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Hi JBJ. I'm an overly optimistic college student who's going to change the whole world! On WikiChrisian I'm largely concerned with the overall structure,style, and future of the site. Otherwise, I like contributing to [[Apologetics]] and [[Current issues]] in the Church.

Sounds ==Apologetics Index==I'd like to start/expand an excellent ideaindex of apologetics and although others have done it, wiki sure seems the way to go. You never need permission I really want to do anything on this wiki site - wish to change or as complete as possible (most info may be external links for a while) but I'd like a little discussion before I start anything then go . Is WikiChristian the best place for this? Eventually I'd like to use it. Good luck getting the apologetics index underway. Anyone (Christians or as a place to point non-Christians) can to; since those people could edit and add to the site and alter the articles. I trust God will guide us in the site. Howevertopics, if you are writing an article that is specifically an opinion that you don't wish to be editedthis practical? (For example, that's fine too - you can ask for it to be protected or we can make you a sysop Christian could write Revelation was written around 90 AD and you can protect a Muslim could edit it yourselfto 120 AD as he honestly thinks is more accurate.) I'm mainly intending orthodox subjects (biblical inerrancy, Trinity, etc) not interdenominational disputes.

Thanks==Beware the Temptation to Lock==Controversy in the church pages will be some of the most difficult pages to edit because with our different views, we'll want our exact views articulated. I think we'll be tempted to lock the pages to prevent abuse, however well intended. Things like, "my idea is different from that one, it should lumped together and hidden," "so few people believe that, it shouldn't be here or at least pushed down out of view," or simply to keep the contributers from disagreeing with each other. I urge us to see locking as immediately negative, while only ''potentially'' positive. Here's why: * Locking makes the editing process much slower* Disagreement may still occurs on who gets to "be in charge"* Editing will be biased, however unbiased the sysop tries to be* Many will be discouraged from contributing* There is much less discussion Before I discovered wikiChristian, I was considering creating my own little web page in the vast Web and encouraging readers to email and contribute, inevitibly leaving myself as the coordinator. As soon as I came here, I immediately dropped that idea. There were several factors, but the largest was the wiki spirit: that equally empowered people can accomplish much more than one empowered person and his contributers.  There is definitely a risk, because this is theory. However, I think wikipedia is proof that the model works. I contributed to a couple controversial articles with pleasant disagreements and solutions. Where they have led, surely we can follow.