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== Infobox templates ==

That is the standard we had used on over 80 other hurricane sites - it is not new with Katrina. Those images should be placed elsewhere on the page in an appropriate section. It just messes up all the other ones... [[User:CrazyC83|CrazyC83]] 21:24, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

== MSNBC graphic ==

The MSNBC graphic you implemented into the hurricane katrina article is likely copyvio.  Please use public domain resources instead. --[[user:tomf688|<span style="font-size:small; font-family:garamond; color:#3979BF;">tomf688</span>]]<sup><[[User talk:Tomf688|TALK]]></sup> 01:57, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

== Greetings ==
Hi.  If you're interested in editing articles on Calvinism, or Christian articles generally, I suppose that you might see me fiddling with them from time to time. Catholic Reformed Baptist ... in that order? :-)  — [[User:Mkmcconn|Mark]] <small>([[User_Talk:Mkmcconn|Mkmcconn]])</small> [[Special:Contributions/Mkmcconn|**]] 07:20, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

== Hello ==
I would like to contact you regarding an article you posted on a US Christian Democratic Party.

Pleae contact me on email: pdc90dem@hotmail.com

pdc90dem on AIM.

Thanks!

== Nicene Creed ==

Christopher, I reverted your recent change to the [[Nicene Creed]] page.
I put the reasoning in [[Talk:Nicene_Creed]].
Please let me know if you prefer alternate wording (perhaps via discussion on the talk page there).
[[User:Johnh|Johnh]] 18:32, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

== [[Template:Christian denomination tree (categories)]] ==

Why did you replace the Quakers with Pentecostalism?  [[User:KHM03|KHM03]] 21:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

: I did that because Pentecostalism is a much more significant movement than Quakerism.  I also replaced Anabaptist with Baptist because of the significance of the movement; and added Churches of Christ to Restorationism because of its significance. -- [[User:Christopher Erickson|Chris]] 00:05, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

I would take issue with some of that...for instance, the Anabaptist movement is more significant historically than the Baptists, who were largely ''birthed'' by the Anabaptists.  Quakerism, also, historically, was very important, though, I grant that it looks as if Pentecostalism is (or soon will be) equally so.  Anabaptists were placed there largely to cover both the Mennonite-style folks as well as the Baptists (who are also in large part covered under Calvinism).  [[User:KHM03|KHM03]] 03:49, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

: I take the general point on Anabaptism.  I think another way might be for me to create a category page called "credobaptism" (as a movement) that could list all the various links for Anabaptists, Baptists, and believer baptism in general.  Also a category page on "Proto-protestantism" (Waldensians, Huss, Wycliffe, Tyndale, Anabaptists, etc.).  In addition, a "revivalism" page could be made that includes Methodism, among others.  Moreover, I think we should delete the portion on Restoration movements, and have two lines on Protestant movements, spreading it to include: '''''Proto-protestantism'', Lutheranism, Calvinism, ''Credobaptism'', Puritanism, ''Revivalism'', Liberalism, Evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism'''.  What do you think? -- [[User:Christopher Erickson|Chris]] 19:23, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

: BTW, Pentecostalism is the largest Protestant group worldwide.

== Political spectrums ==

I saw your proposal at [[Political spectrum]], and responded over there. But if you're interested in political spectrums, I invite you to take a look at [http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/7/7/281/05051 one I proposed]. I believe its fairly balanced, and for reasons cited believe it describes the spectrum more accurately than the Nolan Chart and derived models.

By the way, my views were initially very similar to yours (pro-life, pro-universal health care), although they've shifted a bit towards the left lately. I had actually thought about starting a Communitarian Party or Christian Democratic Party, and am certainly interested in the one you're trying to get started. Your link to its website didn't bring anything up, though... If you're interested in a discussion about politics, political spectrums, or plans for the Party, I'll be back from Fresno on Sunday (leaving tommorrow morning). [[User:Juan Ponderas|Juan Ponderas]] 08:22, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

== Christian Democracy ==

Hi. I'm the person who listed your article on the CDP USA on [[WP:AFD]]. I have recently been messing around with [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|userboxes]] and ran into the Christian democrat userbox you made. I renamed the template in accordance with new naming standards; it's now called {{Tl|User Christian democrat}}. I also changed the template so it adds people who use the userbox to [[:Category:Christian democrat Wikipedians]]. Additionally, I removed your userpage from [[:Category:Christian Democracy]] and [[:Category:Christian Democrats]] -- those categories are for articles in the main namespace and not user pages. I just wanted to leave you a note to explain this so you wouldn't be confused. I hope it won't be a bother.

As a further note, I just wanted to mention that I hope there are no hard feelings about deleting the page for CDP USA. I'm not against the party or Christian democrats, but it's clearly a party you're starting, so Wikipedia was being used as a forum for original work rather than an encyclopedia to document events. When the party is registered or runs in an election, I think that will be encylopedic enough to warrant inclusion. Best wishes, [[User:Tetraminoe|Tetraminoe]] 03:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

== [[Fideism]] ==

I see you contributed edits to the article on Fideism.  I moved the "note" to talk, because I suspect it needs to be hashed out further: I don't know of any version of Christianity that doesn't make faith in God's existence a necessary cause for salvation, even if such faith is not a sufficient cause.  Proof of God's existence would therefore threaten to contradict a major element in the belief required by Christian revelation.  It may be that the existing wording of the article doesn't make this clear enough, or that the "note" might be worded to read better.  At any rate, this is an invitation to come to the page and work this out.  &mdash; [[User:Ihcoyc|Smerdis of Tlön]] 06:11, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

== Username change ==
Please see my comments by your entry at [[Wikipedia:Changing username]]. Regards &mdash; [[User:Rdsmith4|Dan]] | [[User talk:Rdsmith4|talk]] 20:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
:I've changed "Guðsþegn" to "Guðsþegn 2" and your primary account to "Guðsþegn". I hope this is satisfactory. Regards &mdash; [[User:Rdsmith4|Dan]] | [[User talk:Rdsmith4|talk]] 19:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

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From the only other user with the Reformed Baptist userbox.  [[User:A.J.A.|A.J.A.]] 21:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

== Re: [[Template:Christian theology]] ==

Please give the rationale for your changes on the talk page, in case anyone (including myself!) has any questions.  Thanks...[[User:KHM03|KHM03]] 18:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

== Welcome to Esperanza! ==

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Welcome, {{PAGENAME}}, to [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|Esperanza]], the [[Wikipedia]] member association! As you might know, all the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members|Esperanzians]] share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Charter|Charter]], the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/So you've joined Esperanza...|guide to what to do now]] or you may be interested in some of our [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Programs|programs]]. A quite important program is the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/StressUnit|StressUnit]], which seeks to support [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Alerts|editors who have encountered any stress]] from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. [[User:Redwolf24|Redwolf24]] runs the spam to keep members up to date. Also, we have a [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Calendar|calendar]] of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Possibles|Esperanza/Possibles]].

