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Thanks. Look forward to comments - hopefully a few people comment over the following months. --[[User:Graham grove|Graham]] 02:51, 18 October 2008 (PDT) | Thanks. Look forward to comments - hopefully a few people comment over the following months. --[[User:Graham grove|Graham]] 02:51, 18 October 2008 (PDT) | ||
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Kathpedia
May I add Kathpedia to the Wikilist? http://www.kathpedia.com/ We are a German catholic wiki. --Benedikt 00:15, 17 July 2008 (PDT)
- Of course you may. Good luck with it. --Graham grove 00:19, 17 July 2008 (PDT)
- Thx. I thought it would be polite to ask before since it is my first edit on this wiki. --Benedikt 11:32, 17 July 2008 (PDT)
Strength in numbers
WikiChristian slowly continues to grow which is wonderful, as do some other wikis. In the past various people have talked about how to bring about growth in Christian wikis and how to combine them without any resolutions or effective strategies. I wanted to open up the discussion again. As a side note, I notice that Theopedia and OrthodoxWiki are doing really well these days in terms of numbers and articles - so well done to the guys over there! One of the strengths of theopedia and orthodoxwiki are that they are designed for a very specific sub-section of Christianity - Reformed (i.e. Calvinist Protestantism) and Eastern Orthodox. But this is also a one of their weaknesses - they are less open to discussion and allowing views of other Christians to be voiced. Regardless, well done Theopedia and OrthodoxWiki - may God continue to bless your good work. But for those not part of the theopedia or OrthodoxWiki teams this discussion about Christian wikis should stay very much in our focus. Basically I have a few questions that I reckon deserve some consideration and comments over the coming months. Of course, if we really consider Christian wikis important in documenting knowledge about God and what he has communicated and is communicating to the world, then we should also pray about these things...
- Is there a way that the various Christian wikis could combine into one? I know division has been a major feature of Christianity for 2,000 years and so I guess it's asking a lot. Should we even pursue a course of trying to get Christian wikis to combine? There are obvious advantages but what are the disadvantages? If we were to pursue combining then should this be done on a one-by-one basis and how is this done in a way that is respectful?
- Are there ways of attracting more visitors to WikiChristian in the hope that people will begin to contribute more?
- Are there ways of inviting people specifically to help work on WikiChristian? Friends? Advertising? How?
- Are there other Christian wikis out there that we don't know about that are talking about how they can bring about growth?
- How do we encourage contributions with people adding actual content (and not just copying content from elsewhere) rather than just neatening up the wiki? (I'm all for neatening up the wiki and I think it is great the cleaning up that has been happening. I'm also all for getting more and more original content and depth of knowledge and insight into the wiki)
Thanks. Look forward to comments - hopefully a few people comment over the following months. --Graham 02:51, 18 October 2008 (PDT)
- I've recently added Google Adword for ReformedWord.org I think the kinds of people who would use these wiki once they're very good are legion, but the people who want to edit and work on them is much smaller. --Aquatiki 04:26, 18 October 2008 (PDT)
