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[edit]Can't do it. :-(
Urdu
[edit]Thank you for adding vowels with macrons on Hindi and other words; adding the superscripted "h" for aspiration on the Urdu page. Could you please do the same for the Hindustani page? Thank you in advance. Anupam 00:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you once again for rendering the current text on the Hindustani page in IPA and adding Hindi and Urdu scripts as well. I would appreciate if you would do the same for the Hindustani grammar page as well. A few of the tables are lacking the Urdu script although most have them. Some Urdu translations are also missing. Thanks in advance for your help. Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 03:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Pathan
[edit]I originally thought it was पतान but according to User:Lostintherush, it is पठान. I changed it to that in the Pashtun page.
Macrons
[edit]Thank you for your contributions to the Nasta'liq article. It might be advisable to keep the normal spelling for words that are well-established in the English language, such as Iran, Pakistan, and Islam. Shukria. –jonsafari 18:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for the invite. I appreciate it!--Kitabparast 05:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- You are very welcome! I knew from your userpage that you are a Christian interested in relgion and so I thought you would like to participate in WP Christianity. Thanks again! Anupam 22:16, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
An anonymous individual on the Roman Urdu Talk Page has requested a Roman Urdu Alphabet Table. Would you be interested in making a table for the Roman Urdu page showing the Roman Script, Nastaliq Script, and Devanagari Script side by side in that order? Please let me know. Thanks for your help. Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 02:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'd love to! Thanks!--Kitabparast 05:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- Salaam! Thanks again for your help. It is very much appreciated. I hope you enjoy doing this. Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 22:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- Fayyazabbas has already created a Roman Urdu alphabet table. However, it still needs the Devanagari Script and some possible revision. I informed him that you would do this. Could you please make these additions? Also the "Examples" section (table) needs to be put in the order of Roman Urdu, Nasta'liq, Devanagari, English Translation, and then the Notes. Could you please add the Devanagari to this and change the order to fit this article? Please let me know. Thank you very much again for your help! Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 19:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- Salaam! Thanks again for your help. It is very much appreciated. I hope you enjoy doing this. Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 22:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Hindustani grammar
[edit]See Talk:Hindustani grammar. Let us know your feelings on this subject. Ahmed27 22:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
It's good to know you are back! The Hindustani grammar article which you helped script in Nastaliq and added macrons to is now being merged into Hindi-Urdu grammar as it is a more updated and accurated article (See Talk). Could you please add the macrons and Nastaliq script in the updated article: Hindi-Urdu grammar? I would very much appreciate this. Also, do you think you will be able to add the Devanagari to the Roman Urdu page (Alphabet Table). Please let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 01:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Hindustani grammar
[edit]It is awful and atrocious that you have made some Calcutta or whatever transliteration in Hindustani grammar page. Please revert all pronunciation to IPA. It is wikipolicy to use IPA, and what you use has no proper standard backing it. Further, it was my condition for merger that transliterations would be in IPA. Cygnus_hansa 13:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Advice
[edit]Bhai Saheb, I do not think it was very polite for him to reprimand you like that. If there is any blame, it should go to me. I would recommend that you just add the Nasta'liq script to the article. I would not worry about the IPA/transliteration. I would leave the IPA that was already on the site before you added the Nasta'liq script. As you said Cygnus_hansa can add the IPA where it is missing. You have been a really nice and helpful individual to me ever since you started using Wikipedia. I really appreciate your ebullience in your edits. Your contributions are a great asset to Wikipedia. I hope you can still add the Nasta'liq script to the Hindi-Urdu grammar article and will also add Devanagari to the Roman Urdu alphabet table. Yours in Christ Jesus, Khuda hafiz, Anupam 22:35, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- You are very welcome! Thanks again for willing to do this. It is a great help and your contributions are very much appreciated. I hope you had a nice time in Pakistan. Someday, I hope I can go there as well. Thanks again for your help. Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 22:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Your transciption methods
[edit]I appreciate you great efforts at transliteration, but I really don't think that the use of superscript h's (and maybe n's) should be used on Hindi and Urdu, because of the following reasons-
