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== IRC [[Deanery]] ==

Thanks to Kevin Basil, Were you aware that your source (La Crosse) is Roman Catholic? I can be found quite often don't know whether it makes any difference in the #orthodoxy channel on lplugdefinition of a deanery, but I thought I should point it out anyway.org. Talk to me there if you would like. I go by the name {{User:Magda/sig}} 07:41, January 19, WPU.2006 (CST)

Don't know about IRC? You could learn [http://blogYes I was. I am certainly not against Catholic, Protestant, or anything for that matter, when it coincides with truth.kevinbasilI was not able to find a reasonable online source from an Orthodox perspective and thought that these words were appropriate for Orthodox deaneries as well.com/2003/02/03/holy-irc-batman/ if you want[[User:Joe Rodgers|Joe].] 20060119

== Talk pages Pic ==

I don't much mind what you do with your own Talk page, but would you mind not erasing those of other articles? It's helpful Nice to see where we've been and why we've done what we've done. you Joe! {{User:FrJohn/sig}}

(Please forgive me if And you know, somehow I seem needling and naggingthought you were older than you appear to be. :) —[[User:ASDamick|{{User:ASDamick/sig}}]] 1716:4739, January 19, 28 Jun 2005 2006 (EDTCST)

: == Menologion ==Joe, this is Aleks. I will gladly abide by the decision of the sysopsgot you message recently. What is everyone elseCan you elaborate in an e-mail on what exactly you's opinionre interested in making? I talked with another sysop (think it would be great to have Menologion and OW work together, but I won't mention their name) who seemed want to agree that things get a little cluttered, cloudy, or outdated in discussion pagesfigure out the logistics first.

: My own thoughts are that if articles can be trimmed and made more concise== Hi ==Dear Joe, why can't talk pages? I like having an archiveThanks (belatedly) for your welcome note!Best, but if a situation has been addressed then I personally think it makes things cluttered to keep them around. The discussion is archived in the changelog/history. My two cents. --[[User:Joe RodgersMaxim|Joe RodgersMaxim]] 1812:5439, June 28 Jun 2005 , 2006 (EDTCDT)

I don've noticed that your sig isn't think this has ever been discussed between the sysopscoming out quite right when you sign posts. I'm just ''one'' of them and by no means chief among them. We can certainly put it up for discussionIf you want to use the template approach, though, which Iyou've done ll need to check the "Raw signatures (without automatic link)" box in your preferences on [[OrthodoxWiki:Administrators]]the "User profile" tab. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|{{User<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] ^{[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]} ^{[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]} ^{[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</sig}}font>]] 19} 15:0923, August 10, 28 Jun 2005 2006 (EDTCDT)

