OrthodoxWiki:Suggestions

This Suggestions page is for requests for new articles (requests for help with in-progress articles should be posted on OrthodoxWiki:Help wanted). You can post new suggestions here or click on the current ones and begin the work.

If you're stumped for ideas, take a look at Relevant Wikipedia Articles and the Special:Wantedpages list.

Sample suggestions for future development

Categories for Development

• Category:Church Fathers
• Category:Church History
• Category:Ecumenism
• Category:Liturgical Texts and Translations
• Category:Jurisdictions
• Category:Saints
• Category:Monasteries
• Category:Scripture
• Category:Icons
• Category:Parish Resources
• Category:Bishops (biographies)
• Category:Orthodox Folk Traditions

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• Maria of Normanby
• Introduction to Orthodox Christianity
• Museums and Exhibits
• Accessibility issues (e.g. service books in Braille)
• Scandinavian Orthodoxy
• Young Adult Links
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• Local Histories
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• Groups that Call themselves Orthodox
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• Brotherhoods
• Profiles of Specific Monasteries
• General Principles of Biblical Interpretation
• Japanese Orthodoxy
• Theophan Noli
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• The Theotokos
• The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
• Church School resources
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• Anti-Western Polemics
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• Major resource sites
• Byzantine Notation
• Liturgical Music
• Best Byzantine Chant CDs
• John Climacus
• Gregory of Nyssa
• Origen
• Holy fire
• Series of articles on "what you need to bring" for a particular sacrament (if you're the parent, godparent, priest, etc.) including links or full text of the service; these could focus on how the items (baptismal gown, wedding crowns) are used in the ceremony and what they mean, perhaps eventually getting their own articles

• Marketplace:
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  • Vestments & Church Supplies
  • Icons and Home Items
  • Wood Carving
  • Iconographers

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• Asia
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• Europe
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Suggestion for a 'Latest Church news' feature on OrthodoxWiki homepage

The items under this rubric would be linked to relevant entries in OrthodoxWiki, for example:

• a news item about the new primate of the Malankara Church would be linked to OrthodoxWiki page about that Church (if any exists),
• Battle of the Bishops (Cyprus) -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Cyprus and Bartholomew I,
• Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem appeal to High Court against government refusal of recognition -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Jerusalem and Theophilus III,
• etc.

Format: each listed news item will have a short ~20-word description allowing links to relevant entries from OrthodoxWiki, besides a link to the original news source for full details. For example:

4 Nov 05: His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visits 'Economist' HQ in London and the London School of Economics and Political Sciences; states that Ecumenical Patriarchate could be Europe's bridge with Islam (original news sources: ana.gr (1), ana.gr (2))

Update frequency: ideally daily, but perhaps every 2-3 days or weekly to reduce the burden of editing/updating it

Possible sources: official Church pages, Christian newsagencies, and news aggregators like http://news.google.com (search using suitable keywords, e.g., http://news.google.com/news?&q=bartholomew%20ecumenical - http://news.google.com/news?&q=alexy%20II - http://news.google.com/news?&q=orthodox+church )

Pros: dynamic content that adds life and "up-to-the-minute" currency to OrthodoxWiki; increases visitor retention/repeat visitors' rates; fosters/encourages the building of a strong online community; raises readers' awareness/presents them with an 'agenda for specific prayers' about the universal Church (Church around the world), the one Body of Christ, and the daily affairs and concerns of fellow Christians worldwide, not just in the West or in the country where one lives

Cons: time and deication needed to maintain it

Ideas

Hi, the best way to do this would be to simply include RSS feeds from a few different news sources. I have this set up, in a very basic way, at www.orthodoxnewswire.com. Let me check into the possibilities for doing this on OWiki. I'm not sure this feature is available yet, but hopefully in the future. I don't think it makes sense to do this manually. Fr. John

Update: This has been implemented at Orthodox news. Fr. John 23:36, November 29, 2005 (CST)