- They are not used in any major transliteration system (IPA is phonetic only)
- "h" in aspirated consonants does not need to be superscript in order to be pronounced correctly
- It's far simpler to avoid superscript "h"s
- There are too many ways of transliterating Hindi's numerous "n"s, and we should stick to a prescribed method (like IAST or National Library at Calcutta romanization)
Please consider this request, and continue transliterating! Bahut bahut shukria. --Basawala 18:30, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
IPA
[edit]Hey, Kitabparast, I really don't think you should revert Hindi-Urdu grammar to IPA until we come up with a consensus on the talk page. Thanks! Khuda hafiz, --Basawala 01:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Cygnus_hansa
[edit]From the his contributions, even his edits far back seem to be even arrogantly pro-Hindi and pro-Hindu. His edits sometimes are pretty controversial it seems, and he has made many biased edits. Nevertheless, he hasn't broken any Wikipedia policy that I know of (but then I never read those policy articles anyways). By the way, do you know what happened to Jdas07? Both his talk page and his user page seem to have deleted. Thanks, and Khudahafiz! --Basawala 21:29, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, it seems like the comment that Cygnus_hansa (User:Magicalsaumy) had made on your talk page violates the Civilty policy, since they are offensive. You are allowed to remove those comments, from what it says here (it's a section under the Civility page). Khuda hafiz, --Basawala 21:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Friendly warning
[edit]Kitabparast and Basawala, I request you both to study WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. Questioning and discussing about other users like this is intensely disrespectful and completely inappropriate, no matter what the disputes between you are. Such conversations can and mostly will inflame content disputes, which disrupt Wikipedia. Rama's arrow 13:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm glad you understand my motive in warning you - from your response, I can judge that you will be only too happy to resolve this fast. However the problem is evident - "modus operandi?" Cygnus Hansa nor anybody else here is a criminal - you make it sound like he is. I'm definitely not saying that he's exempt from blame.
- I felt a need to warn you, becoz having a dispute is not unusual, but talking about it like this is particularly not good, IMO. If you have problems with Cygnus Hansa, you should talk to him straight, and ask for more experienced editors to mediate in a 3-way dialogue. From what I know, he's a reasonable user - I'm sure you can work this out with him in a civil and reasonable fashion. Rama's arrow 20:19, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, "modus operandi" is indeed a judgmental word to use, especially here. I'm not trying to "excorciate" you - you would not have been correct in reporting Magicalsaumy becoz this dispute is too nascent. My point is, such a discussion between you and Basawala is uncivil by itself, as it seems you are harbouring negative feelings towards Magicalsaumy. Rama's arrow 22:20, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- No problem - just misunderstandings. Happy editing, and lemme know if I can be of assistance. Rama's arrow 22:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
"Thainkyuu verii mach"
[edit]Thanks! I was going to do it in English, but then I decided to do it in Devanagari. Is it correct, the way I spelled it? I'm not sure, since I'm only learning Urdu and Hindi. Khuda hafiz, Mar de Sin Speak up! 22:48, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks!
[edit]Bahi saheb, thank you very much for the message. I was very happy to see that you were concerned about me. I was gone because I had a couple more accounts open which I was using on the Pashtun article. An administrator told me that they were illegal to have on Wikipedia (they are called sockpuppets here). I had those all deleted and the administrator Blnguyen was very understanding and helpful. He is going to help me work things out. I will be back on soon to make my regular edits. I think you have done a wonderful job with the Hindi-Urdu grammar article. It's nice to see you working with Basawala on these projects. He is very knowledgeable in linguistics and Hindi/Urdu. I also support your transliteration methods very much (I personally cannot read IPA and feel the transliteration is the best thing for most individuals). I should be back soon. I will let you know. Keep up the great work! May God bless you abundantly. Yours in Christ Jesus, Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 21:14, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Spelling help
