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January 2012 |
In this issue...
Since you recently edited the Robin van Persie article would you mind commenting on another editing issue at [Talk:Robin van Persie#Nazi salute]]? -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 16:19, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if Chensiyuan has any editional aerial photographs of Guangzhou that they would be willing to grant me permission to use in as a backplate in a CGI? Chensiyuan ( talk) 10:08, 2 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emily1890 ( talk • contribs)
I understand the "Moot Court" Wiki page must target English-speaking readers.
Concerning the Charles-Rousseau, this moot is one of the world's most notable, even if French-speaking (!), having received, or receiving this year, students from non-natively French-speaking institutions from the United-States (NYU, Duke University) and United Kingdom (Oxford, SOAS) as well as Argentina, English Canada, Columbia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Rwanda...
Furthermore, this Moot is listed in first three top ranks of the International Law Students Association's Law Moot Court Competition Listing (
http://www.ilsa.org/listings/intlmoots.php). ILSA organizes the Jessup Moot.
So please undo your deletion of all entries related to Charles-Rousseau French speaking International Moot Court in the above-mentionned Wiki page.
FXSaluden (
talk) 17:57, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
Greetings, long time editor. I am wondering if you might still have the original source image file for File:1st8back.gif. While GIF is an acceptable format on Wikipedia, consensus is that the 256-color limitation is too strict for color photographs. A full-color version has been requested.
If you cannot find the image, I do know several techniques to simulate adding color to your image. But it would definitely be better if we had the original.
Please note that, despite a PNG being requested, a high quality JPEG would also be acceptable, as it will allow Wikipedia to optimize thumbnails much better. In fact, if the original photo is a JPEG, it is actually discouraged to convert it to a PNG, due to increasing the file size without increasing quality.
If you cannot upload the original file, or do not want to bother with the logistics of fixing up all the links and removing the old file, please be sure to get a hold of me.
— trlkly 15:16, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I notice you were one of the primary contributors to Red Auerbach when it achieved GA status back in 2007. Presently, I am working on the article on John Y. Brown, Jr., attempting to bring it to FA standards. I understand that Auerbach and Brown had quite the tumultuous relationship when Brown was the owner of the Celtics. Unfortunately, most of the newspaper archives I have access to only go back to the early 80s, and Brown sold his interest in the Celtics in 1979. Basically, I am looking for some detail about Brown's tenure as owner of the Celtics, but I don't know where to find it. Do you have any suggestions? Acdixon ( talk · contribs) 14:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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May 2012 |
This month marks the observation of Pentecost, one of the most important feast of the Christian liturgical year. It is our hope here that all of you, regardless of your religious affiliation (if any), find that the holiday, and its accompanying activities, an enjoyable and beneficial experience. We also hope that this "Birthday of the Church" is one which gives you the same joy as the birthday of yourself or your loved ones.
Ichthus is the successor to the long running WikiProject Christianity newsletter, run under the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department. As such, you will continue to see information about our latest featured and good articles, DYKs, as well as new members who have joined our project. You might also see links to Christianity related news from the mainstream media!
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
John Carter, Asst. Editor
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As many of you may know, our unofficial mascot, dear Wikipe-tan, hasn't yet indicated any particular beliefs. However, yes, as we all know, ahem, some people might object to our beloved mascot running around in a French maid outfit. People do talk, you know. ;) If anyone might be able to develop an image of the dear lady in a image more, well, "Christian," I would like to see perhaps a vote for next month as to which, if any, image of the dear girl we might make our own unofficial mascot. Please post your images here.
By John Carter
By John Carter
Ichthus will spotlight a different subproject or workgroup of WikiProject Christianity. This edition will spotlight on our vital Outreach department. This comparatively small, but vital, project unit is dedicated to welcoming new editors to Wikipedia and the Christianity related content, and to providing information to the various project members, in forms like this newsletter.
The scope of articles with which this group deals is truly enormous, and, given the wide variety of material with which we deal, we would very much welcome the input of more individuals, particularly individuals who are particularly knowledgeable of the less well-known and less frequently monitored articles related to Christianity.
Speaking personally, I would be very, very gratified if we were to have this become a very, very large and active unit, with members from the broad spectrum of Christian beliefs, practices, and groups. The broader the spectrum and areas of expertise of members we have, the better we will be able to help manage the content. Please consider whether you believe you might be able to contribute in this vital area.
By John Carter
Neelix has redirected Zhou Tong (Water Margin) to the 108 Stars of Destiny article. I haven't reverted it since I am not actively taking part in the discussion. I just figured you would like to know. -- Ghostexorcist ( talk) 17:19, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
This user helped promote Arsène Wenger to good article status. |
Well done. SilkTork ✔Tea time 12:47, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Can I use some of your photos in my user page? Aaeekkssoouullii ( talk) 17:17, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
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June 2012 |
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 331 active members. We would like to welcome User:Sanju87, User:Psalm84, User:Zegron, User:Jargon777, User:Calu2000, User:Gilderien, User:Ronallenus, Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know what you think of the new departments, and if there are any other suggestions for departments you would like to see. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
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By John Carter
Thie coming month includes days dedicated to the honor of Beheading of John the Baptist, Saints Peter and Paul, the Nativity of John the Baptist, and Saint Barnabas.
Alec Douglas-Home recently achieved FA status. This picture, in the Church of the Month section, was recently promoted to Featured Picture status. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.
Wikisource currently has many old texts available, most of them in the public domain. This is a potentially very valuable source for several things, including for instance links to Biblical verses, because we know that it will, basically, be around as long as we are.
By user:John Carter with inspiration from History2007
This section would include a rather large image of a specific work of art, with a link to the most directly relevant article.
Suggestion: Resurrection of Christ, an English 15th century Nottingham alabaster. Groups of painted relief panels were sold via dealers to churches on a budget , who had wood frameworks made to hold them locally. From a huge new donation of images from the Walters Art Museum to Commons, seeBy Johnbod
A new WikiProject relating directly to Christian history is being developed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian history. Also, a group specifically devoted to the Mennonites and other Anabaptists is now up and running at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Anabaptist work group. Anyone interested in assisting with the development of these groups and topics is more than welcome to do so.
By John Carter
... in the statements contained in the Nicene Creed. I believe that the Bible is one of the two defining bases for belief. The other is the Sacred tradition, which provides us with means of interpreting the Scriptures, as well as some teachings which have been handed on by God outside of the scriptures. I believe that the Magisterium has been empowered to fill this interpretative function. I believe that clerical celibacy is a rule that should generally be followed. I am a member of the Catholic Church.
By John Carter
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
Hello Chensiyuan, your image File:1 guilin panorama 2011.jpg is a Featured Picture Candidate at the moment but fares badly because of the narrow vertical bands in the sky. Did you use Sweep Panorama of your Sony camera for this image? -- KlausFoehl ( talk) 14:50, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Chensiyuan. Just wanted to compliment you on your photo of Vidigal. I actually intended to keep that image on the page but wasn't sure about the layout. The strange part about Rio is that the flickering lights of favelas on numerous black hills is one of the most enchanting things about the place. Evenrød ( talk) 13:11, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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July 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 336 active members. We would like to welcome
User:Emilymadcat,
User:Toa Nidhiki05,
User:DonutGuy, and
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Vote for the project mascot
We had last month asked our members to help "bring into the fold"
Wikipe-tan as the project's mascot. Voting will take place this month for which image we should adopt at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/Wikipe-tan. Please take a moment to review the images and vote for whichever is your favorite, or, if you so prefer, suggest an additional one.
By John Carter
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-July through mid-September) includes days dedicated to the honor of
Mary Magdalene,
James, son of Zebedee,
Ignatius Loyola,
Saint Dominic,
Joseph of Arimathea, and the
Transfiguration of Jesus.
