Ichthus: January 2012

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January 2012

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Please share your opinion

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Since you recently edited the Robin van Persie article would you mind commenting on another editing issue at [Talk:Robin van Persie#Nazi salute]]? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:19, 5 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

I have nothing to add beyond what has already been stated on that talk page. Chensiyuan (talk) 01:57, 6 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

I was wondering if Chensiyuan has any editional aerial photographs of Guangzhou that they would be willing to grant me permission to use in as a backplate in a CGI? Chensiyuan (talk) 10:08, 2 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emily1890 (talkcontribs) Reply

Charles-Rousseau International Moot Court

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I understand the "Moot Court" Wiki page must target English-speaking readers.
Concerning the Charles-Rousseau, this moot is one of the world's most notable, even if French-speaking (!), having received, or receiving this year, students from non-natively French-speaking institutions from the United-States (NYU, Duke University) and United Kingdom (Oxford, SOAS) as well as Argentina, English Canada, Columbia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Rwanda...
Furthermore, this Moot is listed in first three top ranks of the International Law Students Association's Law Moot Court Competition Listing (http://www.ilsa.org/listings/intlmoots.php). ILSA organizes the Jessup Moot.
So please undo your deletion of all entries related to Charles-Rousseau French speaking International Moot Court in the above-mentionned Wiki page.
FXSaluden (talk) 17:57, 5 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

It is not ranked the top 3 by ILSA, it simply is listed third alphabetically on the list. At best a sub-section in the article can be created for non-English speaking comeptitions. Chensiyuan (talk) 01:57, 6 March 2012 (UTC)Reply
The ranking was just a way to help you find the entry. I mentionned this to show that an international moot does not have to be in English language to prove of interest for English-speaking students (who may want to write and argue in French, Spanish, or other UN Official languages, or just in another foreign language).
Your idea may be fair enough, but may cause a problem for "non-exclusively-English-speaking" moots, as the Pictet (English, French, maybe still Spanish) as we can't double the entry. Why not leaving the initial entries, with the explicit mention that's in French ? As a regular part of the Rousseau participating students are natively non-French speaking, I really don't believe that leaving the entry is opening the Pandora's box. As far as I know, non-English International moots are not that numerous (Francisco Suarez in Spanish...).
If you insist to maintain your point, I'll create a subsection "1.3 List of notable non-English speaking competitions", but I don't think your criteria of the English language of the moot, too restrictive, has to prevail over the criteria of targeting readers of the English Wikipedia.
FXSaluden (talk) 06:28, 6 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Original of File:1st8back.gif

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Greetings, long time editor. I am wondering if you might still have the original source image file for File:1st8back.gif. While GIF is an acceptable format on Wikipedia, consensus is that the 256-color limitation is too strict for color photographs. A full-color version has been requested.

If you cannot find the image, I do know several techniques to simulate adding color to your image. But it would definitely be better if we had the original.

Please note that, despite a PNG being requested, a high quality JPEG would also be acceptable, as it will allow Wikipedia to optimize thumbnails much better. In fact, if the original photo is a JPEG, it is actually discouraged to convert it to a PNG, due to increasing the file size without increasing quality.

If you cannot upload the original file, or do not want to bother with the logistics of fixing up all the links and removing the old file, please be sure to get a hold of me.

— trlkly 15:16, 24 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I no longer have the original but please go ahead to add colour. Chensiyuan (talk) 20:10, 24 March 2012 (UTC)Reply
Okay, I gave it a shot: File:Anglo Chinese Junior College - 2001 cross-country champions.jpg. I'll leave it to you to decide whether to replace the old image in the gallery and whether to put the old file up for deletion. — trlkly 07:36, 25 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Red Auerbach

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Hello. I notice you were one of the primary contributors to Red Auerbach when it achieved GA status back in 2007. Presently, I am working on the article on John Y. Brown, Jr., attempting to bring it to FA standards. I understand that Auerbach and Brown had quite the tumultuous relationship when Brown was the owner of the Celtics. Unfortunately, most of the newspaper archives I have access to only go back to the early 80s, and Brown sold his interest in the Celtics in 1979. Basically, I am looking for some detail about Brown's tenure as owner of the Celtics, but I don't know where to find it. Do you have any suggestions? Acdixon (talk · contribs) 14:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I can't quite help in what you're looking for, but I'll try to stop by the article to take a look and see where else I can contribute. Chensiyuan (talk) 15:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. I feel like the sections on his ownership of both ABA and NBA teams in particular need some more heft, but I'll take anything that improves the article. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 15:21, 19 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Ichthus: May 2012

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May 2012

From the Editor

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This month marks the observation of Pentecost, one of the most important feast of the Christian liturgical year. It is our hope here that all of you, regardless of your religious affiliation (if any), find that the holiday, and its accompanying activities, an enjoyable and beneficial experience. We also hope that this "Birthday of the Church" is one which gives you the same joy as the birthday of yourself or your loved ones.

Ichthus is the successor to the long running WikiProject Christianity newsletter, run under the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department. As such, you will continue to see information about our latest featured and good articles, DYKs, as well as new members who have joined our project. You might also see links to Christianity related news from the mainstream media!

With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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Help Bring Wikipe-tan "into the fold"

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As many of you may know, our unofficial mascot, dear Wikipe-tan, hasn't yet indicated any particular beliefs. However, yes, as we all know, ahem, some people might object to our beloved mascot running around in a French maid outfit. People do talk, you know. ;) If anyone might be able to develop an image of the dear lady in a image more, well, "Christian," I would like to see perhaps a vote for next month as to which, if any, image of the dear girl we might make our own unofficial mascot. Please post your images here.

By John Carter

Christianity in other wikis

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As many of you might now, there are a large number of other Wikimedia Foundation projects, including WikiSource, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, WikiQuote, and others. I certainly believe that Wikibooks and Wikiquote might be among the more directly relevant sister projects. If any of you can think of any particular efforts in these other projects which you think would benefit from more input, please let us know here, so we can help spread the word around.

By John Carter

Spotlight on the Outreach department

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Ichthus will spotlight a different subproject or workgroup of WikiProject Christianity. This edition will spotlight on our vital Outreach department. This comparatively small, but vital, project unit is dedicated to welcoming new editors to Wikipedia and the Christianity related content, and to providing information to the various project members, in forms like this newsletter.

The scope of articles with which this group deals is truly enormous, and, given the wide variety of material with which we deal, we would very much welcome the input of more individuals, particularly individuals who are particularly knowledgeable of the less well-known and less frequently monitored articles related to Christianity.

Speaking personally, I would be very, very gratified if we were to have this become a very, very large and active unit, with members from the broad spectrum of Christian beliefs, practices, and groups. The broader the spectrum and areas of expertise of members we have, the better we will be able to help manage the content. Please consider whether you believe you might be able to contribute in this vital area.

By John Carter


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Water Margin article redirect

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Neelix has redirected Zhou Tong (Water Margin)‎ to the 108 Stars of Destiny article. I haven't reverted it since I am not actively taking part in the discussion. I just figured you would like to know. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 17:19, 21 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the notification. Have been neutralising the belligerence for months... Chensiyuan (talk) 10:31, 22 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Arsène Wenger

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Well done. SilkTork ✔Tea time 12:47, 23 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Happy to contribute. Chensiyuan (talk) 12:58, 23 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Pictures

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Can I use some of your photos in my user page? Aaeekkssoouullii (talk) 17:17, 25 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

By all means!