[edit]آداب عرض ہے! Do you happen to know how to spell "Umrao" as in "Umrao Jaan", in Urdu? جدا خافظ --Mar de Sin Speak up! 17:46, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks! I didn't know which way to spell it, since the Hindi was उमराव (umarāv), which utterly confused me. Mar de Sin Speak up! 20:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Would you be interested in helping me in organizing and expanding the Urdu alphabet article? I'm planning to add new sections on the alif madd آ, the badi ye ۓ, and and explanation on the different uses of choti and badi he. Also, I would like to reorganize the first 2 charts on the article. I doubt I could do it all, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Of course, if you are busy, don't feel pressured to doing this, as Wikipedia work can be quite difficult. Thank you! --Mar de Sin Speak up! 20:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- I hope the tables could be Urdu letter, then transcription, then IPA. It would be great if you could help me. Thanks! Mar de Sin Speak up! 20:25, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, I'm not so sure on the tables. I'll try to figure out a way to including the letter name too. But please help me create new sections on some of the letters above, if you have time. Thanks, Mar de Sin Speak up! 20:27, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Salaam Kitabparast! Aaap ne bahut acha kaam keya! I think you did a great job fixing the Roman_Urdu#Examples section and adding the Devanagari and Nasta'liq for the Roman_Urdu#Sample_Texts. All that is left for the article is adding Devanagari to the Roman_Urdu#Writing_System table and I am confident that you will do a great job on this as well. I am wondering if you had a copy of the Roman Urdu Bible (B.S.I. Kita'b I Muqaddas. Bangalore: The Bible Society of India, 1994. ISBN 81-221-3230-8.) This is what I used to write Zabur 23 for the sample text. Since this format of Roman Urdu has been around for a long time, I am wondering if we can use this standard for the rest of the article, since many will probably be familiar with this. Please let me know what you think of this. Also, you might be interested in looking at Hindustani orthography (recently created) and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) word etymology. Thanks again for your help. Yours in Christ Jesus, Khuda Hafiz. Anupam 20:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Hindustani related articles
[edit]Salaam Kitabparast! Khuda aap ke bhi saath raho. Actually, I just took at look at the Roman Urdu article talk page. Fayyaz Abbas has returned and wants to discuss the transcription systems with us. Will you also still be able to add Devanagari to the Roman Urdu Alphabet Table? Also, I still need your help in transliteration for the bottom of the Hindi-Urdu grammar article. I think you have done a great job with the transliteration so far. Do you think it would be possible for you to finish it? Thanks again Kitabparast! I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours in Christ Jesus, Khuda Hafiz, Anupam 03:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikibooks
[edit]Hello! Can you contribute to the Urdu Wikibook (in Wikibooks) Please?
Thanks and Successfully!!!
Is your work on Roman Urdu a standard?
[edit]I don't see standardization in the work, but I am keen to know whether there is a standard for Roman Urdu. I was born and bred in Pakistan and my mother tongue is Urdu. Of what depresses me the most is that the Nastaliq or the Persio-Arabic script has not reached a maturer level in the computing world and it seems we are destined to always retort to an alternative.
If what you are displaying in the table is not standard, I think we should all settle for a standard here, until this work remains a work of pure imagination. I loved the work you guys have done on the Roman Urdu page. I have even started e-mailing and documenting things in the Romand script as was used from the Kitab-e-Muqadas (The Bible). Being a Christian, I read that Zabur all the time and it was good to stare at the first ever works of Roman Urdu emerging from the Bible. If you need help, I'd be more than welcome to help. - Arun Reginald 04:18, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
- Salaam-e khudavand aap ke sath ho! I hope you have been very well Kitabparast. I haven't seen you around in a while but have noticed your wonderful contributions to Islam related articles. Keep up the great work! Might I request that you revise the Devanagari to the Writing System section of the article. I would really appreciate if you could do so. Your edits to the page were very well done and are an integral part of the article. Please let me know if you could do this. Thanks in advance Kitabparast! May God continue to bless you. Khuda hafiz, AnupamTalk 03:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
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Vote for the project mascot
[edit]We had last month asked our members to help "bring into the fold" Wikipe-tan as the project's mascot. Voting will take place this month for which image we should adopt at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/Wikipe-tan. Please take a moment to review the images and vote for whichever is your favorite, or, if you so prefer, suggest an additional one.
By John Carter
DYK
[edit]- ...that Anna of Kashin, a Russian medieval princess, was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives?
Calendar
[edit]Thie coming month includes days dedicated to the honor of Beheading of John the Baptist, Saints Peter and Paul, the Nativity of John the Baptist, and Saint Barnabas.
Featured content and GA report
[edit]Alec Douglas-Home recently achieved FA status. This picture, in the Church of the Month section, was recently promoted to Featured Picture status. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.
Wikimedia Foundation report
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Wikisource currently has many old texts available, most of them in the public domain. This is a potentially very valuable source for several things, including for instance links to Biblical verses, because we know that it will, basically, be around as long as we are.
