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| − | This '''Questions''' page is the place to post and answer general questions regarding the work here on '''OrthodoxWiki'''. We hope we can help! For general reference/research questions. please see [[OrthodoxWiki:Reference desk]]
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| − | I don't know about y'all, but I liked the default skin ''without'' the boxes rounded off at the corners. Any chance that could be an option for the default skin? —[[User:ASDamick|{{User:ASDamick/sig}}]] 12:57, 10 Sep 2005 (EDT)
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| − | :Sure, I could put it in as an option, just for you :-). Give me a little time on this though! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
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| − | I just ran across [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia Wikipedia's Spoken Word Project]. Might there be podcasting in our future??? What do you think? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
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| − | ==What to do?==
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| − | Someone (Fr John?) contacted me at Wikipedia and asked me to help out here, but I'm not sure where to start. I've worked on Wikipedia for several years off and one, and it's easy to find things there that need help, but the quality of work I'm seeing here looks much higher, at least at a glance. Is there a ToDo list somewhere, or anything of that sort? [[User:Theophan|Theophan]] 22:20, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)
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| − | ::Hi Theophan, I'm sorry for the delay in finding this message, but I'm glad to see that others took up the ball on this one. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
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| − | Is there a reason that all the timestamps show as CST, even though preferences are set to another time zone? - [[User:Magda|magda]] 10:14, 18 Mar 2005 (CST)
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| − | ::Hmm... Server time is set to CST, as well as the wiki default (since I'm in Chicago). Maybe to keep all the timestamps in order, they go for the default instead of you local preferences??? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 14:29, 18 Mar 2005 (CST)
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| − | I was reading an [http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=528950 article] about the recent synod in Turkey, and came across the word ''diptych''. I asked my husband about it and he said this usage refers to the commemoration of the Patriarchs, who usually co-commemorate each other (as each local church commemorates the bishop, metropolitan, patriarch, etc.). Any idea why this is called a ''diptych''? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 11:53, 25 May 2005 (CDT)
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| − | :Hi magda, the [[wikipedia:diptych|Wikipedia article]] says "A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. These objects were quite popular in the ancient world, since they could record notes and measure time and direction." I assume this was just the commonest medium upon which the names of those commemorated were written.
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| − | :As a side note, this page seems to be for OrthodoxWiki related questions. Maybe we should move it to a general Orthodoxy q and A page, kind of like Google Answers? Any more ideas on how to best structure this? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
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| − | ==Troparia and other prayers for Saints' entries?==
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| − | Given that this Wiki is unabashedly Orthodox, would it be acceptable to try to have appropriate liturgical prayers in each Saint's entry?
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| − | :Oops, that was from me [[User:Dogface|Dogface]] 23:02, December 4, 2005 (CST)
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| − | : Certainly! We wouldn't want to put the whole akolouthia in, though, just perhaps the [[troparion]] and [[kontakion]], along with a brief excerpt from some other major text from the feast. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 06:30, December 5, 2005 (CST)
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| − | ::The more the better, as far as I'm concerned -- maybe the Troparion and Kontakion in the entry, as Dcn. Andrew suggested, and then more extensive texts links. We'll just need to make sure we have permission to post whatever texts we do post -- that's very important. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}
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| − | ==Calendar of Saints==
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| − | I made a couple of entries on Saints, however I don't know how to put links to the articles in the calendar. How should I do this? - [[user:Silentchapel|Silentchapel]]
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| − | :[[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (Church Calendar)]] says to just edit the template for the date. So for [[February 18]] edit [[Template:February 18]]. Hope this helps. - [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 15:26, April 26, 2006 (CDT)
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| − | =="You have new messages" flag==
