https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy&feed=atom&action=historyUser:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy - Revision history2024-03-29T15:03:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy&diff=79050&oldid=prevASDamick: /* My Rules of Thumb */2008-12-20T20:53:10Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">My Rules of Thumb</span></span></p>
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</table>ASDamickhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy&diff=79049&oldid=prevASDamick: /* A Current Events Log */2008-12-20T20:49:15Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">A Current Events Log</span></span></p>
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</table>ASDamickhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy&diff=78996&oldid=prevASDamick: /* This is an Encyclopedia, Not... */2008-12-19T02:21:58Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">This is an Encyclopedia, Not...</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>OrthodoxWiki is thus a presentation of people, places, things and events that have made their place in Orthodox Christian history.  It is not a vehicle for people hoping to make history, but for third-party writers to summarize information about subjects that are genuinely notable.  Your local parish, your parish priest, and your pet theories on Scriptural interpretation are all most likely not of much historical note (yet).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>OrthodoxWiki is thus a presentation of people, places, things and events that have made their place in Orthodox Christian history.  It is not a vehicle for people hoping to make history, but for third-party writers to summarize information about subjects that are genuinely notable.  Your local parish, your parish priest, and your pet theories on Scriptural interpretation are all most likely not of much historical note (yet).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Detailing all the rubrics specific to a particular service or part of a service is a fine pursuit... for a service book.  OrthodoxWiki is not a service book.  Only a general description of rubrics is ever necessary, particularly because OrthodoxWiki's reach is intended to be universal.  Chances are that the rubrics in your service book only represent one strand of the vast tapestry of liturgical traditions (note the plural!) which make up Orthodox Christian liturgical practice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Detailing all the rubrics specific to a particular service or part of a service is a fine pursuit... for a service book.  OrthodoxWiki is not a service book.  Only a general description of rubrics is ever necessary, particularly because OrthodoxWiki's reach is intended to be universal.  Chances are that the rubrics in your service book only represent one strand of the vast tapestry of liturgical traditions (note the plural!) which make up Orthodox Christian liturgical practice.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A lot of people came here before you and will come after.  Every one of them, so long as they abide by [[OrthodoxWiki:Policy|policy]], has the right to change what you've contributed.  No article is "yours."  There's a community here, and like any community, it has a hierarchy.  It has its elders and its babies.  It has its crazy old men and its charming young women.  It has its cantankerous diehards and its destructive vandals.  There's room for them all (except the vandals, of course).</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>ASDamickhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy&diff=71935&oldid=prevASDamick: /* My Rules of Thumb */ rearrangement, expansion2008-06-19T03:48:14Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">My Rules of Thumb: </span> rearrangement, expansion</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Some subjects are always notable''':  [[bishop]]s, [[synod|councils]], [[heresy|heresies]], [[saint]]s.  Your local parish priest or parish church most likely does not qualify for inclusion in an encyclopedia, no matter how important they are to you personally.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Some subjects are always notable''':  [[bishop]]s, [[synod|councils]], [[heresy|heresies]], [[saint]]s.  Your local parish priest or parish church most likely does not qualify for inclusion in an encyclopedia, no matter how important they are to you personally.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''It is better to delete an article than to wait for it to improve.'''  Experience has taught me that it is extremely rare that what is essentially a [[Help:Stub|stub]] will ever expand beyond that status, once a few days have passed from its first appearance.  Don't believe me?  Check out [[:Category:Stubs]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''It is better to delete an article than to wait for it to improve.'''  Experience has taught me that it is extremely rare that what is essentially a [[Help:Stub|stub]] will ever expand beyond that status, once a few days have passed from its first appearance.  Don't believe me?  Check out [[:Category:Stubs]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''It is better not to start an article at all''' than to contribute a massive number of articles hoping that you or someone else will eventually fill them out.  Don't believe me?  Check out [[:Category:Stubs]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''It is better not to start an article at all''' than to contribute a massive number of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">low-content or no-content </ins>articles hoping that you or someone else will eventually fill them out.  Don't believe me?  Check out [[:Category:Stubs]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Presentation matters''' from the moment you first click '''"Save page"'''.  There's a reason that '''''Your changes will be visible immediately''''' is printed right below the editing box.  If you want a scratch pad, use the [[OrthodoxWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]] or your personal userspace.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Presentation matters''' from the moment you first click '''"Save page"'''.  There's a reason that '''''Your changes will be visible immediately''''' is printed right below the editing box.  If you want a scratch pad, use the [[OrthodoxWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]] or your personal userspace.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#'''Keep it concise and straightforward.''' Flowery and effusive language can be great when writing poetry, hagiography, purple prose, advertisements, etc., but it is the bane of an encyclopedia.