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{{rtoc}}Major changes are underway in the A total revamp of WikiChristian's system of referencing to the Bible is underway within WikiChristian. The changes that have been occurring are listed below, however a new discussion is under way to see if these changes can be further improved - see [[WikiChristian:Bible]] for details. ==Aim of these changes== All up these changes may take a number of weeks or months, so please be patient. The aims are:* To have which includes uploading the whole entire Bible, verse by verse uploaded, so that any verse, chapter or book can be linked to** Example: [[Gospel of John]], [[John 11]], [[John 11:35]]* To have a standardized way of referencing to a Bible passage** Example: <nowiki>{{web_verse|john|11|25}}</nowiki> will display: {{web_verse|john|11|25}}* To have a system in place, so that adding links within a verse itself will affect the verse where-ever it is displayed** This can be achieved by editing the template for an individual verse such as <nowiki>{{web_verse|john|11|25}}</nowiki> ==Technical stuff - skip this if you aren't interested== This can be achieved by using templates. [[User:Graham grove|I]] am in the process of uploading each individual verse for the entire Bible. I am using Visual Basic to extract individual verses from a text file and then create the required XML files for the templates and pages. This will make it a reasonably automated process, but is still a bit fiddly, because I have to keep an eye out for errors in the XML files I am creating. So it may take me a few months to do this completely. ==Which version?== We are using the public domain following versions: World English Bible as the text. Eventually, the same system could be employed to upload other versions such as the King JamesVersion, American StandardGreek, Hebrew and Greek and Hebrew versionsLatin. ==Writing commentaries, sermons and personal opinions== The plan is not only to have the text of the [[WikiChristian:Bible, but also to have commentaries on each book, chapter and verse; and also to allow people to add their own personal articles or sermons about the passage. The "commentary" part ]] is the main task. Each page will be set out as follows:* Synopsis** A one or two sentence summary of that details the main point of the verse, chapter or book* Translations** Links to different translations - initially the World English Version; later other versions such as KJV* Comments, Personal Articles and Studies** A link to a discussion page for pepole to leave 1 or 2 sentence remarks or opinions about the passage** Links for any personal opinion articles or sermons on the passage* Commentary** The bulk of the article goes here - this is to be an encyclopedia style article that is about the passage in question - it should not be full of personal opinions but instead should explain the various accepted interpretations on the passages* Quotes** Any quotes related to the passage can go here* Links** Any relevant external links can go here* Return To ...** Returns you up one level; so John 3:16 will Return To John 3, which will have Return To The Gospel of John ==What does it look like in practice== The Gospel of John has been uploaded, and some of its pages have commentariesoccurring regarding this. Take a look at* The process is being performed by the bot [[Gospel of John]]* [[John 11]]* [[John 11:25]]* [[John 11:35]]* [[John 3:16]]* [[Matthew 16]] ==How can you help?== So far, the following have been uploadedUser:* [[Gospel of Matthew]] BotUm| [[Gospel of MarkBotUm]] | [[Gospel of Luke]] | [[Gospel of John]]* [[Acts and is currently in its early stages. For an example of the Apostles]]* new system see [[Epistle to the Romans]] | [[First Epistle to the Corinthians]] | [[Second Epistle to the Corinthians]] | [[Epistle to the Galatians]] | [[Epistle to the Ephesians]] | [[Epistle to the Philippians]] | [[Epistle to the Colossians]] | [[First Epistle to the Thessalonians]] | [[Second Epistle to the Thessalonians]] | [[First Epistle to Timothy]] | [[Second Epistle to Timothy]] | [[Epistle to Titus]] | [[Epistle to Philemon]]* [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] | [[Epistle of James]] | [[First Epistle of Peter]] | [[Second Epistle of Peter]] | [[First Epistle of Bible:John]] 1:1| [[Second Epistle of John]] | [[Third Epistle of John]] | [[Epistle of Jude]]* [[Book of Revelation]]* [[Genesis]] | [[Exodus]] | [[Leviticus]] | [[Numbers]] | [[Deuteronomy]]* [[Book of Joshua]] | [[First Kings]] | [[Second Kings]] | [[Book of Ezra]]* [[Book of Job]] | [[Psalms]] | [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]] | [[Lamentations]]* [[Book of Isaiah]] | [[Book of Amos]] | [[Book of Hosea]] | [[Book of Micah]] | [[Book of Zechariah]] | [[Book of Haggai]]  '''Start helping out in one of the above books by doing any of the following1:'''# Write/edit the synopsis for a passage# Write/edit the "Commentary" for a passage# Add appropriate external links to the "Links" section for a passage# Upload a sermon you have given for a passage and add it to the "Comments, Personal Articles and Studies"# Edit a verse template putting in links for important words like <nowiki>[[Jesus1]], [[God]], [[Apostle Peter|Peter]], [[forgiveness|forgive]], [[sin]], [[eternal life]]</nowiki> Thanks, --[[User:Graham grove|Graham grove]] 05:57, 29 August 2007 (EST).