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| − | This is the '''OrthodoxWiki:News''' page, detailing important news about '''OrthodoxWiki''' itself. It is strongly recommended that you [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=watch}} '''add it to your watchlist'''] so that you can keep track of whenever it's updated. New updates will always appear at the top of this page. | + | This is the '''OrthodoxWiki:News''' page, detailing important news about '''OrthodoxWiki''' itself. It is strongly recommended that you [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=watch}} '''add it to your watchlist'''] so that you can keep track of whenever it's updated. New updates will always appear at the top of this page. Old news items will be archived, so headings should not be considered permalinks. |
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| | To see what the newest articles are, see: '''[[Special:Newpages]]'''.<br> | | To see what the newest articles are, see: '''[[Special:Newpages]]'''.<br> |
| | For the most recent changes to articles, see: '''[[Special:Recentchanges]]'''.<br> | | For the most recent changes to articles, see: '''[[Special:Recentchanges]]'''.<br> |
| | For new conversation regarding this project, see: '''[[OrthodoxWiki:Community Portal]]'''. | | For new conversation regarding this project, see: '''[[OrthodoxWiki:Community Portal]]'''. |
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| − | ==November 7, 2005==
| + | * [[OrthodoxWiki:News/Archive 1|Archive 1]], 2005-2011 |
| − | We're happy to announce some feature enhancements for those users who spend a good deal of time on OrthodoxWiki:
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| − | * A new OrthodoxWiki search tool for the default Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape ([http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft]) search bar.<br>Please go to [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/tools/ OrthodoxWiki.org/tools/] to install it with a simple click. | |
| − | * JavaScript customizations are now allowed for individual users. Please see [[OrthodoxWiki:Tools and hacks]] for more information.
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| − | * An [[OrthodoxWiki:User gallery]] helps us see who we're interacting with, sometimes on a daily basis.
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| − | We've also added a list of keyboard shortcuts on the [[OrthodoxWiki:Tools and hacks|Tools and hacks]] page and outlined a variety of search possibilities on [[OrthodoxWiki:Searching]].
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| − | '''We're also requesting [[OrthodoxWiki:Patron saint|nominations for a patron saint for OrthodoxWiki]]. Please help us!'''
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| − | ==November 6, 2005==
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| − | We've recently added a number of MediaWiki extensions to help us deal with persistent spam problems (see [[OrthodoxWiki:Vandalism#Anti-spam_measures]] for details). Additionally, OrthodoxWiki now has the ability to pull in and display external RSS/RDF and Atom newsfeeds -- see [[:Category:Newsfeeds]] for more information and examples.
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| − | ==October 31, 2005==
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| − | We've recently added a [[OrthodoxWiki:Roadmap|Roadmap]] of where we think OrthodoxWiki is headed. Your feedback is welcomed on the discussion page. Also, we've issued some [[OrthodoxWiki:Vandalism|guidelines for dealing with automated vandalism]] and are looking into some other possibilities to protect ourselves more in the future.
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| − | ==October 26. 2005==
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| − | We successfully completed an upgrade to the new version of the MediaWiki software, albeit with some downtime. Also, the end of the [[OrthodoxWiki:Logo_Contest]] was announced -- we won't be accepting new submissions after November 15. New stats will be posted soon on [[OrthodoxWiki:Statistics]].
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| − | ==October 18, 2005==
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| − | A Bulgarian-lanaguage OrthodoxWiki is now in active development. We hope it will be ready for launch be about Christmastime. For more information, please contact [[User:Constantine]].
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| − | ==September 10, 2005==
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| − | Attention! The [[OrthodoxWiki:Logo Contest|OrthodoxWiki Logo Contest]] is now open!
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| − | ==September 8, 2005==
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| − | Recently, I've recently become aware of a number of other related wiki projects which are based on [http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki], just like OrthodoxWiki:
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| − | * [http://wikikto.org WikiKto], a Catholic Wiki (French and English)
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| − | * [http://copticwiki.org CopticWiki] (English)
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| − | * [http://www.wikitau.org WikiTau] (in French)
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| − | * [http://www.jewpedia.com Jewpedia] (French)
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| − | I like WikiKto's bright colorful design. Maybe we could take it as an inspiration for the future? With that in mind, does anyone who is keen at graphics want to donate some time to making OrthodoxWiki sparkle? I found some alternative skins are available [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles here], but maybe it'll be sufficient to take some inspiration from the Wikis above. To this effect, I've lifted the nifty Mozilla-specific CSS from WikiKto which rounds the corners of the boxes on the site. If you're viewing with IE, you're missing out!
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| − | I've also added [[OrthodoxWiki:InterWiki Links|InterWiki Links]] for WikiKto and CopticWiki to make cross references easier.
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| − | - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 12:50, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)
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| − | ==July 15, 2005==
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| − | An official IRC channel has been created for the OrthodoxWiki. The channel is a place for live discussion about work on the wiki. Please feel free to use it as an addendum to wiki discussion via article talk pages.
