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==Synopsis==
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A wiki website is a site that allows users to add content, as on an internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. There are a number of wiki websites related to [[Christianity]].
  
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The history of wiki websites specifically related to [[Christianity]] is much more recent than that of wikis in general. One of the criticisms that adherents to various religious groups have had to wikipedia is that in attempting to maintain a neutral point of view, some of the teachings of their religion can be "watered-down" or altered. These critics also state that the neutral point of view is in the eye of the beholder. The first religious wiki was [http://clublet.com/c/c/why? Why Clublet]. Currently the largest Christian wikis include [[Theopedia]], WikiChristian and [[OrthodoxWiki]].
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===Reasons Underlying the Development of Christian Wikis===
  
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The first wiki was set up by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Wikipedia, the most well known wiki website, was started in 2001, and currently contains millions of articles. It contains thousands of articles related to [[religion]]. One of the criticisms that adherents to various religious groups have however is that in attempting to maintain a neutral point of view, some of the teachings of their religion can be "watered-down" or altered. These critics also state that the neutral point of view is in the eye of the beholder. In response to some of these criticism, explicitly [[Christian]] wiki websites have been set up. Some of these Christian wikis, like OrthodoxWiki and Theopedia, are devoted to a particular Christian denomination or theological slant whereas others, like WikiChristian, are open to a wider diversity of views.
  
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===History of Christian Wikis===
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* [[WikiChristian]]
 
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* [[Theopedia]]
 
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* [[OrthodoxWiki]]
 
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* [[Wikible]]
 
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* [[Christian Knowledge Base]]
 
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* [[CreationWiki]]
 
  
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The first Christian wiki was Clublet, begun by Richard Drake in 2000.
  
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Another early Christian wiki was Compass, which was set up by Richard Hall in early 2001. This is no longer online.  
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* [http://www.ApologeticsWiki.com Apologetics Wiki]
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* [http://www.biblestudywiki.com Bible Study Wiki]
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In late 2004 WikiChristian was set up as a non-denominational wiki for Christianity.  
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* [http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Main_Page Bible Wiki]
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* [http://biblewiki.net/Bible_Wiki:About Bible Wiki Net]
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Other wikis developed in early 2005 including Orthodox Wiki (for [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]) and Theopedia (for Reformed Protestantism).
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* [http://christianity.wikia.com/ Christianity Knowledge Base]
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* [http://theconnexion.net/compass/index.php/WikiNode Compass]
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In 2006 and 2007 there was a brief explosion of Christian wikis, particularly "Bible" wikis dedicated to Biblical Christianity, such as Wikible. Most of these wikis have since disappeared because of lack of interest by web-users.
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* [http://meta.jesus-wiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Christianity Meta Wiki]
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* [http://www.creationwiki.net/ CreationWiki]
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On August 23, 2009, Robert Pierce ([[User:Master Frederique|Master Frederique]]) founded LifeMusic Wiki, a database on Christian music. It is now the largest Christian music wiki and the second largest Christian wiki.
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* [http://www.faithpedia.co.uk Faithpedia]
 
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* [http://www.justsixdays.co.uk/site4/ J6Pedia]
 
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* [http://jesus-wiki.org Jesus-Wiki]
 
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* [http://mormonwiki.org/ MormonWiki Org]
 
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* [http://openbibleproject.org Open Bible Project]
 
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* [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/ OrthodoxWiki]
 
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* [http://theology.wikicities.com Theology Wiki]
 
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* [http://www.theopedia.com/ Theopedia]
 
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* [http://www.tulipedia.org/ Tulipedia]
 
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* [http://www.thebible.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Wiki Bible]
 
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* [http://www.wikible.org/en Wikible]
 
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* [http://www.wikicath.org/ WikiCath]
 
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* [http://www.wikichristian.org/ WikiChristian]
 
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* [http://crosswire.org/wiki/ the CrossWire wiki]
 
  
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==Main article==
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No Christian wikis have achieved anything like the numerical success of editors that wikipedia has. Currently there are only four English-language Christian wikis that have regular daily users. These are [[Theopedia]], [[OrthodoxWiki]], [[LifeMusic Wiki]], and [[WikiChristian]], WikiChristian being the largest.
  
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A wiki website is a site that allows users to add content, as on an internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content.
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==Quotes==
  
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The first wiki was set up by Ward Cunningham in 1995 [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory].
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:I think Christian wikis need to join forces|From an internet chat forum
  
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Wikipedia was started in 2001.
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==Links==
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As of 2007, Wikipedia has hundreds-of-thousands of articles, and is the most well-known wiki website and is a testimony to the effectiveness of wikis in allowing exchange of information through collaborative effort. It contains thousands of articles related to [[religion]]. One of the criticisms that adherents to various religious groups have however is that in attempting to maintain a neutral point of view, some of the teachings of their religion can be "watered-down" or altered. These critics also state that the neutral point of view is in the eye of the beholder. In response to some of these criticism, explicitly [[Christian]] wiki websites have been set up. The majority of them adhere to a specific Christian [[denomination]] or tradition, including most that claim to be non-specifically "Christian" in nature. They tend to fall into three categories, Online [[Bible]] encyclopedias (of varying completeness and denominational emphases), general Christianity wikis without a specific denominational slant, and wikis devoted to a specific Christian denomination or tradition.
 
