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How did you do the sidebar edit? I've been looking through the docs at meta.mediawiki and can't find anything on this (except hacking the php files). Thanks, Fr. John


Hey, thanks. That does help anyway -- I'd forgotten about that page ;-). Fr. John

Good morning Andrew

Thanks for cleaning up my spelling and some of the entries from last night. One question though - I noticed you made the Categories aplhabetical. My idea was to put the larger category "Ethics" first with the subcat "bioethics" second. Is this bad practice on Wikipedia? It makes more sense to me.

Thanks, Fr. John 10:14, 29 Jan 2005 (CST)

New Look

I like the new look on the main page. Very slick!

I wonder if there's any possible way to include another page without using templates. I don't think so, but that would work... I'll have to investigate this later. Fr. John 09:18, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

Calendar Update Project

Rdr. Andrew -- which menaion is the authoritative one for OrthodoxWiki? DcnDavid

Menaion Follow up

Thanks! Glad to be here. :) DcnDavid 11:09, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

Question on Images

I haven't tried yet, but I want to add some images. Do these have to be uploaded from a file on my computer, or can they be imported (provided they're in public domain) from another website? - Joffridus

Okay, now I'm even more confused than I was before. What if it's, say, a photo that was sent out as part of a news release? (I am thinking particularly of a photograph of the Archbishop of Canterbury with the Ecumenical Patriarch that was sent out by the Anglican Communion News Service.)
The best thing would be to write to ACN and ask permission for posting their photo with credit given, and include our URL. Generally speaking, it's considered rude to "hotlink" to photos on other sites since it eats up other folks precious bandwidth. Practically, this wouldn't really be a problem on a low-traffic site like this one, but nevertheless it's not best practice. (I can also make the pages load more slowly). Fr. John 11:36, 7 Feb 2005 (CST)

OCA Site

Should Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist) be added to the list of retired OCA bishops in the OCA entry? I ask because he is in the OCA and is a retired bishop, although he was bishop in Japan. - Joffridus

Good morning dear Reader!

Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be out of town for the next four days so you won't be hearing much from me. I'll check in as soon as I get back! Fr. John


Lenten Triodion

Thanks for noticing my errors! I'm still rather new to all of this, and it can be difficult to find information at all, let alone accurate. Please change the descriptions. Otherwise, my husband--who works at the Department of Religious Education on campus--will look into their new publication The Triodion tomorrow afternoon and get back to me. Also, do you have any advice on getting him to sign up for an account? --magda 18:20, 22 Feb 2005 (CST)


Triodion Follow up

By the way, The Lenten Triodion translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria is not a complete translation of the Triodion. It includes only the core services -- some Saturdays, all Sundays, and Holy Week. There is a supplemental text that looks like it was published on a mimeograph machine (texts also translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria) containing all the services for every day of the pre-Lent, Lent, and Holy Week periods that are not included in the work cited above. It is available but hard to find. This source says they have it (follow the link and search on triodion).


Triodion Supplement

You are right: it is vital stuff. Last year I made it a point to read at least the canons for every day of Lent. It lends a beautiful continuity to the fast.DcnDavid 09:23, 23 Feb 2005 (CST)

Church Calendar Project

On January 19 and January 30 (at least), there are not only Feasts, but Events. How should this work in with the templates? --magda 15:42, 25 Feb 2005 (CST)

Categories

Rdr. Andrew and Fr. John -- can we add a category of "Monastics" to the "People" heading on the main page? I've added a (brief) article on Hieromonk Matthew (Blastares) and created a category of "Monastics" for him (I hope that is okay). He has not been glorified. I imagine there may be other monastics, not glorified, that might warrant an article or two. --DcnDavid 14:16, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)

Thank you for correcting another of my many mistakes and teaching me along the way. Would you mind adding a description to the Church Fathers Category page? I noticed that you added descriptions to some of the other categories (Hymnographers, Modern Writers, Asceticism) and I have found that quite helpful. Also, how do you link to these categories without making the page you're using a member? --magda 13:35, 27 Feb 2005 (CST)

Titles

It would be nice to have each title or commemoration redirect to the Saint commemoration page so that each could be explained by someone with that expertise. I haven't the slightest idea why some saints merit the titles of "Equal of the Apostles" or "righteous" or "God-bearing" or "venerable," and I am hoping someone will (ahem) explain them to me. The first time I saw "God-bearing" I thought it was a typo for "God-fearing." I see OrthodoxWiki as a long-term, long-standing project which could benefit from extensive cross-referencing. So in this regard, and as there is nothing (yet) against it in the Style Manual, I stand behind my links. Additionally, I would like some clarification in how the names in the Church Calendar entries should be listed: the "Saint commemoration" page way, or simply names, or based on a particular synaxarion? --magda 20:17, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)