:I think one reason to keep a record of resolved issues is that others who think of similar (or the same) issues can see for themselves that it has been resolved, without having to rehash arguments, for instance when a style decision has been made. —[[User:Magda|magda]] 20:27, 28 Jun 2005 (EDT) :: Good point Magda. However, I think that if the style decision is explicit enough it could detail the reasons why a decision was made over another. --[[User:Joe Rodgers|Joe Rodgers]] 20:59, 28 Jun 2005 (EDT) == Re: Patron Saint == It's a good question, Joe. I'm not sure who that would be. Let me think about this some more. I don't think we should change the name of the site to "St. so-and-so Orthodox Encyclopedia", but I wouldn't be adverse to seeking the intercession of an appropriate patron. Do you or others have any suggestions? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] == "God the..." redirects == Hi Joe, Another comment... It strikes me that in Orthodox theology, it is not so common to refer to Jesus as "God the Son" or the Holy Spirit as "God the Holy Spirit." There is a good reason for this, too. According to Orthodox Trinitarian theology as I learnt it, "God" is not so much identified with the essence held in common by the three persons, but more properly identified with God the Father, from whom both the Son and the Holy Spirit receive their divinity. This is why, e.g., in the Creed, Jesus is "God from God" and God the Father is so often refered to in our liturgy as "the unorginate Father" or "the Father without beginning" (the Son and the Holy Spirit are originate, not in time, but ontologically, albeit not in a way that makes their divinity any lesser).  My suggestion would be to remove the redirects. I don't think they're really necessary, and even if another article links to the phrase "God the..." it would be easy enough just to make the words link directly to the main page in question. - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 14:09, 4 Jul 2005 (EDT) P.S. When are you becoming Orthodox? :-) :: Thank you Father. I think you make a very good point. Please feel free to remove the redirects (I don't know if I am allowed). I am building the [[Template:Orthodoxchristianity|introduction]] article and am looking for any suggestions you could give. I guess it would be good to eventually do a search for "God the.." and make sure the links are pointing in the right directions. Thanks for your help. Quite a question you pose there at the end. --[[User:Joe Rodgers|{{User:Joe Rodgers/sig}}]] 14:16, 4 Jul 2005 (EDT) == [[:Category:Church Life]] == My concern about the [[:Category:Church Life|Church Life]] category is that it could logically end IRC Channel still up getting used for absolutely everything, which would make it useless as a category. Ideally, every article should be in a category, but some just don't quite seem to fit into the more obvious categories (e.g., Liturgics, Church History, etc.), so the Church Life category was created. I have read the discussion in the category Talk, but I honestly wasn't sure what was being suggested, especially because there weren't already articles already existing to put into the categories (which is what [[User:Magda|Magda]] seemed to be saying, too). My own philosophy WRT categories is that they should be created to include an actual group of developed articles, probably at least three. A category for "Home Life" (as opposed to "Church Life") also seems, well, secularist&mdash;i.e., at least ''suggesting'' that what was going on at one's home was in some sense not "Church." I'm going to copy this, with some editing, over to the Category Talk page. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|{{User:ASDamick/sig}}]] 11:49, 5 Jul 2005 (EDT) == Church Calendar, etc. == Well, it's something (I think) I know how to do, and I like getting familiar with the saints' names. (Did I mention I love having a job with internet access and free time?) I'm glad you're enjoying my busyness. I took a break after finishing June and the first week of July, and thought it would be nice to finish July before [[User:Vandrona|my husband]] and I go on vacation. —[[User:Magda|magda]] 16:05, 6 Jul 2005 (EDT) == Commentary quotes == Ideally, writing a full article with quotes embedded into the text would be best. But if you just want to include some quotations, perhaps a handful in a separate section would be good. I wouldn't get too crazy with it, though&mdash;maybe no more than a half dozen. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|{{User:ASDamick/sig}}]] 17:21, 7 Jul 2005 (EDT) == Sysop ==

I hope you don't mind, but just checked up on the IRC channel and I've knighted you a sysopreceived the following messages::ChanServ changed this room to require operator status to change the topic. This will allow you some more flexibility in managing pages. AYour mission, should you choose to accept it, will also involve a slight bit of responsbility (don't worry11:46AM) in keeping an eye on how things are going at OrthodoxWiki as a whole and helping to resolve any problems that arise. Please read [<br>[OrthodoxWiki11:Administrators46AM]] when you get ChanServ made this room no longer a chancesecret. (11:46AM) <br> If you send me your preferred email I can add you to the Yahoo group if you're interested. Mainly, this group serves to alert me of technical problems with the board and is also a place to discuss the occasional administrative issues that come up in way that allows a little more privacy than an owiki page!  I realize you're not Orthodox. We do generally prefer Sysops to be Orthodox, but a sysop degree doesn't endow teaching authority! We're happy about your commitment to OrthodoxWiki and all your work here[11:46AM] You were demoted from operator by ChanServ.(11:46AM) <br>

ThanksGiven my IRC inexperience, [[User:FrJohn|Frmaybe this is nothing to worry about - just normal, but I wanted to make sure our channel is still up and running in good standing, not quashed due to inactivity. John]]What is the freenode policy on this?

P.SThanks! — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www. You don't need a cert on your blogorthodoxwiki. A self-signed cert is fine, but even that isn't necesary for the login area. Instead, you can consider changing the name of the Admin directory to something unpredictable (though I'm not sure how this will affect the integrated "org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit" feature on blog posts&section=new talk]) or else just make your password very secure and change it every now and then. I've been having my struggles with WordPress lately09:49, May 26, though it seems to work well for many others. Other good options include ExpressionEngine and MovableType 2007 (though it depends what you want to do with it - neither of these is open source and there are other good open source options too, though I suppose you know all that anyway!PDT).

There's currently an active appeal over at [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Administrators]]. If as an admin, you would like to participate, please feel free to do so. Thanks! &mdash;[[User:Great JoeASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] ^{[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]} <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 16:01, August 19, 2008 (UTC)

== Whoops! Hi, I'm Italian ==

Sorry, JoeI hope in Orthodox in Italian... Over eager I guessi'll writing in Italian. Please feel free to fix it as you see best. Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]about Ortodossia!!