on the history of the CoS's status as a religion - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 16:34, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
*[[Church of Jesus Christ in Zion (Scientology)]] - split off from [[Church of Jesus Christ in Zion]], which is a completely separate thing. The story badly needs references! - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 14:16, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
*[[Scientology jargon]] and [[Scientologese]] are now redirects to [[Scientology terminology]]. Are there any other common terms for this that should also be redirects? - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 14:06, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
*[[:Category:Scientology organizations]] - I think I've shifted everything relevant to it (including [[Church of Scientology]]) - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 14:06, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
*[[Celebrity Centre]] - someone please correct all my grammatical mistakes and add more info. ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 19:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC))
*[[List of Scientology organizations]], which survived [[WP:AFD|AFD]] by this &gt;&lt; much &mdash; it's not terribly good and needs to be made much more than a list of web links. See talk page.
*[[Moxon & Kobrin]] and [[Scientomogy]] were created by [[User:Wikipediatrix|Wikipediatrix]] Dec 3rd. 
*[[Bridge Publications (Scientology)]] is a separate article and [[Bridge Publications]] is a disambig - there's three of them!
*[[Heber Jentzsch]] - Stub created Dec 2. Please help expand into a real article.
*[[Scientologie]] - Stub created Nov 30. Might be of interest although not directly related to Hubbard's Scientology.
*[[Believe What You Like]] by [[C. H. Rolph]] (who also needs an article, though not as a Scn critic per se) &mdash; could do with a mention in [[Scientology and psychiatry]] ... amazing book, I recommend it - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 22:03, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
*[[OT3]] - existing redirect to [[Xenu]] recently (23 November 2005) converted into stub.  (How much is there to say about OT III that isn't already covered in Xenu, though?)
*:Not much, but see my explanation for this on [[Talk:OT3]]. ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 19:01, 25 November 2005 (UTC))
*:There were 20 pages on the Russian server ... only the first three are Xenu - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 22:03, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
*[[Helena Kobrin]] - stub created 25 November. Maybe someone who knows more can expand it. ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 23:05, 24 November 2005 (UTC))
*[[Ron's Journal 67]] - created 21 November.
*[[Trapped in the Closet (South Park)]] - needs better cat!
*[[Church of Spiritual Technology]] created 12 November 05.  Currently unreferenced.
*[[Scientology terminology]] stub created 30 October 05.
*[[Mark Rathbun]] stub created 14 October 05 re: "disappeared" top Scientology executive.
*[[Oxford Capacity Analysis]] (not new, but only just categorised)
*[[Golden Era Productions]] (not created recently but only recently categorized, so ... it's "new to you"!)
*[[Tory Christman]] stub created [[User:206.114.20.121|206.114.20.121]] 20:06, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
*[[Rehabilitation Project Force]]
*[[Bare-faced Messiah]] the [[Russell Miller]] biography of Hubbard, is a recent stub.
*[[Sea Org]], the inner management of Scientology, is a recent larger stub. --[[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]] 00:32, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
*[[Arnaldo Lerma]] - note on critic, why he's notable, v. rough bio notes (needs refs)
*[[ARC (Scientology)]], the concept of understanding in Scientology, is a new article I've started. In my opinion, all ARC related terms should redirect to this article, as it would be much better that the ARC-related stuff is not fragmented across a whole bunch of stub articles. --[[User:NicholasTurnbull|NicholasTurnbull]] 04:45, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
*[[Clear (Scientology)]] - short article/long stub - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 10:22, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
*[[Symbols of Scientology]] created to profile the symbols of Scientology --[[User:Sunborn|<span style="color:black;">metta</span>]], [[User_talk:Sunborn|<span style="color:red;">The Sunborn</span>]] 20:31, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
*<s>[[Religious Freedom Watch]] created by [[User:AI|AI]]</s> Deleted on AFD.
*[[Cyril Vosper]], author of ''The Mind Benders'' (which is currently the same article) - stub created
*[[Operation Freakout]] created by [[User:Plesland]]