Featured content and GA report
Grade I listed churches in Cheshire was recently promoted to Featured List status.
This picture was recently promoted to Featured Picture status.
Bartolome de las Casas and
Edmund the Martyr were promoted to GA level this past month.
Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.
Wikimedia Foundation report
Wikibooks welcomes the development of textbooks of all kinds, children's books, recipes, and other material. It currently has just under 2500 books, including several Wikijunior books for the 12 and under population. There is, at present, not even a book on Christianity. Anyone interested in helping develop such a textbook is more than welcome to do so.
By John Carter
Christian art
The portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger.
By John Carter
Spotlight
A new WikiProject relating directly to Christian history is being developed at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian history. Anyone interested in assisting with the development of these groups and topics is more than welcome to do so.
By John Carter
I believe
... in the tradition of
Thomas the Apostle,
Mar Addai, and
Saint Bartholomew. I believe that Jesus had two essences (or natures), human and divine, unmingled, that are everlastingly united in one personality. I am a member of the
Assyrian Church of the East.
By John Carter
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
Could you opine on this this matter. Regards AdabowtheSecond ( talk) 18:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Chensiyuan, was wondering if you could have a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Arsène Wenger/archive1, given that you have significantly contributed to the article. Any comments are welcome; if not, apologies for wasting your time. Lemonade51 ( talk) 17:01, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
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August 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 341 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
User:David_FLXD,
User:Alexsbecker,
User:Penguin 236,
User:Gugi001,
User:John D. Rockerduck, and
User:Margaret9mary. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
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Church of the month
Contest of the month
We currently have a remarkable lack of
Wikipedia:Wikipedia-Books. Right now,
Category:Wikipedia books on Christianity contains only 12 books. We certainly could have at least one book on each major grouping within Christianity. One of the challenges for this month, then, is working to put together books on relevant topics. For this month, one contest is for editors to assemble the basic Wikipedia books for each of the main topics of the extant related projects. When finished, they should their creation of the books at the
main Christianity noticeboard, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.
Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. As biographies are often a bit easier, this month we are choosing two biographies: Karl Behm, which has yet to be started, and the currently Stub-class article Nerses IV the Gracious. A barnstar will be awarded to any editor who can get these articles up to DYK quality level and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-August through mid-September) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Bartholomew the Apostle,
Nativity of Mary, and the
Exaltation of the Cross.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,
William de Chesney (sheriff),
Knights of Columbus, and
Angelus Silesius were promoted to GA level.
Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.
Wikimedia Foundation report
Wikinews is our sister site for developing news stories. Several events relating to Christianity, like the installation of bishops for instance, do not necessarily merit extensive coverage in wikipedia encyclopedic articles, but can and easily could be covered at greater length in a news article format. Given the number of significant news events that relate to religion, including claims of miracles, assignment of bishops and other religious leaders, church conferences, and other events, this site provides an excellent opportunity to provide in-depth coverage of current events at greater length than wikipedia.
Christian art
Spotlight
One of our newer editors, User:David_FLXD, has recently gone through much of our content related to Methodism and assessed it. We are very grateful for his efforts, and that of all the editors who have had a role in developing that content. We have every reason to believe that this will make it significantly easier for the Methodism work group to create and develop content relevant to Methodism. To help that along, we certainly encourage everyone to do what they can to help David and the other Methodism editors to bring the content relevant to their tradition to the highest possible level of quality.
I believe
... in the
Holy Trinity, the sacraments of
Baptism and
Holy Communion, the
Arminian conception of
free will through God's
prevenient grace, and the regular renewal of the individual's
covenant with God. I am a
Methodist.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
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I believe we should mention a new record over old record of Theirry Henry which is broken by Real Madrid trio. Because current version may mislead that record still stands. Either their should be no note about it or there should be information about new record as well. Let me know what you think, Thank You. Ashishbirajdar ( talk) 10:18, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Chensiyuan,
i would like to use some of your great panoramic images for a mobile phone game i've created. the game is about panoramas and until now i used only cc-by licensed pictures. the current way is that there is a "credits" section with all photographers names and also whenever a picture is displayed in the game the photographers name is also shown.
i would like to use your cc-by-sa pictures, but because i do not know how to SA them from inside a game, i would like to ask for permission to use them BY (cc-by: attribution only).
the game i am talking about is "afternoon world trip" where the goal is to travel around the world
http://www.gameprogramming.de/index.php?id=62
please reply to ludocrazy@gameprogramming.de
thanks in advance,
Sirleto (
talk) 14:36, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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September 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 344 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
User:Floating Boat,
User:Dewey420, and
User:Jpacobb. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
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Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
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By John Carter
Church of the month
Contest of the month
We currently have a remarkable lack of
Wikipedia:Wikipedia-Books. Right now,
Category:Wikipedia books on Christianity contains only 12 books. We certainly could have at least one book on each major grouping within Christianity. One of the challenges for this month, then, is working to put together books on relevant topics. For this month, one contest is for editors to assemble the basic Wikipedia books for each of the main topics of the extant related projects. When finished, they should their creation of the books at the
main Christianity noticeboard, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.
Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. Last month's challenge articles were Karl Beth and Nerses IV the Gracious. Both articles are currently candidates for the DYK section of the main page. This month's challenge articles are the Stub-class article James Hastings and the not yet started Rudolf Sohm, A barnstar will be awarded to any editor who can get these articles up to DYK quality level and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-September through mid-October) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of the
Martyrs of Korea,
Saint Matthew,
Vincent de Paul,
Michaelmas,
Saint Jerome,
Theresa of Lisieux, the
Feast of the Guardian Angels,
Francis of Assisi,
Our Lady of the Rosary, and
Teresa of Avila.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,
Albertus Soegijapranata, and
Reginald Heber were promoted to FA.
Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester was promoted to Featured List, and
Jackie Hudson,
Joyce Kilmer,
Divine command theory,
Bosa of York and
Argument from morality were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include
Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul,
All Saints Church, Hollingbourne,
Neustädter Kirche, Hannover,
St Mary's Church, Kirkby Lonsdale,
Albert Ndongmo,
If We Are the Body,
List of places of worship in Tonbridge and Malling,
Kulubnarti church,
All Saints Church, Ulcombe,
Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey,
Igny Abbey,
Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Brăila,
Places of Worship Registration Act 1855,
Collegiate Church of San Gimignano, and
St Matthew's Church, Burnley. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Wikimedia Foundation report
As some of you may have seen, the Simple English Wikipedia has been experiencing some difficulties lately. This particular entity could be of great value to several individuals who are trying to learn English. As some of you who do speak foreign languages know, one of the most easily available, and, in general, useful learning aids for people is a text they know already, which allows them to focus on the specific words of the new language. Various recorded readings and translations of the Bible are among the best examples of this. Any efforts to try to enhance this vital means of informing a large segment of our readership is more than welcome. People interested in helping develop it are encouraged to leave a note regarding their specific articles of interest at the Christianity noticeboard. It would be wonderful if we could report some significant contributions to this sister site next month. And, of course, if we do have something to report, those involved would receive our greatest thanks.
Christian art
Spotlight
WikiProject Calvinism is one of our more important subprojects. It is specifically devoted to developing content relating to the Calvinist tradition, and the primary point for development of content relating to the Pilgrims, Presbyterians, Reformed churches, Congregational church, Reformed Baptists, and Low church. We definitely encourage everyone to do what they can to help this project develop the content relating to this extremely important Christian tradition.
