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Hello, Ddpbf, and welcome to OrthodoxWiki!

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Gabriela 20:35, February 15, 2007 (PST)

Chrysobull

Thanks for the clarification! (I found more here.)  :) —magda (talk) 10:58, March 6, 2007 (PST)

Succession boxes

Hello! I've noticed that you've been doing a lot of work on articles about bishops lately. Thank you! You may find it useful to take a look at the standardized manual on succession boxes.

Thanks for your valuable work! —Fr. Andrew talk contribs 08:59, March 10, 2007 (PST)

English names

Please read this link in regards to your revert of my changes in the Daniel II article: OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual#English names. The policy basically says that because this is an English-speaking wiki, we put names in English where possible. Likewise, we use New Calendar dates in most cases because in the English-speaking countries I'm aware of, only schismatic groups of Old Calendarists use the Julian calendar. Finally, if you're concerned about a Serbian not understanding the saint's name in English, how could he possibly understand the rest of the article, written in English? Sorry if I seem harsh; no offense intended. I know it takes a long time to figure out how everything on the wiki works. Heck, I still don't understand a lot of it. Gabriela 20:39, March 11, 2007 (PDT)

As an expansion on this, the policy is not simply to use English versions of names, but rather whatever is most common in English-language sources. In many cases, this will not include a standard English version of a name, e.g., "Nikolai of Zica," etc.
Also, for comments on the calendar question, see User_talk:Gabriela#Julian_calendar_among_Anglophones. —Fr. Andrew talk contribs 09:45, March 20, 2007 (PDT)
Sorry, but I didn't make up the style guide. I just follow the rules, even though I disagree with one or two of them. That's how editing works: you follow the official guidelines, no matter what. Of course, Orthowiki guidelines aren't set in stone; if you want things changed, you'd have to talk to Fr. John. Personally, I agree with this policy. If you want the names to be their Serbian forms, then start a Serbian version of Orthowiki. Gabriela 11:19, March 20, 2007 (PDT)