http://www.wikichristian.org/wiki/en/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Anonymous 2026-06-01T21:19:23Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.32.1 http://www.wikichristian.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Christian_wikis&diff=341471 2008-07-03T00:29:17Z

<p>Anonymous: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox_Contents | <br /> topic_name = Christian Wikis |<br /> subtopics = Specific Wikis - [[WikiChristian]], [[OrthodoxWiki]] <br /> * [[Wiki]]s |<br /> opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |<br /> }}<br /> <br /> A wiki website is a site that allows users to add content, as on an internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. There are a number of wiki websites related to [[Christianity]]. <br /> <br /> The first wiki was set up by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Wikipedia, the most well known wiki website, was started in 2001, and currently contains millions of articles. It contains thousands of articles related to [[religion]]. One of the criticisms that adherents to various religious groups have however is that in attempting to maintain a neutral point of view, some of the teachings of their religion can be &quot;watered-down&quot; or altered. These critics also state that the neutral point of view is in the eye of the beholder. In response to some of these criticism, explicitly [[Christian]] wiki websites have been set up. The majority of them adhere to a specific Christian [[denomination]] or tradition, including most that claim to be non-specifically &quot;Christian&quot; in nature. They tend to fall into three categories, Online [[Bible]] encyclopedias (of varying completeness and denominational emphases), general Christianity wikis without a specific denominational slant, and wikis devoted to a specific Christian denomination or tradition.<br /> <br /> ===History of Christian wikis===<br /> <br /> The first Christian wiki was clublet.com, begun by Richard Drake in 2000. Another early Christian wiki was Compass, which was set up by Richard Hall in early 2001. Although still online, this has been essentially empty for a number of years now. In 2004 WikiChristian was set up and was for a time the only Christian wiki that was not specifically denominational. Other wikis developed in early 2005 included Orthodox Wiki (for [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]) and Theopedia (for Reformed Protestantism).<br /> <br /> In more recent times there has been an explosion of Christian wikis, particularly &quot;Bible&quot; wikis dedicated to Biblical Christianity, such as Wikible.<br /> <br /> No Christian wikis have achieved anything like the numerical success of editors that wikipedia has. There are regular users particularly of Theopedia and OrthodoxWiki, and to a lesser extent WikiChristian, Wikible and Christianity Knowledge Base.<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> <br /> ''From an internet chat forum''<br /> : I think Christian wikis need to join forces<br /> <br /> ==Links==<br /> <br /> Active Wikis<br /> * [http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Main_Page Bible Wiki] <br /> * [http://christianity.wikia.com/ Christianity Knowledge Base]<br /> * [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/ OrthodoxWiki]<br /> * [http://reformedword.org/ ReformedWord]<br /> * [[Main Page|WikiChristian]] ''(This website)''<br /> <br /> Barely Active Wikis<br /> * [http://www.biblestudywiki.com Bible Study Wiki] <br /> * [http://openbibleproject.org Open Bible Project] <br /> <br /> Inactive Wikis<br /> * [http://biblestudy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikia Bible Study] <br /> <br /> No Longer Wikis<br /> * [http://www.ApologeticsWiki.com Apologetics Wiki] ''(Also Inactive)''<br /> * [http://www.theopedia.com/ Theopedia] ''([[Theopedia]], although active, is no longer an open access wiki)''<br /> * [http://www.wikible.org/en Wikible] ''([[Wikible]] is currently inactive and is no longer an open access wiki)''<br /> * [http://www.creationwiki.net/ CreationWiki] ''(CreationWiki, although currently active, is no longer an open access wiki)''<br /> * [http://mormonwiki.org/ MormonWiki Org] ''(MormonWiki, although active, is no longer an open access wiki)''<br /> <br /> Other<br /> * [http://crosswire.org/wiki/ CrossWire Wiki] ''(Barely active)''<br /> * [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory WikiHistory at c2.com]<br /> <br /> {{returnto}} [[Christianity and the internet]]</div>

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