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Welcome to being an instructor

 Hello, Floating Boat/Archive 3! On behalf of the CVU Academy, I'd like to welcome you to training budding anti-vandals! I'm sure you'll have a fantastic time - we're quite glad to have you! On another note, it is recommended that you watchlist: the instructor status page, the enroll page (for new students), our main talk page, and our questions page. Also, make sure you read this page for info on instruction methods and teaching requirements. If you're looking for a place to get ideas on how and exactly what to teach the resources page should give you some guidance. Finally, please join the special CVUA IRC (#wikipedia-cvua connect) in order for easy communication. Thanks, and please let us know if you have any questions! Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:51, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
As the message says if you need any help, just ask. Also, there is a prospective student on WP:CVUA/E so if you're looking for a student, go for. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:51, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you Callanecc, but I've done everything on the template because of this. I've commented on the current request. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 12:57, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Sorry I thought you were quite a bit newer. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:03, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
It's absolutely fine, you couldn't have seen it because I archived a few minutes ago. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 13:04, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 September 2012

WikiProject Christianity September 2012 newsletter


ICHTHUS

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.

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


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.


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.

Ichthus is the newsletter of Christianity on Wikipedia • It is published by WikiProject Christianity
For submissions contact the Newsroom • To unsubscribe add yourself to the list here
EdwardsBot (talk)

The Signpost: 17 September 2012

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy/Enroll.
Message added 17:27, 18 September 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Sriharsh1234 17:27, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at Sriharsh1234's talk page.
Message added 18:10, 19 September 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Sriharsh1234 18:10, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Differentiating reference syntax in editing window

Hi Float-- based on the village pump discussion on giving reference syntax a unique color to differentiate from other text while editing, I've opened up an RfC to expand the audience on the topic. You are welcome to participate anytime. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 00:16, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

What would I like to learn first

I would like to learn how to distinguish between blatant vandalism and good faith edits Sriharsh1234 06:05, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I think reading Wikipedia:Assume good faith and WP:What is not vandalism would be good to start with, and then I'll ask you a couple of questions after you've told me you've read them. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 12:58, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
I finished reading the pages. Now ask whatever you want to ask. Thanks. --Sriharsh1234 24th september 2012 11:08 IST
See your training page. You can bookmark the page for easier access. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 12:50, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Andie, [Ma'am Floating Boat], how are you? It has been a long time since we last interacted. How's the editing coming along these days? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:56, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

The editing's going along just fine, but these days I'm more active on Twitter than Wikipedia :) A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 12:59, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Really? I haven't seen you much though. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 14:40, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

CVUA

Hi Floating Boat. I'm leaving you this message because you have previously been involved with Counter-Vandalism, and may still be. The Academy project has been restructured, placing responsibility for it on the trainers themselves and as part of the process I am trying to find out who is still interested in remaining as active trainers.

In future, there will be no clerking or coordination, so If you are still active and can respond to requests from students within around 48 hours, you need do nothing until a new student contacts you on your talk page. Nevertheless, if your status changes, please update your entry on the table of active trainers at the new WP:CVUA page. If you no longer have sufficient time to commit to the CV training project, that's fine, but please remove your name from the active list. While on your travels however, should you come across users who are having a hard time with their reverts, don't hesitate to send them a link to the CVUA. Thanks, and happy editing! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:36, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't have as much time now as I did over the summer, but I can still check in almost every day. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 12:16, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at User:Floating Boat/CVUA/Sriharsh1234.
Message added 02:13, 26 September 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Sriharsh1234 02:13, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 September 2012

My next question

What is my next question? Please answer as soon as possible. Thanks Sriharsh1234 08:16, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, what would you like to learn next? A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 09:37, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
I would like to learn the various policies, and which level of warning will be appropriate. Please post new questions on my CVUA page. Thanks! Sriharsh1234 06:02, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm a bit busy right now in real life, but I'll post you some questions tomorrow or Tuesday. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 13:11, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

CVUA

Hi. As you are currently training User:Sriharsh1234 I'm just letting you know that I have declined their request for Rollback permission until the CVUA course has been successfully taught and completed. I will be checking the result before approving any new requests for counter-vandalism user rights. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:08, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - I was not aware that he had applied for rollback. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 12:47, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 October 2012

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at User:Floating Boat/CVUA/Sriharsh1234.
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Sriharsh1234 06:46, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at Wikipedia_talk:Teahouse/Host_lounge.
Message added 00:10, 5 October 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

SarahStierch (talk) 00:10, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback: Unification of usernames in different wikis