Ichthus: June 2012

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ICHTHUS

June 2012

Membership report

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The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 331 active members. We would like to welcome User:Sanju87, User:Psalm84, User:Zegron, User:Jargon777, User:Calu2000, User:Gilderien, User:Ronallenus, 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

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Church of the month

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by Berthold Werner
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

Vote for the project mascot

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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

  • ...that Anna of Kashin, a Russian medieval princess, was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives?


Calendar

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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.

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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

By Johnbod

Spotlight

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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

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... 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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File:1 guilin panorama 2011.jpg

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Hello Chensiyuan, your image File:1 guilin panorama 2011.jpg is a Featured Picture Candidate at the moment but fares badly because of the narrow vertical bands in the sky. Did you use Sweep Panorama of your Sony camera for this image? -- KlausFoehl (talk) 14:50, 27 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hi KlausFoehl, yes I used the sweep function. Unfortunately the d700 was busy at that point; it was taking a time-lapse and time was also short. 15:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Chensiyuan, thanks for the info. Further question: your Sony in Sweep Panorama, does the camera (can it) also record something like RAW (in parallel), i.e. individual images available for later manual stitching, in case the in-camera-result went pear-shaped like in this case? Cheers Klaus -- KlausFoehl (talk) 12:50, 28 June 2012 (UTC)Reply
Hi KlausFoehl, in sweep mode it records only in JPEG, and it can only sweep landscape-orientation and not portrait-orientation. It does not record individual images... Chensiyuan (talk) 13:16, 28 June 2012 (UTC)Reply
Hi Chensiyuan, thanks for confirming what I thought - Cheers Klaus -- KlausFoehl (talk) 12:12, 5 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Vidigal

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Hey Chensiyuan. Just wanted to compliment you on your photo of Vidigal. I actually intended to keep that image on the page but wasn't sure about the layout. The strange part about Rio is that the flickering lights of favelas on numerous black hills is one of the most enchanting things about the place. Evenrød (talk) 13:11, 4 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the compliment. As a visitor I didn't even know it was Vidigal when I took it. Chensiyuan (talk) 02:01, 5 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

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
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Church of the month

 
by User:JaGa
Mission Santa Clara de Asis

Vote for the project mascot
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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

 

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

 

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


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Opinion

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Could you opine on this this matter. Regards AdabowtheSecond (talk) 18:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

FAC

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Hello Chensiyuan, was wondering if you could have a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Arsène Wenger/archive1, given that you have significantly contributed to the article. Any comments are welcome; if not, apologies for wasting your time. Lemonade51 (talk) 17:01, 1 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

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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Church of the month

 
by User:Diliff
Frauenkirche (Church of Our Blessed Lady) in Munich, taken from the tower of St. Peter's Church


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

 

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

 
Christ Crucified by Diego Velazquez.


Spotlight

 

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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Singapore meetup invitation

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Singapore Meetup

Meetup 6

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  • Date: 4 September 2012

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Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup next Tuesday evening (4 September). Details and an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Singapore 6. Hope to see you there! John Vandenberg 00:38, 30 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

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About Henry's record

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I believe we should mention a new record over old record of Theirry Henry which is broken by Real Madrid trio. Because current version may mislead that record still stands. Either their should be no note about it or there should be information about new record as well. Let me know what you think, Thank You. Ashishbirajdar (talk) 10:18, 1 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Licensing your panorama pictures

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Hi Chensiyuan,


i would like to use some of your great panoramic images for a mobile phone game i've created. the game is about panoramas and until now i used only cc-by licensed pictures. the current way is that there is a "credits" section with all photographers names and also whenever a picture is displayed in the game the photographers name is also shown.


i would like to use your cc-by-sa pictures, but because i do not know how to SA them from inside a game, i would like to ask for permission to use them BY (cc-by: attribution only).


the game i am talking about is "afternoon world trip" where the goal is to travel around the world http://www.gameprogramming.de/index.php?id=62


please reply to ludocrazy@gameprogramming.de


thanks in advance, Sirleto (talk) 14:36, 10 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

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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Church of the month

 
by User:Diliff
The Chapel of Keble College, Oxford


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

 

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

 
The Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona.


Spotlight

 

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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ICHTHUS

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

 
by User:Taxiarchos228, recently promoted to Featured Image
St. Paul's Church, Basel


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

 
Portrait of John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais.
This image was promoted this past month to FM by the work of User:Spongie555. Thank you, Spongie!

Spotlight

 

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.

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

 

Saint-Augustin, Paris by User:Saffron Blaze

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

 
Three scenes of the legend of the Miraculous Sacrament, in which communion wafers were reported to bleed after being stabbed, in the St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral, Brussels by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier.
This image was promoted this past month to FM by the work of User:Alvesgaspar. Thank you, Alvesgaspar!

Spotlight

 

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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December 2012

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

 

This image of The Baptistry of Saint John in Pisa by User:NotFromUtrecht

was recently promoted to Featured Image. Thank you and congratulations for the great image!


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

 
The nave of the Parish Church of Urtijëi. This image was created by User:Moroderen. Thank you, Moroderen!

Spotlight

 

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.


Help requests
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wulingyuan

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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:1 zhangjiajie huangshizhai wulingyuan panorama 2012.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 16:01, 19 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

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!

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

 

This image of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia by User: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, 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

 
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
This image was created by User:Dcoetzee. Thank you, Dcoetzee!

Spotlight

 

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.


Help requests
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CNY greetings

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Hello Chensiyuan, it's been a long time since we last contacted each other. It's good to see that the Water Margin articles are enjoying a period of relative stability since that incident last year. Anyway, a happy Chinese New Year to you! LDS contact me 16:16, 11 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hey LDS, happy CNY to you too. Yes let's hope the articles remain stable! Chensiyuan (talk) 21:39, 12 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

WP:NBA at WP:FAC

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I see that you were once active at WP:FAC. Of the 6 WP:NBA WP:FAs, you reviewed 5 of them (Tim Duncan, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Toronto Raptors). No NBA FAC has passed since Magic Johnson did on 2009-04-19. Recently, I have been frustrated by almost no comments on my FAC nominations of Juwan Howard. I was wondering if you might be willing to participate in the review for Howard if I renominated him in a couple of months.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:43, 13 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Ok. Just drop me a message here when that happens. Chensiyuan (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive5 now open.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:59, 23 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
I saw you edited the page, but made no comments on the FAC.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:03, 3 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

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!

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 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 Dr. Blofeld; Undløse Church by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; St Martin's Church, Næstved by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; St. Peter, Syburg by Gerda Arendt and Dr. Blofeld; Østre Porsgrunn Church by Strachkvas; Church of Our Saviour (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) by Nyttend; Dami Mission by Freikorp; Mechanicsburg Baptist Church by Nyttend; Acheiropoietos Monastery, by Proudbolsahye; T. Lawrason Riggs, by Gareth E Kegg; McColley's Chapel, by Mangoe; Oświęcim Chapel, by BurgererSF; Second Baptist Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio), by Nyttend; Church of the Holy Ghost, Tallinn, by Yakikaki; Old Stone Congregational Church, by Orladyl Heath Chapel, by Peter I. Vardy; St. Joseph's Church, Beijing, by Bloom6132; Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton, by Rodw; and St. Michael's Catholic Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) also by Nyttend. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

 

Complete recording

Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22, a cantata by the German composer J.S. Bach, was promoted to GA this month and was written by Gerda Arendt. Many thanks for her continuing work in the area of early 18th Century Church music.

