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::===='''For criticism, please go [[OrthodoxWiki:Meta_Reflections#Can_a_wiki_be_Orthodox.3F_Can_Orthodoxy_be_wikified.3F|here]].===='''
With the spike in content over the past month, OrthodoxWiki This section has experienced a marked rise in visitors from various search engines, especially Google. Some of the more interesting search queries can be found at been moved to its own page: [[OrthodoxWiki:Keyphrases]]. At this point, we're also averaging well over 1500 unqiue visits a month, from at least 50 countries around the world including every continent except Antarctica. As of early February, the top five countries are: the U.S., Austrailia, the Russian Federation, Greece, and Great Britain. Stats for the wiki itself are available at [[Special:Statistics|here]]. *As of March 26th, it looks like we are averaging 200 unique visits a day, which is about 6000 a month. That's a great increase! We're up to '''455''' articles now.*As of April 23rd, we're averaging about 300 visits a day.
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This page is meant to give members of the OrthodoxWiki community and its guests a sense of how OrthodoxWiki is being perceived and received across the web and in the larger Orthodox community.
==Number Three==
According to our [Alexa http://alexa.com] ranking, it looks like OrthodoxWiki might be the #3 site on the Internet for Orthodox Christianity. Check out [[OrthodoxWiki:Statistics]] for more info, and let us know if you think we're mistaken. — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit§ion=new talk]) 11:07, October 2, 2006 (CDT)
==OrthodoxWiki in Print==
* [http://southern-orthodoxy.blogspot.com Fr. Joseph Huneycutt]'s new book, "[http://www.reginaorthodoxpress.com/oneflovondoa.html One Flew Over the Onion Dome]," references OrthodoxWiki (including URLs) a few times in its endnotes. This is the first print reference we know of for the wiki.
==Comments and Quotes, Endorsements and Criticisms==
===They’ve got their own Wiki!===
"They’ve got their own Wiki! I love the internet..." - [http://adreampuppet.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/all-things-orthodox/ Michael Hawkins]
===An Orthodox what?!===
===A New Place to Play===
Like [http://wikipedia.org Wikipedia], [http://www,.orthodoxwiki.org OrthodoxWiki] is a free-content encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to (either by writing new articles or editing existing ones). In the case of OrthodoxWiki, the content is specifically oriented towards Orthodox Christianity. It was started in November, so it is still in the "ground floor" stage of development.
I've fallen in love with this new resource because it appeals to a number of my proclivities--writing, editing, theology, organizing, and technology. Until the Christmas Break ends and I must return to school, I think this will be one of my major diversions. Check it out! - [[User:DcnMatthew|Deacon Matthew]]
::''What do you think he is apologizing for?''
==="Boy. I thought I was up on my obscure jurisdictions..."===
I love the internet!! I get a Google news notice daily for "Orthodox" and "Ukraine". Today, there was an article about an abandoned church in Westchester and a "Bishop Bondi" from the St. Ambrose of Milan Orthodox Church. Hmmm, I thought. So, a little Googling later I find the American Orthodox Catholic Church. Boy. I thought I was up on my obscure jurisdictions. And, so I ended here, reading the article about their group; or what's left of it.
I suspect I will be a regular reader/user here at Orthodoxwiki.
Take care and God bless,
Rick Z.
Dearborn Heights, MI
''From an email received July 13, 2005''
===Awesome!===
"The Orthodox Wiki is awesome." - [http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=45093&hl=orthodoxwiki thedude]
===Pretty neat===
Pretty neat. Lots of information. I hope theologians out there will help contribute new articles. - [http://descant.classicalanglican.net/?p=712 Bred Drell]
===Sailing by...===
Sailing by del.icio.us, I ran into with an pleasant initiative...<br>
... the creation of wiki on the part of the orthodox Christians .<br>
An interesting way to unite past and present.<br>
My best desires for them.<br>
- ''[http://www.geekzone.cl/v1 Geekzone.cl] - "[http://www.geekzone.cl/v1/articulo.php/2006/01/05/cristianos_ortodoxos_crean_su_propio_wiki Cristianos ortodoxos crean su propio WIKI]", with help from Google's autmated translation software.''
:This is very zen!