By user:John Carter with inspiration from History2007
Christian art
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This section would include a rather large image of a specific work of art, with a link to the most directly relevant article.
Suggestion: Resurrection of Christ, an English 15th century Nottingham alabaster. Groups of painted relief panels were sold via dealers to churches on a budget , who had wood frameworks made to hold them locally. From a huge new donation of images from the Walters Art Museum to Commons, see![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
By Johnbod
Spotlight
[edit]A new WikiProject relating directly to Christian history is being developed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian history. Also, a group specifically devoted to the Mennonites and other Anabaptists is now up and running at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Anabaptist work group. Anyone interested in assisting with the development of these groups and topics is more than welcome to do so.
By John Carter
I believe
[edit]... in the statements contained in the Nicene Creed. I believe that the Bible is one of the two defining bases for belief. The other is the Sacred tradition, which provides us with means of interpreting the Scriptures, as well as some teachings which have been handed on by God outside of the scriptures. I believe that the Magisterium has been empowered to fill this interpretative function. I believe that clerical celibacy is a rule that should generally be followed. I am a member of the Catholic Church.
By John Carter
Help requests
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Ichthus: July 2012
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July 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 336 active members. We would like to welcome User:Emilymadcat, User:Toa Nidhiki05, User:DonutGuy, and User:RCNesland, Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know what you think of the new departments, and if there are any other suggestions for departments you would like to see. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
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Church of the month
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mission_Santa_Clara.jpg/200px-Mission_Santa_Clara.jpg)
by User:JaGa
Vote for the project mascot
We had last month asked our members to help "bring into the fold" Wikipe-tan as the project's mascot. Voting will take place this month for which image we should adopt at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/Wikipe-tan. Please take a moment to review the images and vote for whichever is your favorite, or, if you so prefer, suggest an additional one.
By John Carter
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-July through mid-September) includes days dedicated to the honor of Mary Magdalene, James, son of Zebedee, Ignatius Loyola, Saint Dominic, Joseph of Arimathea, and the Transfiguration of Jesus.
Featured content and GA report
Grade I listed churches in Cheshire was recently promoted to Featured List status. This picture was recently promoted to Featured Picture status. Bartolome de las Casas and Edmund the Martyr were promoted to GA level this past month. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.
Wikimedia Foundation report
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Wikibooks welcomes the development of textbooks of all kinds, children's books, recipes, and other material. It currently has just under 2500 books, including several Wikijunior books for the 12 and under population. There is, at present, not even a book on Christianity. Anyone interested in helping develop such a textbook is more than welcome to do so.
By John Carter
Christian art
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Hans_Holbein%2C_the_Younger_-_Sir_Thomas_More_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/200px-Hans_Holbein%2C_the_Younger_-_Sir_Thomas_More_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
The portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger.
By John Carter
Spotlight
A new WikiProject relating directly to Christian history is being developed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian history. Anyone interested in assisting with the development of these groups and topics is more than welcome to do so.
By John Carter
I believe
... in the tradition of Thomas the Apostle, Mar Addai, and Saint Bartholomew. I believe that Jesus had two essences (or natures), human and divine, unmingled, that are everlastingly united in one personality. I am a member of the Assyrian Church of the East.
By John Carter
Help requests
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WikiProject Christianity August 2012 newsletter
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August 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 341 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:David_FLXD, User:Alexsbecker, User:Penguin 236, User:Gugi001, User:John D. Rockerduck, and User:Margaret9mary. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
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By John Carter
Church of the month
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg/200px-Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg)
by User:Diliff
Contest of the month
We currently have a remarkable lack of Wikipedia:Wikipedia-Books. Right now, Category:Wikipedia books on Christianity contains only 12 books. We certainly could have at least one book on each major grouping within Christianity. One of the challenges for this month, then, is working to put together books on relevant topics. For this month, one contest is for editors to assemble the basic Wikipedia books for each of the main topics of the extant related projects. When finished, they should their creation of the books at the main Christianity noticeboard, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.
Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. As biographies are often a bit easier, this month we are choosing two biographies: Karl Behm, which has yet to be started, and the currently Stub-class article Nerses IV the Gracious. A barnstar will be awarded to any editor who can get these articles up to DYK quality level and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-August through mid-September) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bartholomew the Apostle, Nativity of Mary, and the Exaltation of the Cross.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, William de Chesney (sheriff), Knights of Columbus, and Angelus Silesius were promoted to GA level. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.
