Difference between revisions of "Christian wikis"

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* [http://www.ApologeticsWiki.com Apologetics Wiki] ''(Inactive)''
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* [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/ OrthodoxWiki] ''(Active)''
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* [http://www.wikichristian.org/ WikiChristian] ''(This website)''
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* [http://www.biblestudywiki.com Bible Study Wiki] ''(Barley active)''
 
* [http://www.biblestudywiki.com Bible Study Wiki] ''(Barley active)''
 
* [http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Main_Page Bible Wiki] ''(Barely active)''
 
* [http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Main_Page Bible Wiki] ''(Barely active)''
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* [http://openbibleproject.org Open Bible Project] ''(Barely active)''
 
* [http://christianity.wikia.com/ Christianity Knowledge Base] ''(Barely active)''
 
* [http://christianity.wikia.com/ Christianity Knowledge Base] ''(Barely active)''
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* [http://theconnexion.net/compass/index.php/WikiNode Compass] ''(Inactive)''
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* [http://www.creationwiki.net/ CreationWiki] ''(Active)''
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* [http://crosswire.org/wiki/ CrossWire Wiki] ''(Barely active)''
 
 
* [http://www.justsixdays.co.uk/site4/ J6Pedia] ''(Inactive)''
 
* [http://www.justsixdays.co.uk/site4/ J6Pedia] ''(Inactive)''
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* [http://jesus-wiki.org Jesus-Wiki] ''([[Jesus-Wiki]] is currently inactive)''
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* [http://www.thebible.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Wiki Bible] ''(Inactive)''
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* [http://mormonwiki.org/ MormonWiki Org] ''(Barely active)''
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* [http://biblestudy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikia Bible Study] ''(Inactive)''
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* [http://openbibleproject.org Open Bible Project] ''(Inactive)''
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* [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/ OrthodoxWiki] ''(Active)''
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* [http://www.ApologeticsWiki.com Apologetics Wiki] ''(Inactive)''
 
* [http://www.theopedia.com/ Theopedia] ''([[Theopedia]], although active, is no longer an open access wiki)''
 
* [http://www.theopedia.com/ Theopedia] ''([[Theopedia]], although active, is no longer an open access wiki)''
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* [http://www.thebible.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Wiki Bible] ''(Inactive)''
 
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* [http://biblestudy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikia Bible Study] ''(Barely active)''
 
 
* [http://www.wikible.org/en Wikible] ''([[Wikible]] is currently inactive and is no longer an open access wiki)''
 
* [http://www.wikible.org/en Wikible] ''([[Wikible]] is currently inactive and is no longer an open access wiki)''
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* [http://www.wikichristian.org/ WikiChristian] ''(This website)''
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* [http://www.creationwiki.net/ CreationWiki] ''(CreationWiki, although currently active, is no longer an open access wiki)''
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* [http://mormonwiki.org/ MormonWiki Org] ''(MormonWiki, although active, is no longer an open access wiki)''
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* [http://theconnexion.net/compass/index.php/WikiNode Compass] ''(Inactive)''
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* [http://crosswire.org/wiki/ CrossWire Wiki] ''(Barely active)''
  
 
===Miscellaneous links===
 
===Miscellaneous links===

Revision as of 21:02, 23 December 2007

Synopsis: There are numerous wiki websites related to Christianity. One of the criticisms that adherents to various religious groups have had to wikipedia is that in attempting to maintain a neutral point of view, some of the teachings of their religion can be "watered-down" or altered. These critics also state that the neutral point of view is in the eye of the beholder. The first religious wiki was Why Clubbet. Currently the largest Christian wikis include Theopedia, WikiChristian and OrthodoxWiki.

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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 numerous wiki websites related to Christianity.

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 "watered-down" 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 "Christian" 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.

History of Christian wikis

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).

In more recent times there has been an explosion of Christian wikis, particularly "Bible" wikis dedicated to Biblical Christianity, such as Wikible.

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.

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