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, [[User:Celestianpower|Celestianpower]], and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of [[User:FireFox|FireFox]], [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]], [[User:Titoxd|Titoxd]], and [[User:Karmafist|Karmafist]]. The next set of elections will be in February, and I would be glad to see you vote, or even consider running for a position.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower by [[Special:Emailuser/Celestianpower|email]] or [[User talk:Celestianpower|talk page]] or the [[Wikipedia talk:Esperanza|Esperanza talk page]]. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-esperanza #wikipedia-esperanza] (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!
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Cheers, [[User:Sango123|<span style="color:#00008B;">Sango</span>]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">123</span>]] [[User talk:Sango123|<span style="color:#00008B; cursor:help;">(talk)</span>]] 20:14, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== An Esperanzial note ==
As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of [[User:Celestianpower|myself]] as Admin General and [[User:FireFox|FireFox]], [[User:Titoxd|Titoxd]], [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]] and [[User:Karmafist|Karmafist]] as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at '''[[WP:ESP/ACM]]'''. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at '''[[WP:ESP/ACM2]]'''.

In other news, [[User:Karmafist|Karmafist]] has set up a discussion about '''a new [[WP:NPA|personal attack]] policy''', which it can be found [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/NPA Reform|here]]. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/So you've joined Esperanza...|So you've joined Esperanza...]]''' and a welcome template: &#123;{[[Template:EA-welcome|EA-welcome]]}} (courtesy of [[User:Bratsche|Bratsche]]). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the '''userpage award program''' proposal has become official is operational: see [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award]] to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see '''[[Wikipedia:esperanza/Proposals|the proposed programs page]]''' for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --[[user:Celestianpower|Cel]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:green;">e</span>]][[User:celestianpower|stianpower]] <sup>[[user talk:Celestianpower|háblame]]</sup> 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
<br /><small>Message delivered by [[User:Rune.welsh|Rune.welsh]] using [[WP:AWB|AWB]]. If you wish to recieve no further messages of this ilk, please sign your name [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Spamlist|here]].</small>

== Star ==

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== Another Esperanzial note... ==
Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see '''[[WP:ESP/ACM2]]''' and '''[[WP:ESP/ACM3]]'''). As a result, '''[[WP:ESP/CHA|the charter]] has been ammended''' twice (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AEsperanza%2FCharter&diff=39263854&oldid=33097525 here] for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the [[WP:ESP/ACM2|summary]] for more details). Also of note is the '''Valentines ball''' that will take place in [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-esperanza the Esperanza IRC channel] on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, '''the spamlist has been dissolved''' - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming '''[[WP:ESP/FE|Esperanza Advisory Council Elections]]'''. These will take place from '''12:00 UTC on [[February 20]]th to 11:59 UTC on [[February 27]]th'''. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are '''already listed on [[WP:ESP/M|the members list]]'''. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, ''if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again''. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,<br />
--[[user:Celestianpower|Cel]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:green;">es</span>]][[User:celestianpower|tianpower]] <sup>[[user talk:Celestianpower|háblame]]</sup> 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
<small>(message delivered by [[User:FireFox|FireFox]] using [[WP:AWB|AWB]] on [[user:Celestianpower|Celestianpower's]] behalf)</small>

== saving code ==

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| style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: white;" | This user supports the<br>'''Christian Democratic Party''' [http://www.cdp-usa.org/ @]<br>''Pro-Life Pro-Work Pro-America''
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{{userbox|#A19161|#A19161|[[Image:User cdp-usa.gif|50px]]|info-fc=white|This user supports the<br>'''Christian Democratic Party''' [http://www.cdp-usa.org/ @]<br>''Pro-Life Pro-Worker Pro-American''}}
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==Done and Done==
No prob, my friend. Happy Wikiing! [[User:Karmafist|<span style="color:#4682B4;">Karm</span>]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:#00FF00;">a</span>]][[User talk:Karmafist|<span style="color:#E32636;">fist</span>]] 04:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks, Karmafist. -- &nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|25px|IS]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 04:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
::You're quite welcome. Please let me know if there's anything else I can help out with, i'll do likewise, if you don't mind. [[User:Karmafist|<span style="color:#4682B4;">Karm</span>]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:#00FF00;">a</span>]][[User talk:Karmafist|<span style="color:#E32636;">fist</span>]] 04:20, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Talk to him, tell him it's simply an objective statement (this user supports x), and that any "divisiveness" isn't coming from the userbox, but rather actions towards the userbox and you'll recreate it if necessary. [[User:Karmafist|<span style="color:#4682B4;">Karm</span>]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:#00FF00;">a</span>]][[User talk:Karmafist|<span style="color:#E32636;">fist</span>]] 17:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Also, go [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 February 17|here]] and vote to keep the thing.  And tell others to do so as well. [[User:Karmafist|<span style="color:#4682B4;">Karm</span>]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:#00FF00;">a</span>]][[User talk:Karmafist|<span style="color:#E32636;">fist</span>]] 18:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
:: Is [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&offset=0&limit=14&target=Gu%C3%B0s%C3%BEegn&namespace=3 this] necessary?  --[[User:Interiot|Interiot]] 23:08, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I just thought I would inform a few of those who might care. &nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|25px|IS]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 23:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

==''war on freedom of speech on user pages''==
The thing I hate most about this ''war on freedom of speech on user pages'' is that the accusers always seem to have this presumption of good will, which leads to the "offending" userbox creator being ''guilty until proven innocent'' by a referendum.<br>&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|25px|IS]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 01:28, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

== Code for Catholic Evangelical userbox ==
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| style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is a [[Catholic Evangelical|catholic and evangelical]] '''[[Christianity|Christian]]'''.
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Remove the "nowikis" to actually use it.  [[User:Ihcoyc|Smerdis of Tlön]] 20:19, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

* Thanks. I appreciate it. &nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|25px|IS]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 20:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==Your Party's Userbox==
What happened? Did it go through TFD or what? The cabal is trying to oppose me from getting my admin buttons back since they enjoy unilateral subjective actions without oversight from people such as myself. [[User:Karmafist|<span style="color:#4682B4;">Karm</span>]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:#00FF00;">a</span>]][[User talk:Karmafist|<span style="color:#E32636;">fist</span>]] 21:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:One of the anti-userbox crowd closed debate and basically said the result would depend on the result of the debate for ''all political userboxes''.  Said cabal, especially Improv and Cyde, are on a freaking religious box rampage too.<br>&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|25px|IS]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 21:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== User Reformed Baptist ==

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Here you go. -- [[User:Ihcoyc|Smerdis of Tlön]] 00:19, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks again. &nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|25px|IS]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 05:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

== ''saving code for:'' Template:User Christian democrat ==

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== trying new sig ==

&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|20px|IS]][[Image:Flag_of_Norway.svg|19px|NO]][[Image:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|19px|DK]][[Image:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|22px|SE]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 17:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Texas.svg|21px|TX]][[Image:Flag_of_Mississippi.svg|21px|MS]][[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|20px|IS]][[Image:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|22px|SE]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 17:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Texas.svg|21px|TX]][[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|20px|IS]][[Image:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|22px|SE]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 18:01, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg|28px|US]][[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|21px|IS]][[Image:Norge-Sverige-Sildesalaten.svg|15px|NO-SE]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 18:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|21px|IS]][[Image:Norge-Sverige-Sildesalaten.svg|15px|NO-SE]]&nbsp;<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 18:37, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

: z0mg no.  Images, especially multiple images, in signatures [[Wikipedia:Sign_your_posts_on_talk_pages#Images|are discouraged]].  As are sigs that are overly long in edit mode.  --[[User:Interiot|Interiot]] 18:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

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testing with single image ...