Wikimedia Foundation report
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Wikinews is our sister site for developing news stories. Several events relating to Christianity, like the installation of bishops for instance, do not necessarily merit extensive coverage in wikipedia encyclopedic articles, but can and easily could be covered at greater length in a news article format. Given the number of significant news events that relate to religion, including claims of miracles, assignment of bishops and other religious leaders, church conferences, and other events, this site provides an excellent opportunity to provide in-depth coverage of current events at greater length than wikipedia.
Christian art
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cristo_crucificado.jpg/200px-Cristo_crucificado.jpg)
Spotlight
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/John_Wesley_clipped.png/40px-John_Wesley_clipped.png)
One of our newer editors, User:David_FLXD, has recently gone through much of our content related to Methodism and assessed it. We are very grateful for his efforts, and that of all the editors who have had a role in developing that content. We have every reason to believe that this will make it significantly easier for the Methodism work group to create and develop content relevant to Methodism. To help that along, we certainly encourage everyone to do what they can to help David and the other Methodism editors to bring the content relevant to their tradition to the highest possible level of quality.
I believe
... in the Holy Trinity, the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, the Arminian conception of free will through God's prevenient grace, and the regular renewal of the individual's covenant with God. I am a Methodist.
Help requests
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WikiProject Christianity September 2012 newsletter
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September 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 344 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:Floating Boat, User:Dewey420, and User:Jpacobb. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
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By John Carter
Church of the month
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Keble_College_Chapel_-_Oct_2006.jpg/200px-Keble_College_Chapel_-_Oct_2006.jpg)
by User:Diliff
Contest of the month
We currently have a remarkable lack of Wikipedia:Wikipedia-Books. Right now, Category:Wikipedia books on Christianity contains only 12 books. We certainly could have at least one book on each major grouping within Christianity. One of the challenges for this month, then, is working to put together books on relevant topics. For this month, one contest is for editors to assemble the basic Wikipedia books for each of the main topics of the extant related projects. When finished, they should their creation of the books at the main Christianity noticeboard, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.
Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. Last month's challenge articles were Karl Beth and Nerses IV the Gracious. Both articles are currently candidates for the DYK section of the main page. This month's challenge articles are the Stub-class article James Hastings and the not yet started Rudolf Sohm, A barnstar will be awarded to any editor who can get these articles up to DYK quality level and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-September through mid-October) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of the Martyrs of Korea, Saint Matthew, Vincent de Paul, Michaelmas, Saint Jerome, Theresa of Lisieux, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Teresa of Avila.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, Albertus Soegijapranata, and Reginald Heber were promoted to FA. Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester was promoted to Featured List, and Jackie Hudson, Joyce Kilmer, Divine command theory, Bosa of York and Argument from morality were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul, All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, St Mary's Church, Kirkby Lonsdale, Albert Ndongmo, If We Are the Body, List of places of worship in Tonbridge and Malling, Kulubnarti church, All Saints Church, Ulcombe, Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey, Igny Abbey, Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Brăila, Places of Worship Registration Act 1855, Collegiate Church of San Gimignano, and St Matthew's Church, Burnley. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Wikimedia Foundation report
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As some of you may have seen, the Simple English Wikipedia has been experiencing some difficulties lately. This particular entity could be of great value to several individuals who are trying to learn English. As some of you who do speak foreign languages know, one of the most easily available, and, in general, useful learning aids for people is a text they know already, which allows them to focus on the specific words of the new language. Various recorded readings and translations of the Bible are among the best examples of this. Any efforts to try to enhance this vital means of informing a large segment of our readership is more than welcome. People interested in helping develop it are encouraged to leave a note regarding their specific articles of interest at the Christianity noticeboard. It would be wonderful if we could report some significant contributions to this sister site next month. And, of course, if we do have something to report, those involved would receive our greatest thanks.
Christian art
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Cortona_Guardian_Angel_01.jpg/200px-Cortona_Guardian_Angel_01.jpg)
Spotlight
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/John_Calvin_-_best_likeness.jpg/40px-John_Calvin_-_best_likeness.jpg)
WikiProject Calvinism is one of our more important subprojects. It is specifically devoted to developing content relating to the Calvinist tradition, and the primary point for development of content relating to the Pilgrims, Presbyterians, Reformed churches, Congregational church, Reformed Baptists, and Low church. We definitely encourage everyone to do what they can to help this project develop the content relating to this extremely important Christian tradition.
