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WikiChristian is currently undergoing a major re-organization and clean-up to make it more useful and well organized. This has included creating the "Bible" and "Text" name-space. Please help out if you have time. It is important to understand the basic principles of the organizational layout of WikiChristian - this can be found at [[WikiChristian:Page Layout]].
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==WikiChristian needs your help==
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WikiChristian is the process of trying to revive. After a few years of shut-down and neglect because of an amazing amount of vandalism and spam, we've decided to try and get it up and active again. In order to ensure that WikiChristian gets all of the spam cleaned up and kept away forever and to ensure that its mediawikia software remains fully uptodate, it would be wonderful to have some people with IT skills to help. Its founder and one of its chief editors [[User:Prab |Prab]]  needs the help of experienced IT professional familiar with mediawiki and large databases. If you would like to offer Prab help with this please email [[User:Prab| Prab]] at ptumpati at gmail dot com (remove spaces) with a phone number and contact information.
  
The following list keeps track of these organizational changes
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WikiChristian is currently undergoing a major re-organization and clean-up to make it more useful and well organized. Some of the key areas that are being addressed are:
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* Ensuring that it is easy to find information through following hyperlinks, using categories and using the search button
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* Ensuring the pages are well written and easy to read but full of useful information
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* Ensuring all the pages have a similar lay-out
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* Add youtube videos when relevant
  
===Easton's Bible Dictionary Changes===
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It is important to understand the basic principles of the organizational layout of WikiChristian - this can be found at [[WikiChristian:Page Layout]].
  
<s>[[Easton's Bible Dictionary]] is a public domain Bible Dictionary written in the nineteenth century. The index to all its entries can be found at [[Easton's Bible Dictionary Index]]. Previously the entries were named as follows: '''Name of entry (EBD)'''. However all entries should be renamed / moved as follows: '''Text:EBD:Name of Entry'''.
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==Removing Dead End Pages==
  
This is a major task as there are thousands of Easton Bible Dictionary entries. Unfortunately we do not currently know how to make an automated process to perform these moves and so they need to be performed manually.</s> Done at last - [[User:Kathleen.wright5|Kathleen.wright5]] 01:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
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Spam content in WikiChristian is often not linked to from any other page. Thus to find spam, follow this link to get a list of 500 dead end pages in wikichristian
  
===Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible===
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[http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php?title=Special:DeadendPages&limit=500&offset=0 list of 500 dead end pages]
  
<strike-through>Parts of the public domain work the Matthew Henry Commentary of the Whole Bible was uploaded a number of years ago at WikiChristian. Unfortunately the upload was quite haphazard and appears messy. Also, some of the Commentary was named '''Mathew ...''' (with one t) and other was named '''Matthew ...''' (with two ts). The simplest approach to fixing these problems is to delete all the text pages related to the Matthew Henry Commentary. These can be reuploaded at a later date, but for the moment it is important to concentrate on deleting all the pages. The pages that need deleting can be found at [[Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (text)]] and its links.</strike-through> Done - [[User:Kathleen.wright5|Kathleen.wright5]] 09:35, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
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We appreciate if these dead end pages that are considered spam can be removed from WikiChristian.
  
===Bible Commentaries and Referencing===
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==Deletion of bot created users==
 
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There have been tens of thousands of spam users created. Prab has deleted most of these. We need to continue deleting these.
The Bible has been uploaded verse by verse and there are now verse pages for every verse and chapter pages for every chapter. A number of changes have occurred regarding how Bible passages are referenced and displayed. Details about this can be found at [[WikiChristian:Bible]]. One of the long-term goals of WikiChristian is to have a well written commentary for every verse and chapter. In the shorter term a number of clean-ups need to be performed. These include
 
*<s>All pages named '''Name of page (WEB)''' should be deleted</s> Were deleted earlier
 
*<s>All pages named '''Name of page (Greek)''' should be deleted</s> Were deleted earlier
 
* All books of the Bible should be have an Information Article about them which follows the same standard that can be seen at [[Genesis]] or [[Gospel of Matthew]].
 
* All pages that have the following text '''web_verse|name of book|chapter|verse''' or '''greek_verse|name of book|chapter|verse''' should be updated to the new referencing system of '''Bible verse|name of book|chapter|verse|lang=WEB''' or '''Bible verse|name of book|chapter|verse|lang=Greek'''
 
  
 
===Greek Words===
 
===Greek Words===
  
A [[Koine Greek]] dictionary can be found at [[Greek:Dictionary]]. Many of the entries do not meet the standard page layout for Information Articles described in [[WikiChristian:Page Layout]]. An example of a page that does meet this standard is [[Koine Greek:Αγαπετος]]. Please help in updating the layout of all pages that do not meet WikiChristian's standard. This can be performed even if you do not read Greek.
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A [[Koine Greek]] dictionary can be found at [[Greek:Dictionary]]. Many of the entries do not meet the standard page layout for Information Articles described in [[WikiChristian:Page Layout]]. An example of a page that does meet this standard is [[Greek:Δοκιμαζω]]. Please help in updating the layout of all pages that do not meet WikiChristian's standard. This can be performed even if you do not read Greek.
  