&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg|28px|NO]]<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 19:56, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;[[Image:Icstateflag.svg|31px|IS]]<font color="#B53C07">'''Guðsþegn'''</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 20:03, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

and not ...

&nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;'''Guðsþegn'''&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Contributions/Guðsþegn|C]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 20:46, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;'''Guðsþegn'''&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 20:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 22:41, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

&nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 16:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Amendment ==

I like what you added for conditional support. If this policy has to pass then it should pass with your suggestion added. You should add a note on the talk page to try and get people to agree and admend the policy to allow a listing of userbox in a centralized place.--'''[[User:God_of_War|God]] <FONT FACE="Symbol">Ω</font> [[User Talk:God_of_War| War]]''' 20:08, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks for your response, and perhaps support. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 20:37, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

== Hi ==

Hello, I just wanted to say I like your name (username, etc.), and its meaning. I may name my kid a variation of it. [[User:Kinneyboy90|<span style="color:blue;">Эйрон</span><span style="color:red;"> Кинни</span>]] ([[User talk:Kinneyboy90|t]]) 02:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

::*''Reposting my response from Kinneyboy90's talk page (for my records):''<br>
:::Thank you for the recent compliment regarding my name, i.e. my username.  I just invented the name "[[User:Guðsþegn|Guðsþegn]]" myself.  [[List of Icelanders|Icelanders]] have a tendency to have compound [[Icelandic name|names]], especially [[patronymic|patronyms]] of course, but also including compound given/Christian names.  So for example, '''[[God]]''''s '''[[Thegn|Thane]]''' --> Godsthane --> (in [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] or [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]]) '''Guðsþegn'''.  I was thinking about naming my son (if the Lord in his providence so gifts me) that name as well, perhaps as a middle name.  Some other examples of compound given names and patronyms: [[Thorvald Eriksson|'''Þor'''valdur '''Eirík'''sson]], [[Thorfinn Karlsefni|'''Þor'''finnur '''Karl'''sefni]], [[Þórbergur Þórðarson|'''Þór'''bergur '''Þór'''ðarson]], [[Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir|'''Guð'''ríður '''Þor'''bjarnardóttir]], and [[Guðmundur G. Hagalín|'''Guð'''mundur Hagalín]].  Again, thanks.  Feel free to use it for your son, as you mentioned. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 23:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

:Your welcome. Nice invention. [[User:Kinneyboy90|<span style="color:blue;">Эйрон</span><span style="color:red;"> Кинни</span>]] ([[User talk:Kinneyboy90|t]]) 23:40, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes ==

I can assure you I looked at the debates and restored the userboxes that should've been restored. User Catholic Evangelical wasn't deleted so I didn't touch it. It is listed on TfD and it's ultimate fate would be decided there. [[User:Grue|<span style="background:black; font-family:Courier; color:#FFFFFF;">'''&nbsp;Grue&nbsp;'''</span>]] 20:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
:You gotta be kidding. I didn't know about that TFD. It should never have been started because of the pending DRV that you just closed. How many votes must this userbox suffer? Perhaps before that vote ends Improv could speedy delete it again, and then that TFD could be nullified in favor of a new DRV. This is madness. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 20:48, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
::Tell that to people that constantly relist/delete it. I have no problem with this userbox and I don't know how it can offend anyone. [[User:Grue|<span style="background:black; font-family:Courier; color:#FFFFFF;">'''&nbsp;Grue&nbsp;'''</span>]] 21:03, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

==My RfA==

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'''Thank you''' for your support in my [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ian13 2|request for adminship]]. I'm delighted that the RfA succeeded with a final consensus of 52/17/7, and receiving comments including having 'excellent potential to become a great moderator', and I am now an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]. It did however only just pass, and I shall do my very best to rectify any of my errors, including the general belief that I should do more article work. If you have any concerns, or if you ever feel that I may be able to help you, please feel free to leave a message on my [[User talk:Ian13|talk page]]. Again, thank you!
<div style="text-align: right; width: 100%;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Ian13|Ian13]]/[[User talk:Ian13|talk]]</span> 19:43, 4 March 2006 (UTC)</div></div>
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== thanks for the help ==

I still haven't fully figured out the correct text used in userboxes to make it subst the username, and hence sort the category according to name. <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>?  When I tried it, it didn't seem to work, but after you altered categories for the architecture userboxes, adding the one you found that I didn't know about (dang case sensitivity), it seemed to work correctly, even though as far as I could tell you didn't alter the relevant language. It's a bit bewildering. But thanks anyway. BTW, I couldn't find a 'how-to' page describing exactly how to create a category of users via inserting userboxes. I know the concepts, but somehow the verbage doesn't seem to work sometimes. :-/ &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 09:22, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

:Yes, it is rather complicated; I had to look at a ''lot'' of userboxes to find the ideal text, not only because of the bewildering amount of code involved for such little things, but also because many userboxes are quite inconsistent in how or whether they use categories (and in other areas)! I don't know if there's any guideline for making them; the guides at [[Wikipedia:Userboxes]] seem pretty basic, probably because users are too busy arguing over the new userbox policy votes to do much of anything else. :) I like your new boxes, though, and am glad you've got it working now; if you do have any future troubles with any templates (or anything else), no matter how trivial, feel free to give me a call here and I'll help fix 'er up or explain what's going wrong with the code.
:Also, good luck with WikiProject Architecture! I look forward to any future improvements to Wikipedia's architecture articles; I've tinkered around with a few Greco-Roman architecture pages in the past, but a lot of these articles are in pretty bad shape, so it's a good thing that users have new ways to work together on this subject now! -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 09:36, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

==WikiProject Middle-earth==
Plase go to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth/things to do|Things to Do]] page&mdash;that is where are main tasks list/discussion is! Thank you.
Oh and if you'd like, there's a userbox for our WikiProject to show your support for it :):
{{User WikiProject Middle-earth}}
&mdash;[[User:Mirlen|Mirlen]] 12:55, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
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== Thanks ==

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| style="font-size:7pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:black;" | This user thinks it is [[irony|ironic]] that thanks for supporting [[User:Cyde|Cyde's]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cyde|successful RFA]] came in the form of a [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|userbox]].
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Here's a userbox for you.  --<font face="Impact" color="#0055aa">[[User:Cyde|Cyde]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Cyde|Weys]]</font> 04:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)  {{-}}

*Isn't it ironic; don't ya think? &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 05:11, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== JDoorjam's RfA ==

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|<font color = "navy"><big>'''Thank you!'''</big></font><br><font color = "navy">{{PAGENAME}}, thank you for your support in my [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JDoorjam|RfA]]: it passed with a final tally of 55/1/2.  If you want a hand with anything, please [[User talk:JDoorjam|gimme a shout]].  Again, thanks!  &ndash; [[User:JDoorjam|JDoorj]][[User:JDoorjam/Esperanza|<font color="green">a</font>]][[User:JDoorjam|m]]     [[User Talk:JDoorjam|Talk]] 22:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
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== RfA Thanks ==

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[[Image:Cyberduck icon.png|left]]

Thank you for your support in my [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Computerjoe 2|RfA]].