Spotlight

 

The Spotlight this month turns to the the Jesus work group. The scope of this project includes the life and teachings of the central figure of Christianity, Jesus Christ and aims to write about them in a non-denominational encylopædic style. Top-priority articles include Jesus, Christ, Resurrection of Jesus, and Holy Grail, whereas High-priority articles include Aramaic Language, a former FA, as well as Sermon on the Mount, Lamb of God, and Passion (Christianity). The workgroup has also published two books, covering Christ's final days and the Parables of Jesus. The workgroup has two GAs, Nativity scene, and Jesus in Islam, but unfortunately the flagship article, Jesus was delisted in 2009. It is also responsible for three WP:1.0 articles, and the WikiWork of the project is 4.56, which indicates the "average" article is between Start and C class.


By Gilderien


Calendar
This coming month (end-March through end-April) includes Easter Sunday in Western Christianity and both Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday for the Eastern Orthodox Church. Other major feasts in the next month include those of Saint George, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Saint Stanislaus, James, son of Zebedee, and Benedict the Moor.


Help requests
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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (May 2013)

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May 2013

Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 363 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, Pleonic, MJWilliams1998, Iloilo Wanderer, Jkadavoor, Sir Ian and McBenjamin. 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

 

This month we hear the news that the Bible is to be made into a film after outstanding success of a biblical miniseries on the History Channel, and we have seen the release of Iraqi Pastor Ali Hamzah from his confinement in Iraq.

After last month's spotlight on the Jesus work group, the flagship article, Jesus, was nominated for Good Article status after much work from FutureTrillionaire and History2007, and provisionally passed by the reviewer, although they have requested a second opinion. Our many thanks for the hard work that has gone into restoring this article to a quality piece of work.

This month the second largest denomination of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church, celebrates Easter and the death and resurrection of the Son of God Jesus Christ.

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 Gilderien


Church of the month

 

Wells Cathedral was this month promoted to GA status. Rodw has appealed for any help project members can give to improve this article for a FA nomination.


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. By John Carter


Featured content and GA report
Since the last report;

Featured report; Madonna in the Church, by Ceoil, Truthkeeper88, and Johnbod was promoted to Featured Article status. Crucifixion and Last Judgement was promoted to featured picture status, after nomination by Crisco 1492.

Wells Cathedral, by Rodw, Robert of Ghent, by User:Ealdgyth, Christianity in Medieval Scotland, by Sabrebd, and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, also by Sabrebd were promoted to GA status.

Also these past months, the DYKs on the main page included Lectionary 311, by Leszek Jańczuk; Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn, by Gerda Arendt; Whalsay Parish Church, by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, Dr. Blofeld; Interpretatio Christiana, by Altenmann; First Congregational Church, Salt Lake City, by Orlady; Church of King Charles the Martyr, Royal Tunbridge Wells, by The C of E; First Church in Albany (Reformed), by Daniel Case; Pope Anastasius II, by AbstractIllusions; Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma, by Dr. Blofeld, Ipigott, Rosiestep; Colan Church, by Rosiestep, Nvvchar, Ipigott; Notre Dame Cathedral, Papeete, Bloom6132, Church of St. Wenceslaus (New Prague, Minnesota), by Elkman; St. Joseph Catholic Church (San Antonio, Texas), by Gilliam; Doubting Thomas, by Johnbod; Robert of Ghent, by Ealdgyth; and Holy Trinity Church, Holdgate, by Peter I. Vardy. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

 
This depiction of the Crucifixion and Last Judgement was painted by Dutch artist Jan van Eyck and promoted to Featured Picture this month.

Spotlight

 

SPOTLIGHT

This month, we turn our attention to the Encyclopedic articles sub-group, which aims to provide "a collection point for lists of articles contained in other reference sources relating to Christianity, which could serve as a basis for developing our own content". Created by John Carter, it is primarily a list of links, red or otherwise, for subjects which have an article in the reference works listed therein. This serves as a very useful list if any project members are "stuck for what to do" and there remains lots of potential for articles developed from this list.

By Gilderien


Calendar
This coming month (end-April through end-May) includes Easter Sunday for the Eastern Orthodox Church. Other major feasts in the next month include those of Matthias the Apostle, The Venerable Bede, and Empress Helena.


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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (June 2013)

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June 2013

From the Editor

 
Since its formation in 2006, WikiProject Christianity has come a long way. A significant number of new articles have appeared on a wide range of topics, and the quality of some key articles has seen dramatic improvement. Yet, by the very nature of the open, crowd-sourced development environment in which we operate, as the number of pages in the project has increased at times our attention has been naturally diluted. We should of course strive for quality everywhere, but we should remember that this newsletter is called Ichthus.

Starting this month we will start a "Focus on" series, where we will try to "bring Jesus back" and focus on him. For five consecutive issues we will focus on one aspect of the study of Jesus. The goal of this series is to inform our members of what the project contains and highlight those articles which have reached quality and stability.

From this month until November we will focus on the historical Jesus, a topic which has been the subject of much discussion on article talk pages, as well as the general media. This is an important topic, and we have a good set of well referenced articles on that now. Then, starting in December we will focus on Christ, and the spiritual and theological elements that the title entails. Following that the review of the life and ministry of Jesus in the New Testament, his miracles, and parables will take place. And each month the "Bookshelf" will mention a book that fits the theme of the month.

We hope you will enjoy this journey as we present a new aspect of Jesus each month. And given that as the number of project pages increases, the ratio of those watching the pages declines, we hope that more of you will watch some of these central pages that help define this project.


Church of the month

 

The current building of All Saints' Church, Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire, England which was completed in 1888, is at least the third version of the church, which dates back to at least the early 13th century.


Good articles and DYKs
The article Jesus received the good article mark last month, as did Cleeve Abbey. A number of churches were featured on the main page in the DYK section in May, namely St. Lamberti, Hildesheim, Karja church, Braaby Church, St Patrick's Liverpool, Vlah Church, Freerslev Church, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mata-Utu, St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska), St. Lamberti, Hildesheim, Karja church, Braaby Church, St. Pierre Cathedral, Saint-Pierre, Mont Saint Michel Abbey, St Patrick's Church, Liverpool, Vlah Church, St Catherine of Siena Church, Cocking, Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción, Roholte Church, Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae, Leicester Abbey, Caracas Cathedral, Caldey Abbey, King's Mead Priory, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) andAll Saints' Church, Winthorpe, as well as the hymn What Wondrous Love Is This.

Focus on...

 

THE
HISTORICAL JESUS

Did Jesus exist? Did he walk the streets of Jerusalem? The Historicity of Jesus article answers these questions with a firm affirmative. Historicity does not discuss if Jesus walked on water, but if he walked at all. The issue was the subject of scholarly debate before the end of last century, but the academic debate is almost over now. As the article discusses, virtually all academic opposition to the existence of Jesus has evaporated away now and scholars see it as a concluded issue. The discussion is now just among mostly self-published non-academics.

In 2011 John Dickson tweeted that if anyone finds a professor of history who denies that Jesus lived,he would eat a page of his Bible (Matthew 1 he said). Dickson's Bible is still safe.

