Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity/Syriac Christianity work group

Conversion to task force?
If anybody is intrested in this project at all, I'd like to recommend that this inactive project be converted to a task force of WikiProject Christianity. This would help by providing the relevant infrastructure, and letting any intrested editors get on with fixing the articles.

If I don't hear from anybody about this soon, I may boldly convert it myself. -- SECisek 14:50, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - I think the scope of the work group should be specifically reduced to only those articles which directly deal with Christianity, though, rather than the current scope which includes several articles not directly related to Christianity. John Carter 16:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. -- SECisek (talk) 20:29, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * All tags converted to task format. -- SECisek (talk) 22:22, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Coordinator?
It has probably been noticed by most of the editors who frequent this page that there is often a pronounced degree of overlap between the various projects relating to Christianity. Given that overlap, and the rather large amount of content we have related to the subject of Christianity, it has been proposed that the various Christianity projects select a group of coordinators who would help ensure the cooperation of the various projects as well as help manage some project related activities, such as review, assessment, portal management, and the like. Preferably, we would like to consider the possibility of having one party from each of the major Christianity projects included, given the degree of specialization which some of the articles contain. We now are accepting nominations for the coordinators positions at WikiProject Christianity/Coordinators/Election 1. Any parties interested in helping performing some of the management duties of the various Christianity projects is encouraged to nominate themselves there. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 17:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Much to my surprise, the period for the factual elections of the new coordinators has started a bit earlier than I expected. For what it's worth, as the "instigator" of the proposed coordinators, the purpose of having them is not to try to impose any sort of "discipline" on the various projects relating to Christianity, but just to ensure that things like assessment, peer review, portal maintainance, and other similar directly project-related functions get peformed for all the various projects relating to Christianity. If there are any individuals with this project who are already doing such activities for the project, and who want to take on the role more formally, I think nominations are being held open until the end of the elections themselves. And, for the purposes of this election, any member in good standing of any of the Christianity projects can either be nominated or express their votes at WikiProject Christianity/Coordinators/Election 1. Thank you for your attention. John Carter (talk) 00:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Suggested Article

 * I noticed articles connected with Syriac Christianity mention people with the word "Mar" in a context that suggests "Mar" is a title, which, in turn, suggests that there should be an article "Mar". —Preceding unsigned comment added by SlowJog (talk • contribs) 14:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree with what you say, it is true that "Mar" is a title. It can also be prenounced "Mor". "Mor Afrem" would be translated to "Saint Ephraim". Note that the correct translation isn't Saint, there aren't any word that i'm familiour with that corresponds with the word. Therefore, as you say, there should be an article "Mar" or "Mor". The TriZ (talk) 23:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed as well. If anyone knows enough to be able to start such an article, possibly indicating the definitions of the term and the various ways in which it is used, that would be helpful. If it was required to keep the article, it might include a list of individuals who have been referred to often by that title. John Carter (talk) 23:20, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

See this, "Mor: the word "Mor" means 'My Lord' or 'Sir' in Syriac. It also bears the meaning of saint when it is used before the name of saints. As a sign of respect and honor, it is used before the names of patriarchs and bishops." The TriZ (talk) 15:15, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've just created if anyone's interested. — Gareth Hughes (talk) 18:36, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Really excellent work Gareth! One question though concerning the title, why Mar and not Mor? Just curious. The TriZ (talk) 09:15, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme
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I am unable to trace a stub on Subhalmaran which I wrote almost two years ago. Similarly a stub on SEERI was voted to be kept after a deletion review but has disappeared after being redirected to Mahatma Gandhi University. Any help?Clive Sweeting

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Syriac Christianity work group
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Discussion regarding project organization
Any comments regarding the structure and function of Christianity related material are welcome at WikiProject Christianity/General Forum. Be prepared for some rather lengthy comments, though. There is a lot of material to cover there. John Carter (talk) 17:38, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

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Proposed merger
For the purposes of centralized discussion, please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy/Archives/2014/December. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 16:15, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Consultation on renaming article: Roman Catholic Church --> Catholic Church
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Discussion moved for Can Wikipedia endorse one Church over others?

Coordinator elections
Any parties interested in being one of the coordinators of WikiProject Christianity and its various related projects is encouraged to list themselves as a candidate at WikiProject Christianity/Coordinators/Election 2. It would be particularly beneficial if we had individuals from as broad a range of areas of the project as possible, to help ensure that we have people knowledgable about the widest range of content possible. John Carter (talk) 20:43, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement
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Christianity portals
I am currently trying to get together some lists of articles relevant to each Christianity-related portal which could be used, at least potentially, to help bring all the extant portals up to Featured Portal status. The current, admittedly incomplete, list of articles, images, etc., relevant to each portal can be found at User:John Carter/Christianity portals. I also think that, at least in theory, we would probably best use a single article only in a single portal, and that we probably have enough articles to do that, although there might be a few exceptions. I would welcome input from anyone on the associated talk page regarding which articles and other materials they would like to see associated with which portal(s), any suggestions for additional portals or changes to existing portals, etc. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 15:32, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Proposed redirection of Christianity subproject talk pages
I have recently started discussion about possibly eliminating the use of a separate talk page for it here. Input from any interested editors is very welcome and encouraged. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 22:15, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Syriac Orthodox Christians (Middle East)
I just wanted to note that an user at WP:WikiProject Assyria calls for Syriac Orthodox Christians (Middle East) to be merged into Assyrian people, or deleted. Please join the discussion.--Z oupan 16:09, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Deir Mar Maroun listed at Requested moves
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New template
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Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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