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 Relevant Wikipedia Articles and the Special:Wantedpages list.
Contents
Sample suggestions for future development
Categories for Development
- Category:Church Fathers
- Category:Church History
- Category:Ecumenism
- Category:Liturgical Texts and Translations
- Category:Jurisdictions
- Category:Saints
- Category:Monasteries
- Category:Scripture
- Category:Icons
- Category:Parish Resources
- Category:Bishops (biographies)
- Category:Orthodox Folk Traditions
Other Ideas
- Maria of Normanby
- Introduction to Orthodox Christianity
- Museums and Exhibits
- 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
- Contemporary Theologians
- Sophiology
- Canon Law
- Liturgical English
- Articles on Liturgy
- Brotherhoods
- Profiles of Specific Monasteries
- General Principles of Biblical Interpretation
- Japanese Orthodoxy
- Theophan Noli
- Missions and Evangelism
- The Theotokos
- The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
- Church School resources
- Notable Parish Websites
- Anti-Western Polemics
- Clerical Ranks, Titles, and Awards
- Major resource sites
- Byzantine Notation
- Liturgical Music
- Best Byzantine Chant CDs
- John Climacus
- Gregory of Nyssa
- 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
- Marketplace:
- Internet Products and Software (Webhosting, domains, software for churches)
- Vestments & Church Supplies
- Icons and Home Items
- Wood Carving
- Iconographers
Regional Links
- Asia
- 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 [1] would be linked to OrthodoxWiki page about that Church (if any exists),
- [2] -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Cyprus and Bartholomew I
- [3] -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Jerusalem and Theophilus III, etc.
(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.)
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: increase visitor retention/repeat visitors' rates - fosters/encourages the building of a strong online community - raises readers' awareness'presents an 'agenda for specific prayers' about the universal Church, the body of Christ, and the daily affairs and concerns of fellow Christians around the world.
Cons: time and deication needed to maintain it