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Congrats on the GA, just noticed!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:40, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for undertaking to do this and for letting me know. I doubt I can be of much help in the drafting - I gather my wording for the Gibraltar DYK special procedure has caused problems down the road, which is a worthwhile reminder that I don't think like a lawyer. I believe Prioryman had a multi-part RfC drafted; I hope he will work with you because that struck me at the time as well thought out. Yngvadottir (talk) 15:10, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
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... for correcting my oversight here. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 00:23, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Computer modem went bonko for longer than I would have wanted, making connection impossible. Having said that, if you would want to take over the newsletter, by all means do so. I've kind of run out of ideas about what to do new with it, and think that any input from anyone else would be more than useful, and would very likely make it more interesting and useful to those who would read it. John Carter (talk) 18:33, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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Stumbled upon User:Gilderien/GA-DYKRFC. Just wanted to say that in contrast to your opening paragraph I don't think there was anything wrong with the wording of your original proposal. It was just very successfully stonewalled by some experienced editors. A good indication of this is that only those that were adamantly opposed to its success started bringing up the structure of the RFC after it looked like it might succeed. Anyway, if you do go ahead and bring this one live can you drop a note at WT:GAN. Before it was closed I started making a table of the oppose !votes in preparation for starting a new RFC.
Reason for oppose | number of opposes |
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Support own section, but do not mix with DYK | 3 |
Needs more limitations | 1 |
FA serves the purpose of GA | 1 |
GA is not ready | 1 |
Too different to mix | 6 |
GA's would dilute DYK | 4 |
GA standards not as good as DYK | 2 |
GA would flood DYK increasing backlog | 2 |
DYK is about new articles | 8 |
Already too many options | 1 |
GA too high a barrier | 1 |
DYK promotes editing to new users | 2 |
Too restrictive/GA already has a backlog | 1 |
Hijacked by partisans | 1 |
GA is not a positive process | 1 |
Won't improve DYK, need more radical | 1 |
Will stop article creation | 1 |
Should only have the best on the front page | 1 |
DYK hook based method will not work well with GA | 2 |
Gives something to do in spare time | 1 |
Don't need to reward each stage of article improvement | 2 |
Better in a separate section | 1 |
Idea is a little odd | 1 |
Don't want GA creep | 1 |
Harder to create a GA so would have less total | 1 |
Already too many DYKs, strain on DYK | 4 |
High workload on DYK and saturate DYK | 4 |
Will limit editors motivation | 1 |
per above (vote placed close to the bottom) | 1 |
Would dilute the DYK backlog | 1 |
No need for it | 1 |
Push GAs to FAs to get on the main page | 1 |
You can use it if you want. The main complaints that could possibly be addressed are worries about flooding the process with Good articles and that the two processes shouldn't be mixed. AIRcorn (talk) 23:23, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
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ICHTHUS |
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
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
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
Hi, did you intend to do this? if not, or if it was some sort of edit conflict I'd appreciate it if you reverted yourself. If it was intentional may I have an explanation? Thanks. ϢereSpielChequers 11:37, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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