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The Signpost: 27 February 2012

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FYI

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Fyi... It is WikiProject Biography and not WikiProject Biographies. Bgwhite (talk) 19:49, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.-- CrossTempleJay  → talk 21:46, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ichthus: January 2012

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ICHTHUS

January 2012
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Feedback about our donor pages

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Hi Crosstemplejay!

My name is Patricia and I work at the WMF on the Fundraising department. We are trying to gather as much information as we can per country so that we can provide a great user experience for our donors in 2012. It would be great if you could help us reviewing a few pieces of our donation forms for us :)

1. For example, the address fields for the credit card option. Does the format of the fields below match the way you normally write your address in Ghana?

Surname: Name:
Address/PO Box:
City:
Country:
Email:

2. Would you allow us to send you a little survey with more questions related to Ghana. These are cultural questions that anyone who lives or know Ghana culture can answer :)

Thanks for letting me know and thanks in advance for your help!! Cheers, Ppena (WMF) (talk) 02:22, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I'd be glad to answer the questions. For the fields above they are just about right. Adding a field about the person's current location or region would be good since Ghana is divided into 10 regions it is easier to track a person if the region is included. God bless. CrossTempleJay  → talk 11:44, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you so much Crosstemplejay! I see that Ghana has 10 regions, but is the 'region' field really incorporated on the way you normally write your address? If so I will be glad to add a 'regions' drop down with all 10 regions. I'm just searching for the most common way ppl write their addresses, so donors dont get confused and stop the donation for too much/too little info being requested :) Also, whenever the survey is ready I will post it here for you (thank u so much for that). If you wish me to send it to you via email, just email me at ppena@wikimedia.org. Thanks again!! Patspena (talk) 17:27, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


For the regional field, I believe it is a good option, this is because a lot of the towns in Ghana have sister towns in other regions. I will like the survey posted here so some of my Ghana Wikis would be able to look at it too. God bless. CrossTempleJay  → talk 18:30, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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Nomination of List of eye care facilities in Ghana for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of eye care facilities in Ghana is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of eye care facilities in Ghana until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ghana eye care

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Category:Ghana eye care, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:50, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, looking at the page in this category for Dept of Optometry at KNUST, why did you rename it? IMHO the old name was better. – Fayenatic L (talk) 09:47, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Winneba

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Category:Winneba, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 21:15, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 02 April 2012

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Ghana Article Now Totally Destroyed

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God bless you my brother, thank so much for the File:BoNM - Ghana.png for contributing to how quality, reflective and informative the Ghana article was. I have just been busy editing Ghana related articles my brother. I wanted to inform you that there is a editor named User:Kwamikagami, who has just totally vandalized and destroyed all the hardwork and effort that has been put into the Ghana article by reverting it to how it looked like in November 2011. The Ghana article is now, not only so uninformative about Ghana but also will totally mislead people to believe that Ghana is a very poor country, rather than a Middle-Income country, one of the best educational institutions in Africa as well as having the third largest Economy in Africa, which has now all been removed due to some unknown negligence of total vandalism the Ghana article by User:Kwamikagami. The Ghana article is now totally a useless source for information about the country Ghana if the article is not reverted back to how it was. If this is what other editors such as User:Kwamikagami do to good written, well informative and hardworked articles, then I honestly give up on contributing and editing Wikipedia articles because of Kwamikagami, I'm totally tired. Could you please have a word and explain why the Ghana article should be reverted to the way it was, to User:Kwamikagami. God bless my brother. MarkMysoe (talk) 18:46, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, if you can explain how I'm wrong, I'll be happy to concede. However, deleting peoples and religions from an entire country smacks of, well, there's no polite way to put it. It's only virtual here on WP, of course, but that kind of thinking did not turn out well for Yugoslavia. — kwami (talk) 02:20, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi MarkMySoe, sorry I haven't responded to your message. Today is the only day I have had time to edit. I am also quite concern about the things you have spoken about. I must confess I sympathize with you. I really hope that young editors like you would have the freedom to explore and improve. Please do not be down, continue in the rules and all will be well. I was blocked totally when I started, but I kept on. So do same. CrossTempleJay  → talk 13:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 09 April 2012

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The Signpost: 16 April 2012

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Merge discussion for Variobahn for TfL

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DYK for Job 600

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The DYK project (nominate) 09:20, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 23 April 2012

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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.

