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I took off the 'To Do' list because so much of it was done - that's great! I just sent out an email to the OCA Clergy list soliciting contributions. More solicitations to come. FrJohn


Does anyone know how to add bookstores to the book list that comes up when you click on an ISBN number? It seems a little sparse right now. It would be great to add Orthodox sellers like light-n-life.com, svspress.com, eightdaybooks.com, and so on. FrJohn


Just as a general note: if you can't think of what to work on, a good place to start is Special:Wantedpages. There's still a lot of basic stuff needing coverage there. --Rdr. Andrew

I was just going to do that, and I cannot determine where articles on priest, deacon, bishop, hieromonk, etc. should go. I was thinking an "Orders" subcat in "Ecclesiology". --Basil 20:05, 24 Jan 2005 (CST)
There's Category:Clergy already, which could certainly include all these articles and even those for the minor clergy. --Rdr. Andrew 20:39, 26 Jan 2005 (CST)

Just created OrthodoxWiki:Meta Reflections for discussions about the kind of endeavor we're engaged in here. FrJohn

Divide, divide

Methinks we ought to apportion this page into several discussion sub-pages, e.g., OrthodoxWiki:Meta Reflections, OrthodoxWiki:Suggestions (to be a renaming of Suggestions for future development), OrthodoxWiki:Administration, OrthodoxWiki:Help wanted, OrthodoxWiki:Categories, OrthodoxWiki:Free-for-all, etc. Comments? --Rdr. Andrew 09:10, 25 Jan 2005 (CST)

Sounds good -- then this page will be a portal to the whole realm of OWiki community discussion, yah? Also, let's add something like OrthodoxWiki:Chatter, i.e. reverse links and "what they are saying" :-). FrJohn 14:59, 25 Jan 2005 (CST)

Newsfeed?

Hey, doesn't Wikipedia have a newsfeed? We've got to figure out how to do that too. That's something for the admin to do list... FrJohn 15:41, 25 Jan 2005 (CST)

Never mind -- I found it. See Special:Newpages.

Skins and FAQs

I notice some skins (well, at least CologneBlue) prominently feature an OrthodoxWiki:FAQ page. Maybe we should think about this at some point in the future, or even just slip in a redirect to something appropriate. Fr. John

IRC Channel?

Was wondering if you would be intereseted in creating an IRC channel for the wiki. I am an avid WordPress user and have found their #wordpress IRC channel a very helpful addendum to their wiki Codex manual.

The channel could be used for sysops and users to basically do group chat and might help communication.

I know of several others that are using the IRC channel that Kevin Basil created called #orthodoxy, but it is registered with lplug.org. I personally think that freenode gets a lot more coverage. Anyways, let me know what you think.

You can find out more about freenode at their site. This wiki would classify as Web Media, as it is an online community reference site.

A primary group called #orthodox-wiki or #orthodoxwiki could be created. Online registration seems fairly easy. I could facilitate if you would like.

--Joe Rodgers 00:17, 16 Jun 2005 (EDT)

Vandal rename

Why exactly is it that on this wiki, indefnitely blocked "vandal-only" accounts get renamed? I have never come across it on any other wiki. Jow (Community Portal)

Hey JOW - this is our own business. Feel free to email me privately if you want to talk seriously about what your beef is - otherwise, you're still banned from the wiki for the previous abuse. — FrJohn (talk)