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There are two general types of articles at WikiChristian. These are:

# Information Articles

Anyone can edit articles in WikiChristian and we wish to encourage you to contribute too.

Information Articles are articles that are written in an encyclopedia or textbook style. Unlike Wikipedia, which has a strict neutral viewpoint policy, WikiChristian does not. An information Article should be written assuming that WikiChristian's [[Statement of Faith]] is true.

If a religious group is related to Christianity but its leaders would not generally agree with those three points above, then it is considered, from WikiChristian's view, to be a separate religion. We recognize that these 3 points may be considered ambiguous by some people, but unfortunately, these lines in the sand are never perfect.

In general, Information Articles should be written in a manner that makes them clear and easy to understand. Theological terms should be explained. Information Articles should be accessible and understandable to a person who has never had theological training. However, the aim of an Information Articles is that it should also be useful for a person who has studied theology.

Some examples of pages that hopefully reach this standard include [[Christianity]], [[Old Testament]] and [[Denominations]].

It is hoped that readers would browse WikiChristian a little like they might browse a text-book. As such, for any given topic there will be related sub-topics. For example, under the topic [[Church]] there are a number of sub-topics including: [[Church building]], [[Church history]], [[Denominations]] and [[Church service]]. These sub-topics should be clearly located in a Table of Contents in the Church article. If the reader decides to click on [[Church service]] then in its Table of Contents, its sub-topics are listed, including: [[Liturgy]], [[Hymns]], [[Prayer]], [[Sermons]] and [[Communion]]. Thus each article should branch out into sub-topics, a little like a tree, or perhaps more like a web.