The article discusses the ancient sources that relate to Jesus and how they fit together to establish that he existed. The evidence for Jesus is not just based on the Christian gospels, but by inter-relating them with non-Christian sources, and the fact that they all "fit together". Moreover, the existence of Jesus is not supported just by Christian scholars and in recent years the detailed knowledge of Jewish scholars and their discoveries (e.g. Shlomo Pines' discovery of the Syriac Josephus) has proven highly beneficial. We encourage you to read and follow the article, for the existence of Jesus is central to the existence of Christianity.

From the bookshelf

 
Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence by Robert Van Voorst, 2000 ISBN 0-8028-4368-9

Just a few years after its publication, Van Voorst's book has become the standard comprehensive text for the discussion of ancient sources that relate to Jesus and his historicity. This detailed yet really readable book has received wide ranging endorsements - Blomberg and Harris separately referring to it as the most comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Did you know...

 
A Handel manuscript
  • ... that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the initials "S. D. G.", for Soli Deo Gloria, at the beginning and end of all his church compositions to give God credit for the work, and that Handel at times did the same?

Calendar
The 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.


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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (July 2013)

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July 2013

From the Editor

 
Welcome to the July 2013 issue of Ichthus. We focus on the chronology of Jesus, as well as looking back at the project content improved over the last month.

WP:X has gained another Featured Article, Gospel of the Ebionites, by Ignocrates. The Gospel of the Ebionites is the name scholars give to an apocryphal gospel that supposedly belonged to a sect known as the Ebionites. It consists of seven short quotations discovered in a heresiology known as the Panarion, written by Epiphanius of Salamis, and its original title remains unknown. The text is a gospel harmony composed in Greek, and is believed to have been written during the middle of the 2nd century.

St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn was promoted to Good Article status, as was two other welsh churches, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, and St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch.

The main page also featured several DYK hooks for articles in our project, namely Bob Fu, List of places of worship in Tandridge (district), Catholic Press, Garendon Abbey, St. John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City, New Jersey), Pargev Martirosyan, Praskvica Monastery, Heather Preceptory, St. Augustin, Coburg, Longleat Priory, St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, Christianization of Moravia, Christianization of Bohemia, Repton Abbey, St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Medingen Abbey, Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, St. James on-the-Lines, and Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch.

Church of the month

 

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is part of Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev in Ukraine. It is a functioning monastery that dates back to the Middle Ages.

Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 367 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, Newchildrenofthealmighty, Evenssteven, Kerna96, and FutureTrillionaire. 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.


Focus on...

 

THE
HISTORICAL JESUS

When did Jesus live? When did he die? How do we know? We do, in fact, have excellent information about the time intervals for the life and death of Jesus. As in other people who lived and died in the first century, this gives an approximate date range, but still, give or take 3-4 years and we have pretty good estimates confirmed by a number of really diverse sources, ranging from inscriptions in Delphi to Roman and Jewish sources. The Chronology of Jesus article discusses how a wide variety of Christian, Jewish and Roman sources are used to establish the time-frame for the life and death of Jesus.

And all of his data fits together. For instance, the chronology of Paul had been discussed based on the Book of Acts long ago, then the Delphi Inscription is found in the 20th century in the Temple of Apollo. And guess what.. it confirms it and totally dates his trial in Corinth, which helps reaffirm the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. The same date range is independently estimated from the writings of Josephus on the Baptist's death. And it fits Isaac Newton's astronomical models for the crucifixion date as well as the independent lunar calculations of Humphreys. As that article shows, all these dates just fit together.

From the bookshelf

 
Chronos, kairos, Christos: nativity and chronological studies edited by J. Vardaman, E. M. Yamauchi 1989 ISBN 0-931464-50-1

This two volume book (with a very apt title) is gem-filled with scholarly research. Paul Maier's article in the first volume is a classic study on the chronology of Jesus and provides a useful summary of a number of issues.

Did you know...

 
Hemis monastery

Calendar
This month (July) contains the feast days of Mary Magdalene, and James, son of Zebedee.



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August 2013 WikiProject Christianity Newsletter

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August 2013

From the Editor

 

Welcome to the August 2013 issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter. We focus on the historical Jesus and reflect on the last month.

The project has another featured picture, The ruins of Holyrood Chapel, a digitisation of an oil-on-canvas painting. Our top-importance article, Jesus, has been nominated for Featured Article status, the discussion can be seen here; Knights of Colombus has also been nominated as a FAC.

Ecgbert (bishop) and Church architecture in Scotland have both this month achieved Good Article status.

Our project had several of its articles featured in the main page DYK section, including Hinckley Priory, Little Chapel, St Peter's Church, Ropsley, Chip Ingram, St John the Evangelist's Church, Corby Glen, Great George Street Congregational Church, St Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill and Bunge church.

Our thanks go to all of those who have worked to achieve these article milestones.

Church of the month

 

This image, of Maillezais Cathedral and created by Selbymay was this month promoted to featured picture status.

Membership report
We would like to welcome our newest members, Thechristophermorris, Psmidi and Jchthys. 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.

Focus on...

 

THE
HISTORICAL JESUS

What was Jesus like? What did he preach? Did he claim to be the Messiah? Did he predict an apocalypse? What can we know about him outside a religious context? The Historical Jesus article discusses what can be known about Jesus with various degrees of probability. While scholars agree on the over all flow and outline of Jesus' life (his baptism by John, debated Jewish authorities, healings, and his crucifixion by Pilate) they have built various and diverging portraits of the rest of his life. These range from minimalist portraits that accept very little of the gospel accounts to maximalists who accept most of the accounts as historical.

The portraits of Jesus have at times been unwitting reflections of the researchers themselves, and Crossan once quipped that some authors "do autobiography and call it biography". However, the study of historical Jesus has made one thing clear: there is so much to learn about Jesus that the more one looks, the more there is to discover.

From the bookshelf

 
Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian's Account of His Life and Teaching by Maurice Casey 2010 ISBN 0-567-64517-7

In this book Maurice Casey not only draws on his special expertise in the Aramaic traditions and the Q source, but provides a comprehensive review of the various approaches to the historical Jesus.

Did you know...

 
Christian Demographics

Calendar
This month we celebrate the feasts of St Lawrence, St Bernard, and St Augustine.