Additionally, if you do know Greek you could perhaps help by adding content, in particular by adding tables of inflections. See [[Koine Greek:Αγαπη]] for an article that does have a table of its infections. Additionally, it would be helpful to create redirects for all those inflections, for example [[Koine Greek:Αγαπης]] redirects to [[Koine Greek:Αγαπη]].
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Additionally, if you do know Greek you could perhaps help by adding content, in particular by adding tables of inflections. See [[Greek:Αγαθος]] for an article that does have a table of its infections. Additionally, it would be helpful to create redirects for all those inflections, for example [[Greek:Αγαπης]] should redirect to [[Greek:Αγαπη]].
  
 
===Updating Old Information Pages===
 
===Updating Old Information Pages===
  
There are a number of older pages that follow an older, uglier formatting used in WikiChristian not in line with the standard Information Articles described in [[WikiChristian:Page Layout]]. These pages often have a short ''Synopsis'' at the beginning of them. A list of these pages can be found by searching for [http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=Synopsis&go=Go synopsis]. Please help update these to the new WikiChristian standard.
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There are a number of older pages that follow an older, uglier formatting used in WikiChristian not in line with the standard Information Articles described in [[WikiChristian:Page Layout]]. These pages often have a short ''Synopsis'' at the beginning of them. A list of these pages can be found by searching for [http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=Synopsis&go=Go synopsis]. Many of these are in the Greek namespace section. The vast majority of these pages have been cleaned up by  [[User:MatthewClarke|Matt]] but a few hundred still remain.
  
 
===Miscellaneous Texts===
 
===Miscellaneous Texts===
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There are a number of ancient and modern public domain texts that have been uploaded onto WikiChristian. If you come across a text that is not in the '''Text''' name-space then please move it to the following page '''Text:Name of Text'''. A number of texts need to be wikified or split up because they are too large. Lists of these texts can be found at [http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Category:Split Category:Split] and [http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Category:Cleanup Category:Cleanup] and information about exactly what needs to be done can be found at the relevant text's talk page.
 
There are a number of ancient and modern public domain texts that have been uploaded onto WikiChristian. If you come across a text that is not in the '''Text''' name-space then please move it to the following page '''Text:Name of Text'''. A number of texts need to be wikified or split up because they are too large. Lists of these texts can be found at [http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Category:Split Category:Split] and [http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Category:Cleanup Category:Cleanup] and information about exactly what needs to be done can be found at the relevant text's talk page.
  
===KJV Concordance===
 
  
<s>A small number of pages have been produced as part of an earlier project on KJV Concordance. The person who started this project was the sole contributor and the project has not been touched for a number of years. All "KJV Concordance" pages should be deleted. At some future stage a project like this may be commenced again possibly using the "Text" name-space.</s>Done [[User:Kathleen.wright5|Kathleen.wright5]] 06:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
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===Restoring Pages Attacked by Vandals===
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WikiChristian was hit by vandalism and spam in an extreme way a number of years ago. Some pages may still contain obscenities and these should be cleaned up wherever found.
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===Ambiguity about "Discussion" pages===
  
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WikiChristian has aimed to allow discussions and opinions be voiced. There are some pages that are a named '''Page Name (discussion)'''. These pages should be moved to the appropriate names, either Sermon:Page Name, Essay:Page Name or Opinion:Page Name,
  
==Restoring Pages Attacked by Vandals==
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===Apologetics section===
The following pages need to be restored since the May 22, 2009 vandal attack.
 
  
* Pages damaged by [http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=500&target=Pope+Urban+VI Pope Urban VI here].
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There are several systematic inconsistencies in the Apologetics section.
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* The standard template is not used.
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* References to Bible verse link to the exteranl site BibleGateway. It would be far better for them to link to WikiChristian's own Bible verse pages.  
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* Many of the pages names use a fullstop between chapter and verse, e.g. [[Apologetics: Deuteronomy 23.3]]. Can that be changed to a semicolon for consistency with or main Bible verse pages?
  
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Is there any way to automatically add a link from the Bible verse pages to those apologetics pages? For instance, in [[Bible:Exodus_20:5]], could the Related Topics list include a link to [[Apologetics:_Exodus_20:5]]? Alternatively, is it worth the time for someone to do that manually?
  