===Existing articles recently tagged as Scientology project===

===NPOV watch===

*[[Tone scale]] - This has recently been "boldly edited"; a {{tl|POV check}} template was placed on it and the same [[User:Terryeo|sole editor]] who "boldly edited" it removed the template. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 21:55, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
**See the discussion page of that article [[Talk:Tone scale]].  The article had needed clean up for a long time.  I didn't touch the controversy section of it but cleaned up the presentation of all that -40 and +40 and as soon as I did you placed the {{tl|POV check}} without discussion.  I removed the template you placed and invited discussion on the discussion page.  It should be obvious that the first method of resolving difficulties of POV is for the various POVs to communicate with each other. You've made a nice clean report here, though.  Except that you might include your reasoning which prompted your statement that the article requires a POV check which you haven't included here, nor on the article's discussion page or in your edit summary. [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 15:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
***Oh, I ''know'' you said you didn't change ''any'' of the controversial parts of it.  I know you said that.  However, since you've been caught previously inserting your own disputed POV under an edit summary claiming that you were changing things "to reflect reality" [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Dianetics&diff=39239479&oldid=39216070], the idea that an article doesn't need any POV checking after you've "boldly edited" it, just because you ''claim'' you didn't make any POV changes, is absolutely ridiculous. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 15:56, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
****Oh, I "see", it was not your intent to communicate about that but instead your intent to bring up another edit of mine?  I see. okay then, thanks for making that clear.  Now, about the Tone Scale edit I did which prompted your opportunity to present another edit I did which you are talking about, which part of it seemed "POV" by your estimation? [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 17:52, 24 February 2006 (UTC) Umm, I do however see the 22 "POV words" you point to with your link there, Feldspar :) [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 17:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
*****No, it was my intention to point out that even if it makes any sense for a {{tl|POV check}} template to be removable by the very editor whose work is to be checked -- an iffy proposition at best -- ''you'' would be an exception to the rule because of your proven willingness to lie about your own edits. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 23:38, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
******Feldspar, I don't think I do.  Let me put it this way.  If you had witnessed a quanitity of my edits and viewed whatever it is you are talking about 100 times, how would it benifit our production for you to use the tone you just used?  Frequently you use a tone of that nature,  1/2 accusing other editors of the intent to mislead you.  I don't think I do.  But when I tell you the most obvious fact you refuse to accept any part of it.  For example, Dianetics (which might have been a fad in the 50s) has produced over 50,000 Clears.  Dianetics is used every day and taught every day in Churches of Scientology worldwide. Have a piece of cake or something, Feldspar[[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 01:41, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

*[[List of Scientology organizations]] - I'm listing this only because I listed pages I wrote as references. (Though I've listed the references I used for those.) I'd like other eyes on them too - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 16:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

*[[Anti-psychiatry]] - There seems to be the occasional slam or conflation creeping in, so it might be good to add this to some project member watchlists (or an appropriate area in the shared watchlist, perhaps?) [[User:Ronabop|Ronabop]] 02:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
**I've added it to the shared watchlist.  By the way, I've got a concern about how much we add to the watchlist, but I'll describe that on the talk page. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 18:19, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

*[[David Miscavige]] has been edited and reverted a lot lately, and an npov template added. ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 19:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC))

===[[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]]===
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/DYK}}

===[[WP:AID|Article improvement drive]]===
'''''Also see discussion on talk page.'''''
*For the next Featured Article candidate, I have my eye on [[Operating Thetan]] and Nicholas has his eye on [[Sea Org]] - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 10:22, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
*[[List of Scientology organizations]] needs a lot of work. The other countries need to be filled out like I did the Australian one. There's lots of critical sites with excellent and well-referenced documentation - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 12:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
* [[Harry Palmer (Avatar)]] - Harry Palmer has emailed Wikipedia displeased with his article (see [[WP:ANI#Strange_email]]). It's {{template|unreferenced}}, so it really needs fixing. I should ask on a.r.s and maybe alt.clearing.technology as well - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 12:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
**No longer unreferenced, but still needs serious work - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 12:23, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
*Anyone want to start on some of those [[:Category:Scientology stubs|stubs]]? - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] 18:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
*[[Quentin Hubbard]] has been tagged for cleanup by [[User:161.154.235.27]] with no specifics as to what needs cleaning up. (I have done some minor edits to it since then) ([[User:Entheta|Entheta]] 18:52, 21 December 2005 (UTC))
*[[Scientology Ethics]] should really have been started by spinning out the contents of [[Scientology beliefs and practices#Ethics]].  It wasn't, however.  Can we bring the two into harmony with each other, keeping in mind that the latter article has been through a lot more refining and NPOV'ing than the former, newer article? -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 20:49, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