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Kaya toast

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Kaya toast with coffee

Remember this one?   I noticed that you commented on the article's talk page way back in 2006. I have begun efforts to expand the article, possibly for a future DYK entry if it can be expanded five-fold. If interested, feel free to collaborate/expand the article. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 09:34, 2 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Assistance regarding a Singaporean news article

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Hello Chensiyuan, I'm writing an article about Gerry Saurer, an Austrian coach of the Kenya national football team. For some reason there is an article about him in Berita Harian about him resigning (if Google Translator is right). Part of the text of the news article can be found at newspapers.nl.sg (Jurulatih dipecat p. 15), but a few words a missing. The full text can be only viewed from the multimedia stations at NLB Libraries (according to this site). Would you be so kind to translate that short article for me or even look up the missing part? I'd be very grateful. ElRaki (talk) 14:43, 13 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi ElRaki, unfortunately Malay is not one of my languages. Chensiyuan (talk) 15:05, 13 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Oops, I thought I checked that through a box at your User page, apparently I didn't. Is it possible for you to access (and send me) the full text though? ElRaki (talk) 20:57, 13 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, Joshua helped me out :) ElRaki (talk) 22:17, 20 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Singapore law articles by SMU students

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From your previous userpage, I understand that you are in the legal profession. You may be aware that a group of SMU students have produced many high-quality articles about Singaporean constitutional and administrative law. The articles deserve consideration for GA status and I intend to nominate them. Most should pass and if a nomination is placed on hold I will address concerns that are not of a technical nature. However, could you help with issues that require legal knowledge to address? If so, thanks so much and all the best! --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 08:38, 5 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Can try. 10:43, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
Dear Chensiyuan, what do you know about the Chan Hiang Leng Colin v. Public Prosecutor case? Its nomination has been placed on hold due to limited background information. --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 13:15, 1 March 2014 (UTC)Reply
Based on the version I just read at least, the background is sufficiently established (ie, see facts and trial judge decision). Chensiyuan (talk) 11:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)Reply
Dear Chensiyuan, could we copyedit Administrative law in Singapore together? The reviewer has pointed out many prose and tone issues. --Hildanknight (talk) 06:51, 23 March 2014 (UTC)Reply
Though this article was probably written by a different group of students, when compared with the smuconlaw articles that made GA, there is just as much legalese and the "instructional" tone is similar. But we can try... Chensiyuan (talk) 01:21, 24 March 2014 (UTC)Reply
Dear Chensiyuan, kindly note that the nominations for Fettering of discretion in Singapore administrative law and Illegality in Singapore administrative law have been placed on hold. Some legal details need clarification and your assistance would be greatly appreciated. For more details, kindly refer to Talk:Fettering of discretion in Singapore administrative law/GA1 and Talk:Illegality in Singapore administrative law/GA1. --Hildanknight (talk) 12:32, 20 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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Dear Chensiyuan, Love this picture, I would like to make a personal use of this picture, but wanted to ask you personally if I could use it Nunocarlos (talk) 20:28, 6 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, which picture are you referring to? Chensiyuan (talk) 01:42, 7 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Main Page appearance: Bill Russell

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This is a note to let the main editors of Bill Russell know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on February 12, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 12, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Bill Russell (born 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player, widely considered one of the best in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Playing center for the Boston Celtics, he was the centerpiece of their dynasty and his shot-blocking and man-to-man defense were major reasons for the team's success. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-Star, he won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career, and jointly holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league. He led the NBA in rebounds four times, and remains second all-time in both total rebounds and rebounds per game. Russell was the first African American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA and the first African American NBA coach. For his accomplishments in the Civil Rights Movement on and off the court, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Russell is a member of three basketball Halls of Fame (Naismith Memorial, National Collegiate, and FIBA) and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award is named in his honor. He also won a 1956 Olympics gold medal as captain of the U.S. national basketball team. (Full article...)

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Photograph Attribution, Tikal National Park, 3.1-6

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Hello, I am writing to thank you for making your photograph available for publication through Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. We plan to use the following photograph for inclusion in Harold Kalman, Heritage Planning, to be published in 2014 by Routledge. The image that we plan to use is:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tikal_mayan_ruins_2009.jpg

You will be credited as the photographer in the caption as Chensiyuan, Wikimedia. If you would like to be credited in another way please contact me skicbbc@gmail.com

Thank you,

Susan Skicbbc (talk) 06:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, thanks for letting me know. All the best with your publication. Chensiyuan (talk) 14:35, 29 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Andrew Ang

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Aleksandar Đurić

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Hi. I was advised that I could seek your help if necessary by referral of Hildanknight. From the LionsXII-related articles, I understand that you have contributed a number of high-quality photos. The article Aleksandar Đurić is currently undergoing a GA review. I was wondering if you currently hold any better quality photos of the player or if you attend any local matches to be able to take one? Thanks. LRD NO (talk) 05:22, 14 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, unfortunately no, I only have pics of LIONSXII players. Chensiyuan (talk) 09:58, 14 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Propposed collaboration

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Dear Chensiyuan, I believe you are aware of the excellent work that new editor LRD NO has done about local footballers, including Aleksandar Duric, Choo Seng Quee, Daniel Bennett (footballer) and Indra Sahdan Daud. Since you have written many GAs and FAs about footballers (from other countries), I was wondering if you would be interested in a collaboration with him (and me). He would produce most of the content, while we would focus on polishing his contributions and offering him guidance (for example, about researching, prose flow and images). Fortunately, Smuconlaw and I are handling the law articles just fine, otherwise I would be worried about overloading you with this request. --Hildanknight (talk) 03:28, 26 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Tikal temples 1 2 3 5 2009.JPG - Confirmation of CC licence for use in a infographic.

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Hi there,

My name's Ian, I work for a small infographic studio (NeoMam) in Manchester, UK. We're making an infographic about star wars travel locations and would like to use a small version of your image to illustrate one of the items on the list.

We are going to distribute the work under CC-BY-SA 3.0 so I believe it's in line with the licence under which you've released it under.

However we always like to double check these things, it would attributed in the following manner on the graphic:

Tikal Mayan Ruins Temples 1, 2, 3 and 5 / chensiyuan / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / Image has been resized

If you'd like to see examples of this on the graphic, please contact me at my user page and I'll be more than happy to send examples.

Please let me know if this is OK or if you'd like it to be attributed in a different way.

Thanks, Ian

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POTD notification

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Hi Siyuan,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:1 zhangjiajie huangshizhai wulingyuan panorama 2012.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 21, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-06-21. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:22, 4 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Flushing Chinatown (法拉盛華埠)

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Can you please upload some good pictures of Flushing Chinatown? 173.63.177.192 (talk) 08:20, 14 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

I don't have any. Chensiyuan (talk) 14:43, 14 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
That's too bad because you take such good photos. If you could take some, that would be very great! 173.63.177.192 (talk) 15:47, 14 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

File:1 toledo spain evening sunset 2014.jpg COM:FPC nomination

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Hi Chensiyuan,
I have just nominated your image as a Commons:Featured picture candidate. The composition and mood are certainly excellent and I think that it has good chances to be promoted. However, it has rightly been noted that there are some slight quality issues, namely some banding in the sky (meaning that the color transitions are not as smooth as they should be, possibly a compression or stitching issue). Perhaps you could find the time to have a look whether you can fix it.
In any case, I would like to thank you for your great contributions!
Best regards, --DXR (talk) 15:28, 14 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

The colour banding is likely made worse by saving the JPG in AdobeRGB colourspace. Please use sRGB when saving the JPG (I assume you are working from raw files). AdobeRGB has too wide a gamut for the 8-bit of a JPG and makes colour banding much more likely. Web images are almost never viewed with hardware/software/configuration capable of correctly displaying AdobeRGB images -- it is really only a colourspace suitable for images being sent to a printer, and then 16-bit TIFF is preferable. -- Colin°Talk 21:50, 14 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the nomination! I just like to take pictures, and never managed to wrap my head around the science of editing after that. Is this something that can be re-edited at this stage, or does the pano need to be reconstructed (I think it was a few vertical raws) from scratch? Happy to let anyone edit and if need be restitch. Chensiyuan (talk) 01:56, 15 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Hi and thanks for your response! Do you think that you could upload the source images (preferably in a relatively neutral state and in sRGB) to a site like flickr that allows full-size up- and downloads in good quality? Surely we have enough people (including me) who would be prepared to try to restich the image without the small issues. --DXR (talk) 13:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Great -- I have sent you an email (the one that is linked to your Commons username). Chensiyuan (talk) 14:48, 15 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
That's perfect! Thank you very much, I will try my luck tomorrow. Have a nice weekend. --DXR (talk) 15:21, 15 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Thanks a bunch for helping! Chensiyuan (talk) 15:26, 16 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
It looks like the nomination passed, thanks for your help again. Chensiyuan (talk) 05:57, 24 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Yes it did, you're very welcome! It's really a great view! --DXR (talk) 18:04, 24 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

