User talk:Gilderien/Archive 23

DYK for Caracas Cathedral
The DYK project (nominate) 09:57, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Caldey Abbey
The DYK project (nominate) 09:58, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * No problem, if you need help just ping me on my talk page.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 20:00, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * I think you're talking about the red link? This has happened because there is no file by that name on Wikipedia. Also, most users will not mind if you just ask them a question, you shouldn't award a barnstar for every answer, it was not quite the original intent of the barnstar system.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 21:10, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Table width
Hello! I noticed you helped shape the Manual of Style/Tables page, so I was wondering if you could perhaps help fix a related formatting issue on the HIV/AIDS in Africa page? There are several tables there on the disease's prevalence rate in various countries that have been needlessly split. This has duplicated the country listings, and more importantly, distracted attention away from the actual occurrence percentages. A user there asserts that this seperation was necessary because one unified table per region would be too wide for smaller screens. That, however, has not been my experience when I tested the framing on other monitors. The style/width wikitable coding option seems to be one solution, but I need more experienced advice on this. If possible, I would like the tables to look like they do here and to be cross-browser and monitor compliant. Kind regards -- Soupforone (talk) 21:44, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, I merged a couple of the tables in a way which doesn't appear to be malformed and conforms to the relevant guidelines. However, I have to go in a few minutes so I'll get on to it tomorrow.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 21:54, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Soupforone (talk) 21:56, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Y Done -- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 10:38, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Ichthys
From your message on my talkpage, I take it you're attempting to revive the Christianity Project Newsletter. (I thought I was subscribed, by the way, with no new issues coming out.) I was involved in it during its first "run" (if so few issues can be called that) when it was edited and written mainly by by Lionelt (of WikiProject Military History and WP Conservatism) and the now-absent (insofar as I can tell) Anupam. (Edit: involved in the period of intractable wars and much banning and arbitration requests over a vast swath of Christianity-related articles described by History2007 above.) If you need any help in attempting its resurrection, or a staff writer (I am a Catholic/Orthodox [i.e. Eastern Catholic] theologian-monk and Church historian by "trade", and an amateur Biblical scholar), I am willing to lend assistance, although I no longer sustain my 2000-edit-per-month level of contribution. St John Chrysostom ΔόξατωΘεώ 23:17, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind offer. Actually, John Carter did run it for about a year, but I took over after his semi-retirement, and it was History2007's idea for the "relaunch". I would be very grateful if you were to write, say, an op-ed piece on a topical item or anything, really; if you wish to do so at any point, drop me a note and I would be happy to put it in the next issue.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 10:45, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:BP
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Wiki DYK
Well I brought the the article; Great northern tilefish into DYK in the articles created in May 20th section, I think the reviewers are not noticing it, but when you are free please do check it out, and see it it's good. Thanks! JackFrost2121( Frostbitten? / My Work) 01:18, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
 * They had probably not reviewed it as there is somewhat of a backlog at DYK at the moment, but I reviewed it anyway. Everything seems fine apart from a 41 word section which is identical to one of the sources.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 10:45, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Murray Hill, Christmas Island
Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:12, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Ana's Cross.jpg
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DYK for St Kilda field mouse
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:56, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

The Pandoras Page
Regarding The Pandoras page, I am in direct contact with almost every living member of the band and every single one of those changes was made thanks to their collective memories. You are 100% in error.

We are all in the process of perfecting the page and your "contribution" is nothing more than a disruption. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.172.83.247 (talk) 21:08, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my bad. Really you should have added a source for the "Rhino era" though.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 21:17, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Royston
Meanie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.142.39 (talk) 21:14, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Your removal of my edits from the article on EO 13303
The point of my attempted edits was to alert readers to the fact that this article seriously mischaracterizes what EO 13303 actually says. I do not plan to try to edit it again. But if you are interested in accuracy, perhaps you might yourself review the text of EO 13303, then edit this article so that it correctly reflects what the EO in fact says. The article should also reflect the fact that President Obama has renewed EO 13303, see http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/17/message-continuation-national-emergency-respect-stabilization-iraq. The tendentious assertions in the article about mercenaries, a broader Bush effort, etc. should be sourced to supporting citations, if you can find any, or else removed, because the text of EO 13303 does not support such assertions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.116.212.32 (talk) 21:20, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I reverted it for a combination of factors, including use of ALLCAPS, and the contradiction of the whole article at the start. If you wish to change it, propose changes on the talk page and allow others to discuss it, and then if there is consensus it will be changed.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 21:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi
Hi!, I am doing this thing on my talk page were you can add your username so you are considered one of my Friends Could you please do this ASAP Hulkster1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hulkster1 (talk • contribs) 01:17, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for La Asunción
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Named lectures
Thank you for the review! Indeed, there was no such a page before; I was looking for it and couldn't find it! --Keyspot (talk) 17:18, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, I thought I would drop you a note to say that I mentioned an article you worked on in this month's issue of Ichthus. If you wish to receive the full content in future, please drop me a note on my talk page.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 22:00, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (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...
 * ... 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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 * Thanks for bringing my attention to this. I see Braaby Church was even mentioned twice! In regard to help with articles, Roskilde Cathedral, perhaps Denmark's most important church, is still only Class C. I've done quite a bit of work on it myself but much more is needed. It would be good if we could bring it up to GA.--Ipigott (talk) 06:28, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, quite.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:38, 1 June 2013 (UTC)