Sadly, my RfA failed (on my birthday out of all days!), mainly due to it's closeness to the previous one. I hope that in any future RfAs I'll have your support!

Nonetheless, if I can do anything for you don't hesitate to ask me.

Have a nice [[St Patrick's Day]]!
</div> [[User:Computerjoe|Computerjoe]][[User talk:Computerjoe|<span style="color:red">'s talk</span>]] 22:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

== My RFA withdrawal :( ==

Hello Guðsþegn, it is my apologies to bring you that I've withdrawn my [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Terence Ong|RFA]]. Due to the lack of experience, I would go under admin coaching first before trying again later. I would thank you for your vote in this RFA whether you voted support, oppose or neutral for me. I appreciate your comments (if you do have) you made and I hope to see you here in future. --[[User:Terence Ong|Ter]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:green">e</span>]][[User:Terence Ong|nc]][[User talk:Terence Ong|e Ong]] 05:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

==UT Wikiproject==
Hello Guðsþegn, welcome to the UT Wikiproject.  We are very happy to have you on board!  As you can see from the project page, we are just getting ramped up.  One of the first things we are hoping to do is to agree on a Project Project Notice for Article Discussion pages.  This would be a template that we can place on the Discussion pages of all articles related tot the project.  A few designs have been proposed and are being discussed at:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Texas_at_Austin/Page_notice]]  If you could please make a comment, or support a design or two, or even contribute a new design, that would be fabulous.  Once we get a few users agreed to a notice, we will put it on all the relevant article talk pages.  We anticipate this will draw lots of editors to the project.  Again, welcome! [[User:Johntex|'''Johntex''']]\<sup>[[User_talk:Johntex|talk]]</sup> 06:12, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

==RfA thanks!==
[[Image:WikiThanks.png]] Hi Kristófur! Thank you for supporting my [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Redvers|RfA]]. It passed at 105/1/0, putting me in [[WP:100]] - I'm delighted and surprised! I'm always happy to help out, so if you need anything, please [[User talk:Redvers|drop me a line]]. Cheers! ➨ [[User_talk:Redvers|❝]]<b>[[User:Redvers|<span style="color:red;">R</span>]][[User:Redvers/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">E</span>]][[User:Redvers|<span style="color:red;">DVERS</span>]]</b>[[Special:Contributions/Redvers|❞]] 20:13, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Cell phone camera art ==

[[Image:Weims20060325.jpg]]
=== Summary ===
Author: Christopher Erickson (aka [[User:Guðsþegn]])
<br>Subject: My two beloved [[Weimaraner]] puppies (approx. 9 mos. old)
<br>Details: Made using cell phone camera (LG L1400); modified levels etc. with Adobe Photoshop 5.0

== Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1 ==
{| style="border-spacing:8px;margin:0px -8px" width="100%"
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: ''"No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."''
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! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">[[WP:ESP/ALERT|Stress Alerts]]</div>
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| style="color:#000"|The '''''Stress alerts''''' [[WP:ESP/PROG|program]] aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the [[WP:ESP/STRESS|Stressbusters]] at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
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! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">Note from the editor</div>
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| style="color:#000"|Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last [[WP:ESP/ACM4|Advisory Council meeting]] - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just [[User:Celestianpower|Celestianpower]]. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!
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# Future meetings are to be held '''monthly''', not fortnightly as before.
# Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-esperanza the IRC channel] are to be reported at '''[[WP:ESP/IRC|the new log]]'''.
# In the IRC channel, there is going to be only '''one bot at a time'''.
# [[WP:ESP/CHA|The charter]] requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. '''Why''' this is the case will be clarified.
# A new '''[[WP:ESP/CC|Code of Conduct]]''' will be drafted by [[User:JoanneB|JoanneB]] and proposed to the Esperanza community.
# The '''[[WP:ESP/NPA|NPA reform]]''' idea is to be dropped officially.
# [[WP:ESP/CHA|Charter ammendments]] are to be '''discussed''' in future, not voted on.
# The Advisory Council is '''not going to be proposed to be expanded''' by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen.
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== FPC of dogs ==

You said: ''"Enough already. At this point it's just piling on."''

*Hey, take it easy! We're '''not''' criticising you personally, we criticise the ''image'' and the techique by which is was created. FPC is a '''hard test''', and it goes on for two weeks. In the past, other images have been shot down much more brutally than this. In fact, you can learn a lot on this page - it's a free course in photography! Take note of what is said, for and against any picture, and use what you learn to shoot better pictures in the future - yes, you may one day have a featured photo on WP! --[[User:Janke|Janke]] | [[User talk:Janke|Talk]] 20:07, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== CD temp ==

Hey there,

I see you've been adding the CD template to a lot of articles. Please check whether the addition of such templates does not interfere with the structure of the article. For instance, in [[Helmut Kohl]], the template moves everything downward, leaving a gaping ugly hole in the middle. I've left the error so you can see what I mean.

I hope you dont have to backtrack too much work with this comment! Otherwise good job!