I believe
... that human nature is insufficient for salvation, and the grace of God is required to do so. I believe that God has preordained who will and will not achieve salvation. I believe that Jesus's atonement was sufficient for the purposes for which it was done. I believe that God's grace is of such power that it can overcome any person's resistance. I believe that those whom God has chosen for salvation will, by the undeniable power of God, persevere in God's grace. I am a
Calvinist.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
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September 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 347 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
User:Dplcrnj,
User:Danmuz,
User:Zigzig20s, and
User:Jasonasosa. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s
Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
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Church of the month
Contest of the month
For the upcoming month, the contest will be to develop content related to the
Christmas season, including Advent and other related topics. Please feel free to see and take part in the discussion at
Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Contest of the month - Advent/Christmas content.
One of last month's challenge articles, Rudolf Sohm, has been substantially developed by User:Jack1956 and User:StAnselm. Our deepest thanks to both of them!!
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-October through mid-November) includes
All Saints' Day and
All Souls' Day and major commemorations dedicated to the honor of the
Ignatius of Antioch,
Luke the Evangelist,
Simon the Canaanite,
Saint Jude, the dedication of the
Lateran Basilica, the beginning of the
Nativity Fast,
James of Jerusalem,
Reformation Day, and others.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,
Augustinian theodicy by
User:ItsZippy was promoted to FA.
Grade I listed churches in Merseyside by
User:Peter I. Vardy was promoted to Featured List. The images in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status.
John Wheelwright by
User:Sarnold17,
Christmas Party (The Office) by
User:Gen. Quon and
If We Are the Body by
User:Toa Nidhiki05, were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include
Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, Craiova, by
User:Biruitorul,
Nerses IV the Gracious by
User:John Carter,
Church of St Candida and Holy Cross by
User:BarretB,
St Laurence's Church, Morland by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
St Mary's Church, Longfleet by
User:Bermicourt,
Chor von St. Bonifatius by
User:Gerda Arendt,
St Andrew's Church, Penrith by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) by
User:Bloom6132,
Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops) by
User:Bloom6132,
St Columba's Church, Warcop by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale by
User:Peter I. Vardy, and
W. E. Biederwolf by
User:John Foxe. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
Spotlight
WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force is the group whose purpose is to help develop the content related to the Christmas season, including Advent, New Year's, and related holidays. As many of us know, in several parts of the world, including the United States, the Christmas season is not only the time of one of the greatest holidays of the Christian liturgical year, but it is also the "make or break" time for many retailers, whose profitability for the year often depends on their success in this time of the giving of sometimes significantly expensive gifts. In other parts of the world, the winter solstice period and sometimes specifically Christmas itself means something that might surprise many Christians, like the Christmas in Japan, where Christmas is one of the times hotels receive the greatest number of, often unmarried, couples staying there for the night. The solstice season is also significant to several other religions. Many of these days are also legal holidays in several places. In Belarus, for instance, both the Western and Eastern Christmas commemorations are legal holidays. We would certainly welcome the members of this project to donate some of their time and talents in the upcoming months to improving this significant content.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
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Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup on Wednesday the 31st of October. Details and an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Singapore 7. Hope you can make it. JVbot ( talk) 03:57, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hello there! Now, apparently you are the #1 contributor on the LKY page ! As such, I would like to cordially invite you to our little discussion on the talk page, pertaining to his birth name, Harry. Please read my argument and do voice your opinions. Thanks! Bonkers The Clown ( talk) 08:42, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
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November 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 349 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
User:Hayayika and
User:Pikachu Bros.. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s
Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
P.S. Please click here to add the new Christianity noticeboard to your watchlist to follow the latest discussions relevant to WikiProject Christianity and subprojects.
By John Carter
Church of the month
Contest of the month
For the upcoming month, the contest will continue with the
Christmas theme, including Advent and other related topics. Please feel free to see and take part in discussion at the
Christianity noticeboard.
Calendar
This coming month (mid-November through mid-December) includes the
Advent season. Other major feasts are those of
Margaret of Scotland,
Matthew the Evangelist,
Hilda of Whitby,
Elizabeth of Hungary,
Edmund the Martyr, the
Presentation of Mary,
Saint Cecilia,
Clement of Rome,
Catherine of Alexandria,
Andrew the Apostle,
Francis Xavier,
Saint Barbara,
John Damascene,
Nicholas of Myra,
Saint Ambrose of Milan,
Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Lucy of Syracuse, and others.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,
Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych by, among others,
User:Truthkeeper88,
User:Ceoil, and
User:Kafka Liz and
Mitt Romney by
User:Wasted Time R were promoted to FA.
List of 2000s Christian Songs number ones by
User:Toa Nidhiki05 was promoted to Featured List. The two images in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status, as were these two images of Michelangelo's
Pieta
and of
Giovanni Bellini's
Saint Francis in the Desert
.
Derek Webb by
User: Pepsi2786 and others, and
Scipione Piattoli by
User:Piotrus were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include
Archdiocese of Râmnic, by
User:Biruitorul,
Diocese of Caransebeş by
User:Biruitorul,
Wythburn Church by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
St. Gumbertus, Ansbach by
User:Gerda Arendt,
User:Dr. Blofeld, and
User:Nvvchar collectively,
St. Johannis, Ansbach by
User:Gerda Arendt,
User:Dr. Blofeld, and
User:Nvvchar collectively,
Nikollë Bojaxhiu by
User:ZjarriRrethues,
All Saints Church, Lydd by
User:Dr. Blofeld,
User:Rosiestep,
User:Gilderien, and
User:Ipigott collectively,
St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
St Eata's Church, Atcham by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
Nativity of St. John the Baptist Church, Piatra Neamț by
User:Biruitorul,
Anna Schäffer by
User:Shii,
List of Archbishops of Vancouver by
User: Bloom6132,
James Francis Carney by
User:Bloom6132,
St Luke's Church, Chelsea by
User:PKM and
User:Johnbod,
Gregory Orologas by
User:Alexikoua,
Ambrosios Pleianthidis by
User:Alexikoua, and
St Giles' Church, Barrow, by
User:Peter I. Vardy. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
Spotlight
The core topics work group is the group whose specific purpose is to help identify and develop those articles which are of greatest importance to an overall understanding of the broad subject of Christianity, based on what is included in the core topics list. These articles include some of specific churches and individuals, history, philosophical and theological matters, and more. We have had some recent discussion regarding which articles should be included in this list, and it probably makes sense to revisit the selections, and try to figure out how best to work to make them high quality articles. Discussion is beginning at WT:X regarding these matters, and all input is welcome.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
ICHTHUS |
December 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 350 active members. We would like to welcome our newest member,
User:Harishrawat11. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s
Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
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By John Carter
Church of the month
This image of
The Baptistry of Saint John in Pisa by
User:NotFromUtrecht
Contest of the month
As I imagine many of our editors will be editing at a greatly reduced level for the next few weeks, what with the Christmas and New Year's holidays coming, there is no specific content-related contest this month. The contest, if anything, is to make the most of the season, in whatever way, if any, you deem appropriate.
Calendar
This coming month (mid-December through mid-January) includes the
Advent season, and one of the two greatest holidays of the Christian year,
Christmas. Other major feasts in the next month include those of the
Feast of the Epiphany,
Baptism of the Lord,
Saint Stephen,
Thomas the Apostle,
Holy Innocents,
John the Evangelist,
Gregory of Nazianzus,
Basil the Great,
Saint Genevieve,
Elizabeth Ann Seton, and
Saint Sava.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,
Anne Hutchinson nominated by
User:Sarnold17 was promoted to FA.
Grade I listed churches in Lancashire by
User:Peter I. Vardy was promoted to Featured List. The image in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status.