Hello Floating Boat, thank you for answering my query on the help desk. It seems I was wrong about the possibility of using the same username on the it and en wikis, the page Wikipedia:Changing username says it cannot be done. It suggests to en users who made few contributions (I wrote ca. 15 new pages, are they few?) to change their username, I will consider that. About vandalism, I removed a big one on the article Italy around two years ago, there was a long nonsense phrase. I see you are studying French, that's a very beautiful language, phonetically perhaps the most beautiful one among the western languages (I can't say anything about the other ones since I don't know them).
I am geographically curious, may I ask you where you live? I live in Parma, which is most probably the Italian city that has more namesakes in the U.S. (seven). Greetings from the "Bel Paese" (the beautiful country), --Gabodon (talk) 07:06, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Counter vandalism

Hi. Please note that the page at Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Questions is discontinued. Please address any enquiries to WT:CVUA. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:42, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!
Hi Floating Boat! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative.

As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by:

We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved!

Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 04:16, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 October 2012

WikiProject Christianity October 2012 newsletter


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.

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


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.


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.

Ichthus is the newsletter of Christianity on Wikipedia • It is published by WikiProject Christianity
For submissions contact the Newsroom • To unsubscribe add yourself to the list here
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The Signpost: 15 October 2012

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at Wikipedia_talk:Teahouse/Host_lounge.
Message added 00:45, 18 October 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

SarahStierch (talk) 00:45, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 October 2012

*sigh*

Sadly, I clicked there. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 06:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Haha, I nearly fell for it but I just hovered over the link in the end. :P A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 06:22, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
We all know what happens if you click this, though. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 06:27, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at Anonymouse321's talk page.
Message added 06:31, 25 October 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Anonymouse321 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

New editors' contributions

In case you haven't looked at the reply at the Village pump, the answer is that new contributors are the most recent 1% of user accounts created. Apparently it has nothing to do with a user's edits/user rights, but rather how many accounts have been created afterward. Kind of an interesting way of determining new users, isn't it? –– Anonymouse321 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, that's rather quirky - I didn't know or expect that. Anyway, thanks for letting me know, as I haven't been on in a while so hadn't seen the reply. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 18:29, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Revert

Thanks for your vigilance and revert on the personal attack on my talk page! CTF83! 00:43, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

You're very welcome. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 05:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

My reply to your post on the help Desk

Good evening Andie,

You wrote a reply, to which I posted;

@ User talk:Floating Boat ... Perhaps you should. It is not obvious to me.
@ Astronaut Thanks, I thought that too, but cannot find it anywhere.

Please explain.

Sincerely, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones/The Welsh Buzzard 19:26, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

My apologies, I thought you knew. I remember under Preferences, there used to be a setting for 'Mark edits as minor by default' but I can't find it now. Sorry again. a boat that can float! (watch me float!) 04:48, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
Good morning Andie,
Thank you for replying. I remember seeing Mark edits as minor by default too, but I can't find it either. This has since been explained here by User:Hersfold.
On a lighter note, I woke up this morning convinced that I had solved your riddle; that the answer is, "A screw." Get it?
Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones/The Welsh Buzzard 09:49, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 October 2012

The Signpost: 05 November 2012

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at I Jethrobot's talk page.
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The Signpost: 12 November 2012

WikiProject Christianity October 2012 newsletter


ICHTHUS

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
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.

Ichthus is the newsletter of Christianity on Wikipedia • It is published by WikiProject Christianity
For submissions contact the Newsroom • To unsubscribe add yourself to the list here
EdwardsBot (talk)

The Signpost: 19 November 2012

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at I Jethrobot's talk page.
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The Signpost: 26 November 2012

BLP warning

Thank you and my apologies. Still need to figure out the intricacies of Wikipedia editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph.gruber (talk • contribs) 19:57, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

It's fine. Just a gentle warning, that's all. - a boat that can float! (watch me float) 13:39, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 December 2012

The Signpost: 10 December 2012

Happy Birthday!

Seconded! :) —Theopolisme 12:10, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Awww, thanks! - a boat that can float! (happy holidays) 16:01, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 December 2012

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - December 2012


ICHTHUS

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.

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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.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2012

Talkback

Hello, Floating Boat. You have new messages at Arctic Kangaroo's talk page.
Message added 10:08, 1 January 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hop n hop (on the arctic ice) 10:08, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Floating Boat

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Happy New Year to you too!


The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) — is wishing you a Happy New Year! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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Thanks also for the message on my talk page! The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 03:35, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 December 2012

Derby

It was constructive. There is no need for the statement "it's a town, not a city", and the current edit reads: "Derby, is a city,not a town.town...", which does not make sense. I will be reverting it back to it's previous incarnation.

I think Huggle messed up again. Go ahead. - a boat that can float! (watch me float) 14:17, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
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