Cheers, [[User:The Minister of War|<u><font color="navy">The Minist</font></u>]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<u><font color="green">e</font></u>]][[User:The Minister of War|<u><font color="navy">r of War</font></u>]] [[User talk:The Minister of War|<sup><font color="navy">(Peace)</font></sup>]] 12:10, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks. I will check them again. I did make an effort to arrange them. That just happened to be a poor one. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 12:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

== [[Catholic social teaching]] ==

Why did you change the redirect back into a full article? The content is pedestrian, unsourced, and hardly worth its own article. There was a merge proposal, and it was merged, but you've unilaterally reversed it. Why should we not revert? --[[User:Hyphen5|Hyphen5]] 15:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

:Well, in fairness, there was absolutely ''no'' discussion on the talk page regarding any merge into the RC article. The sub-section part of the link (i.e. to social teaching) was dead. There is no such section there. The topic is ''not'' covered adequately there. Moreover, while the article needs work, it is not exactly a grossly-violating article. It just needs some work, not a merge. The topic is worth a stand-alone article, if not several sub-articles. It should ''not'' be folded into the RC article, because the movement '''''Christian Democracy''''', which is highly tied to the concept of CST, is ''not'' tied to the Roman Catholic Church itself. In short, CD exists independently of the RC, but not of CST. :-) Therefore CST needs an independent article. For example, I am a Christian Democrat who believes in 95%+ of CST, but I'm not Roman Catholic. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 16:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
::Okay, Christian Democracy may not exist without CST, but I think the point is that CST does not exist without the RCC! You can't justify divorcing the Church's own teachings from its article by saying that you want to claim them for CD. In any event, as somebody who likes CST, you should be just as concerned as I am about the horrible state of that article. There is no context; it's just a list, and a specious one at that. That's why we merged it; to give it more attention at [[Roman Catholic Church]]. There was no discussion happening at [[Catholic social teaching]] because hardly anyone was paying attention to it.
::Why aren't you a Roman Catholic, by the way? --[[User:Hyphen5|Hyphen5]] 16:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

== Political linkage template ==

Hey, the political linkage template you're adding to many politics articles - it just seems out of place on an article - and the user can easily type something in the address bar. You could try moving them to the bottom of pages, so that it doesn't obstruct and distract from the content. -- [[User:Infinity0|<span style="color:red;">infinity</span>]]'''[[User_talk:Infinity0|<span style="color:red;">0</span>]]''' 21:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

== Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2 ==


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|style="color:#000"|The '''''Barnstar Brigade''''' is a new [[WP:ESP/PROG|program]] aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users [[Wikipedia:Barnstars|barnstar]]s. It will officially start on [[2006-04-09]], but signing up is encouraged before this date:
: ''"Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."''
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| style="color:#000"|The '''''Stress alerts''''' [[WP:ESP/PROG|program]] aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the [[WP:ESP/STRESS|Stressbusters]] at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
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| style="color:#000"|Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] (run by [[User:Misza13|Misza13]]): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at [[Wikipedia talk:Esperanza|the Esperanza talkpage]]. Thanks!
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# '''[[WP:ESP/EL|The next elections]]''': [[Approval voting]] as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of [[WP:ESP/EL|this page]]. Voting starts on [[2006-04-23]] and ends on [[2006-04-30]]. There will be three places up for grabs as [[User talk:KnowledgeOfSelf|KnowledgeOfSelf]] is leaving Wikipedia. Please see [[WP:ESP/EL|the previously linked page]] for full details.
# '''The [[WP:ESP/CC|Code of Conduct]]''' is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to [[Wikipedia_talk:Esperanza/Code_of_Conduct|the Code of Conduct talk page]], discussion of having one at all should be directed to [[Wikipedia talk:Esperanza|the main Esperanza talk page]].
# The current '''process for accepting [[WP:ESP/PROP|proposals for new programs]]''' has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to [[WP:BB|be bold]] when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
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| style="color:#000"|[[WP:ESP/PROP|The propsed programs page]] is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on [[WP:ESP/PROP|the page]], to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
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== Happy Birthday!!! ==

[[Image:Birthday cake.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A cake for you.]]
Happy birthday, Guðsþegn!!! Hope the coming year is wonderful for you. Cheers. --[[User:Lord Voldemort|<span style="color:purple;">LV</span>]] [[User talk:Lord Voldemort|<sup style="color:#3D9140;">(Dark Mark)</sup>]] 00:51, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy birthday! &mdash; [[User:Ilyanep|<span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:black;">Ilyan</span>]][[User:Ilyanep/Esperanza|<span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:green;">e</span>]][[User:Ilyanep|<span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:black;">p</span>]][[User talk:Ilyanep| <span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:#808080;">(Talk)</span>]] 02:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

'''<span style="color:lightgreen;">Happy</span> <span style="color:green;">Birthday!</span>''' --[[User:Misza13|Misza]][[WP:ESP|<span style="color:green">'''13'''</span>]] <sup><u>'''[[User talk:Misza13|T]] [[Special:Contributions/Misza13|C]]'''</u></sup> 17:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

::Thank you. Thank you. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 17:05, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you ==


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|<font color = "brown">'''Thank you!'''</font><br><font color = "brown">Hello {{PAGENAME}}. Thank you for your support in my [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Fang Aili|RfA]]!  It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to [[User talk:Fang Aili|talk]], let me know. Cheers! -- [[User:Fang Aili|F]][[User:Fang Aili/Esperanza|<font color="green">a</font>]][[User:Fang Aili|ng Aili]]  <sup>[[User talk:Fang Aili|<font color="green">說嗎?</font>]]</sup>
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== [[Wikipedia:Votes for best User page]] ==

Hello, Guðsþegn! I would like to first wish you a very, very late happy birthday (I haven't been keeping very good track of [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|Esperanza]]'s calendar!) and let you know that I've nominated you for the [[Wikipedia:Votes_for_best_User_page/Archive/2006/March#Content|Content]] section of the Votes for best User page. I personally think you have an excellent user page and I believe other Wikipedians should get a chance to see what an wonderful job you've done ;) &mdash; <span style="background-color: #ddd; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; padding: 3px;">[[User:Webdinger|Webdinger]] <sup>[[User_talk:Webdinger|BLAH]] | [http://www.seraphiczephyr.us SZ]</sup></span> 02:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

:Thank you for your encouragement, and your nominating my user page. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 04:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

==Happy Easter!==
[[Image:Chocolate Valencia.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Just sending happy Easter wishes from one Esperanza/WP:Middle-earth (ME) member to another. {{mono|:)}} —'''[[User:Mirlen|<font color="coral">Mir</font>]][[User talk:Mirlen|<font color="darkorange"><span style="cursor:help">l</span></font>]][[User:Mirlen/EA|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User talk:Mirlen|<font color="darkorange"><span style="cursor:help">n</span></font>]]''' 18:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)]]

''from Mirlen's talk page:''<br>[[Image:WikiThanks.png]] Mirlen, thanks for the Easter well-wishes. I hope you have a happy Easter as well. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>


: *grins* No problem. —'''[[User:Mirlen|<font color="coral">Mir</font>]][[User talk:Mirlen|<font color="darkorange"><span style="cursor:help">l</span></font>]][[User:Mirlen/EA|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User talk:Mirlen|<font color="darkorange"><span style="cursor:help">n</span></font>]]''' 19:23, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

==Calvinist confederacy==
If you have a moment, please lend your thoughts to [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Calvinist confederacy]]. --[[User:Flex|Flex]] 01:38, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

== Old Skool Esperanzial note ==

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that [[WP:ESP/EL|the elections]] are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on [[2006-04-29]]. Please vote [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/April 2006 elections/vote|here]]. Thanks. --[[user:Celestianpower|Cel]][[User:Celestianpower/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">es</span>]][[User:Celestianpower|tianpower]] <sup>[[user talk:Celestianpower|háblame]]</sup> 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

