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This '''Suggestions''' page is for requests for '''new''' articles (requests for help with '''in-progress''' articles should be posted on [[OrthodoxWiki:Help wanted]]).  You can post new suggestions here or click on the current ones and begin the work.
 
This '''Suggestions''' page is for requests for '''new''' articles (requests for help with '''in-progress''' articles should be posted on [[OrthodoxWiki:Help wanted]]).  You can post new suggestions here or click on the current ones and begin the work.
  
If you're stumped for ideas, take a look at [[Relevant Wikipedia Articles]] and the [[Special:Wantedpages]] list.
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If you're stumped for ideas, take a look at some [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (Importing)#Starting_Points|Starting Points]], as well as the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted pages]] list.
  
 
==Sample suggestions for future development==
 
==Sample suggestions for future development==

Revision as of 06:03, November 30, 2005

This Suggestions page is for requests for new articles (requests for help with in-progress articles should be posted on OrthodoxWiki:Help wanted). You can post new suggestions here or click on the current ones and begin the work.

If you're stumped for ideas, take a look at some Starting Points, as well as the Wanted pages list.

Sample suggestions for future development

Categories for Development

Other Ideas

  • Maria of Normanby
  • Accessibility issues (e.g. service books in Braille)
  • Scandinavian Orthodoxy
  • Young Adult Links
  • Campus Ministry Links
  • Local Histories
  • Sermons
  • Groups that Call themselves Orthodox
  • Orthodoxy and the Environment
  • Intentional Communties
  • Link Farms
  • Orthodox Periodicals
  • Orthodox Web Evangelism
  • Sergius Bulgakov
  • Sophiology
  • Canon Law
  • Liturgical English
  • Articles on Liturgy
  • Brotherhoods
  • Church School resources
  • Notable Parish Websites
  • Anti-Western Polemics
  • Clerical Ranks, Titles, and Awards
  • Major resource sites
  • Liturgical Music
  • Best Byzantine Chant CDs
  • Origen
  • Holy fire
  • Series of articles on "what you need to bring" for a particular sacrament (if you're the parent, godparent, priest, etc.) including links or full text of the service; these could focus on how the items (baptismal gown, wedding crowns) are used in the ceremony and what they mean, perhaps eventually getting their own articles

Regional Links

  • Asia
  • Africa

Orthodoxy in Africa

  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Oceana

Suggestion for a 'Latest Church news' feature on OrthodoxWiki homepage

The items under this rubric would be linked to relevant entries in OrthodoxWiki, for example:

Format: each listed news item will have a short ~20-word description allowing links to relevant entries from OrthodoxWiki, besides a link to the original news source for full details. For example:

4 Nov 05: His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visits 'Economist' HQ in London and the London School of Economics and Political Sciences; states that Ecumenical Patriarchate could be Europe's bridge with Islam (original news sources: ana.gr (1), ana.gr (2))

Update frequency: ideally daily, but perhaps every 2-3 days or weekly to reduce the burden of editing/updating it

Possible sources: official Church pages, Christian newsagencies, and news aggregators like http://news.google.com (search using suitable keywords, e.g., http://news.google.com/news?&q=bartholomew%20ecumenical - http://news.google.com/news?&q=alexy%20II - http://news.google.com/news?&q=orthodox+church )

Pros: dynamic content that adds life and "up-to-the-minute" currency to OrthodoxWiki; increases visitor retention/repeat visitors' rates; fosters/encourages the building of a strong online community; raises readers' awareness/presents them with an 'agenda for specific prayers' about the universal Church (Church around the world), the one Body of Christ, and the daily affairs and concerns of fellow Christians worldwide, not just in the West or in the country where one lives

Cons: time and deication needed to maintain it

Ideas

Hi, the best way to do this would be to simply include RSS feeds from a few different news sources. I have this set up, in a very basic way, at www.orthodoxnewswire.com. Let me check into the possibilities for doing this on OWiki. I'm not sure this feature is available yet, but hopefully in the future. I don't think it makes sense to do this manually. Fr. John

Update: This has been implemented at Orthodox news. Fr. John 23:36, November 29, 2005 (CST)