===It's exciting===
"Let me just say a big thanks to everyone's efforts at OrthodoxWiki. It's exciting to be working with people who have both the skills and commitment to make such a great website to the glory of Jesus Christ!" --[[User:RockOfVictory|J. J.]] 10:05, August 11, 2006
===Fun===
"For a good lot of fun, visit the Orthodox Wiki." - Lee at ''[http://www.kerygma.org/lee/2006/03/orthodoxwiki.htm A Worker in the Vineyard]''
===A valuable tool===
"...it looks like a highly-valuable tool with which to ascertain quick information on the many varying facets of the Eastern Orthodox faith." - Joseph at '''[http://didactic-perspacity.blogspot.com/2006/07/orthodoxwiki.html Didactic Perspacity]'''
===A wonderful resource===
"Glory be to Jesus Christ! Thank you for all the work that you and the rest of the OrthodoxWiki community has done in producing this
wonderful resource. It has served as a great aid to me in my own spiritual life and for that I am grateful." - Clement F. 12/23/06
===Wonderful work===
"Thank you for the wonderful work that you and everyone have done to start the OrthoWiki website. It is such a useful resource and I pray that it will continue to grow." - Saydeh 1/26/07
===Endorsements on [[w:Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/OrthodoxWiki|Wikipedia]]===
* "A well-maintained, informative place and with broad audience and editorship." - [[w:User:mikka|mikka]]
* "OrthodoxWiki isn't an obscure resource" - [[w:User:Critias]]
* "Looks like a quality resource that can only become more notable in the future." -[[w:User:Pmsyyz|Pmsyyz]]
* "This wiki is notable." - [[w:User:Yuckfoo|Yuckfoo]]
A list of Wikipedia articles linking to [[w:OrthodoxWiki|Wikipedia's article on OrthodoxWiki]] can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=OrthodoxWiki here].
===From [http://wikiindex.com WikiIndex]===
* "Vibrant" [http://www.wikiindex.com/OrthodoxWiki]
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==Recent Off-Site Buzz==[https://www.google.com/search?q=orthodoxwiki%20-site%3Aorthodoxwiki.org&tbs=qdr%3Ay&rct=j Tailored Google search][[Category:Newsfeeds]] ==More Off-site Discussion==* http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php?topic=9243
* http://homepage.mac.com/gthurman/iblog/C735571802/E1743762675/
* http://www.christianforums.com/t1187900-orthodox-wikipedia.html
* http://www.worldprayer.us/bible/christian/102948-Orthodox-Christianity-Wiki.html
* http://byzantinecalvinist.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_byzantinecalvinist_archive.html#111252983278750595 - "A new on-line encyclopaedia"
* http://thebereans.net/forum/index.php?topic=4668.msg131347#msg131347 - Causing confusion about the "Eighth Ecumenical Council"!
==Simple Reverse Links / Listings==
* http://www.annunciation.va.goarch.org/links.php - Fr. Poulos' recommended links, from Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Norfolk, VA
* http://www.greeklaws.com/fora/index.php?showtopic=17658&st=56&#entry167979 (in Greek)
* http://www.zeitun-eg.org/ThBibInformatics_idx.htm (under 'Selected Web URIs')
* http://stjrussianorthodox.com/miscellaneous.htm
* http://www.annunciation.va.goarch.org/links.php (A "Fr. Poulos recommended link")
* http://www.noeticspace.com/ ("Just because I like it")
* http://www.pashitta.com/
* http://thrustofgrace.blogspot.com/
* http://www.ntom.org/ - North Texas Orthodox Missions
* [http://www.pelican-consulting.com/solisust.html Solidarity and Sustainability]
* [http://www.zeitun-eg.org/ThBibInformatics_idx.htm Theological & Biblical Informatics]
* [http://brianbork.blogspot.com Head full of sermons, mouth full of spiders]
* http://www.stnicholaspunchbowl.org.au - Orthodox Education Links
* '''and many more...'''
* http://www.explore-biography.com/religious_figures/J/John_Climacus.html - [[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]
* http://www.christianforums.com/t1481360-western-rite-orthodox.html&page=2 - [[Western Rite]]
* http://www.vita-religiosa.de/kirchita.htm - [[Timeline of Church History]]
* http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/orthlink.htm - [[Church of Alexandria]]
* http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/g/gr/greek_old_calendarists.htm - Lifted from Wikipedia
* http://www.stjamesok.org/ - Link to [[May_5]]!