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| − | Our channel is registered through [http://freenode.net/ freenode] and classifies as a [http://freenode.net/primary_groups.shtml primary], [http://freenode.net/policy.shtml#ontopic on-topic] channel because it is used to primarily talk about official work on the wiki. We are further classified as a [http://freenode.net/policy.shtml#ontopic Web Media] channel, as we are an online community reference site. You can find out more about freenode at [http://freenode.net/faq.shtml their frequently asked questions page].
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| − | For information about how to use IRC, please see the [[OrthodoxWiki:Community_Portal#Internet Relay Chat (or IRC)|Community Portal]].
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| − | ==June 8, 2005==
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| − | We had a few hours of downtime on the site tonight after phpsuexec was set up on the server. We've had a problem locating the exact cause of the incompatibility in the mediawiki script. Because of security considerations, we won't be taking suexec off, so we will have to figure out how to make things work. In the meantime, we've moved OrthodoxWiki to another server that does not have phpsuexec installed at this point. Once we get things straightened out, we're planning to move it back -- but that part should be invisible to the users. As of now, everything is up and running as before.(You'll just notice that change from "www" to "www2" in the url. This is temporary.) Sorry for the inconvenience! - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 23:39, 8 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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| − | ==June 1, 2005==
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| − | '''Competition!''' This just in from http://en.rian.ru/culture/20050601/40451742.html by way of [http://southern-orthodoxy.blogspot.com/2005/06/orthodox-encyclopedia-online.html Fr. Joseph H.]:
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| − | MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - An electronic version of the Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia will shortly appear on the Internet. A resolution was made on that score as three bodies of the Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia ecclesiastical research center-the Observation Council, the Council of Trustees, and the Public Council-held a joint session in Moscow, May 31, His Beatitude Alexis II the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia chairing.
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| − | Information, references and the latest news will make a greater part of materials from the encyclopedia to be offered for free access on the sedmitza.ru, Internet portal of the Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia ecclesiastical research center.
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| − | "The electronic versions will appear as the encyclopedia volumes come out in book form," said the Patriarch.
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| − | Offered to the conferees was an electronic version of Volume One, which concerns Russian Orthodox Church history.
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| − | Ten volumes of the Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia have come out of print for now. The edition is expected to comprise thirty or so.
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| − | ==May 5, 2005==
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| − | '''''Christ is Risen!''''' OrthdoxWiki has received permission to use many of the icons and images from [http://oca.org www.OCA.org]. They can't give blanket permission though, since some of the images on there are copyrighted to a third party. To obtain permission for a particular image, please send a brief request to ''both'' "tocmed at hotmail dot com" and "tocmed at aol dot com". If approved, please include [[Template:oca]] on the image's page by including the following text in the "Summary" field or when you edit the image's entry: '''<nowiki>{{oca}}</nowiki>'''. Many thanks for their contribution to our website beautification effort!
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| − | ==April 21, 2005==
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| − | Because of a recent spam attack which was automated, used multiple IPs and cost one of our Sysops more than half an hour of his life, we've restricted editing to registered users. This also means that those of us who have been lazy, editing without logging in, will have to make sure we're cookied.
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| − | ==March 28, 2005==
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| − | Dr. Carl Rasmussen of [http://www.holylandphotos.org/ Holy Land Photos] has granted '''OrthodoxWiki''' permission to use images from his website. Here is the response received from Dr. Rasmussen, who answered my email inquiry on March 28, 2005:
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| − | : ''Yes, you may use the images as requested up to a maximum of 100 images for your site and with the direct links, etc. that you mention in your email.''
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| − | : ''I hope this will help you in your very worthwhile project. If 100 images is not enough, please contact me again with further information.''
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| − | A [[Template:hlp|template]] has been created for all images that are imported from the site. Be sure to include it when you upload the image by including the following text in the "Summary" field or when you edit the image's entry later: <nowiki>{{hlp}}</nowiki>
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| − | ==March 26, 2005==
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| − | '''OrthodoxWiki''' was moved without incident to a new server.
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| − | ==March 24, 2005==
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| − | Be sure to check out the new '''[[Help:How to write a great article|How to write a great article]]''' page for piles of helpful tips and guidelines for making sure that '''OrthodoxWiki''' articles continue to be what our reputation is already proclaiming them to be.
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| − | Additionally, we welcome all our newly registered editors. Our total count is now over 50!
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| − | ==March 4, 2005==
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| − | [http://www.thehtm.org/ Holy Transfiguration Monastery] of Brookline, Massachusetts, has granted '''OrthodoxWiki''' permission to use the icon images from their website. Here is the response received from Fr. Parthenios, who answered my email inquiry:
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| − | : ''As long as credit is given as you describe, permission is granted. God help you in your pious endeavours.''
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| − | A [[Template:htm|template]] has been created for all images that are imported from their site. Be sure to include it when you upload the image by including the following text in the "Summary" field or when you edit the image's entry later: <nowiki>{{htm}}</nowiki>
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| − | ==February 3, 2005==
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| − | In case you haven't noticed, we have a new design for the [[Main Page]]! Besides being prettier and easier to use, it should also make things a bit easier to maintain. The feasts of the day are dynamically loaded (just New Calendar at this point), and there are also multiple modular sections.