  
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===History of Christian wikis===
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===Active Wikis===
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* [http://astorehouseofknowledge.info/ A Storehouse of Knowledge] "the encyclopedia with a biblical worldview."
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* [http://christianity.wikia.com/ Christianity Knowledge Base]
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* [http://www.anabaptistwiki.org The Global Anabaptist Wiki] An interactive community of Anabaptist-Mennonite groups from around the world.
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* [http://heavenmusic.wikia.com/ LifeMusic Wiki]
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* [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/ OrthodoxWiki] An encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity.
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* [http://www.sawiki.net/ SAWiki.net] SAWiki is an online encyclopedia covering all aspects of the Salvation Army.
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* [http://www.textus-receptus.com/w/mediawiki-1.13.2/index.php/Main_Page Textus Receptus] A wiki promoting the Textus Receptus and versions translated from it.
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* [http://www.theopedia.com/ Theopedia] An online encyclopedia of Christianity and Biblical Theology
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* [[Main Page|WikiChristian]] ''(This website)'' An encyclopedia and discussion forum for all Christians to share their faith.
  
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The history of [[Christian wikis]] is much more recent than that of wikis in general.
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===Barely Active Wikis===
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* [http://wiki.faithfutures.org/ Jesus Database] Historical Jesus research.
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* [http://biblestudy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikia Bible Study]
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* [http://www.brethrenpedia.com/Main_Page The Brethren Wiki] Plymouth Brethren
  
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''Is that so? What about http://clublet.com/ , begun by Richard Drake in 2000? Other than the original wiki, it's the earliest public wiki I know of. If this wasn't the second public wiki, what wiki was? If this was the second public wiki, wouldn't that mean that Christian wiki history is older than that of "wikis" in general (other than the original wiki)?''
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===Inactive Wikis===
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* [http://theology.wikia.com/ Theologia] Theology from an ecumenical point of view
  
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One of the earliest Christian wiki was Compass, which was set up by Richard Hall in early 2001. Although still online, this has been essentially empty for a number of years now. In 2004 WikiChristian was set up and was for a time the only Christian wiki that was not specifically denominational. Other wikis developed in early 2005 included Orthodox Wiki (for [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]) and Theopedia (for Reformed Protestantism).
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===Specific Interest Wikis===
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* [http://christianmusic.wikia.com/ Christian Music Wiki]
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* [http://christianrock.wikia.com/ Christian Rock wiki]
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* [http://www.creationwiki.org/ CreationWiki] (Creation Science Wiki Site)
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* [http://www.mormonwiki.org/ MormonWiki.org] (Christian Wiki Reviewing Mormonism)
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* [http://hymnal.oremus.org/ Oremus Hymnal] Anglican hymnal
  
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In more recent times there has been an explosion of Christian wikis, particularly "Bible" wikis dedicated to Biblical Christianity, such as Wikible.
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===Christian Wikis in Non-English Languages===
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* [http://www.kathpedia.com Kathpedia] (German)
  
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No Christian wikis have achieved anything like the numerical success of editors that wikipedia has. There are regular users particularly of Theopedia and OrthodoxWiki, and to a lesser extent WikiChristian, Wikible and Christianity Knowledge Base. Wikible keeps a running talley on the active user population of the different wikis - see [http://wikible.org/en/Christian_wikis Wikible's article on Christian wikis].
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A wiki website is a site that allows users to add content, as on an internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. There are a number of wiki websites related to Christianity.

Reasons Underlying the Development of Christian Wikis

The first wiki was set up by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Wikipedia, the most well known wiki website, was started in 2001, and currently contains millions of articles. It contains thousands of articles related to religion. One of the criticisms that adherents to various religious groups have however is that in attempting to maintain a neutral point of view, some of the teachings of their religion can be "watered-down" or altered. These critics also state that the neutral point of view is in the eye of the beholder. In response to some of these criticism, explicitly Christian wiki websites have been set up. Some of these Christian wikis, like OrthodoxWiki and Theopedia, are devoted to a particular Christian denomination or theological slant whereas others, like WikiChristian, are open to a wider diversity of views.

History of Christian Wikis

The first Christian wiki was Clublet, begun by Richard Drake in 2000.

Another early Christian wiki was Compass, which was set up by Richard Hall in early 2001. This is no longer online.

In late 2004 WikiChristian was set up as a non-denominational wiki for Christianity.

Other wikis developed in early 2005 including Orthodox Wiki (for Eastern Orthodoxy) and Theopedia (for Reformed Protestantism).

In 2006 and 2007 there was a brief explosion of Christian wikis, particularly "Bible" wikis dedicated to Biblical Christianity, such as Wikible. Most of these wikis have since disappeared because of lack of interest by web-users.

On August 23, 2009, Robert Pierce (Master Frederique) founded LifeMusic Wiki, a database on Christian music. It is now the largest Christian music wiki and the second largest Christian wiki.

No Christian wikis have achieved anything like the numerical success of editors that wikipedia has. Currently there are only four English-language Christian wikis that have regular daily users. These are Theopedia, OrthodoxWiki, LifeMusic Wiki, and WikiChristian, WikiChristian being the largest.

Quotes

I think Christian wikis need to join forces|From an internet chat forum

Links

Active Wikis

Barely Active Wikis

Inactive Wikis

  • Theologia Theology from an ecumenical point of view

Specific Interest Wikis

Christian Wikis in Non-English Languages


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