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Add Atheism info box to all atheism related talk pages (use {{WikiProject Atheism}} or see info box)
Ensure atheism-related articles are members of Atheism by checking whether [[Category:Atheism]] has been added to atheism-related articles – and, where it hasn't, adding it.
Try to expand stubs. Ideas and theories about life, however, are prone to generating neologisms, so some stubs may be suitable for deletion (see deletion process).
State atheism needs a reassessment of its Importance level, as it has little to do with atheism and is instead an article about anti-theist/anti-religious actions of governments.
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Add an historic perspective, or at least a brief overview of the prominent critics, especially the recent wave of criticism (Dawkins, Harris, Dennet).
The section about the harmful consequences of religion on society should discuss whether religion should be held responsible for the action of "misguided" believers. In particular, Dawkins criticism that moderate religion makes fundamentalism acceptable should be covered.
Add a section on the position of women under various religions, for example, bride burning, honour killing, female circumcision, superstitions about menstrual "uncleaness".
Add short section on shari'a law, to Homophobia section
Add a new section on societal resistance to criticism of religion - the 'weird privileged status of religion' phenomena (perhaps at the start?)
General Clean-up and Style
Fix messy citations
Trim the article, it's starting to get much too long. Or is it? This is a rather complex issue and requires a comprehensive discussion.
level-5 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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