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| − | Another section that should be updated regularly is the '''Featured article'''. If you'd like to suggest a page to be featured, let an [[OrthodoxWiki:Administrators|admin]] know, and we'll take a look at the article and perhaps give it a listing on the front page.
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| − | ==January 13, 2005==
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| − | The fine folks over at [http://www.skete.com/ St. Isaac of Syria Skete] have given '''OrthodoxWiki''' permission to use the icon images from their website. Here is the response received from Stan Kain, their marketing and website manager:
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| − | :''We do not mind if non-commercial websites use "some" of our icon images.''
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| − | :''We do always appreciate a credit or mention and/or link to our website.''
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| − | :''May God bless your good works!''
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| − | A [[Template:Skete.com|template]] has been created for all images that are imported from their site. Be sure to include it when you upload the image by including the following text in the "Summary" field or when you edit the image's entry later: <nowiki>{{skete.com}}</nowiki>
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| − | ==January 11, 2005==
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| − | There's now a [[:Category:Vestments|whole new category]] and set of articles dedicated to [[vestments]]. There's plenty of work there to be done expanding the current articles and adding some new ones. See [[vestments]] for links that need filling, and consider tracking down some usable images, as well. Also see the related [[:Category:Liturgics]].
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| − | A whole new set of possibilities is opened up at [[Holy Scripture]], as well. We'll need articles on every book of the Bible and some fleshing out on the main article itself.
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| − | Thanks for all your work so far!
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| − | ==January 7, 2005==
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| − | '''Merry Christmas! Blessed Theophany! Happy New Year!'''
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| − | Work continues apace, and massive expansion is occurring in multiple categories, thanks to our multiple new contributors. In the past few weeks, we've significantly simplified and organized the [[Main Page]], which should make the site a good bit more usable and attractive. Additionally, for examples of some of the more developed articles we've been working on, see: [[Mount Athos]], [[Lindisfarne]], [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], [[Autocephaly]], [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]] and [[Iona]].
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| − | We're also working on the individual days on the [[Church Calendar]], with much more to do! Take a look at the numerous categories on the [[Main Page]] (or go to [[Special:Categories]]), click around, and see what needs doing. Please also stop by [[Orthodox Church]] and [[Ecumenical Councils]] to flesh out the content in these central articles, and definitely pop in to [[:Category:Saints]], [[:Category:Monasteries]], and [[:Category:Jurisdictions]] to see the growth in those areas.
| + | == Jan 2018 Update == |
| | + | * All OrthodoxWiki sites have been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.30 |
| | + | * The server is now running Debian 9 Stretch |
| | + | * [https://http2.github.io/ http2] enabled |
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| − | We're currently still adding to the [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual]], but its essential structure and a lot of the basic content structure for '''OrthodoxWiki''' are now in place. A lot remains to be done on the meta-side of things, however, especially on the [[Help:Contents|Help]] section.
| + | == May 2016 Update == |
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| − | Thanks to everyone who's helped out so far, and please be sure to bring your friends.
| + | * All OrthodoxWiki sites have been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.26. |
| | + | * The server is now running Debian 8 Jessie |
| | + | * The webserver is now Nginx, with caching and some Google Pagespeed filters enabled. |
| | + | * We are running PHP7 and MariaDB 10 |
| | + | * All web pages are now served over '''https''' using a [https://letsencrypt.org/ Let'sEncrypt] certificate |
| | + | * Mobile version added |
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| − | Your lowly sub-sysop,
| + | [[OrthodoxWiki:Statistics]] has been updated with recent information (still going strong). |
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| − | [[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]]
| + | === Wiki Audit === |
| | + | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:1em;" |
| | + | ! data-sort-type="text" | Lang!!data-sort-type="number"|Articles!!data-sort-type="number"|Total Edits!!data-sort-type="number" |Last Article!!data-sort-type="number"|Total Views |
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| | + | | en||4887||123,519||2016||108,608,607 |
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| | + | | ro||2444||41,597||2015||20,118,675 |
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| | + | | fr||852||4,998||2015||3,992,833 |
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| | + | | mk||688||3,699||2015||2,239,551 |
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| | + | | el||680||20,463||2015||6,529,072 |
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| | + | | ru||414||3,754||2015||1,600,596 |
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| | + | | bg||322||4,581||2011||1,810,460 |
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| | + | | pt||228||2,358||2013||627,913 |
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| | + | | ar||154||3,520||2012||2,075,222 |
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| | + | | es||132||931||2013||982,126 |
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| | + | | it||24||480||2015||304,440 |
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| | + | | tl||9||36||2011||46,104 |
| | + | |} |
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| | + | '''Note:''' The [[OrthodoxWiki:Italiano|Italiano]] (it.orthodoxwiki.org) and [[OrthodoxWiki:Tagalog|Tagalog]] (tl.orthodoxwiki.org, Filipino) wikis have been archived, along with the old [[OrthodoxWiki:Српски|Serbian]] wiki, which had 16 articles.<br> |
| | + | — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit§ion=new talk]) 09:52, May 13, 2016 (UTC) |
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