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Can anyone write bots to do any of the above?
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===Books of the Bible===
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Several Books do not have pages AFAIK: Book of Ezekiel, Book of Obadiah, Book of Joel are all missing.
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Should also add an EBD link on each individual book of the Bible page. [[User:MatthewClarke|Matt]] 10:13, 30 August 2009 (PDT)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 8 September 2015

Contents

WikiChristian needs your help

WikiChristian is the process of trying to revive. After a few years of shut-down and neglect because of an amazing amount of vandalism and spam, we've decided to try and get it up and active again. In order to ensure that WikiChristian gets all of the spam cleaned up and kept away forever and to ensure that its mediawikia software remains fully uptodate, it would be wonderful to have some people with IT skills to help. Its founder and one of its chief editors Prab needs the help of experienced IT professional familiar with mediawiki and large databases. If you would like to offer Prab help with this please email Prab at ptumpati at gmail dot com (remove spaces) with a phone number and contact information.

WikiChristian is currently undergoing a major re-organization and clean-up to make it more useful and well organized. Some of the key areas that are being addressed are:

  • Ensuring that it is easy to find information through following hyperlinks, using categories and using the search button
  • Ensuring the pages are well written and easy to read but full of useful information
  • Ensuring all the pages have a similar lay-out
  • Add youtube videos when relevant

It is important to understand the basic principles of the organizational layout of WikiChristian - this can be found at WikiChristian:Page Layout.

Removing Dead End Pages

Spam content in WikiChristian is often not linked to from any other page. Thus to find spam, follow this link to get a list of 500 dead end pages in wikichristian

list of 500 dead end pages

We appreciate if these dead end pages that are considered spam can be removed from WikiChristian.

Deletion of bot created users

There have been tens of thousands of spam users created. Prab has deleted most of these. We need to continue deleting these.

Greek Words

A Koine Greek dictionary can be found at Greek:Dictionary. Many of the entries do not meet the standard page layout for Information Articles described in WikiChristian:Page Layout. An example of a page that does meet this standard is Greek:Δοκιμαζω. Please help in updating the layout of all pages that do not meet WikiChristian's standard. This can be performed even if you do not read Greek.

Additionally, if you do know Greek you could perhaps help by adding content, in particular by adding tables of inflections. See Greek:Αγαθος for an article that does have a table of its infections. Additionally, it would be helpful to create redirects for all those inflections, for example Greek:Αγαπης should redirect to Greek:Αγαπη.

Updating Old Information Pages

There are a number of older pages that follow an older, uglier formatting used in WikiChristian not in line with the standard Information Articles described in WikiChristian:Page Layout. These pages often have a short Synopsis at the beginning of them. A list of these pages can be found by searching for synopsis. Many of these are in the Greek namespace section. The vast majority of these pages have been cleaned up by Matt but a few hundred still remain.

Miscellaneous Texts

There are a number of ancient and modern public domain texts that have been uploaded onto WikiChristian. If you come across a text that is not in the Text name-space then please move it to the following page Text:Name of Text. A number of texts need to be wikified or split up because they are too large. Lists of these texts can be found at Category:Split and Category:Cleanup and information about exactly what needs to be done can be found at the relevant text's talk page.


Restoring Pages Attacked by Vandals

WikiChristian was hit by vandalism and spam in an extreme way a number of years ago. Some pages may still contain obscenities and these should be cleaned up wherever found.

Ambiguity about "Discussion" pages

WikiChristian has aimed to allow discussions and opinions be voiced. There are some pages that are a named Page Name (discussion). These pages should be moved to the appropriate names, either Sermon:Page Name, Essay:Page Name or Opinion:Page Name,

Apologetics section

There are several systematic inconsistencies in the Apologetics section.

  • The standard template is not used.
  • References to Bible verse link to the exteranl site BibleGateway. It would be far better for them to link to WikiChristian's own Bible verse pages.
  • Many of the pages names use a fullstop between chapter and verse, e.g. Apologetics: Deuteronomy 23.3. Can that be changed to a semicolon for consistency with or main Bible verse pages?

Is there any way to automatically add a link from the Bible verse pages to those apologetics pages? For instance, in Bible:Exodus_20:5, could the Related Topics list include a link to Apologetics:_Exodus_20:5? Alternatively, is it worth the time for someone to do that manually?

Can anyone write bots to do any of the above?

Books of the Bible

Several Books do not have pages AFAIK: Book of Ezekiel, Book of Obadiah, Book of Joel are all missing.

Should also add an EBD link on each individual book of the Bible page. Matt 10:13, 30 August 2009 (PDT)



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