WikiChristian talk:Bible

This page is to discuss how the Bible could best be referenced in WikiChristian and any changes that we should undertake. Please see Bible Changes for the current system that is being implemented.

Some of the pros of the current system that I can see are:

• A verse can be easily displayed on any page simply by typing something like this: {{web_verse|john|1|1}} which will display Template:John 1:1 (WEB) ; different versions and languages can be displayed too, for example {{greek_verse|john|1|1}} will display this: Template:John 1:1 (Greek)

• By editing the verse directly (for example adding links to the verse) the edit will apply on whatever page the verse is displayed
• There can be a main page for each verse or chapter for which a commentary can be written (for example John 1:1)
• There can be individual pages for different versions / translations of the verse or chapter which can contain footnotes about that version (for example John 1:1 (Greek) can have footnotes that show any textual variants for the Greek text - if there happen to be any)

Anyway, these are just some of the positives. I look forward to hearing what other people think and to hearing the cons. --Graham grove 13:53, 22 July 2008 (PDT)

Aquatiki here.

• What versions are important to have here? What versions are affordable/legal? The Greek, Hebrew, Latin, KJV, ASV, YLT and WEB are all free. Do we want all of those?
• There no argument for and many against having tons and tons of pages. Having a page for every version of every verse/chapter/book is unavoidable, but there only need to be a handful of templates to handle all the things we want done.
• Most people know nothing about Greek/Hebrew/Latin, nor do they want to! I am for the sequestering of other forms of verses.
• All these versions can be nicely tucked away in to Namespaces (read this Wikipedia explanation).

--Aquatiki 10:16, 23 July 2008 (PDT)