== Alternative Links ==

Why are they so dissimilar? All three&mdash;Zionism, Christian Democracy, and Islamism&mdash;blend religious and political ideologies. And nowhere in the article does it say Christian Democracy advocates the seperation of church and state. They are similar enough in form to be linked to each other under "See Also." Please consider reverting your revert.--<tt>[[User:Ikiroid/Esperanza|<font color="green">'''The'''</font>]]</tt> [[Imaginary unit|<font color="black">'''i'''</font>]][[user:ikiroid|<font color="blue">'''kiro'''</font>]][[Ego, superego, and id|<font color="black">'''id'''</font>]] <small>([[user talk:ikiroid|talk parler hablar paroli 说 話し parlar]])</small> 23:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

::Can you not distinguish a difference between [[Vicente Fox]] of Mexico or [[Angela Merkel]] of Germany and the [[Hamas]] leadership of Palestine or [[Ali Khamenei]] of Iran? That's the difference betweem [[Christian Democracy]] and [[Islamism]]. One advocates democracy (rule of the people) and the other advocates theocracy (a misnomer in this case; word means rule of God, though there is nothing godly about Hamas or Iranian leadership). &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 03:20, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

:::I'm not saying that christian democracy is the same as these, or that it promotes or advocates Zionism or Islamism. I'm saying that they share enough similar traits that they should provide links to one another. They all blend religious and political ideologies. That's what they have in common. That's it.--<tt>[[User:Ikiroid/Esperanza|<font color="green">'''The'''</font>]]</tt> [[Imaginary unit|<font color="black">'''i'''</font>]][[user:ikiroid|<font color="blue">'''kiro'''</font>]][[Ego, superego, and id|<font color="black">'''id'''</font>]] <small>([[user talk:ikiroid|talk ]])</small><sup>([[User talk:Ikiroid/Help Me Improve|Help Me Improve]])</sup> 23:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


== The Catholic Church ==


Thank you for you note on my talk page.  I appreciate that you and many others do not agree with the usage of the term, Catholic, for the the Church based in Rome.  I respect you freedom to disagree; however, I do not believe you have the right to tell people how to name themselves.  The Catholic Church could claim the rights to all the names of the various Christian Churches saying that their use of their name is "parochial."  Of course this would be rude and condescending, and we do not.  For instance, we could say that "Baptist" really should only be used to refer to all Christians, since we all practice baptism.  Presbyterian--well, Catholics, Orthodox, and Anglicans would all have a much fairer claim to that title than Presbyterians do, since that term is understood to mean "priest," which they do not actually have.  Methodists hardly have a method, but many other churches claim to.  Everyone claims to be "orthodox", many churches are "episcopal" in their governance. Oh, and precisely which church is not evangelical in some fashion? ...etc., etc. (Not to mention LDS!) So, the first argument is that it is a matter of respect to call churches by how they call themselves.  That is a minimum decency that civil people afford eachother. (

Also, it drives me crazy that Spanish speakers insist that the Americas are one continent and every on it is an "American," so, US citizens should really be "Unitedstatians," or some such other un-English formulation because it better suites their sensibilities.  Let's just say that's not going to happen.  In a likewise manner, it is very awkward English to use "Roman" in every reference to Catholicism.  No one I know really talks like that.  It is just poor sounding English.

Also, there are many Catholic Churches is the original sense of the term that do not call themselves "Roman," such as the Greek Catholic Church, the Ruthenian Catholic Church, the Maronite Catholic Church, etc.  By original sense of the term I mean that "catholic" in the early church meant those in communion with the Church of Rome.  Ignatius, if you read his discussion on the Church, literally says this!  "Roman" Catholic within the Catholic Church means the "Latin Rite" almost always, though sometimes sometimes the term is used for the entire Catholic Church to '''''''emphasize''''''' the primacy of the Bishop of Rome, Primate of the West, Vicar of Christ, etc.

Now for the historical/institutional matter:  No one in the 16th Century argued that the Catholic Church of Trent was a different institution from the one that Luther and the rest protested against and had sought to reform.  Also, there was no Western Christian prior to the Reformation(s) that did not understand the Western Church as the Catholic Church.  It is very clear that the Catholic Church after the reformation is the same institution that existed before and had alway called itself since Ignatius of Antioch the Catholic Church.  The theology of sacraments, ecclesiology, etc. had not changed with the Reformation.  So, the burden of proof is on someone who wants to claim that the Catholic Church ceased to be itself such that it needed to change its name.

Now this is where it gets interesting.  The term "Roman Catholic" only came into vogue in the 19th Century for a number of reasons.  It was a way for Catholics to distinguish themselves from others who broke away but kept the name, such as the "Old Catholics." It was a way to distinguish Latin Catholics from Eastern Rite Catholics within the Catholic Church. And, most interestingly for this discussion, Anglicans which had never had much use for any claims to being "Catholic" suddenly became interested in the term when the intense study of the previously lost patristic texts showed how ancient the term was and how "Catholic" the early church was in its theology and ecclesiology.  Such patristic studies gave rise to the Oxford Movement and eventually the claim to Anglo-Catholicism.  Of course, that the Anglican church was clearly protestant historically is demonstrated by such names as "The Protestant Episcopal Church of American," which is the original name of the ECUSA.

The term "Catholic Church" is never used in capitalized form for the "universal Christian church," because that would be confused with the Catholic Church. Except in the creeds, this term is never used without qualification for that purpose.  Besides, we are talking about corporate entities, concrete churches.  The abstranct sense is not a practical term but a theological conception (which does not make it any less real, but does put it in another distinct specific conversation in which the speakers would know the difference).

Lastly, while Catholics do occasionally call themselves Roman Catholics (only in the West) we have at no time in history ever ceased to call ourselves simply Catholics.  This the name for our Church and ourselves in continuous use from the time of Igantius of Antioch ~107 A.D. '' Use of "the Catholic Church" is not "parochial," which seems to be an intentionally demeaning term, but is rather historical. Ignatius, by the way, was an Eastern Patriarch (of Antioch) and still claimed communion with the Bishops and especially the Bishop of Rome as the essential way to distinguish orthodox Christianity from false revelations, prophets, philosophies, etc.''  This explains the strangeness of WP aticles on publications such as the "National Catholic Reporter" with the word Roman interjected at every instance of the word "Catholic" except in the title of the "NCR" and the WP article title on the subject.  It is just awkward, forced and ultimately a POV ideological imposition.

Thanks for reading.  --[[User:66.254.235.186|66.254.235.186]] 02:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
--[[User:Vaquero100|Vaquero100]] 02:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== Justification article ==

Hi,

I noticed that you appeared in the edit history of the [[justification (theology)]] article.  I recently made major changes to the article in an effort to move it to NPOV.  If you have any suggestions for improvement (style, content, whatever), please leave a comment on the talk page for that article.  The goal is to get the article to the point that the POV and cleanup templates can be removed.