Come to the Well by
User:Toa Nidhiki05 and others, and
Dwight Christmas by
User:Gen. Quon and others were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include
King's Chapel, Gibraltar, by
User:Prioryman,
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Albany, New York) by
User:Daniel Case,
Tingsted Church by
User:Ipigott and
User:Rosiestep,
St. Mary's Church (Albany, New York) by
User:Daniel Case,
Stubbekøbing Church by
User:Ipigott and
User:Rosiestep,
Notre Dame Cathedral (Phnom Penh) by
User:Bloom6132, and
St. James' Church, Cardington by
User:Peter I. Vardy. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
Spotlight
In the spirit of Christmas, the spotlight for the coming month might actually best be on those people closest to you. We know that a lot of our editors here are associated in some way or another with schools, and many if not most of them are going on rather extended breaks for the holidays. This can give some of us a chance to meet up with old friends, spend time with our families and those close to us, and, in a sense, "recharge" for the new year. So, for all of you who are in some way part of that group, we wish you the very best of holidays. We hope you all return to editing after the holidays with your spirits lifted and with your energies at peak level. There are some small matters in development here as well, and it is our hope that some of them will be ready come the next newsletter. But, until then, we wish you all the happiest and holiest (if appropriate) holidays.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
An image created by you has been promoted to
featured picture status Your image,
File:1 zhangjiajie huangshizhai wulingyuan panorama 2012.jpg, was nominated on
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution!
Armbrust
The Homunculus 16:01, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
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ICHTHUS |
January 2013 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 354 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
Alliereborn,
Iselilja,
Peterkp, and
Sosthenes12. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s
Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
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By John Carter
Church of the month
This image of
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia by
User:Poco a poco
Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at
Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.
By John Carter
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, the image in the "Church of the Month" section of this newsletter was promoted to Featured Image status.
Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 by Gerda Arendt and others, Teuruarii IV by Lemurbaby, KAVEBEAR and others, and Peace on Earth (Casting Crowns album) by Toa Nidhiki05 and others, were all promoted to GA status.
Also this past month, the DYKs on the main page included St James' Church, Cardington by Peter I. Vardy, Bishop's Palace, Kraków by Poeticbent, Kippinge Church by Ipigott and Rosiestep, Trinitatis Church, also by Ipigott and Rosiestep, Steindamm Church by Olessi, St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton by Peter I. Vardy, Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora, by Peter I. Vardy, Sonrise Church, by Aboutmovies, St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany, New York), by Daniel Case, All Saints Church, Claverley, by Peter I. Vardy, and Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes, by Poeticbent. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
Spotlight
The Spotlight this month turns to the the Syriac Christianity work group. The scope of this project includes the various traditions of Syriac Christianity, including the Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East, Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and Saint Thomas Christians. One of these groups, the Assyrian Church of the East, is considered by scholars to have probably been, for several hundred years, the largest Christian grouping in the planet, with its numerous members in Central Asia and Eastern Asia. Numerous texts, traditions, and practices unique to these groups exist, including the Jesus Sutras and the belief of the Assyrian Church of the East that the bread they use in the preparation of their Eucharist uses the same basic yeast as that used in the bread of the Last Supper itself. Sadly, given the linguistic barriers to much of the content relative to these groups, and the comparative lack of notoriety they have in the Western world, much of this content does receive less attenion, and thus less development, than much other content. There is a large amount of extremely valuable historical material here still waiting to be adequately developed by editors with an interest in the topic, and I personally very much hope that we can draw more attention to these topics, and the content related to them.
By John Carter
Calendar
This coming month (mid-January through mid-February) includes
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple or Candlemas and the
Conversion of Paul. Other major feasts in the next month include those of
Saint Agnes,
Saint Francis de Sales, Saints
Timothy and
Titus,
Thomas Aquinas,
John Bosco,
Saint Agatha,
Paul Miki, [{Saint Scholastica]], and
Saint Anskar.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
Hello Chensiyuan, it's been a long time since we last contacted each other. It's good to see that the Water Margin articles are enjoying a period of relative stability since that incident last year. Anyway, a happy Chinese New Year to you! LDS contact me 16:16, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
I see that you were once active at WP:FAC. Of the 6 WP:NBA WP:FAs, you reviewed 5 of them ( Tim Duncan, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Toronto Raptors). No NBA FAC has passed since Magic Johnson did on 2009-04-19. Recently, I have been frustrated by almost no comments on my FAC nominations of Juwan Howard. I was wondering if you might be willing to participate in the review for Howard if I renominated him in a couple of months.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 19:43, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
ICHTHUS |
April 2013 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 357 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
Thomas Cranmer,
Mr.Oglesby, and
Sneha Priscilla. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
We apologise for the hiatus in the publication of this newsletter due to unforseen circumstances leading to the wikibreak of John Carter, and so I have taken over as acting editor, and have taken this opportunity to move the publication date to the start of each month as planned, to better reflect on the previous month and look ahead to the next. This issue covers the period of time from mid-January to the end of March.
Since the last issue we have seen the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis. This has received much coverage both in the world media and on Wikipedia. While there is still much work to do, several quality articles have been written and the editors involved are thanked for their efforts.
This month we look ahead to Easter and the celebration of God's love for mankind through the crucifixion and resurrection of his Son Jesus Christ. With that, I wish you all happy reading!
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By Gilderien
Church of the month
This image of the Church of Saint Ildefonso, Portugal by Poco a poco was recently promoted to Featured Image. Thank you and congratulations for the great image!
Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at
Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.
By John Carter
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report;
Grade I listed churches in Cumbria was promoted to Featured List status, thanks to Peter I. Vardy, and the image above of the Church of Saint Ildefonso was promoted to featured picture status.
Martin Luther King, Jr., by Khazar2, was promoted to GA status, as well Third Epistle of John by Cerebellum.
Also these past months, the DYKs on the main page included St Mary's Church, Cleobury Mortimer by Peter I. Vardy; Marion Irvine by Giants2008; Margaret McKenna by Guerillero; Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity by Epeefleche; St Edith's Church, Eaton-under-Heywood by Peter I. Vardy; Vester Egesborg Church by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; Undløse Church by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; St Martin's Church, Næstved by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; St. Peter, Syburg by Gerda Arendt and Dr. Blofeld; Østre Porsgrunn Church by Strachkvas; Church of Our Saviour (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) by Nyttend; Dami Mission by Freikorp; Mechanicsburg Baptist Church by Nyttend; Acheiropoietos Monastery, by Proudbolsahye; T. Lawrason Riggs, by Gareth E Kegg; McColley's Chapel, by Mangoe; Oświęcim Chapel, by BurgererSF; Second Baptist Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio), by Nyttend; Church of the Holy Ghost, Tallinn, by Yakikaki; Old Stone Congregational Church, by Orladyl Heath Chapel, by Peter I. Vardy; St. Joseph's Church, Beijing, by Bloom6132; Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton, by Rodw; and St. Michael's Catholic Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) also by Nyttend. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
Spotlight
The Spotlight this month turns to the the Jesus work group. The scope of this project includes the life and teachings of the central figure of Christianity, Jesus Christ and aims to write about them in a non-denominational encylopædic style. Top-priority articles include Jesus, Christ, Resurrection of Jesus, and Holy Grail, whereas High-priority articles include Aramaic Language, a former FA, as well as Sermon on the Mount, Lamb of God, and Passion (Christianity). The workgroup has also published two books, covering Christ's final days and the Parables of Jesus. The workgroup has two GAs, Nativity scene, and Jesus in Islam, but unfortunately the flagship article, Jesus was delisted in 2009. It is also responsible for three WP:1.0 articles, and the WikiWork of the project is 4.56, which indicates the "average" article is between Start and C class.
By Gilderien
Calendar
This coming month (end-March through end-April) includes
Easter Sunday in Western Christianity and both
Lazarus Saturday and
Palm Sunday for the
Eastern Orthodox Church. Other major feasts in the next month include those of
Saint George,
Saint Mark the Evangelist,
Saint Stanislaus,
James, son of Zebedee, and
Benedict the Moor.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
ICHTHUS |
May 2013 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 363 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
Pleonic,
MJWilliams1998,
Iloilo Wanderer,
Jkadavoor,
Sir Ian and
McBenjamin. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
This month we hear the news that the Bible is to be made into a film after outstanding success of a biblical miniseries on the History Channel, and we have seen the release of Iraqi Pastor Ali Hamzah from his confinement in Iraq.