File:1 taipei sunrise panorama 2015.jpg

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Hi Chensiyuan,

I'm writing to you again because I have found this panorama of Taipei by you, which I think is very nice but perhaps still a bit improvable. I have nominated it at FPC, but some reviewers have noted that the post-processing applied is perhaps a bit stronger than it should be. I am sure that the view is very deserving of being featured, so maybe you could find the time to rework it a bit, mainly by reducing the added sharpening, which leaves somewhat distracting patterns. Alternatively you could also give me access to the raw files like with the Toledo panorama and I would try to make the adjustments.

All the best, --DXR (talk) 11:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hey thanks for the nomination again. I've sent you an email with a link to the raw files. Chensiyuan (talk) 00:57, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
Great! Thanks a lot again! --DXR (talk) 11:09, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
 
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:1 toledo spain evening sunset 2014.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 01:37, 18 February 2015 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, nice to know. Chensiyuan (talk) 05:52, 18 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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Hi there, love your photo. Can i print it as a backdrop for my international event? would want people to see the beautiful skyline of singapore. this photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singapore_skyline_at_sunset_viewed_from_Gardens_by_the_Bay_East_-_20120426.jpg Thehannah (talk) 06:33, 8 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Sure, just follow the licencing conditions stated in the image! Chensiyuan (talk) 12:25, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

A beer for you!

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  Thanks - Gracias . Good Job , good Pictures . EEIM (talk) 05:24, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Your pictures are in an app!

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Jiuzhaigou
 
Christ the Redeemer

Hello Chensiyuan,

Your beautiful pictures of Christ the Redeemer and Jiuzhaigou have been included in the Android app Wonders of the World.

You are credited as "Photo: Wikipedia user Chensiyuan, [license type], [link to Wikimedia Commons photograph]". If you would like to change the attribution in a future version, please let us know.

Thank you very much for your contribution!

Zeuslab (talk) 21:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Nice to know and thanks for attributing. Chensiyuan (talk) 00:28, 15 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

You're Invited!

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{{WPW Referral}}

1 rocinha favela panorama 2010.jpg

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Hi, if you are the author of this picure, could you please add an {{Information}} template to clarify that you are the photographer? Thanks, Einstein2 (talk) 20:23, 7 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Bootham Crescent

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Hi, would you be interested in taking a look at Bootham Crescent, which is up at FAC? Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 13:03, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Permission to use your image

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Hi Chensiyuan, I would like to use your image of rocinha favela found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_rocinha_favela_closeup.JPG in a brazilian TV serie entitled "Critical Uncertainties". Please email me at teka.carbonell@gmail.com so we can talk a little bit more about my project. Thanks, Teka.--Teka.carbonell (talk) 21:30, 8 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi, sure all of my images can be used with the attribution described in the image licence. Chensiyuan (talk) 01:24, 9 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thank you!! --Teka.carbonell (talk) 20:51, 13 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

IllumiNations Picture Nomination

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I am informing you that I have nominated one of your photos, File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg, to become a featured picture. It is located at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Illuminations Picture. Elisfkc (talk) 21:49, 18 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 21:53, 28 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

POTD notification

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POTD

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Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on December 31, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-12-30. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:01, 12 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

 
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:1 singapore national day parade 2011 fireworks.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 15:18, 25 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg

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I have once again nominated your file, File:1 epcot illuminations 2010.jpg, to be a featured picture, this time on Wikimedia Commons. -- Elisfkc (talk) 03:13, 25 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Usage of your photo without attribution

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I noted a gaming community in Singapore used a derivation of one of your photo as a campaign poster which is publicly on google plus but without any attribution to you as the original photographer.

Will you want to seek attribution or ask for a takedown?

--Xaiver0510 (talk) 09:36, 19 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi Xaiver, thanks for the message. As a respect of the licensing terms, they should attribute in accordance with the terms or find another image. Chensiyuan (talk) 11:56, 19 August 2016 (UTC)Reply
Hi, the gplus link is here. This poster is reaching to asia and probably the rest of the world. Haerang Dong is the asia community manager for the AR game ingress and he had reshared to the wide following he has in Asia.
In my personal opinion, the derivative work of your original shot is done poorly. And in view of the wider wikipedia world, I strongly suggest you to ask for a takedown. --Xaiver0510 (talk) 14:09, 19 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

Backmasking

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I have nominated Backmasking for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:32, 6 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Cliff Clinkscales

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Hi there. Sorry to bother you. TempleM has a FAC review for Cliff Clinscales running and I did a little bit of copy editing on it. It looks good to me, but one of the other reviewers has some issues with tone, mainly the terminology. I'm no basketball expert so I don't really see the problems, but I looked for other FA basketball players articles and found you (from Tim Duncan). If you'd be willing, I'm sure TempleM would be grateful for some input on what could be improved. Any assistance (even if not a full review) would be appreciated here. Scribolt (talk) 07:22, 8 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

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photo / permission request

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Hi

The Canadian Museum of History is preparing a permanent gallery titled: Canadian History Hall. The exhibition will open, July, 2017.

The Museum has identified the following work(s) in your collection which we are seeking authorization to reproduce in the context of the project:

https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Raptors_0607.JPG

The Museum would like to obtain your permission to reproduce the work(s) mentioned above for the following purposes; in an interactive timeline on computer station(s) in the exhibition and on its Website.

If there is any cost associated with acquiring the high resolution digital file(s) (8 x 10 @ 300dpi) and/or any cost to use the work(s) in the context of the project, please provide us the total fees and, if possible, the detail rate per use.

Best regards,


M. / Mr. Dominique Dufour Agent aux actifs numériques, Salle de l’histoire canadienne Musée canadien de l’histoire Digital Assets Officer, Canadian History Hall Canadian Museum of History 100, rue Laurier Street, Gatineau QC K1A 0M8 T 819-776-8529 dominique.dufour(at)historymuseum.ca Permission CMH (talk) 18:27, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

You can use it so long as it's credited to chensiyuan. Best wishes. Chensiyuan (talk) 11:53, 4 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
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Photo Wallpaper

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Hi, Chensiyuan

We (my wife and I) wish to print your image of the Halstatt as a photo wallpaper in our flat. Do you have it in a higher resolution? We plan to print it 205cm x 58cm, so 7360x4912 gives 91dpi only. 12106x8080 (150dpi) would be perfect, but even 9865x6464 (120dpi) would be great. If it is a stitched panorama (is it?) it should not be difficult provided you still have the original photos.

Thank you for your wonderful panoramas, they are really cool!

