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----* 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
Hi JBJThere is definitely a risk, Sounds like an excellent idea. You never need permission to do anything on because this wiki site - wish to change or start anything then go for itis theory. Good luck getting However, I think wikipedia is proof that the apologetics index underwaymodel works. Anyone (Christians or non-Christians) can edit and add I contributed to the site a couple controversial articles with pleasant disagreements and alter the articlessolutions. I trust God will guide us in the site. HoweverWhere they have led, if you are writing an article that is specifically an opinion that you don't wish to be edited, that's fine too - you can ask for it to be protected or surely we can make you a sysop and you can protect it yourself. Thanksfollow.
temptation to lcok
==Apologetics Index==
I'd like to start/expand an index of apologetics and although others have done it, wiki sure seems the way to go. I really want to this as complete as possible (most info may be external links for a while) but I'd like a little discussion before I start. Is WikiChristian the best place for this? Eventually I'd like to use it as a place to point non-Christians to; since those people could edit the topics, is this practical? (For example, a Christian could write Revelation was written around 90 AD and a Muslim could edit it to 120 AD as he honestly thinks is more accurate.) I'm mainly intending orthodox subjects (biblical inerrancy, Trinity, etc) not interdenominational disputes.
==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:
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.
