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It appears that there are multiple, slightly different, but similar wikis to do with different Christian aspects'''[http://www. They include WikiChristian, WikiBible, Wikible, Theopedia, Carmpedia, Compass and so onwikichristian. A reasonably full list with links can be found at [[About Christian Wikisorg/index.php?title=Talk:Christian_wikis&action=edit&section=new Add new post]].'''

It seems == Kathpedia ==May I add Kathpedia to me that each wiki has 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 dedicated users, which isn't really that manythe Wikilist? http://www.kathpedia. If there was some way we could all agree to become involved in one Chrisitan wiki, either by all joining forces and working on one of the above listed wikis, or by restarting and creating a new wiki, then perhaps we could create a really comprehensive and useful and most importantly, com/ We are a '''used''' German catholic wiki for Christianity. What do you think? If you wish to comment, post your comments here. --[[User:Graham groveBenedikt|Graham groveBenedikt]] 1000:2915, 27 Dec 2005 17 July 2008 (ESTPDT)

:Theopedia contacted CARMpedia (when Of course you may. Good luck with it began) about combining efforts since there seemed to be considerable commonality in perspective. There was no interest from CARMpedia in doing so at that time. Theopedia has a significant amount of content and invites participation -- however, a preference for the Protestant (Reformed) perspective will likely keep Theopedia as a separate wiki. Respectfully, ''Gomarus at Theopedia'', [[User:65.168.235.36Graham grove|65.168.235.36Graham grove]] 2000:4419, 2 Jan 2006 17 July 2008 (ESTPDT)

::Good pointThx. A way around that however I thought it would be polite to have wiki that can cover all view points, however individual articles within ask before since it could be specific to a particular perspective - for example, you could write an article is my first edit on '''Salvation (Reformed view)''' under the main article [[Salvation]]this wiki. --[[User:203.26.206.130Benedikt|203.26.206.130Benedikt]] 0611:5532, 18 February 2006 17 July 2008 (ESTPDT)

:::I have found that there are quite a few differences between the Orthodox Church and both "baseline" Western Protestantism (the presumption for "Christian" == Strength in most English-speaking forums) and Evangelical Protestantism. A merge would require so many caveats and exceptions as to be unwieldy. {{unsigned|134.68.153.37}}numbers ==

== What WikiChristian slowly continues to grow which is wonderful, as do some other wikis. In the past various people have talked about interlinking insteadhow to bring about growth in Christian wikis and how to combine them without any resolutions or effective strategies. I wanted to open up the discussion again. <small>As a side note, I notice that [[Theopedia]] and [[OrthodoxWiki]] are doing really well these days in terms of numbers and articles - so well done to the guys over there! One of the strengths of theopedia and orthodoxwiki are that they are designed for a very specific sub-section of Christianity - Reformed (i.e. Calvinist Protestantism) and Eastern Orthodox. But this is also a one of their weaknesses - they are less open to discussion and allowing views of other Christians to be voiced. Regardless, well done Theopedia and OrthodoxWiki - may God continue to bless your good work. But for those not part of the theopedia or OrthodoxWiki teams this discussion about Christian wikis should stay very much in our focus.</small> Basically I have a few questions that I reckon deserve some consideration and comments over the coming months. Of course, if we really consider Christian wikis important in documenting knowledge about God and what he has communicated and is communicating to the world, then we should also pray about these things...* Is there a way that the various Christian wikis could combine into one? I know division has been a major feature of Christianity for 2,000 years and so I guess it's asking a lot. Should we even pursue a course of trying to get Christian wikis to combine? There are obvious advantages but what are the disadvantages? If we were to pursue combining then should this be done on a one-by-one basis and how is this done in a way that is respectful?* Are there ways of attracting more visitors to WikiChristian in the hope that people will begin to contribute more?* Are there ways of inviting people specifically to help work on WikiChristian? Friends? Advertising? How?* Are there other Christian wikis out there that we don't know about that are talking about how they can bring about growth?* How do we encourage contributions with people adding actual content (and not just copying content from elsewhere) rather than just neatening up the wiki? ==(I'm all for neatening up the wiki and I think it is great the cleaning up that has been happening. I'm also all for getting more and more original content and depth of knowledge and insight into the wiki)

I understand the thought, but one must also realize that not all these Wikis are for exactly the same purpose. I wouldn't necessarily combine them all together, but rather figure out what category each one fits into..Thanks. For example, some are more leaning towards information about just Christianity itself, while Wikible and BibleWiki are more about Look forward to comments - hopefully a few people comment over the Bible itself. Some disadvantages of one wiki are.following months.. 1) If that site goes down--[[User:Graham grove|Graham]] 02:51, there's no other resource out there. 218 October 2008 (PDT) having more than one wiki furthers creativity because each wiki can have unique aspects of it's own.

