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About.com Urban Legends: Star Wars Religion Doesn't Make Census - Will filling in 'Jedi' as your religion on census forms cause the government to recognize it as a legitimate faith? A three part series of articles by David Emery.
Australian IT: Email urges vote 'Jedi' in census - Star Wars fans have mounted an email campaign to encourage people to nominate "Jedi" as their religion in the upcoming census on August 7. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons.
BBC: Jedi e-mail revealed as hoax - Thousands of Britons receive an e-mail saying the Star Wars Jedi religion will be legally recognised if it has enough census mentions.
BBC: Jedi makes the census list - A campaign to get people to write the entry on their census forms has succeeded in the term being included on the list of religions for the 2001 UK census.
BBC: The gospel according to Luke (Skywalker) - You may be a fan of the Star Wars films, but are you a follower? Moves are afoot to have the fictitious Jedi philosophy the movies espouse recognised as a proper religion.
CNet: E-mail stunt empowers Jedi fans - Star Wars fans in the United Kingdom are stung by an e-mail suggesting that the forthcoming UK Census would recognize Jedi as a religion if enough people put it on the form.
icSouthlondon: Jedi census reports not true - The Office for National Statistics is denying reports that people will be able to tick 'Jedi' as their religion on the next census form.
Jedi Master Am I Therefore Normal Rules of Grammar I Do Not Follow - Editorial about the census stunt by Andrew Rilstone.
Plastic: Reality Imitates Art -- 'Jedi Knights' Now Almost-Official Religion in the UK - Jedi Knight' is on the list of religions for the 2001 UK census. Apparently, sufficient numbers of people wrote it on their census forms that a code for the 'faith' (896) has been allocated for the census processing team to use.
Register: UK Jedi get green light - The census form itself confirms that entering a frivolous faith therein will not result in an appearance before the courts. By Lester Haines.
Register: Jedi Knights achieve official recognition as a religion - Jedi Knights have gained official recognition as a religion in the UK Census 2001. By Kieren McCarthy.
Register: May the false declaration be with you - On Sunday 29 April would-be Jedi Knights have a rare opportunity to achieve official recognition for their 'religion'. By Lester Haines.
Savannah Now: Britons check off Jedi Knight when asked their religion on census form - When asked their religious affiliation on the 2001 census forms, many Britons are writing in "Jedi Knight," government officials said Wednesday.
Telegraph: Jedi Knights force way into census religion list - Jedi Knights, the galactic order of warriors from the Star Wars films, were celebrating a small victory last night in their campaign to be recognised as an official religion.
The Jedi Religion - Rants/humor criticizing the arbitrary nature of state recognition of religion.
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Religion (Census Knight) - Can Australians or those in the UK make 'Jedi' a recognized religion in in their country by entering it as their religion on the 2001 census form? No.
Wired: Jedis Stand for the Census Count - To the frustration of the census managers in New Zealand, England, Wales and Australia, an e-mail saturating inboxes for the past couple of months just refuses to go away. By Kim Griggs.
ZDNet: Star Wars fans stung by Jedi email - Despite proving that the Internet is a genuinely unifying 'force', email stunt will not work. By Will Knight.
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