I believe
... that human nature is insufficient for salvation, and the grace of God is required to do so. I believe that God has preordained who will and will not achieve salvation. I believe that Jesus's atonement was sufficient for the purposes for which it was done. I believe that God's grace is of such power that it can overcome any person's resistance. I believe that those whom God has chosen for salvation will, by the undeniable power of God, persevere in God's grace. I am a Calvinist.
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WikiProject Christianity October 2012 newsletter
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September 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 347 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:Dplcrnj, User:Danmuz, User:Zigzig20s, and User:Jasonasosa. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
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Church of the month
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Basel_-_Pauluskirche1.jpg/200px-Basel_-_Pauluskirche1.jpg)
by User:Taxiarchos228, recently promoted to Featured Image
Contest of the month
For the upcoming month, the contest will be to develop content related to the Christmas season, including Advent and other related topics. Please feel free to see and take part in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Contest of the month - Advent/Christmas content.
One of last month's challenge articles, Rudolf Sohm, has been substantially developed by User:Jack1956 and User:StAnselm. Our deepest thanks to both of them!!
Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-October through mid-November) includes All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day and major commemorations dedicated to the honor of the Ignatius of Antioch, Luke the Evangelist, Simon the Canaanite, Saint Jude, the dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the beginning of the Nativity Fast, James of Jerusalem, Reformation Day, and others.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, Augustinian theodicy by User:ItsZippy was promoted to FA. Grade I listed churches in Merseyside by User:Peter I. Vardy was promoted to Featured List. The images in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status. John Wheelwright by User:Sarnold17, Christmas Party (The Office) by User:Gen. Quon and If We Are the Body by User:Toa Nidhiki05, were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, Craiova, by User:Biruitorul, Nerses IV the Gracious by User:John Carter, Church of St Candida and Holy Cross by User:BarretB, St Laurence's Church, Morland by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Mary's Church, Longfleet by User:Bermicourt, Chor von St. Bonifatius by User:Gerda Arendt, St Andrew's Church, Penrith by User:Peter I. Vardy, Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) by User:Bloom6132, Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops) by User:Bloom6132, St Columba's Church, Warcop by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale by User:Peter I. Vardy, and W. E. Biederwolf by User:John Foxe. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
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Spotlight
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Wikipe-tan_in_Santa_Costume.png/40px-Wikipe-tan_in_Santa_Costume.png)
WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force is the group whose purpose is to help develop the content related to the Christmas season, including Advent, New Year's, and related holidays. As many of us know, in several parts of the world, including the United States, the Christmas season is not only the time of one of the greatest holidays of the Christian liturgical year, but it is also the "make or break" time for many retailers, whose profitability for the year often depends on their success in this time of the giving of sometimes significantly expensive gifts. In other parts of the world, the winter solstice period and sometimes specifically Christmas itself means something that might surprise many Christians, like the Christmas in Japan, where Christmas is one of the times hotels receive the greatest number of, often unmarried, couples staying there for the night. The solstice season is also significant to several other religions. Many of these days are also legal holidays in several places. In Belarus, for instance, both the Western and Eastern Christmas commemorations are legal holidays. We would certainly welcome the members of this project to donate some of their time and talents in the upcoming months to improving this significant content.
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WikiProject Christianity October 2012 newsletter
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November 2012 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 349 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:Hayayika and User:Pikachu Bros.. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
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By John Carter
Church of the month
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Recently promoted to Featured Image. Great work!
Contest of the month
For the upcoming month, the contest will continue with the Christmas theme, including Advent and other related topics. Please feel free to see and take part in discussion at the Christianity noticeboard.