After last month's spotlight on the Jesus work group, the flagship article, Jesus, was nominated for Good Article status after much work from FutureTrillionaire and History2007, and provisionally passed by the reviewer, although they have requested a second opinion. Our many thanks for the hard work that has gone into restoring this article to a quality piece of work.
This month the second largest denomination of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church, celebrates Easter and the death and resurrection of the Son of God Jesus Christ.
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By Gilderien
Church of the month
Wells Cathedral was this month promoted to GA status. Rodw has appealed for any help project members can give to improve this article for a FA nomination.
Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content.
By
John Carter
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report;
Featured report; Madonna in the Church, by Ceoil, Truthkeeper88, and Johnbod was promoted to Featured Article status. Crucifixion and Last Judgement was promoted to featured picture status, after nomination by Crisco 1492.
Wells Cathedral, by Rodw, Robert of Ghent, by User:Ealdgyth, Christianity in Medieval Scotland, by Sabrebd, and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, also by Sabrebd were promoted to GA status.
Also these past months, the DYKs on the main page included Lectionary 311, by Leszek Jańczuk; Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn, by Gerda Arendt; Whalsay Parish Church, by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, Dr. Blofeld; Interpretatio Christiana, by Altenmann; First Congregational Church, Salt Lake City, by Orlady; Church of King Charles the Martyr, Royal Tunbridge Wells, by The C of E; First Church in Albany (Reformed), by Daniel Case; Pope Anastasius II, by AbstractIllusions; Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma, by Dr. Blofeld, Ipigott, Rosiestep; Colan Church, by Rosiestep, Nvvchar, Ipigott; Notre Dame Cathedral, Papeete, Bloom6132, Church of St. Wenceslaus (New Prague, Minnesota), by Elkman; St. Joseph Catholic Church (San Antonio, Texas), by Gilliam; Doubting Thomas, by Johnbod; Robert of Ghent, by Ealdgyth; and Holy Trinity Church, Holdgate, by Peter I. Vardy. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT
This month, we turn our attention to the Encyclopedic articles sub-group, which aims to provide "a collection point for lists of articles contained in other reference sources relating to Christianity, which could serve as a basis for developing our own content". Created by John Carter, it is primarily a list of links, red or otherwise, for subjects which have an article in the reference works listed therein. This serves as a very useful list if any project members are "stuck for what to do" and there remains lots of potential for articles developed from this list.
By Gilderien
Calendar
This coming month (end-April through end-May) includes
Easter Sunday for the
Eastern Orthodox Church. Other major feasts in the next month include those of
Matthias the Apostle,
The Venerable Bede, and
Empress Helena.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
Following the recent successful WP:FAC nomination of Juwan Howard, I am now nominating Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tommy Amaker/archive1. Please come comment.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 13:26, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
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ICHTHUS |
June 2013 |
From the Editor
Starting this month we will start a "Focus on" series, where we will try to "bring Jesus back" and focus on him. For five consecutive issues we will focus on one aspect of the study of Jesus. The goal of this series is to inform our members of what the project contains and highlight those articles which have reached quality and stability.
From this month until November we will focus on the historical Jesus, a topic which has been the subject of much discussion on article talk pages, as well as the general media. This is an important topic, and we have a good set of well referenced articles on that now. Then, starting in December we will focus on Christ, and the spiritual and theological elements that the title entails. Following that the review of the life and ministry of Jesus in the New Testament, his miracles, and parables will take place. And each month the "Bookshelf" will mention a book that fits the theme of the month.
We hope you will enjoy this journey as we present a new aspect of Jesus each month. And given that as the number of project pages increases, the ratio of those watching the pages declines, we hope that more of you will watch some of these central pages that help define this project.
Church of the month
The current building of All Saints' Church, Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire, England which was completed in 1888, is at least the third version of the church, which dates back to at least the early 13th century.
Good articles and DYKs
The article
Jesus received the
good article mark last month, as did
Cleeve Abbey. A number of churches were featured on the main page in the
DYK section in May, namely
St. Lamberti, Hildesheim,
Karja church,
Braaby Church,
St Patrick's Liverpool,
Vlah Church,
Freerslev Church,
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mata-Utu,
St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska),
St. Lamberti, Hildesheim,
Karja church,
Braaby Church,
St. Pierre Cathedral, Saint-Pierre,
Mont Saint Michel Abbey,
St Patrick's Church, Liverpool,
Vlah Church,
St Catherine of Siena Church, Cocking,
Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción,
Roholte Church,
Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae,
Leicester Abbey,
Caracas Cathedral,
Caldey Abbey,
King's Mead Priory,
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) and
All Saints' Church, Winthorpe, as well as the hymn
What Wondrous Love Is This.
Focus on...
THE
HISTORICAL JESUS
Did Jesus exist? Did he walk the streets of Jerusalem? The Historicity of Jesus article answers these questions with a firm affirmative. Historicity does not discuss if Jesus walked on water, but if he walked at all. The issue was the subject of scholarly debate before the end of last century, but the academic debate is almost over now. As the article discusses, virtually all academic opposition to the existence of Jesus has evaporated away now and scholars see it as a concluded issue. The discussion is now just among mostly self-published non-academics.
In 2011 John Dickson tweeted that if anyone finds a professor of history who denies that Jesus lived, he would eat a page of his Bible (Matthew 1 he said). Dickson's Bible is still safe.
The article discusses the ancient sources that relate to Jesus and how they fit together to establish that he existed. The evidence for Jesus is not just based on the Christian gospels, but by inter-relating them with non-Christian sources, and the fact that they all "fit together". Moreover, the existence of Jesus is not supported just by Christian scholars and in recent years the detailed knowledge of Jewish scholars and their discoveries (e.g. Shlomo Pines' discovery of the Syriac Josephus) has proven highly beneficial. We encourage you to read and follow the article, for the existence of Jesus is central to the existence of Christianity.
From the bookshelf
Just a few years after its publication, Van Voorst's book has become the standard comprehensive text for the discussion of ancient sources that relate to Jesus and his historicity. This detailed yet really readable book has received wide ranging endorsements - Blomberg and Harris separately referring to it as the most comprehensive treatment of the subject.
Did you know...
Calendar
The coming month includes days dedicated to the honor of
Beheading of John the Baptist,
Saints Peter and Paul, the
Nativity of John the Baptist, and
Saint Barnabas.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
is missing a description and/or other details on its image description page. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors make better use of the image, and it will be more informative to readers.
If you have any questions, please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot ( opt-out) 19:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC)ICHTHUS |
July 2013 |
From the Editor
WP:X has gained another Featured Article, Gospel of the Ebionites, by Ignocrates. The Gospel of the Ebionites is the name scholars give to an apocryphal gospel that supposedly belonged to a sect known as the Ebionites. It consists of seven short quotations discovered in a heresiology known as the Panarion, written by Epiphanius of Salamis, and its original title remains unknown. The text is a gospel harmony composed in Greek, and is believed to have been written during the middle of the 2nd century.
St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn was promoted to Good Article status, as was two other welsh churches, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, and St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch.
The main page also featured several DYK hooks for articles in our project, namely Bob Fu, List of places of worship in Tandridge (district), Catholic Press, Garendon Abbey, St. John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City, New Jersey), Pargev Martirosyan, Praskvica Monastery, Heather Preceptory, St. Augustin, Coburg, Longleat Priory, St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, Christianization of Moravia, Christianization of Bohemia, Repton Abbey, St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Medingen Abbey, Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, St. James on-the-Lines, and Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch.