* [http://cblankens.blogspot.com/2005/11/annual-womens-retreat-nov-11th-and.html http://cblankens.blogspot.com] - [[Protection_of_the_Holy_Virgin_Monastery_(Lake_George,_Colorado)]]
* [http://del.icio.us/zeplum?page=2] - [[Harold of England]] showing up in someone's [http://del.icio.us del.icio.us] links. Click [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=orthodoxwiki here] for more!
* [http://www.fyodordostoevsky.com/yabbse/index.php?action=search2 The Dostoyevsky Forum] - [[Apocatastasis]] and others (a discussion about purgatory)
:''This list is by no means exhaustive!''
==OrthodoxWiki Statistics==
==Search Rankings==
::'''Update:''' As of April 23, 2005 we're listed as # '''1,156,383''' on the web. That's great progress!
::'''Update:''' Magda pointed out that we've passed the million mark on Alexa - that means OrthodoxWiki is in the top million websites for traffic on the web - right now we're at 817, 773 [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/related_links?q=&url=orthodoxwiki.org] - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 12:37, 27 Jul 2005 (EDT)
::'''Update:''' I just noticed that we're passed the half-million mark at 465,624. Looks like we're moving quickly through the ranks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 23:49, November 23, 2005 (CST)
==OrthodoxWiki is being used in many different ways==
'''May 24, 2006'''
Just ran across a [http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/cgi-bin/newsviews.cgi/Islam/New_Martyrs_of_the_.html magazine news article] which references OrthodoxWiki.
'''May 22, 2005'''
This month I'd like to comment on how people are using OrthodoxWiki. It seems that Heath at [http://lamented_elegy.blogspot.com/ lamented_elegy.blogspot.com] has taken to linking every possible OrthodoxWiki word in his blog posts. I'm sure our Google ranking will skyrocket as a result!
I've also been noticing cases of [http://altlab.com/hotlinking.html hotlinking]. Now this isn't necessarily wrong or immoral, but if the site continues to grow this could [http://www.alistapart.com/articles/hotlinking/ eat up a lot of bandwidth] and prove a headache for our host, [http://www.orthodoxinternet.com/hosting/?rp=2 OrthodoxInternet.com]. I'd also like to respect those who have given us permission to use their images ''on this site''. Therefore, I'm going to nip this in the bud - as of November 20, 2005 hotlinking has been disabled. Please see [[OrthodoxWiki:Hotlinks]] for details.
We continue to see OrthodoxWiki popping up on a lot of linklists ([http://www.orthodoxytoday.org www.orthodoxytoday.org], http://stromata.typepad.com/, http://byzantinecalvinist.blogspot.com/), casually linked in blog posts (witness [http://vandrona.blogspot.com/2005/05/christ-is-risen.html vandrona.blogspot.com/2005/05/christ-is-risen.html]), and showing up in forum discussions ([http://www.christianforums.com/t1648600-modern-nestorians.html&page=5 www.christianforums.com/t1648600-modern-nestorians.html&page=5]).
I've been surprised to learn how many places there are who steal (well, it's public, so not exactly stealing) Wikipedia's content for their own financial gain ([http://mongoose.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Christianity mongoose.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Christianity]) or otherwise derive benefit from linking to OrthodoxWiki ([http://www.religiousartifacts.com/exitpage/Religion.php?st=user&term=orthodoxwiki www.religiousartifacts.com/exitpage/Religion.php?st=user&term=orthodoxwiki]). On the other hand, OrthodoxWiki is also showing up in search engines which seem more reputable but are simply off the beaten track (such as [http://www.answers.com/1054%20Schism Answers.com]).
Given the nature of the internet, we shouldn't be suprised that OrthodoxWiki is being linked around the world - for example,in the [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_orthodoxe_de_Constantinople#Liens_externes French language Wikipedia], or on [http://www.ortodoks.dk/links.htm this Danish page]. I was honored also to see a referral link from [http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/ref/index.php?title=Eastern_Orthodoxy www.baghdadmuseum.org], which looks to be a well-skinned implementation of MediaWiki.
I haven't been keeping track of new memberships too closely (Rdr. Andrew does a wonderful job at that), but I've noticed a lot of new names popping up.
All (well, at least most) of these are very encouraging signs for OrthodoxWiki. All I can think of to say here is: ''Keep up the good work, everyone!'' - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
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