Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Reformed Christianity/Archive 3

Coordinators' working group
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. &mdash; Delievered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  on behalf of the WikiProject coordinators' working group at 05:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

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) 17:41, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks. — Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 08:54, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Requested move: Maundy Thursday to Holy Thursday
There is request to move Maundy Thursday (talk) to Holy Thursday; see discussion. —Angr 20:22, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Wording of first section of portal page
I would very much urge that the phrasing of the first section of the portal page be adjusted in such a way that the "exclusivity" is removed. The only purposes I can see served by having such phrasing there are alienating editors who are interested in their own church and or minister and reducing the number of articles the project can instantly count for use in the Portal:Calvinism. Basically, on both points, what the phrasing accomplishes is turning away editors more than inviting them in, and that more or less flies in the face of any WikiProject's purpose. John Carter (talk) 23:50, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you are refering to here but it would seem the part that says
 * Calvinism is a theological system and an approach to the Christian life that emphasizes the rule of God over all things. Named after John Calvin, this variety of Protestant Christianity is sometimes called the Reformed tradition, the Reformed faith, or Reformed theology.
 * If so, what parts of this do you think are projecting exclusivity rather than just being decriptive of what Calvinism is.-- Carlaude (talk) 00:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, meant "Project" page, probably because I'm working on portals got the words confused. The first section of the Project page contains the following language which I believe may well do a better job of alienating potential members than drawing them in. "The general scope is the same as that of the Calvinism category. In particular, some major opponents are included in the scope of WikiProject Calvinism.  Some members of WikiProject Calvinism believe that this includes people such as James I of England.  The tagging of an article means "this article needs attention from someone in WikiProject Calvinism".
 * Calvinists should only be included if:
 * They're theologians, philosophers, or some other important Christian worker (eg. Bible translator, evangelist, whatever)
 * They're politicians (kings, lords, whatever) that had an influence on the ability of Calvinism to spread (ie. took in Calvinist refugees, were of help to Calvinism materially, and the like)
 * Possibly someday we'll start including Calvinist ministers (and feel free to include some if you're sure that you are going to work on them), but we started doing that, and it was too huge for us". John Carter (talk) 00:50, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I gave it a little love, too. --Secisek (talk) 03:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Article selection for portals
Hello. As several of you might already know, there are a rather large number of portals relating to the basic subject of "Christianity" and all of its subtopics, this being one of them. One problem which might arise from the presence of all these portals is the possibility that certain articles might be comparatively overused by the portals, possibly even concurrently, while other articles as worthy get overlooked. To possibly help reduce the likelihood of that happening, I have started a list at User:John Carter/Christianity portals of the various eligible articles which at least seem to me to be directly relevant to the portals. Anyone so interested is more than encouraged to take part in the selection of articles. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 00:54, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Consultation on renaming article: Roman Catholic Church --> Catholic Church
Wikipedians at Talk:Roman Catholic Church are discussing the merits of changing the article name as such. Roman Catholic Church → Catholic Church. Please share your opinions there. -- Carlaude talk 12:02, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

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) 20:45, 5 August 2009 (UTC)