Calendar
This coming month (mid-November through mid-December) includes the Advent season. Other major feasts are those of Margaret of Scotland, Matthew the Evangelist, Hilda of Whitby, Elizabeth of Hungary, Edmund the Martyr, the Presentation of Mary, Saint Cecilia, Clement of Rome, Catherine of Alexandria, Andrew the Apostle, Francis Xavier, Saint Barbara, John Damascene, Nicholas of Myra, Saint Ambrose of Milan, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lucy of Syracuse, and others.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych by, among others, User:Truthkeeper88, User:Ceoil, and User:Kafka Liz and Mitt Romney by User:Wasted Time R were promoted to FA. List of 2000s Christian Songs number ones by User:Toa Nidhiki05 was promoted to Featured List. The two images in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status, as were these two images of Michelangelo's Pieta and of Giovanni Bellini's Saint Francis in the Desert
. Derek Webb by User: Pepsi2786 and others, and Scipione Piattoli by User:Piotrus were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Archdiocese of Râmnic, by User:Biruitorul, Diocese of Caransebeş by User:Biruitorul, Wythburn Church by User:Peter I. Vardy, St. Gumbertus, Ansbach by User:Gerda Arendt, User:Dr. Blofeld, and User:Nvvchar collectively, St. Johannis, Ansbach by User:Gerda Arendt, User:Dr. Blofeld, and User:Nvvchar collectively, Nikollë Bojaxhiu by User:ZjarriRrethues, All Saints Church, Lydd by User:Dr. Blofeld, User:Rosiestep, User:Gilderien, and User:Ipigott collectively, St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Eata's Church, Atcham by User:Peter I. Vardy, Nativity of St. John the Baptist Church, Piatra Neamț by User:Biruitorul, Anna Schäffer by User:Shii, List of Archbishops of Vancouver by User: Bloom6132, James Francis Carney by User:Bloom6132, St Luke's Church, Chelsea by User:PKM and User:Johnbod, Gregory Orologas by User:Alexikoua, Ambrosios Pleianthidis by User:Alexikoua, and St Giles' Church, Barrow, by User:Peter I. Vardy. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
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Spotlight
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The core topics work group is the group whose specific purpose is to help identify and develop those articles which are of greatest importance to an overall understanding of the broad subject of Christianity, based on what is included in the core topics list. These articles include some of specific churches and individuals, history, philosophical and theological matters, and more. We have had some recent discussion regarding which articles should be included in this list, and it probably makes sense to revisit the selections, and try to figure out how best to work to make them high quality articles. Discussion is beginning at WT:X regarding these matters, and all input is welcome.
Help requests
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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - December 2012
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Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 350 active members. We would like to welcome our newest member, User:Harishrawat11. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
P.S. Please click here to add the new Christianity noticeboard to your watchlist to follow the latest discussions relevant to WikiProject Christianity and subprojects.
By John Carter
Church of the month
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Pisa_Baptistry.jpg/200px-Pisa_Baptistry.jpg)
This image of The Baptistry of Saint John in Pisa by User:NotFromUtrecht
Contest of the month
As I imagine many of our editors will be editing at a greatly reduced level for the next few weeks, what with the Christmas and New Year's holidays coming, there is no specific content-related contest this month. The contest, if anything, is to make the most of the season, in whatever way, if any, you deem appropriate.
Calendar
This coming month (mid-December through mid-January) includes the Advent season, and one of the two greatest holidays of the Christian year, Christmas. Other major feasts in the next month include those of the Feast of the Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Saint Stephen, Thomas the Apostle, Holy Innocents, John the Evangelist, Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil the Great, Saint Genevieve, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Saint Sava.
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, Anne Hutchinson nominated by User:Sarnold17 was promoted to FA. Grade I listed churches in Lancashire by User:Peter I. Vardy was promoted to Featured List. The image in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status. Come to the Well by User:Toa Nidhiki05 and others, and Dwight Christmas by User:Gen. Quon and others were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include King's Chapel, Gibraltar, by User:Prioryman, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Albany, New York) by User:Daniel Case, Tingsted Church by User:Ipigott and User:Rosiestep, St. Mary's Church (Albany, New York) by User:Daniel Case, Stubbekøbing Church by User:Ipigott and User:Rosiestep, Notre Dame Cathedral (Phnom Penh) by User:Bloom6132, and St. James' Church, Cardington by User:Peter I. Vardy. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
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Spotlight
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In the spirit of Christmas, the spotlight for the coming month might actually best be on those people closest to you. We know that a lot of our editors here are associated in some way or another with schools, and many if not most of them are going on rather extended breaks for the holidays. This can give some of us a chance to meet up with old friends, spend time with our families and those close to us, and, in a sense, "recharge" for the new year. So, for all of you who are in some way part of that group, we wish you the very best of holidays. We hope you all return to editing after the holidays with your spirits lifted and with your energies at peak level. There are some small matters in development here as well, and it is our hope that some of them will be ready come the next newsletter. But, until then, we wish you all the happiest and holiest (if appropriate) holidays.
