OrthodoxWiki:Suggestions

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

• Category:Liturgical Texts and Translations
• Category:Parish Resources
• Category:Orthodox Folk Traditions

Other Ideas

• Apology
• Maria of Normanby
• Accessibility issues (e.g. service books in Braille)
• Scandinavian Orthodoxy
• Young Adult Links
• Holy Supper
• 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 orders)
• Major resource sites
• Liturgical Music
• Best Byzantine Chant CDs
• Origen
• Holy fire
• Benedict of Nursia
• 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
• Word of God concerning what is meant by the phrase

• Marketplace:
  • Internet Products and Software (Webhosting, domains, software for churches)
  • Wood Carving

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:

• a news item about the new primate of the Malankara Church would be linked to OrthodoxWiki page about that Church (if any exists),
• Battle of the Bishops (Cyprus) -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Cyprus and Bartholomew I,
• Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem appeal to High Court against government refusal of recognition -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Jerusalem and Theophilus III,
• etc.

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)

Parish template

I'm not very good at manipulating Wiki code here (I fare better on Wikipedia), but I was hoping to add a new template specifically for use on parish pages. It would be in a format similar to Template:Diocese, but with different fields. Any help would be appreciated. cholmes75 18:24, June 8, 2006 (CDT)

What topics were you thinking about listing? I think its favorability will depend on its use. Joe 2006-06-08

List of British Saints

Here is a list of British Saints that should have corresponding articles, can someone help me sort out the ones that already have links and create articles for those that dont? Vasiliki 03:24, May 19, 2009 (UTC)

1. Nectan of Hartland
2. Rumon of Tavistock
3. Urith of Chittlehampton
4. Sidwell and Juthwara
5. Brannoc of Braunton
6. Holy Archbishops of Canterbury
7. Edwin and Enfleda
8. Eanswythe of Folkestone
9. Oswald of Northumbria
10. Paulinus and Ithamar
11. Birinus of Dorchester-on-Thames
12. Oswin of Deira
13. Felix of Dunwich
14. Fursey of Burgh Castle and Péronne
15. Rumwold of Buckingham
16. Ethelred and Ethelbricht
17. Ethelwin of Athelney
18. Cedd and Diuma
19. Chad, Wulfade, and Rufine
20. Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, and Tibba
21. Hilda of Whitby
22. Botolph and Adolph
23. Ebba I and Ebba II
24. Boisil and Eata
25. Theodore of Canterbury
26. Adrian of Canterbury
27. Earconwald and Ethelburga
28. Hybald of Hibaldstow
29. Ethilwald of Farne
30. Iwi of Lindisfarne and Brittany
31. Etheldreda, Sexburga, Ermenhilda, and Huna
32. Osyth of Chich
33. Werburga of Hanbury
34. Hedda of Winchester
35. Aldhelm of Sherborne
36. Mildburga, Mildred, and Mildgytha
37. Egwin and Credan
38. Pega of Peakirk
39. John of Beverley
40. Cuthburga and Coenburga
41. Bede of Wearmouth-Jarrow
42. Holy Bishops of Lindisfarne
43. Frideswide of Oxford
44. Withburga of East Dereham
45. Wendreda of March
46. Cuthman of Steyning
47. Ceolwulf of Northumbria and Lindisfarne
48. Acca and Alcmund
49. Congar of Congresbury
50. Decuman of Watchet

Creating new templates: "Merge to" and "Merge from"

I have noticed a tendency where some new users are creating new articles for subjects where there is an existing article already. I thought about creating two templates here on OW, so as to mark these articles, patterned on the Wikipedia templates: Template:Merge to and Template:Merge from. Any technical wizards out there who can help to create a version of these here on OW? Thanks, Angellight 888 10:28, August 23, 2013 (HST)