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Christianity in other wikis

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The Signpost: 28 May 2012

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The Signpost: 04 June 2012

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Ichthus: June 2012

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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.

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Church of the month

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by Berthold Werner
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Vote for the project mascot

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DYK

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  • ...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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Featured content and GA report

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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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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.

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The Signpost: 02 July 2012

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Wikimedia Ghana needs your help

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AFter going through your profile, i was so much impressed. I never knew a ghanaian contributed to wikipedia that much. Well, the good news is, a group of people are working on establishing Wikimedia Ghana. We surely can't do without your support. Please join us today and making this goal a reality.

Wikimedia Ghana

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Ghana article protection

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Hi, Crosstemplejay, I hope all is well with you, as it has been very long time since we last spoke together. I have been doing a lot of work on many Ghana related articles that has kept me very occupied. What I want from you Crosstemplejay is a big favor. Crosstemplejay please would it be possible if you can help me to "protect" the Ghana Wikipedia article for 1 month so that I can sort out the few remaining issues with the article (see here Talk:Ghana#First_reading) which is stopping the Ghana article from being promoted to a "Good article" status. I am going to sort out the issues with the Ghana article so that it can be passed for a "Good article". The Ghana article is just a few "twitches of work" away from being classed as a "Good article" and it would take me approximately 1 month to sort out the remaining issues with the Ghana article that has stopped the Ghana article from being passed as a "Good article". The Ghana article would need to be "protected" while I sort these issues out, because Crosstemplejay, please believe me that if the Ghana article is not "protected", it would be very difficult for me to work on the article in "peace" because as soon as the article is "un-protected" at approximately 17:15, 7 July 2012 (which is right now) it would completely be "vandalized to shredders" and would lose its closeness to being crowned as a "Good article". So please Crosstemplejay, I am pleading with you to do this favor for me, can you please protect the Ghana article for 1 more month or however long you believe the Ghana article should be "protected" for, so that I can get the Ghana article "promoted" to a "Good article", as the Ghana article does deserve to be crowned a "Good article". May God bless you -- MarkMysoe (talk) 18:53, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi MarkMysoe I'm very sorry for the delay in replying your mail. I am very much happy that you keep in touch. Unfortunately since I am not an admin I cannot protect your page. I believe you can contact some of them who also watch over the Ghana article to do so. God bless and keep up the good work.  CrossTempleJay  → talk 08:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
MarkMysoe, I am an admin and I don't see persistent vandalism on the history of the article (its once or twice every couple weeks, the article is not getting ripped to shreds, in fact some of the IP edits are good faith). If you feel that the frequency of vandalism increases at any point, make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Also, the GA process is not a good enough reason for protection unless there are serious vandalism attacks on the page. Happy editing, Sadads (talk) 18:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 09 July 2012

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No cases were closed or opened, leaving the number of open cases at three. A new remedy in the Fæ case calls for him to be indefinitely banned from the site after his attempts to solicit intervention from the Foundation, claiming that publicly listing all his accounts would be too onerous due to "ongoing security risks." He was further criticised for attempting to dodge good-faith concerns; the committee believes that if Fæ's claims are valid then he must be removed from the community.

Ichthus: July 2012

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ICHTHUS

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.

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Mission Santa Clara de Asis

Vote for the project mascot
We had last month asked our members to help "bring into the fold" Wikipe-tan as the project's mascot. Voting will take place this month for which image we should adopt at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/Wikipe-tan. Please take a moment to review the images and vote for whichever is your favorite, or, if you so prefer, suggest an additional one.

By John Carter

Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-July through mid-September) includes days dedicated to the honor of Mary Magdalene, James, son of Zebedee, Ignatius Loyola, Saint Dominic, Joseph of Arimathea, and the Transfiguration of Jesus.

Featured content and GA report
Grade I listed churches in Cheshire was recently promoted to Featured List status. This picture was recently promoted to Featured Picture status. Bartolome de las Casas and Edmund the Martyr were promoted to GA level this past month. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.


Wikimedia Foundation report

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

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.

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The Signpost: 23 July 2012

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Does Wikipedia pay? is an ongoing Signpost series seeking to illuminate paid editing, paid advocacy, for-profit Wikipedia consultants, editing public relations professionals, conflict of interest guidelines in practice, and the Wikipedians who work on these issues... by speaking openly with the people involved.
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The Signpost: 30 July 2012

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The Signpost: 06 August 2012

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