Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Kabbalah/Archive 3

Coordinators' working group
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Thanks. — Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:18, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Category:Enoch
I would like to create category called Category:Enoch in order to re-organize the material in the Enoch series. Enoch is a very mysterious character that would still need to be de-mythologized for the sake of ancient and modern studies in religion. Is there anywhere I can propose or discuss the creation of this category ? ADM (talk) 20:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * There are a number of folks named Enoch; any particular one? --—— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk  -  20:45, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * (e/c) I imagine that you could just start adding the category to relevant articles (WP:BEBOLD maybe?), but of course there is no guarantee that the category would remain if other editors disagreed. Are there other, similar categories already in existence for Biblical figures? I tried looking for some, but my already sparse religious knowledge seems to have deserted me! You could try looking through the sub-categories under Categorical_index for a precedent.
 * For discussion, perhaps the best place to begin might be the talk page of Wikiproject Religion, or alternatively the talk page of one of the articles mentioned at Enoch (I wasn't sure which Enoch you meant), although a discussion there may not get as many contributors. -- Kateshort forbob  20:52, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The son of Jared is by far the most famous one, known simply as Enoch, there is merely a problem in the disambiguation which I would like to fix. ADM (talk) 20:53, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Cautionary notes
I believe that a fundamental rule is missing from many of the Kabbalah wikis and need to be addressed. As is mentioned on the main Kabbalah wikipage, these ideas are not to be take lightly or delved into too deeply in such a public forum. Therefore, I propose that a introductory caution note, such as the one I introduced on the Tzimtzum page, should be added to all major Kabbalah pages on Wikipedia. This not only prevents misunderstanding, with which the Rabbis of yore were concerned with, but also adds another layer of intrigue into the idea of mysticism. It, subsequently, forced the reader to approach these highly esoteric concepts with a greater sense of awe then simply looking at another piece of information that can be found on Wikipedia - equating Sefirot with Seashells, God forbid. This issue must be addressed and this group is full of dedicated users who should feel dedicated to this worthwhile cause. 129.98.197.40 (talk) 04:54, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Popular pages
User:Mr.Z-man has a new service available to various requesting WikiProjects which gives the project a monthly update of the number of hits on the 1,000 most frequently accessed articles for that project. An example of such a listing can be found at WikiProject Christianity/Popular pages. Would the members of this project be interested in getting such a list for their use? John Carter (talk) 18:52, 20 May 2009 (UTC)