Church of the month
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is part of Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev in Ukraine. It is a functioning monastery that dates back to the Middle Ages.
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 367 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
Newchildrenofthealmighty,
Evenssteven,
Kerna96, and
FutureTrillionaire. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
Focus on...
THE
HISTORICAL JESUS
When did Jesus live? When did he die? How do we know? We do, in fact, have excellent information about the time intervals for the life and death of Jesus. As in other people who lived and died in the first century, this gives an approximate date range, but still, give or take 3-4 years and we have pretty good estimates confirmed by a number of really diverse sources, ranging from inscriptions in Delphi to Roman and Jewish sources. The Chronology of Jesus article discusses how a wide variety of Christian, Jewish and Roman sources are used to establish the time-frame for the life and death of Jesus.
And all of his data fits together. For instance, the chronology of Paul had been discussed based on the Book of Acts long ago, then the Delphi Inscription is found in the 20th century in the Temple of Apollo. And guess what.. it confirms it and totally dates his trial in Corinth, which helps reaffirm the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. The same date range is independently estimated from the writings of Josephus on the Baptist's death. And it fits Isaac Newton's astronomical models for the crucifixion date as well as the independent lunar calculations of Humphreys. As that article shows, all these dates just fit together.
From the bookshelf
This two volume book (with a very apt title) is gem-filled with scholarly research. Paul Maier's article in the first volume is a classic study on the chronology of Jesus and provides a useful summary of a number of issues.
Did you know...
Calendar
This month (July) contains the feast days of
Mary Magdalene, and
James, son of Zebedee.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
This issue was distributed on behalf of Gilderien, current editor of the Ichthus, at 20:46, 30 June 2013 (UTC). Comments and other feedback are always welcome at his talk page.
ICHTHUS |
August 2013 |
From the Editor
Welcome to the August 2013 issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter. We focus on the historical Jesus and reflect on the last month.
The project has another featured picture, The ruins of Holyrood Chapel, a digitisation of an oil-on-canvas painting. Our top-importance article, Jesus, has been nominated for Featured Article status, the discussion can be seen here; Knights of Colombus has also been nominated as a FAC.
Ecgbert (bishop) and Church architecture in Scotland have both this month achieved Good Article status.
Our project had several of its articles featured in the main page DYK section, including Hinckley Priory, Little Chapel, St Peter's Church, Ropsley, Chip Ingram, St John the Evangelist's Church, Corby Glen, Great George Street Congregational Church, St Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill and Bunge church.
Our thanks go to all of those who have worked to achieve these article milestones.
Church of the month
This image, of Maillezais Cathedral and created by Selbymay was this month promoted to featured picture status.
Membership report
We would like to welcome our newest members,
Thechristophermorris,
Psmidi and
Jchthys. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the
Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
Focus on...
THE
HISTORICAL JESUS
What was Jesus like? What did he preach? Did he claim to be the Messiah? Did he predict an apocalypse? What can we know about him outside a religious context? The Historical Jesus article discusses what can be known about Jesus with various degrees of probability. While scholars agree on the over all flow and outline of Jesus' life (his baptism by John, debated Jewish authorities, healings, and his crucifixion by Pilate) they have built various and diverging portraits of the rest of his life. These range from minimalist portraits that accept very little of the gospel accounts to maximalists who accept most of the accounts as historical.
The portraits of Jesus have at times been unwitting reflections of the researchers themselves, and Crossan once quipped that some authors "do autobiography and call it biography". However, the study of historical Jesus has made one thing clear: there is so much to learn about Jesus that the more one looks, the more there is to discover.
From the bookshelf
In this book Maurice Casey not only draws on his special expertise in the Aramaic traditions and the Q source, but provides a comprehensive review of the various approaches to the historical Jesus.
Did you know...
Calendar
This month we celebrate the feasts of
St Lawrence,
St Bernard, and
St Augustine.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
-- Gilderien Chat| What I've done 22:11, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Remember this one? I noticed that you commented on the article's talk page way back in 2006. I have begun efforts to expand the article, possibly for a future DYK entry if it can be expanded five-fold. If interested, feel free to collaborate/expand the article. Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 09:34, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello Chensiyuan, I'm writing an article about Gerry Saurer, an Austrian coach of the Kenya national football team. For some reason there is an article about him in Berita Harian about him resigning (if Google Translator is right). Part of the text of the news article can be found at newspapers.nl.sg (Jurulatih dipecat p. 15), but a few words a missing. The full text can be only viewed from the multimedia stations at NLB Libraries (according to this site). Would you be so kind to translate that short article for me or even look up the missing part? I'd be very grateful. ElRaki ( talk) 14:43, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
From your previous userpage, I understand that you are in the legal profession. You may be aware that a group of SMU students have produced many high-quality articles about Singaporean constitutional and administrative law. The articles deserve consideration for GA status and I intend to nominate them. Most should pass and if a nomination is placed on hold I will address concerns that are not of a technical nature. However, could you help with issues that require legal knowledge to address? If so, thanks so much and all the best! -- J.L.W.S. The Special One ( talk) 08:38, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Chensiyuan, Love this picture, I would like to make a personal use of this picture, but wanted to ask you personally if I could use it Nunocarlos ( talk) 20:28, 6 January 2014 (UTC) |
Hi, which picture are you referring to? Chensiyuan ( talk) 01:42, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of Bill Russell know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on February 12, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask Bencherlite ( talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 12, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Bill Russell (born 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player, widely considered one of the best in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Playing center for the Boston Celtics, he was the centerpiece of their dynasty and his shot-blocking and man-to-man defense were major reasons for the team's success. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-Star, he won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career, and jointly holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league. He led the NBA in rebounds four times, and remains second all-time in both total rebounds and rebounds per game. Russell was the first African American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA and the first African American NBA coach. For his accomplishments in the Civil Rights Movement on and off the court, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Russell is a member of three basketball Halls of Fame ( Naismith Memorial, National Collegiate, and FIBA) and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award is named in his honor. He also won a 1956 Olympics gold medal as captain of the U.S. national basketball team. ( Full article...)
UcuchaBot ( talk) 23:01, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I am writing to thank you for making your photograph available for publication through Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. We plan to use the following photograph for inclusion in Harold Kalman, Heritage Planning, to be published in 2014 by Routledge. The image that we plan to use is:
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You will be credited as the photographer in the caption as Chensiyuan, Wikimedia. If you would like to be credited in another way please contact me skicbbc@gmail.com
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On 11 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Ang, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore Andrew Ang worked as a corporate and tax lawyer for 30 years before being elevated to the Bench? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Ang. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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Hi. I was advised that I could seek your help if necessary by referral of Hildanknight. From the LionsXII-related articles, I understand that you have contributed a number of high-quality photos. The article Aleksandar Đurić is currently undergoing a GA review. I was wondering if you currently hold any better quality photos of the player or if you attend any local matches to be able to take one? Thanks. LRD NO ( talk) 05:22, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear Chensiyuan, I believe you are aware of the excellent work that new editor LRD NO has done about local footballers, including Aleksandar Duric, Choo Seng Quee, Daniel Bennett (footballer) and Indra Sahdan Daud. Since you have written many GAs and FAs about footballers (from other countries), I was wondering if you would be interested in a collaboration with him (and me). He would produce most of the content, while we would focus on polishing his contributions and offering him guidance (for example, about researching, prose flow and images). Fortunately, Smuconlaw and I are handling the law articles just fine, otherwise I would be worried about overloading you with this request. -- Hildanknight ( talk) 03:28, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi there,
My name's Ian, I work for a small infographic studio (NeoMam) in Manchester, UK. We're making an infographic about star wars travel locations and would like to use a small version of your image to illustrate one of the items on the list.