Thanks,
--[[User:Jrcagle|jrcagle]] 20:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

== Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3 ==


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|style="color:#000"|The '''Administrator Coaching''' program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service.
: ''This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.''
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| style="color:#000"|As always, [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to [[User:Pschemp|Pschemp]], [[User:Titoxd|Titoxd]] and [[User:Freakofnurture|Freakofnurture]] for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
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# Posting logs of [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-esperanza the Esperanza IRC channel] are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
# A disclaimer is going to be added to the [[WP:ESP|Esperanza main page]]. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
# Various revisions have been made to the [[WP:ESP/CC|Code of Conduct]]. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct.
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==John Calvin==
[[Image:Tulip - floriade canberra02.jpg|thumb|left|150px|<center>I place this tulip to commemorate the 442nd anniversary of the death of '''[[John Calvin]]''' on May 27, 1564, and to remind you of the '''[[Five points of Calvinism]]'''. [[User:Blarneytherinosaur|Blarneytherinosaur]].]] What the caption says. [[User:Blarneytherinosaur|Blarneytherinosaur]] 08:26, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
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==Architect and Building Templates==
I was wondering if you might be interested in writing a template for {{tlx|Architect}} and {{tlx|Building}} as referenced in the architecture wikiproject?--[[User:Mcginnly|Mcginnly]] 19:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

== Catholic Collaboration Effort ==

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==What's your prediction?==
Will [[Colt McCoy]] be the starter for the [[2006 Texas Longhorn football team]]? And are you able to keep up with the games over there?  I hope all is well. [[User:Johntex|'''Johntex''']]\<sup>[[User_talk:Johntex|talk]]</sup> 01:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

== A short Esperanzial update ==

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on [[WT:ESP|the ''Esperanza'' talk page]] as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AEsperanza%2FCharter&diff=59977509&oldid=52572171 See what happened]. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace [[User:JoanneB|JoanneB]] and [[User:Pschemp|Pschemp]] and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on [[2006-07-02]] and last until [[2006-07-09]]. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before [[2006-07-02]]. For more details, see [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections]].

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, &mdash;[[user:Celestianpower|Cel]][[User:Celestianpower/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">es</span>]][[User:Celestianpower|tianpower]] <sup>[[user talk:Celestianpower|háblame]]</sup> 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

==Wikiproject:Architecure Peer Review proposal==
I'm trying to build a consensus for a Wikiproject Peer review process. I've opened a discussion page [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject Architecture/Peer review proposal discussion|here]]. Would you like to comment? Would you be prepared to take part in the peer review process? Many thanks.  --[[User:Mcginnly|Mcginnly]] | [[User talk:Mcginnly|Chinwag]] 12:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
==IG Farben Building FAC==
Also, I posted the [[IG Farben Building]] on the [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/IG Farben Building|FAC]] on the 17th July. It currently has a '''support''' consensus, but only from 4 people. I'd be more comfortable with a stronger consensus and was wondering if you might be prepared to comment on the article? Many thanks. --[[User:Mcginnly|Mcginnly]] | [[User talk:Mcginnly|Chinwag]] 12:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

== Re: Fair use in templates ==

While it may be legal, it is still not permited by Wikipedia policy. The reason for this is that having a large number of exceptions depending on a dizzying array of potential circumstances creates a situation that is untenable from a management of copyright concerns perspective. Thus, the policy is written such that the use of fair use images in templates is proscribed. Please see [[Wikipedia:Fair use criteria]] item #9 where it says "All other uses, even if legal under the fair use clauses of copyright law, should be avoided". Fair use images are to be used ''only'' in main namespace articles. Thus, it was properly removed from {{tl|Christian Democracy sidebar}}. If you have any questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. All the best, --[[User:Durin|Durin]] 04:17, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

== Box on CST page ==

Kristófur, I have a suggestion concerning the [[Catholic social teaching]] page, and the Chistian Democracy box.  The box was deleted during the recent cleanup efforts, as a couple of us were concerned that CST was more than just a subtopic of CD.  I noticed that you put it back in recently. (Well, we are supposed to edit boldly . . . ;) )  Instead of just reverting that change, I have an proposal for you.  I still think the box may be a bit much for that page, but the Euopean Christain Democracy movement has played an important part in the development of CST, a part that simply concentrating on encyclicals will miss.  Apparently, you know a great deal more about the CD movement than the rest of us -- would you consider dropping the box, but adding some content about the interaction of CD and the development of CST?  I think it would result in a greatly improved article, perhaps a better one than many of the alternatives on the net.

Thanks one way or the other. --[[User:ClaudeMuncey|ClaudeMuncey]] 21:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

== August Esperanza Newsletter ==

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|style="color:#000"|The [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/To-Do List|'''Esperanza To-Do List''']] is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few!  This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
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| style="color:#000"|In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Proposals#In_development|'''In development section''']] of the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Proposals|proposals page]] has been created.  Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here.  Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
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| style="color:#000"|To improve both the layout and text of the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|front page]], in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place.  Please take your creative minds to '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign]]''' to brainstorm good ideas.
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! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight:normal; font-size:100%%; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">Many thanks to [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]], courtesy of [[User:Misza13|Misza13]], for delivering the newsletter.</div>
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{| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#f5faff"
! <div style="margin: 0; background-color:#cedff2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">[[WP:ESP/ACM7|The last AC meeting]] ([[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Advisory_Committee_Meeting_August_2006/log|full log]])</div>
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# In order to '''make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed''', a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers]].  Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed!
# The '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Proposals #In_development|In development]]''' section of the proposals page has been created.
# '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Proposals|Proposals page:]]'''  Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Proposals/Archives/1|archived]].  For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Programs#General Esperanzial Actions|General Esperanzial Actions]] has been created.
# Two small pieces of '''charter reform''' will be decided on in a straw poll at [[Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance]].  One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter.
# Until '''cooperation with the [[Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign|Kindness Campaign]]''' is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
# There is a page for discussing the '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign|front page redesign]]'''.
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|style="color:#000"|<div align="right">[[User:Natalya|Natalya]], [[User:Banes|Banes]], [[User:Celestianpower|Celestianpower]], [[User:EWS23|EWS23]], [[User:FireFox|FireFox]], [[User:Freakofnurture|Freakofnurture]], and [[User:Titoxd|Titoxd]] <br> 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)</div>
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== Image:Whole world - land and oceans.jpg ==

I noticed you are using [[:Image:Whole world - land and oceans.jpg]] on your userpage, please note that a higher quality version is available now due to increased size limits. The new version is [[:Image:Whole world - land and oceans_12000.jpg]] and is about '''2.45x''' larger. The old image has been kept because many computers cannot deal with and image as large as the new one. Both look identical in thumbnail view. [[User:HighInBC|HighInBC]] 20:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

