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{ The new link to Stephen Kent's article ("Scientology -- Is This a Religion?") is http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/ivk/mjr/pdfs/1999/articles/kent1999.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maierstrahl (talk • contribs) 00:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template.Please say why this link needs to be on this page, also please put {{Editsemiprotected}} when requesting a semi-protected edit request.--Breawycker (talk to me!) Review Me! 21:40, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Breawycker did you even look at to the article? the source is cited several times but the link broke and this user is trying to update it. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 22:10, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 22:13, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

.com?

you should mention that most churches and non-profit organizations use .org not .com, the web domain itself brings one to question the religious aspect considering a .com domain points it to being a corporation....just a thought