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

Other Ideas

• Maria of Normanby
• Introduction to Orthodox Christianity
• Museums and Exhibits
• Accessibility issues (e.g. service books in Braille)
• Scandinavian Orthodoxy
• Young Adult Links
• Campus Ministry Links
• Local Histories
• Sermons
• Groups that Call themselves Orthodox
• Orthodoxy and the Environment
• Intentional Communties
• Link Farms
• Orthodox Periodicals
• Orthodox Web Evangelism
• Contemporary Theologians
  • Sergius Bulgakov
  • Alexander Schmemann
  • John S. Romanides
• Sophiology
• Canon Law
• Liturgical English
• Articles on Liturgy
• Brotherhoods
• Profiles of Specific Monasteries
• General Principles of Biblical Interpretation
• Japanese Orthodoxy
• Theophan Noli
• Missions and Evangelism
• The Theotokos
• The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
• Church School resources
• Notable Parish Websites
• Anti-Western Polemics
• Clerical Ranks, Titles, and Awards
• 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:
  • Internet Products and Software (Webhosting, domains, software for churches)
  • Vestments & Church Supplies
  • Icons and Home Items
  • Wood Carving
  • Iconographers

Regional Links

• Asia
• Africa

Orthodoxy in Africa

• Europe
• North America
• South America
• Oceana

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 [1] would be linked to OrthodoxWiki page about that Church (if any exists),
• [2] -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Cyprus and Bartholomew I
• [3] -> link to OrthodoxWiki pages about Church of Jerusalem and Theophilus III, etc.

(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.)

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)