We are going to distribute the work under CC-BY-SA 3.0 so I believe it's in line with the licence under which you've released it under.
However we always like to double check these things, it would attributed in the following manner on the graphic:
Tikal Mayan Ruins Temples 1, 2, 3 and 5 / chensiyuan / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / Image has been resized
If you'd like to see examples of this on the graphic, please contact me at my user page and I'll be more than happy to send examples.
Please let me know if this is OK or if you'd like it to be attributed in a different way.
Thanks, Ian
IanMartinIrving00 ( talk) 17:11, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Siyuan,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:1 zhangjiajie huangshizhai wulingyuan panorama 2012.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 21, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-06-21. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 01:22, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Can you please upload some good pictures of Flushing Chinatown? 173.63.177.192 ( talk) 08:20, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi Chensiyuan,
I have just nominated your image as a
Commons:Featured picture candidate. The composition and mood are certainly excellent and I think that it has good chances to be promoted. However, it has rightly been noted that there are some slight quality issues, namely some banding in the sky (meaning that the color transitions are not as smooth as they should be, possibly a compression or stitching issue). Perhaps you could find the time to have a look whether you can fix it.
In any case, I would like to thank you for your great contributions!
Best regards,
--
DXR (
talk) 15:28, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi Chensiyuan,
I'm writing to you again because I have found this panorama of Taipei by you, which I think is very nice but perhaps still a bit improvable. I have nominated it at FPC, but some reviewers have noted that the post-processing applied is perhaps a bit stronger than it should be. I am sure that the view is very deserving of being featured, so maybe you could find the time to rework it a bit, mainly by reducing the added sharpening, which leaves somewhat distracting patterns. Alternatively you could also give me access to the raw files like with the Toledo panorama and I would try to make the adjustments.
All the best, -- DXR ( talk) 11:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to
featured picture status Your image,
File:1 toledo spain evening sunset 2014.jpg, was nominated on
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at
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Hi there, love your photo. Can i print it as a backdrop for my international event? would want people to see the beautiful skyline of singapore. this photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singapore_skyline_at_sunset_viewed_from_Gardens_by_the_Bay_East_-_20120426.jpg Thehannah ( talk) 06:33, 8 April 2015 (UTC) |
Thanks - Gracias . Good Job , good Pictures . EEIM ( talk) 05:24, 1 July 2015 (UTC) |
Hello Chensiyuan,
Your beautiful pictures of Christ the Redeemer and Jiuzhaigou have been included in the Android app Wonders of the World.
You are credited as "Photo: Wikipedia user Chensiyuan, [license type], [link to Wikimedia Commons photograph]". If you would like to change the attribution in a future version, please let us know.
Thank you very much for your contribution!
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{{ WPW Referral}}
Hi, if you are the author of this picure, could you please add an {{
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template to clarify that you are the photographer? Thanks,
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talk) 20:23, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, would you be interested in taking a look at Bootham Crescent, which is up at FAC? Thanks, Mattythewhite ( talk) 13:03, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi Chensiyuan, I would like to use your image of rocinha favela found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_rocinha_favela_closeup.JPG in a brazilian TV serie entitled "Critical Uncertainties". Please email me at teka.carbonell@gmail.com so we can talk a little bit more about my project. Thanks, Teka.-- Teka.carbonell ( talk) 21:30, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you!! -- Teka.carbonell ( talk) 20:51, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I am informing you that I have nominated one of your photos, File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg, to become a featured picture. It is located at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Illuminations Picture. Elisfkc ( talk) 21:49, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Chensiyuan,
Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on December 31, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-12-30. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich ( talk) 00:01, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
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I have once again nominated your file, File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg, to be a featured picture, this time on Wikimedia Commons. -- Elisfkc ( talk) 03:13, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
I noted a gaming community in Singapore used a derivation of one of your photo as a campaign poster which is publicly on google plus but without any attribution to you as the original photographer.
Will you want to seek attribution or ask for a takedown?
-- Xaiver0510 ( talk) 09:36, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hi there. Sorry to bother you. TempleM has a FAC review for Cliff Clinscales running and I did a little bit of copy editing on it. It looks good to me, but one of the other reviewers has some issues with tone, mainly the terminology. I'm no basketball expert so I don't really see the problems, but I looked for other FA basketball players articles and found you (from Tim Duncan). If you'd be willing, I'm sure TempleM would be grateful for some input on what could be improved. Any assistance (even if not a full review) would be appreciated here. Scribolt ( talk) 07:22, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hi
The Canadian Museum of History is preparing a permanent gallery titled: Canadian History Hall. The exhibition will open, July, 2017.
The Museum has identified the following work(s) in your collection which we are seeking authorization to reproduce in the context of the project:
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Hi, Chensiyuan
We (my wife and I) wish to print your image of the Halstatt as a photo wallpaper in our flat. Do you have it in a higher resolution? We plan to print it 205cm x 58cm, so 7360x4912 gives 91dpi only. 12106x8080 (150dpi) would be perfect, but even 9865x6464 (120dpi) would be great. If it is a stitched panorama (is it?) it should not be difficult provided you still have the original photos.
Thank you for your wonderful panoramas, they are really cool!
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您好,关于您的作品使用想和您进一步的沟通,谢谢 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanmm ( talk • contribs) 07:55, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
关于您的一张 张家界武陵源景区的图片 我们想在项目上使用,关于使用版权问题,想和您沟通一下。 由于涉及到项目上的保密问题,是否方便留一下您的邮箱,我们通过邮件沟通。 以下是我的邮箱,如果方便的话可以直接邮箱联系我,谢谢 。823736008@qq.com
Because of the confidentiality of the project, can we communicate the details in the email? Is it convenient to leave your email account? or can contact my email address directly ,823736008@qq.com. Please contact me ,thanks.
关于您的一张 张家界武陵源景区的图片 我们想在项目上使用,关于使用购买版权问题,想和您沟通一下。 由于涉及到项目上的保密问题,是否方便留一下您的邮箱,我们通过邮件沟通。 以下是我的邮箱,如果方便的话可以直接邮箱联系我,谢谢 。823736008@qq.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanmm ( talk • contribs) 03:39, 30 August 2017 (UTC) Because of the confidentiality of the project, can we communicate the details in the email? Is it convenient to leave your email account? or can contact my email address directly ,823736008@qq.com. Please contact me ,thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanmm ( talk • contribs) 05:14, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Chen,
Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:1 toledo spain evening sunset 2014.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on September 25, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-09-25. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich ( talk) 03:36, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Chensiyuan.
As one of Wikipedia's most experienced editors, |
Hello, Chensiyuan.
I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project,
AfC, which is also extremely backlogged. |
ICHTHUS |
April 2018 |
Project News
By
Lionelt
Belated Happy Easter and Kalo Pascha! We're excited to announce the return of our newsletter Ichthus! Getting this issue out was touch-and-go for a while. Check out what's happening at the Project:
Achievements
In March the Project saw four articles promoted to GA-Class. They were the oh-so-irresistible Delilah (nom. MagicatthemovieS) (pictured), Edict of Torda (nom. Borsoka), David Meade (author) (nom. LovelyGirl7) and last but not least Black Christmas (2006 film) (nom. Drown_Soda). Black Christmas? How did that get in there lol? Congratulations to all of the nominators for a job well done!
Did You Know
Nominated by
The C of E
... that some people know Christ the Lord is risen today from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?"
Featured article
Nominated by
FutureTrillionaire
Jesus (7–2 BC to 30–33 AD) is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that a historical Jesus existed, although there is little agreement on the reliability of the gospel narratives and how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus. Most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish preacher from Galilee, was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate. Christians generally believe that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, performed miracles, founded the Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven, from which he will return. The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three Persons of a Divine Trinity. A few Christian groups reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural. In Islam, Jesus is considered one of God's important prophets and the Messiah. ( Full article...)