What : I've recently added Google Adword for ReformedWord.org I think would be better is that if all the mentioned wikis kinds of people who would interlink between each other. Moving all use these wiki once they're very good are legion, but the content people who want to a single Wiki at this point would be a huge undertaking! atleast with interlinks, each site can grow in their specific areasedit and work on them is much smaller. --[[User:YmmotrojamAquatiki|YmmotrojamAquatiki]] 1504:2926, 30 December 2005 18 October 2008 (GMTPDT)

:One : Pity. Still wikipedia seems to draw in a lot of the problems I see with interlinking between different wikis, is that once you link out of a wiki (say WikiChrisitan into Wikible) then all the new links are in the new wiki (Wikible in this case, people who edit and not WikiChristian)work on articles. How does Google Adwords work? Does it cost money? --[[User:203.26.206.130Graham grove|203.26.206.130Graham]] 06:5212, 18 February 2006 October 2008 (ESTPDT)

::I'm not sure I completely follow : 5 USD up front. Then youset a monthly budget (suggested min. The whole point would be 50 USD) and they limit your placement so as to have different wikis interlinkedshoot below that. You pick keywords for pages and searches and track how many are displayed and/or clicked on. This is a Starter Account, which forces you to pick '''one''' country to display in. WikiChristian could link to Theopedia and Wikible ::: As for exampleWikipedia, as the Christian point-of-view become more and Theopedia and Wikible could link back to WikiChristianmore marginalized, perhaps Christians will begin looking for something better... --[[User:YmmotrojamAquatiki|YmmotrojamAquatiki]] 0917:4726, 19 February 2006 18 October 2008 (ESTPDT)

== Common licensing ==:::Well all I think 'm from a new bible wiki of sort, [[BibleFootnotes]]. And I'd like to add a couple thoughts here about combining our efforts. I've been following the biblewiki world for a while seeing the difficulty and division that has been there. Perhaps one thing way that we can all work together is to each site could consider find different areas that we can focus on so that we're not all doing the same, would thing. Several wikis seem to be bible commentary. We think we might have made some progress in how to make a collaborative commentary a common licensing schemalittle more usable and would love for all of you to check it out and give us your feedback. I, the creator We think some of [http://www.wikible.org Wikible], personally prefer the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]reason that bible commentary wikis haven't caught on is that they're too difficult to use. I We've tried to do know though that other sites use a little something different licenses or no license at all. My thinking about spiritual matters is that it should be free If you like what you see, and should remain free (free as in freedom), thus the reason why I like the GNU/FDLeach of these Christian wikis could start specializing into different projects. --[[User Thoughts?::Ymmotrojam|Ymmotrojam]] 01:14, 3 Jan 2006 (EST)

 :Just to add to the aboveGod bless you. In my humble opinion, using public domain or CC (only attribution) allows more solidarity since the GNU/FDL allows content to texts can be copied from other Wikis with used anywhere. For example I cannot copy the same licensetexts of WikiChristian, ReformedWord, OrthodoxWiki, CreationWiki neiter Conservapedia in fe. It pasosdeJesus.org --just beginning. However I could copy and I would be a violation prefer to contribute with Theopedia (public domain). You also could use the translation to spanish of the GNUgospels in the public domain (I'm working on that and I pray to God for direction and His help): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12501 http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12500 http://www.gutenberg.org/FDL to copy from etext/12502 http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12503 Vladimir Támara. 07:56 COT Jan 3 2009 :: I don't understand. First you say PD and CC are good and then you say WikipediaWikiChristian,Reformed Word, to a Orthodox Wiki that had no license or a different one.aren't great, when they are GFDL and CC (SA-A) respectively. Which is it? Do you mean only PD is good? You can copy stuff as long you footnote it. --[[User:YmmotrojamAquatiki|YmmotrojamAquatiki]] 0105:1813, 3 Jan 2006 4 January 2009 (ESTPST) ==See also==[[Talk:Christian wikis/discussion]]