User talk:Mike

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Hello, Mike, and welcome to OrthodoxWiki!

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magda (talk) 15:29, June 1, 2006 (CDT)

Welcome!

Just a note to say welcome Mike! Glad you're here. I appreciate your work on your user page. I hope you don't mind that I've added your picture to the OrthodoxWiki:User_galleryFrJohn (talk)

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Just so you know, when using one of the party-specific image licenses, it's not necessary to include one of the generic ones, as well. For instance, if Template:Skete.com is used, then Template:Limited is not necessary. Using only one will help keep confusion to a minimum. —Dcn. Andrew talk random contribs 15:27, June 3, 2006 (CDT)

IRC Channel

Check out OrthodoxWiki:Chat. There's an IRC channel sponsored by User:Joe Rodgers; I'm not sure how active it is, but I've used it once. —magda (talk) 07:33, June 8, 2006 (CDT)

Article on Scientology

I don't see why not. But it needs to meet the guidelines for articles in Category:Non-Orthodox, which is to say, it should be able to be subtitled "An Orthodox Christian critique of Scientology" and/or "Relations between Scientology and the Orthodox Church" in terms of its content.

My suspicion, though, is that there isn't much one could do in an encyclopedia article along these lines, and I really have no idea what the potential legal pitfalls are. I do know that the CoS has been really quite nasty to those who have criticized them online. —Dcn. Andrew talk random contribs 11:12, July 14, 2006 (CDT)