Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology

Purpose: WikiProject Scientology (or WP:SCN for short) is meant to set a public forum for Wikipedia editors interested in improving and maintaining articles related to Scientology and the Church of Scientology, with a primary focus upon history and practices.

Scientology is a controversial topic, with interested persons tending to have strong opinions for or against it. Editors must take special care with Neutral point of view and referencing.

Issues for discussion on this forum: identifying articles and topics in the scope of this project, discussing ways to improve article standards, coordinating collaborations and article improvement efforts, developing standards and guidelines designed to achieve consistency between related articles, rating articles by appropriate standards and classes and organizing the articles by suitable categories and links.

Project structure: The WikiProject's main page includes the following elements:

• An introduction to the project's subject and a To Do list.
• A list of the members and participants of the project
• An assessment of the current status of the articles within the scope of the project (compiled automatically by a bot)
• A catalog of all the templates and categories related to Scientology and its WikiProject
• A section denoting Related WikiProjects.
• A section pertaining to the collaborative efforts of members, in the Article Improvement Drive.
• A Related WikiProjects section, to denote other collaborative projects on related Wikipedia articles, as well as related information on Sister Projects.
• An Article Improvement Drive, to focus efforts on certain chosen articles, as well as a New Articles section to highlight newly-created articles, and an Articles for Deletion section, to list Articles nominated for deletion and the results of completed AFDs.

Scientology is a body of teachings and related techniques developed by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard began Scientology in 1952 as a self-help philosophy, an outgrowth of his earlier self-help system, Dianetics, and later described it as a new religion. He said that it offered an exact methodology to help humans achieve awareness of their spiritual existence across many lifetimes and, simultaneously, to become more effective in the physical world. The name "Scientology" is also used to refer to the often controversial Church of Scientology, the largest organization promoting the practice of Scientology, which is itself part of a network of affiliated organizations that claim ownership and sole authority to disseminate Dianetics and Scientology.

• Place the {{WikiProject Scientology}} project banner on the talk pages of all articles within the scope of the project.
• Place all articles, by alphabetical order, at the list Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/publicwatchlist.
• Contribute to the Article Improvement Drive, in order to bring collaborative articles up to Featured Article status.
• Check the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.

Members are recommended to add the project to their watchlist.

Open articles for deletion discussions

• Articles currently undergoing the Articles for deletion (Article deletion) discussion process :

1. Security Check Children

Article improvement drive

Also see discussion on page: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scientology/Improvement

Articles with Project Focus

• Next Featured Article candidates:

1. Operating Thetan
2. Sea Org

• Other articles needing improvement/collaboration:

1. Harry Palmer (Avatar)
2. Quentin Hubbard
3. Scientology Ethics

• Articles closest to Featured Article Status:

1. Space opera in Scientology scripture (A-Class, was previously a Featured Article)
2. L. Ron Hubbard (Good Article)
3. Dianetics (Good Article)

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