===[[WP:FPC|Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates]]===
===[[WP:COTW|Collaboration of the week]]===
===[[WP:PR|Peer review]]===
*[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Trapped in the Closet (South Park)/archive2|Trapped in the Closet (South Park)]]. 14:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

===[[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]]===
===[[WP:FA|Featured articles]]===
*[[Space opera in Scientology doctrine]] - front page [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 10, 2005|Sep 10, 2005]]
*[[Xenu]] - surprisingly popular in the [[blogosphere]] [http://www.technorati.com/search/xenu%20wikipedia] [http://www.blogpulse.com/search?start_date=&end_date=&query=xenu+wikipedia&x=0&y=0] - front page [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 19, 2005|Feb 19, 2005]]

====Articles for deletion====
<!--To see one example of keeping track of various deletion votes, look at [[Wikipedia:LGBT notice board]]-->

*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]''' (Article deletion):
** <s>[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xenu (second nomination)|Xenu]] - (2nd nomination).</s> Result was '''Speedy Keep'''
** [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tilman Hausherr (3rd nomination)|Tilman Hausherr]] - (3rd nomination).
** <s>[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbara Schwarz (4th nomination)|Barbara Schwarz]] - (4th nomination).</s>  Result was '''Keep.'''
** <s>[[Scientology Public Relations]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scientology Public Relations|nominated]].</s> ''Deleted''.
** <s>[[Security Check Children]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Security Check Children|nominated]].</s>  ''No consensus.''
** <s>[[Tim Bowles]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Bowles|nominated]].</s> ''"no consensus", default to keep''.
** <s>[[Scientology as a business]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scientology as a business|nominated]].</s> ''Kept''.
** <s>[[Margeret Grubb]] {{sic}} has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margeret Grubb|nominated]]. </s> ''Kept''.
** <s>[[Scientology Timeline]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scientology Timeline|nominated]].</s> ''Kept''.
** <s>[[Barbara Schwarz]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbara Schwarz|nominated]].</s> ''Nominated twice, kept twice.''
** <s>[[Xenu]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xenu|nominated]].</s> ''The discussion was closed early once the votes hit 22-to-1 in favor of keeping.''
** <s>[[Tilman Hausherr]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tilman Hausherr|nominated]].</s> ''Kept.''
** <s>[[List of Scientology centers]] has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Scientology centers|nominated]].</s> ''Kept, no consensus'' &mdash; in severe need of improvement.
** <s>Not precisely a deletion, but a merge of [[Scientology and the legal system]] and [[Scientology versus The Internet]] has been proposed.</s> Merge defeated, see [[Talk:Scientology and the legal system|talk page]] for scientology + the legal sys.

*'''[[Wikipedia:Deletion review]]''' (Article undeletion}:
*'''[[WP:TFD|Templates for deletion]]''':
*'''[[WP:CFD|Categories for deletion]]''':
**<s>[[:Category:Dead Scientologists]] has been nominated.</s> ''Deleted.''
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for deletion]]''':
*'''[[WP:RFD|Redirects for deletion]]''':

==Requests==
*[[Zenith Applied Philosophy]] - a break away sect from Scientology in [[New Zealand]], mainly around [[Christchurch]].  ZAP has been linked to far-right politics (both neo-liberal and racist). --[[User:Midnighttonight|Midnighttonight]] <small><i>[[User talk:Midnighttonight|please tell me off for procrastinating on my essay!]]</i></small> 23:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
**This is not a schism (break-away sect). When a David Mayo breaks off, starts his own group practicing what he considers Scn to be, and takes a goodly number of experienced Scientologists with him, that is a schism. When some fellow studies a bit of Scientology and then starts his own group using some of what he learned plus god-knows what else, that is, basically, nothing much to do with Scientology. This point is sometimes missed big time; Scn cannot and should not be responsible for the actions of people that study Scientology. It should be responsible for the actions of its staff. If ZAP itself is notable then go ahead and mention the Scientology connection but it means very very little as regards Scientology; Scn excommunicated the guy and washed their hands of him, that is all they can do. Here is a good article (except for the schism thing but that is certainly excusable). [http://www.publicaddress.net/print,3025.sm] --[[User:Justanother|Justanother]] 20:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)



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