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Gabriela 20:57, July 3, 2007 (PDT)

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Greetings Iacovibus!

I would be very happy to set up a Macedonian OrthodoxWiki for you. Please read our localization guidelines at OrthodoxWiki:Localization. If you are willing to translate some of our core documents, and especially accept our copyright policy and our understanding NPOV and editorial tone, I will go ahead and create the site for you. I would take care of the technical end of things -- hosting, software, extensions, spam prevention, and so on -- and you would be able to focus on content and editing. How does this sound?

Yours in Christ,

FrJohn (talk) 07:18, July 16, 2007 (PDT)

Father,
That would be excellent. Since I have participated on the localization of the Macedonian Wikipedia, I think that I'll manage the translation of the core documents well. Thank you for giving me chance for improving the condition with Orthodox electronic content on the web in general, and Orthodox electronic content in Macedonian language, in particular. I hope that with God's help, this will be a successful story. Thank you again, and may God be with all of us!
In Christ,
Iacovibus 08:49, July 16, 2007 (PDT)

Iacovibus,

I'm glad to hear of your experience on Wikipedia. I've set up mk.orthodoxwiki.org and given you admin status. A few notes here -- extensions are shared among all wikis. Interwiki links are also set in common -- don't spend time updating these through the special pages interface since your changes will be lost. You can let me know if you want anything added or changed. Also, let me know what the name of the copyright page should be, as well as the "OrthodoxWiki" namespace, and I'll fix that setting. You might wish to modify the logo, like bg.orthodoxwiki.org or ru.orthodoxwiki.org has done. Finally, keep in mind that accounts created at EN can be used on all sites, and that images hosted at commons.orthodoxwiki.org can likewise be used at all sites. In time, META.orthodoxwiki.org will become a central place for meta discussion -- for now it's just beginning. I'll also send you an invite to the sysop group (which email is best?). Let me know if you need anything else -- I'm very happy to see this happening.

Yours in Christ,

FrJohn (talk) 14:16, July 17, 2007 (PDT)

Father,
I've just started working on the mk. localization of OrthodoxWiki. I'll work to translate and set up the core documents as soon as possible.
I've joined the group, too (from my yahoo account, but redirect the mail to my primary, gmail account). As for now, the Macedonian logo will remain same. The name for the copyright page is Авторски права (in Cyrilic). Concerning the namespace, it would be: Православна-енциклопедија. Again, thank you for the opportunity and support.
In Christ,
Iacovibus 08:56, July 18, 2007 (PDT)