Eloquent2013 (talk) 17:22, 15 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi Eloquent2013, unfortunately I do not have it at any higher resolution as it is just a single shot and not a panorama. Feel free to print it and use it nonetheless. Chensiyuan (talk) 06:08, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
Ok, thank you! Eloquent2013 (talk) 11:59, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Martyrmachia.jpg

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作品使用

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您好,关于您的作品使用想和您进一步的沟通,谢谢 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanmm (talkcontribs) 07:55, 28 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi, which work are you referring to? Chensiyuan (talk) 01:06, 29 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

关于您的一张 张家界武陵源景区的图片 我们想在项目上使用,关于使用版权问题,想和您沟通一下。 由于涉及到项目上的保密问题,是否方便留一下您的邮箱,我们通过邮件沟通。 以下是我的邮箱,如果方便的话可以直接邮箱联系我,谢谢 。823736008@qq.com

Because of the confidentiality of the project, can we communicate the details in the email? Is it convenient to leave your email account? or can contact my email address directly ,823736008@qq.com. Please contact me ,thanks.

图片作品版权问题

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关于您的一张 张家界武陵源景区的图片 我们想在项目上使用,关于使用购买版权问题,想和您沟通一下。 由于涉及到项目上的保密问题,是否方便留一下您的邮箱,我们通过邮件沟通。 以下是我的邮箱,如果方便的话可以直接邮箱联系我,谢谢 。823736008@qq.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanmm (talkcontribs) 03:39, 30 August 2017 (UTC) Because of the confidentiality of the project, can we communicate the details in the email? Is it convenient to leave your email account? or can contact my email address directly ,823736008@qq.com. Please contact me ,thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanmm (talkcontribs) 05:14, 7 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Have sent you an email. Chensiyuan (talk) 15:08, 7 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

POTD notification

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POTD

Hi Chen,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:1 toledo spain evening sunset 2014.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on September 25, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-09-25. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:36, 9 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the update! Chensiyuan (talk) 09:41, 10 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

New Page Reviewing

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Hello, Chensiyuan.

As one of Wikipedia's most experienced editors,
Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 22:11, 25 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Articles for Creation Reviewing

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Hello, Chensiyuan.
AfC submissions
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I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project, AfC, which is also extremely backlogged.
Would you please consider becoming an Articles for Creation reviewer? Articles for Creation reviewers help new users learn the ropes of creating their first articles, and identify whether topics are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Reviewing drafts doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia inclusion policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After requesting to be added to the project, reviewing is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the reviewing instructions before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 01:39, 29 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Ichthus April 2018

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ICHTHUS

April 2018

Project News
By Lionelt

Belated Happy Easter and Kalo Pascha! We're excited to announce the return of our newsletter Ichthus! Getting this issue out was touch-and-go for a while. Check out what's happening at the Project:


Achievements

 
Hedy Lamarr as Delilah

In March the Project saw four articles promoted to GA-Class. They were the oh-so-irresistible Delilah (nom. MagicatthemovieS) (pictured), Edict of Torda (nom. Borsoka), David Meade (author) (nom. LovelyGirl7) and last but not least Black Christmas (2006 film) (nom. Drown_Soda). Black Christmas? How did that get in there lol? Congratulations to all of the nominators for a job well done!


Did You Know
Nominated by The C of E

... that some people know Christ the Lord is risen today from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?"

Featured article
Nominated by FutureTrillionaire

Jesus (7–2 BC to 30–33 AD) is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that a historical Jesus existed, although there is little agreement on the reliability of the gospel narratives and how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus. Most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish preacher from Galilee, was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate. Christians generally believe that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, performed miracles, founded the Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven, from which he will return. The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three Persons of a Divine Trinity. A few Christian groups reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural. In Islam, Jesus is considered one of God's important prophets and the Messiah. (Full article...)


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Ichthus: May 2018

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ICHTHUS

May 2018

Project News
By Lionelt

Last month's auspicious relaunch of our newsletter precipitated something of an uproar in the Wikipedia community. What started as a localized edit war over censorship spilled over onto the Administrator's Noticeboard finally ending up at Wikipedia's supreme judicial body ArbCom. Their ruling resulted in the admonishment of administrator Future Perfect at Sunrise for his involvement in the dispute. The story was reported by Wikipedia's venerable flagship newspaper The Signpost.

The question of whether to delete all portals--including the 27 Christianity-related portals--was put to the Wikipedia community. Approximately 400 editors have participated in the protracted discussion. Going by !votes, Oppose deletion has a distinct majority. The original Christianity Portal was created on November 5, 2005 by Brisvegas and the following year he successfully nominated the portal for Featured Portal. The Transhumanist has revived WikiProject Portals with hopes of revitalizing Wikipedia's system of 1,515 portals.

Stay up-to-date on the latest happenings at the Project Watch


Achievements

Four articles in the Project were promoted to GA: Edict of Torda nom. by Borsoka, Jim Bakker nom. by LovelyGirl7, Ralph Abernathy nom. by Coffee and Psalm 84 nom. by Gerda_Arendt. The Psalm ends with "O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee." Words to live by. Please support our members and send some WikiLove to the nominators!

Featured article
Nominated by Spangineer

 

Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to make contact with the Huaorani people of the rainforest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known as the Aucas, were an isolated tribe known for their violence, both against their own people and outsiders who entered their territory. With the intention of being the first Protestants to evangelize the Huaorani, the missionaries began making regular flights over Huaorani settlements in September 1955, dropping gifts. After several months of exchanging gifts, on January 2, 1956, the missionaries established a camp at "Palm Beach", a sandbar along the Curaray River, a few miles from Huaorani settlements. Their efforts culminated on January 8, 1956, when all five—Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian—were attacked and speared by a group of Huaorani warriors. The news of their deaths was broadcast around the world, and Life magazine covered the event with a photo essay. The deaths of the men galvanized the missionary effort in the United States, sparking an outpouring of funding for evangelization efforts around the world. Their work is still frequently remembered in evangelical publications, and in 2006, was the subject of the film production End of the Spear. (more...)


Did You Know
Nominated by Dahn

"... that, shortly after being sentenced to death for treason, Ioan C. Filitti became manager of the National Theatre Bucharest?"


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Ichthus June 2018

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ICHTHUS

June 2018

Project news
By Lionelt

Here are discussions relevant to the Project:

The following articles need reviewers for GA-class: Type of Constans nom. by Gog the Mild, Tian Feng (magazine) nom. by Finnusertop. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Stay up-to-date on the latest happenings at the Project Watch


Did You Know
Nominated by Gonzonoir

... that in 1636, Phineas Hodson, Chancellor of York Minster, lost his 38-year-old wife Jane during the birth of the couple's 24th child?

Featured article
Nominated by Cliftonian

 
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

The Mortara case was a controversy precipitated by the Papal States' seizure of Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish child, from his family in Bologna, Italy, in 1858. The city's inquisitor, Father Pier Feletti, heard from a servant that she had administered emergency baptism to the boy when he fell sick as an infant, and the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition held that this made the child irrevocably a Catholic. Because the Papal States had forbidden the raising of Christians by members of other faiths, it was ordered that he be taken from his family and brought up by the Church. After visits from the child's father, international protests mounted, but Pope Pius IX would not be moved. The boy grew up as a Catholic with the Pope as a substitute father, trained for the priesthood in Rome until 1870, and was ordained in France three years later. In 1870 the Kingdom of Italy captured Rome during the unification of Italy, ending the pontifical state; opposition across Italy, Europe and the United States over Mortara's treatment may have contributed to its downfall. (Full article...)