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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - January 2013
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January 2013 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 354 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, Alliereborn, Iselilja, Peterkp, and Sosthenes12. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.
With that, I wish you all happy reading!
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By John Carter
Church of the month
This image of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia by User:Poco a poco
Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.
By John Carter
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, the image in the "Church of the Month" section of this newsletter was promoted to Featured Image status.
Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 by Gerda Arendt and others, Teuruarii IV by Lemurbaby, KAVEBEAR and others, and Peace on Earth (Casting Crowns album) by Toa Nidhiki05 and others, were all promoted to GA status.
Also this past month, the DYKs on the main page included St James' Church, Cardington by Peter I. Vardy, Bishop's Palace, Kraków by Poeticbent, Kippinge Church by Ipigott and Rosiestep, Trinitatis Church, also by Ipigott and Rosiestep, Steindamm Church by Olessi, St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton by Peter I. Vardy, Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora, by Peter I. Vardy, Sonrise Church, by Aboutmovies, St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany, New York), by Daniel Case, All Saints Church, Claverley, by Peter I. Vardy, and Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes, by Poeticbent. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!
Christian art
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This image was created by User:Dcoetzee. Thank you, Dcoetzee!
Spotlight
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The Spotlight this month turns to the the Syriac Christianity work group. The scope of this project includes the various traditions of Syriac Christianity, including the Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East, Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and Saint Thomas Christians. One of these groups, the Assyrian Church of the East, is considered by scholars to have probably been, for several hundred years, the largest Christian grouping in the planet, with its numerous members in Central Asia and Eastern Asia. Numerous texts, traditions, and practices unique to these groups exist, including the Jesus Sutras and the belief of the Assyrian Church of the East that the bread they use in the preparation of their Eucharist uses the same basic yeast as that used in the bread of the Last Supper itself. Sadly, given the linguistic barriers to much of the content relative to these groups, and the comparative lack of notoriety they have in the Western world, much of this content does receive less attenion, and thus less development, than much other content. There is a large amount of extremely valuable historical material here still waiting to be adequately developed by editors with an interest in the topic, and I personally very much hope that we can draw more attention to these topics, and the content related to them.
By John Carter
Calendar
This coming month (mid-January through mid-February) includes The Presentation of Christ in the Temple or Candlemas and the Conversion of Paul. Other major feasts in the next month include those of Saint Agnes, Saint Francis de Sales, Saints Timothy and Titus, Thomas Aquinas, John Bosco, Saint Agatha, Paul Miki, [{Saint Scholastica]], and Saint Anskar.
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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter April 2013
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April 2013 |
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 357 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, Thomas Cranmer, Mr.Oglesby, and Sneha Priscilla. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
We apologise for the hiatus in the publication of this newsletter due to unforseen circumstances leading to the wikibreak of John Carter, and so I have taken over as acting editor, and have taken this opportunity to move the publication date to the start of each month as planned, to better reflect on the previous month and look ahead to the next. This issue covers the period of time from mid-January to the end of March.
Since the last issue we have seen the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis. This has received much coverage both in the world media and on Wikipedia. While there is still much work to do, several quality articles have been written and the editors involved are thanked for their efforts.
This month we look ahead to Easter and the celebration of God's love for mankind through the crucifixion and resurrection of his Son Jesus Christ. With that, I wish you all happy reading!
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By Gilderien
Church of the month
This image of the Church of Saint Ildefonso, Portugal by Poco a poco was recently promoted to Featured Image. Thank you and congratulations for the great image!
Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.
By John Carter
Featured content and GA report
Since the last report;
Grade I listed churches in Cumbria was promoted to Featured List status, thanks to Peter I. Vardy, and the image above of the Church of Saint Ildefonso was promoted to featured picture status.
Martin Luther King, Jr., by Khazar2, was promoted to GA status, as well Third Epistle of John by Cerebellum.
Also these past months, the DYKs on the main page included St Mary's Church, Cleobury Mortimer by Peter I. Vardy; Marion Irvine by Giants2008; Margaret McKenna by Guerillero; Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity by Epeefleche; St Edith's Church, Eaton-under-Heywood by Peter I. Vardy; Vester Egesborg Church by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and