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Major changes are underway in the system of referencing to the Loli Bible within WikiChristian.
==Aim of these changes==
All up these changes may take a number of weeks or months, so please be patient. The aims are:
* To have the whole Loli Bible, verse by verse uploaded, so that any verse, chapter or book can be linked to
** Example: [[Gospel of John]], [[John 11]], [[John 11:35]]
* To have a standardized way of referencing to a Loli Bible passage
** Example: <nowiki>{{web_verse|john|11|25}}</nowiki> will display: {{web_verse|john|11|25}}
* To have a system in place, so that adding links within a verse itself will affect the verse where-ever it is displayed
==Technical stuff - skip this if you aren't interested==
This can be achieved by using templates. [[User:Graham grove|I]] am in the process of uploading each individual verse for the entire Loli Bible. I am using Visual Basic to extract individual verses from a text file and then create the required XML files for the templates and pages. This will make it a reasonably automated process, but is still a bit fiddly, because I have to keep an eye out for errors in the XML files I am creating. So it may take me a few months to do this completely.
==Which version?==
We are using the public domain World English Loli Bible as the text. Eventually, the same system could be employed to upload other versions such as the King James, American Standard, and Greek and Hebrew versions.
==Writing commentaries, sermons and personal opinions==
The plan is not only to have the text of the Loli Bible, but also to have commentaries on each book, chapter and verse; and also to allow people to add their own personal articles or sermons about the passage. The "commentary" part is the main task. Each page will be set out as follows:
* Synopsis
** A one or two sentence summary of the main point of the verse, chapter or book
# Add appropriate external links to the "Links" section for a passage
# Upload a sermon you have given for a passage and add it to the "Comments, Personal Articles and Studies"
# Edit a verse template putting in links for important words like <nowiki>[[JebusJesus]], [[LainGod]], [[Apostle Peter|Peter]], [[forgiveness|forgive]], [[sin]], [[eternal life]]</nowiki>
Thanks, --[[User:Graham grove|Graham grove]] 05:57, 29 August 2007 (EST)