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Ichthus: July 2018

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ICHTHUS

July 2018

The Top 7 report
By Lionelt

The big news was the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Top 7 most popular articles in WikiProject Christianity were:

    1. Elizabeth I of England – legendary monarch who ushered in the Elizabethan Era over the dead body of her half-sister (#5)
    2. Henry VIII of England – on his deathbed the last words of the king who founded the English Reformation were "Monks! Monks! Monks!"
    3. Martin Luther King Jr. – can't wait to see the new US$5 bill featuring the "I Have a Dream" speech
    4. Seven deadly sins – surprisingly "original research" is not one of the Seven deadly sins
    5. Mary, Queen of Scots – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC)
    6. Michael Curry (bishop) – our article says that he upstaged Meghan at her wedding. Did you see her wedding pictures? All I can say is {{dubious}}
    7. Robert F. Kennedy – when informed that missiles were being installed in Cuba he famously quipped, "Can they hit Oxford, Mississippi?"


Did you know
Nominated by The C of E

... that the little-known 1758 Methodist hymn "Sun of Unclouded Righteousness" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both Islam and Unitarianism?

Our newest Featured list
Nominated by Freikorp

[[File:|200px|The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling. ]]
The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling.

List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events. Predictions of apocalyptic events that would result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the Christian Era. Most predictions are related to Abrahamic religions, often standing for or similar to the eschatological events described in their scriptures. Christian predictions typically refer to events like the Rapture, Great Tribulation, Last Judgment, and the Second Coming of Christ.

Polls conducted in 2012 across 20 countries found over 14% of people believe the world will end in their lifetime, with percentages raging from 6% of people in France to 22% in the US and Turkey. In the UK in 2015, the general public believed the likeliest cause would be nuclear war, while experts thought it would be artificial intelligence. Between one and three percent of people from both countries thought the apocalypse would be caused by zombies or alien invasion. (more...)


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GAR review

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Cesc Fàbregas, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Ikhtiar H (talk) 15:55, 21 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Ichthus June 2019

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ICHTHUS

June 2019
The Top 6 Articles
By Stalinsunnykvj

The sad news was the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. The Top 6 most popular articles about People in WikiProject Christianity were:

    1. Louis XIV of France – a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France. He did say, "Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful."
    2. Mary, Queen of Scots – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC), Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I of England in 1586, and was beheaded the following year.
    3. Elizabeth I of England – The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor who ushered in the Elizabethan Era, reversed re-establishment of Roman Catholicism by her half-sister.
    4. Henry VIII of EnglandKing of England, He was an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his known piece of music is "Pastime with Good Company". He is often reputed to have written "Greensleeves" but probably did not. He had six marriages.
    5. Martin Luther King Jr.
      " There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face not only in the United States of America but all over the world today. That is the problem of racism, the problem of poverty and the problem of war."
    6. Billy Ray Cyrus – Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia.
Did You Know?
Nominated by Stalinsunnykvj

... that the first attempt to build the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra resulted in the demolition of the nearly completed structure?

Featured article
Nominated by Stalinsunnykvj
 
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, Ireland

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral is a Gothic Revival three-spire cathedral in the city of Cork, Ireland. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and was completed in 1879. The cathedral is located on the south side of the River Lee, on ground that has been a place of worship since the 7th century, and is dedicated to Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of the city. It was once in the Diocese of Cork; it is now one of the three cathedrals in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Christian use of the site dates back to a 7th-century AD monastery, which according to legend was founded by Finbarr of Cork. The entrances contain the figures of over a dozen biblical figures, capped by a tympanum showing a Resurrection scene. (more...)

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Ichthus July 2019

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July 2019
The Top 6 Articles
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A suicide attack on July 11th claimed by Islamic State (IS) near a church in the Syrian city of Qamishli shows that Christians remain a major target of the terror group. The Top 6 most popular articles about People in WikiProject Christianity were:

    1. Henry VIII of EnglandKing of England, He was an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his known piece of music is "Pastime with Good Company". He is often reputed to have written "Greensleeves" but probably did not. He had six marriages.
    2. Elena Cornaro Piscopia – was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university, and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree. In 1669, she translated the Colloquy of Christ by Carthusian monk Lanspergius from Spanish into Italian.
    3. Mary, Queen of Scots – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC), Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I of England in 1586, and was beheaded the following year.
    4. Bob Dylan – American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist.
      " Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."
    5. Elizabeth I of England – The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor who ushered in the Elizabethan Era, reversed re-establishment of Roman Catholicism by her half-sister.
    6. Billy Ray Cyrus – Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia.
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Eric and Leslie Ludy were 21 and 16 respectively when they first met, English professors suggest that older singles are unlikely to gather hope from their story.

When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships is a 1999 book by Eric and Leslie Ludy, an American married couple. After becoming a bestseller on the Christian book market, the book was republished in 2004 and then revised and expanded in 2009. It tells the story of the authors' first meeting, courtship, and marriage. The authors advise single people not to be physically or emotionally intimate with others, but to wait for the spouse that God has planned for them.

The book is divided into five sections and sixteen chapters. Each chapter is written from the perspective of one of the two authors; nine are by Eric, while Leslie wrote seven, as well as the introduction. The Ludys argue that one's love life should be both guided by and subordinate to one's relationship with God. Leslie writes that God offers new beginnings to formerly unchaste or sexually abused individuals. (more...)

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    1. Dolly Parton - an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music.   Quotations related to Dolly Parton at Wikiquote: " I just depend on a lot of prayer and meditation. I believe that without God I am nobody, but that with God, I can do anything."
    2. Harriet Tubman - an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, she escaped and made some missions to rescue enslaved people, using the network of antislavery activists and Underground Railroads. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout, spy for the Union Army.
    3. Henry VIII of EnglandKing of England, He was an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his known piece of music is "Pastime with Good Company". He is often reputed to have written "Greensleeves" but probably did not. He had six marriages.
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  • ... that the ancient Jewish text of Perek Shirah asserts that spiders and rats praise God using verses from Psalm 150?
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Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. The book is divided into five chapters, which Dickens titled "staves". A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. (more...)

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    1. Pope Benedict XVI – retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as head of the Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation.
    2. Pope Francis – the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.
    3. Dolly Parton – an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music.   Quotations related to Dolly Parton at Wikiquote: "I just depend on a lot of prayer and meditation. I believe that without God I am nobody, but that with God, I can do anything."
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Сретение Господне ("The Meeting of the Lord"), a depiction of Simeon recognising Jesus at the Temple, from a fifteenth-century Novgorodskye School Russian icon.

A Song for Simeon, is a 37-line poem written in 1928 by American-English poet T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is one of five poems that Eliot contributed to the Ariel poems series of 38 pamphlets by several authors published by Faber and Gwyer. "A Song for Simeon" was the sixteenth in the series and included an illustration by avant garde artist Edward McKnight Kauffer. The poem's narrative echoes the text of the Nunc dimittis, a liturgical prayer for Compline from the Gospel passage. Eliot introduces literary allusions to earlier writers Lancelot Andrewes, Dante Alighieri and St. John of the Cross. Critics have debated whether Eliot's depiction of Simeon is a negative portrayal of a Jewish figure and evidence of anti-Semitism on Eliot's part. (more...)

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