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''People with an agenda usually ruin the wiki''' or at least attempt to do so.  A few actually become normal, useful editors who contribute good articles.  Most either end up storming off in a huff or getting banned for refusing to play nice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''People with an agenda usually ruin the wiki''' or at least attempt to do so.  A few actually become normal, useful editors who contribute good articles.  Most either end up storming off in a huff or getting banned for refusing to play nice.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#'''People who don't want anyone altering their contributions usually ruin the wiki''' or at least attempt to do so.  A few actually become normal, useful editors who contribute good articles.  Most either end up storming off in a huff or getting banned for refusing to play nice.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Most people think what they're used to is "normal" and "standard."'''  This typically results in parochialisms getting writ large into articles.  This can be cured with a little research and may even result in personal growth in humility!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Most people think what they're used to is "normal" and "standard."'''  This typically results in parochialisms getting writ large into articles.  This can be cured with a little research and may even result in personal growth in humility!</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Oldbies usually know more than newbies''', at least regarding how best to contribute to OrthodoxWiki.  This rule is really true in almost anything in life, but it's been [[w:Eternal September|enshrined on the Internet for years]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Oldbies usually know more than newbies''', at least regarding how best to contribute to OrthodoxWiki.  This rule is really true in almost anything in life, but it's been [[w:Eternal September|enshrined on the Internet for years]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#'''Respecting the [[OrthodoxWiki:Administrators|administration]] is always a fine idea''' and helps keep the [[OrthodoxWiki:Disciplinary policy|disciplinary policy]] a dusty little page that no one ever looks at.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''No one is out to get you''', nor are they out to censor "the truth," however you might define that.  We're just trying to write an encyclopedia.  If you're out to Expose the Truth and Show Everyone, you may wish to consider trying something besides encyclopedia writing.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''No one is out to get you''', nor are they out to censor "the truth," however you might define that.  We're just trying to write an encyclopedia.  If you're out to Expose the Truth and Show Everyone, you may wish to consider trying something besides encyclopedia writing.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#A corollary to the above rule is that '''it's always good to take wiki-breaks''', especially when you feel like someone is out to get you.  It's also entirely possible that your work really does need a lot of work.  Consider the possibility that you may not be perfect.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#A corollary to the above rule is that '''it's always good to take wiki-breaks''', especially when you feel like someone is out to get you.  It's also entirely possible that your work really does need a lot of work.  Consider the possibility that you may not be perfect.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Keep </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">concise and straightforward</del>.''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Flowery and effusive language can be great </del>when <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">writing poetry</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hagiography</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">purple prose, advertisements, etc</del>., <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is the bane </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an encyclopedia</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Another corollary is that </ins>'''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no matter what you say or do, someone will take </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the wrong way'''</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> You</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">re always someone</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s bad guy, especially if you remotely look like you</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">re in charge (even if you're not).  Remember that even </ins>when <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Perfect Man still walked the Earth</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he was treated this way.  We who are decidedly less than perfect should expect the same.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>ASDamickhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy&diff=71793&oldid=prevASDamick: /* Introduction */2008-06-16T17:20:01Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Introduction</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''People with an agenda usually ruin the wiki''' or at least attempt to do so.  A few actually become normal, useful editors who contribute good articles.  Most either end up storming off in a huff or getting banned for refusing to play nice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''People with an agenda usually ruin the wiki''' or at least attempt to do so.  A few actually become normal, useful editors who contribute good articles.  Most either end up storming off in a huff or getting banned for refusing to play nice.</div></td></tr>
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</table>ASDamickhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy&diff=67759&oldid=prevASDamick: /* My Rules of Thumb */2008-06-09T21:12:27Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">My Rules of Thumb</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''People with an agenda usually ruin the wiki''' or at least attempt to do so.  A few actually become normal, useful editors who contribute good articles.  Most either end up storming off in a huff or getting banned for refusing to play nice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''People with an agenda usually ruin the wiki''' or at least attempt to do so.  A few actually become normal, useful editors who contribute good articles.  Most either end up storming off in a huff or getting banned for refusing to play nice.</div></td></tr>
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