Help wanted
We're looking for writers to contribute to Ichthus. Do you have a project that you'd like to highlight? An issue that you'd like to bring to light? Post your inquiries or submission here. And if the publication of this issue is any indication, you're in for the ride of a lifetime!
ICHTHUS |
May 2018 |
Project News
By
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Last month's auspicious relaunch of our newsletter precipitated something of an uproar in the Wikipedia community. What started as a localized edit war over censorship spilled over onto the Administrator's Noticeboard finally ending up at Wikipedia's supreme judicial body ArbCom. Their ruling resulted in the admonishment of administrator Future Perfect at Sunrise for his involvement in the dispute. The story was reported by Wikipedia's venerable flagship newspaper The Signpost.
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Four articles in the Project were promoted to GA: Edict of Torda nom. by Borsoka, Jim Bakker nom. by LovelyGirl7, Ralph Abernathy nom. by Coffee and Psalm 84 nom. by Gerda_Arendt. The Psalm ends with "O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee." Words to live by. Please support our members and send some WikiLove to the nominators!
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Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to make contact with the Huaorani people of the rainforest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known as the Aucas, were an isolated tribe known for their violence, both against their own people and outsiders who entered their territory. With the intention of being the first Protestants to evangelize the Huaorani, the missionaries began making regular flights over Huaorani settlements in September 1955, dropping gifts. After several months of exchanging gifts, on January 2, 1956, the missionaries established a camp at "Palm Beach", a sandbar along the Curaray River, a few miles from Huaorani settlements. Their efforts culminated on January 8, 1956, when all five— Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian—were attacked and speared by a group of Huaorani warriors. The news of their deaths was broadcast around the world, and Life magazine covered the event with a photo essay. The deaths of the men galvanized the missionary effort in the United States, sparking an outpouring of funding for evangelization efforts around the world. Their work is still frequently remembered in evangelical publications, and in 2006, was the subject of the film production End of the Spear. ( more...)
Did You Know
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Dahn
"... that, shortly after being sentenced to death for treason, Ioan C. Filitti became manager of the National Theatre Bucharest?"
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... that in 1636, Phineas Hodson, Chancellor of York Minster, lost his 38-year-old wife Jane during the birth of the couple's 24th child?
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The Mortara case was a controversy precipitated by the Papal States' seizure of Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish child, from his family in Bologna, Italy, in 1858. The city's inquisitor, Father Pier Feletti, heard from a servant that she had administered emergency baptism to the boy when he fell sick as an infant, and the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition held that this made the child irrevocably a Catholic. Because the Papal States had forbidden the raising of Christians by members of other faiths, it was ordered that he be taken from his family and brought up by the Church. After visits from the child's father, international protests mounted, but Pope Pius IX would not be moved. The boy grew up as a Catholic with the Pope as a substitute father, trained for the priesthood in Rome until 1870, and was ordained in France three years later. In 1870 the Kingdom of Italy captured Rome during the unification of Italy, ending the pontifical state; opposition across Italy, Europe and the United States over Mortara's treatment may have contributed to its downfall. ( Full article...)
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The Top 7 report
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The big news was the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Top 7 most popular articles in WikiProject Christianity were:
Did you know
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... that the little-known 1758 Methodist hymn " Sun of Unclouded Righteousness" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both Islam and Unitarianism?
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List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events. Predictions of apocalyptic events that would result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the Christian Era. Most predictions are related to Abrahamic religions, often standing for or similar to the eschatological events described in their scriptures. Christian predictions typically refer to events like the Rapture, Great Tribulation, Last Judgment, and the Second Coming of Christ.
Polls conducted in 2012 across 20 countries found over 14% of people believe the world will end in their lifetime, with percentages raging from 6% of people in France to 22% in the US and Turkey. In the UK in 2015, the general public believed the likeliest cause would be nuclear war, while experts thought it would be artificial intelligence. Between one and three percent of people from both countries thought the apocalypse would be caused by zombies or alien invasion. ( more...)
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The sad news was the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. The Top 6 most popular articles about People in WikiProject Christianity were:
... that the first attempt to build the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra resulted in the demolition of the nearly completed structure?
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral is a
Gothic Revival three-spire cathedral in the city of
Cork,
Ireland. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and was completed in 1879. The cathedral is located on the south side of the River Lee, on ground that has been a place of worship since the 7th century, and is dedicated to
Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of the city. It was once in the Diocese of Cork; it is now one of the three cathedrals in the
Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, in the ecclesiastical province of
Dublin. Christian use of the site dates back to a 7th-century AD monastery, which according to legend was founded by Finbarr of Cork. The entrances contain the figures of over a dozen biblical figures, capped by a tympanum showing a Resurrection scene.
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A suicide attack on July 11th claimed by Islamic State (IS) near a church in the Syrian city of Qamishli shows that Christians remain a major target of the terror group. The Top 6 most popular articles about People in WikiProject Christianity were:
When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships is a 1999 book by Eric and Leslie Ludy, an American married couple. After becoming a bestseller on the Christian book market, the book was republished in 2004 and then revised and expanded in 2009. It tells the story of the authors' first meeting, courtship, and marriage. The authors advise single people not to be physically or emotionally intimate with others, but to wait for the spouse that God has planned for them.
The book is divided into five sections and sixteen chapters. Each chapter is written from the perspective of one of the two authors; nine are by Eric, while Leslie wrote seven, as well as the introduction. The Ludys argue that one's love life should be both guided by and subordinate to one's
relationship with God. Leslie writes that God offers new beginnings to formerly
unchaste or
sexually abused individuals.
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The Top 3 most popular articles about People in WikiProject Christianity were:
Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a
novella by
Charles Dickens, first published in London by
Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by
John Leech. The book is divided into five chapters, which Dickens titled "
staves". A Christmas Carol recounts the story of
Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly
miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner
Jacob Marley and the spirits of
Christmas Past,
Present and
Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. (
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“ | Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. | ” |
Romans 12:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
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A Song for Simeon, is a 37-line poem written in 1928 by American-English poet
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is
one of five poems that Eliot contributed to the
Ariel poems series of 38 pamphlets by several authors published by
Faber and Gwyer. "A Song for Simeon" was the sixteenth in the series and included an illustration by
avant garde artist
Edward McKnight Kauffer. The poem's narrative echoes the text of the
Nunc dimittis, a liturgical prayer for
Compline from the Gospel passage. Eliot introduces literary allusions to earlier writers
Lancelot Andrewes,
Dante Alighieri and
St. John of the Cross. Critics have debated whether Eliot's depiction of Simeon is a negative portrayal of a Jewish figure and evidence of
anti-Semitism on Eliot's part.
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“ | May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. | ” |
Psalm 20:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
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The file image link for Dover Castle on your page is unlinked. Please add "File:" to the link for File:1 dover castle aerial panorama 2017.jpg to correct it. :-) 142.116.83.73 ( talk) 03:06, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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I am an employee of Far East Organization, one of the largest private real estate developers in Singapore. I noticed that you are a member of Wikiproject: Singapore and was wondering if you could review Requested Edits to the article, which have been pending since August 4 Here is the link to my proposed changes. Talk:Far East Organization#Request Edits August 2021 Thank you. Myong001 ( talk) 03:59, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello there! I've been working on Saint Lucia's article and believe it's deserving of a good article nomination. However, I haven't contributed to it as much. Since you're the top editor there, you're much more appropriate to give a nomination; so I'm asking if you can review it if you're able to? I'm always available to make changes to the article if necessary, thanks! DSXG Plays ( talk) 22:46, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
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