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| − | The new messages flag keeps displaying even after I've read the new message on my talk page. It keeps displaying even after I've logged out and logged back in. And it keeps displaying even when I log in later on on my other computer. Normally, the message flag should go off once the new message has been retrieved for the first time. That's certainly how it happens on other sites that use the same wikisoftware, e.g., Wikipedia. --[[User:Aquarius Rising|Aquarius Rising]] 17:49, April 26, 2006 (CDT)
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| − | ::Not sure what's happening here. I haven't seen problems like this before. Have you clicked the "View new messages" link directly yet? Have you tried to refresh your browser? Not sure what else to say! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 22:38, April 26, 2006 (CDT)
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| − | :::I have logged in after several days absence, and there is still a new messages flag regarding those earlier, already read messages. And I did click the view new messages link directly. It's weird. I have never experienced this glitch on Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia or any other wiki site that uses the same software. --[[User:Aquarius Rising|Aquarius Rising]] 08:46, May 4, 2006 (CDT)
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| − | ==Deleting Articles?==
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| − | Um, is there any way I can delete an article? I missnamed a couple, so their deletation would be appreciated. [[User:Silentchapel|Silentchapel]]
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| − | ::Hi Silentchapel,
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| − | ::You can ask any [[Special:Listusers&group=sysop|sysop]] for help, and let them know the title of the page. Please be aware that some check in more often than others. You can also (as you discovered!) just leave a note on this page too. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}
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| − | :::Thanks Father! Well, the articles that should be deleted are [[Prophet Habbakuk]] (real article is [[Habbakuk]]) and [[Cosmas of Jerusalem]] (real article is [[Cosmas the Hymnographer]]). Sorry for causing all the trouble, it is just so fun to improve wiki. :->
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| − | :::: Done. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 20:42, April 27, 2006 (CDT)
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| − | ==Stub==
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| − | Hmm, I've been having repeated problems with making pictures I've uploaded into stubs in my articles. Please see [[Edict of Milan]], and then tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong! Thanks so much. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 11 May, 2006, 12:46 (CST)
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| − | :Try "thumb" instead. :) Again, good work on the article! (Don't worry. The wiki syntax takes a little while to get used to.) {{User:Magda/sig}} 12:51, May 11, 2006 (CDT)
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| − | :Hmm, that deserves a "duh" response. Don't I feel like a complete idiot! Ah, well, it's good for my sense of humility. Thanks again. I see you also did some minor but quite useful editing. I'm learning. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 15:02, May 11, 2006 (CST)
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| − | ==Calendar links==
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| − | Sorry if someone already asked this, but I wouldn't it be more logical for calendar entries only to contain links for actual Saint entries, as opposed to Saints and a large number of links that tend to lead to [[Saint titles]] article? For example, if someone wanted to read on St. Theodore the Sanctified, the entry looks like this: [[Saint]] [[Theodore the Sanctified]], the [[disciple]] of [[Venerable]] [[Pachomius the Great]]. Depending on where the person clicks (on name or title) it will lead to two different articles, and somoene who isn't proficient at using OrthodoxWiki probably wouldn't know that seemingly one link leads to two different articles. [[User:Silentchapel|Silentchapel]]
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| − | :Well, when we were starting to put the calendar pages together, we had more pages for the title kinds of things than for the hagiographical articles. Also, many of the titles themselves may provoke curiosity, for instance "venerable": I found out why some saints are called that when I was working on the calendar. Because the calendar templates are viewed on the main page, it seemed that they should be accessible to the broadest number of people, including those who do not know what a saint is. I tried to make sure that the titles were only linked once per day. Perhaps there should be another way of emphasizing the names of the saints of the day? {{User:Magda/sig}} 07:36, May 18, 2006 (CDT)
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| − | ==skete.com==
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| − | Hmm, I'm trying to use an icon from skete.com, but they have the site locked so that you can't right click on the images and pull up a menu to save it to the hard drive. Basically, I can't put it on my computer, so I can't upload it and post it here. What am I missing about how everyone else managed to upload the skete images? [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 10:38, 23 May, 2006 (CDT)
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