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− | OrthodoxWiki was inaugurated in November 2004. It is a [http://www.dayblue.com Dayblue Networks] production, and is | + | OrthodoxWiki was inaugurated in November 2004. It is a [http://www.dayblue.com Dayblue Networks] production, and is graciously hosted by [http://www.orthodoxinternet.com/hosting/?rp=2 Orthodox Internet Services]. [[OrthodoxWiki:Welcome|Welcome]]! |
==What is OrthodoxWiki? (i.e. what it aspires to)== | ==What is OrthodoxWiki? (i.e. what it aspires to)== |
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OrthodoxWiki was inaugurated in November 2004. It is a Dayblue Networks production, and is graciously hosted by Orthodox Internet Services. Welcome!
What is OrthodoxWiki? (i.e. what it aspires to)
- It's a wiki.
- It's a wiki-community. Personal pages and opinions are welcome as long as they are marked and in the proper place.
- It's an Orthodox mind-meld.
- A communal project.
- It's an encyclopedia
- A simple Orthodox knowledge-management system
- It has many audiences - It's a resource for non-Orthodox as well as Orthodox clergy and laity
- It's a discussion forum with attention to the development of documentation to help clarify / articulate some fundamental issues in Church Life.
Hopes to be more than a human edited directory. Wikipedia-like / Encyclopedia like articles on various topics will be considered a valuable part of this enterprise. The most fundamental aspect of all this is the consolidation of a knowledge landscape within Orthodoxy.
This project will shine in the way difficult and/or divisive topics are worked out, articulated hopefully in descriptive pro and con formats, complete with an outline of different thinkers and their arguments. A solid descriptive overview of some of these things simply does not exist, at least in English. This could be the most important contibution of this OrthodoxWiki project. This would be a push towards a constructive conversation on polemicized issues which threaten to, and in fact do, divide Orthodox Christians.