== September Esperanza Newsletter ==

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|style="color:#000"|Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in.  The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated.  With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
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! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">What's New?</div>
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| style="color:#000"|'''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/September 2006 elections|September elections]]''' are upon us!  Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September.  Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
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| style="color:#000"|[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Appreciation Week|Appreciation Week]], a program currently in development, now has [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Appreciation Week|its own subpage]]!  Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
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| style="color:#000"|The [[WP:ESP|Esperanza front page]] has been redesigned!  Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
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! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight:normal; font-size:100%%; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">Many thanks to [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]], courtesy of [[User:Misza13|Misza13]], for delivering the newsletter.</div>
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{| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#f5faff"
! <div style="margin: 0; background-color:#cedff2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">[[WP:ESP/ACM8|The last AC meeting]] ([[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Advisory Committee Meeting September 2006/log|full log]])</div>
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#The '''[[WP:ESP/PROP|proposals page]]''' has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
#Since the program in development '''[[WP:ESP/PROP#Appreciation_week|Appretiaion week]]''' is getting lots of good ideas, it now has [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Appreciation Week|its own subpage]].
#The '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/September 2006 elections|September 2006 Council elections]]''' will open for nominations on 18 September 2006.  The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006.  If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
#The '''new [[WP:ESP|Esperanza front page]] design''' has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
#TangoTango has written [[User:Tangotango/New members of Esperanza|a script for a bot]] that will '''list new members of Esperanza''', which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
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! <div style="margin: 0; background-color:#cedff2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">Signed...</div>
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|style="color:#000"|<div align="right">[[User:Natalya|Natalya]], [[User:Banes|Banes]], [[User:Celestianpower|Celestianpower]], [[User:EWS23|EWS23]], [[User:FireFox|FireFox]], [[User:Freakofnurture|Freakofnurture]], and [[User:Titoxd|Titoxd]] <br> 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)</div>
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{|cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#faf5ff;color:#000"
|style="color:#000; text-align:center"|''Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone.  If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List]].''
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== Re:Christianity template ==

'''Thanks''' Taking a look presently. -[[User:Koavf|Justin (koavf)]]·[[User talk:Koavf|T]]·[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]·[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]] 15:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Please stop adding this - it's too big and ugly and takes up too much space in articles. Valuable space that could be used for text and/or pictures. -- [[User:Stbalbach|Stbalbach]] 05:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
:Actually, it's not too big (approx. same size as Judaism), it's not ugly, and ... uuuuh .... this is the internet ... space is not limited.  &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue"  color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>[[User:Guðsþegn|U]][[User talk:Guðsþegn|T]][[Special:Emailuser/Guðsþegn|E]][[WP:X|X]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 15:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

::No this is Wikipedia and space ''is'' limited in articles. They are only so long and text and pictures always take priority over nav templates which add nothing to an articles content and in fact encourage readers to go elsewhere. Those of us who actually write articles and take pride in our work are fairly miffed by the proliferation of multi-colored, half-screen-size nav templates that squash the text and pictures made by people who never contributed anything to the article in the first place. Then when people complain you don't say "OK, maybe we can try a less obtrusive version, like one along the bottom of the page etc.." you force it and point to other large ugly obtrusive templates which are redundant with Categories and See Also's - why not just make the top %50 of the article a big nav template, I could think of a few thousand articles that could be linked to Christianity. -- [[User:Stbalbach|Stbalbach]] 20:20, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

==Calvinism v. Arminianism external link==
The author of [http://www.jesussaidfollowme.org/CalvinismArminianism.htm this article] on Arminianism v. Calvinism has requested that we link to it in relevant articles, but he does not want to violate the policy of personally adding a link to material he himself wrote. What do you think of it with reference to [[WP:EL]]? --[[User:Flex|Fl]][[User:Flex/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:Flex|x]] ([[User_talk:Flex|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions:Flex|contribs]]) 15:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

== November Esperanza Newsletter ==

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{| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#f5fffa"
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|style="color:#000"|'''''Admin Coaching needs coaches!!!'''''  If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching#Volunteers|signing up to be a coach]].

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by [[User:HighwayCello|HighwayCello]], is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
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! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">What's New?</div>
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| style="color:#000"|The '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Tutorial Drive|Tutorial Drive]]''' is a new Esperanza program!  In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia.  Consider writing one!
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| style="color:#000"|A discussion on '''how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia''' has been started; [[Wikipedia_talk:Esperanza#Esperanza_and_the_encyclopedia|please add your thoughts]].
|-
! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight:normal; font-size:100%%; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">Many thanks to [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]], courtesy of [[User:Misza13|Misza13]], for delivering the newsletter.</div>
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|class="MainPageBG" style="width: 45%; border:1px solid #cedff2; background-color:#f5faff; vertical-align:top"|
{| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#f5faff"
! <div style="margin: 0; background-color:#cedff2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Advisory Committee Meeting October 2006|The last AC meeting]] ([[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Advisory Committee Meeting October 2006/log|full log]])</div>
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*The list of '''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Proposals|proposed programs]]''' has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
*There is now a '''new program''': the [[Wikipedia:Esperanza/Tutorial Drive|Tutorial Drive]]!  Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
*The suggestion of adding '''a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages''' is being considered; [[Wikipedia_talk:Esperanza#New_design_of_this_page|join the discussion]] if you are interested!
*In order to make a '''useful interlanguage welcome template''', those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
*A '''[[Wikipedia_talk:Esperanza#Esperanza_and_the_encyclopedia|discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia]]''' is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
*[[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]] informed everyone that he will be '''leaving the Esperanza council''' as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, [[User:HighwayCello|HighwayCello]].
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|style="color:#000"|<div align="right">[[User:Natalya|Natalya]], [[User:Banes|Banes]], [[User:Celestianpower|Celestianpower]], [[User:EWS23|EWS23]], [[User:FireFox|FireFox]], [[User:The Halo|The Halo]], [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]] and [[User:HighwayCello|HighwayCello]] <br> 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)</div>
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== ESV userbox ==
Thought you might be interested in the new userbox I created: <nowiki>{{User:HokieRNB/userboxes/ESV}}</nowiki>.  Grace and peace, [[User:HokieRNB|HokieRNB]] 21:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
==Architecture bulletin==
{{WikiProject Architecture Bulletin}}

== SMILE ==
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{{{1|[[User:Sir james paul|Sir james paul]]}}} has smiled at you! Smiles promote [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! {{{2|}}} <br /><small>Smile at others by adding {{tls|smile}}, {{tls|smile2}} or {{tls|smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.</small>
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== Calvinism invite ==

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|style="font-size: 85%; color: yellow"|<big>'''You are cordially invited to participate in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Calvinism|WikiProject Calvinism]]'''</big>
The goal of WikiProject Calvinism is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Calvinism available on Wikipedia.  '''WP''':'''WikiProject Calvinism''' as a group does not prefer any particular tradition or denominination of Calvinism, but prefers that all Calvinist traditions are fairly and accurately represented.
|[[Image:John Calvin - Young.jpg|50px]]
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== Happy Birthday!! ==

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|align="left" width="100%"|Happy Birthday, <b> {{PAGENAME}}, </b> from the [[WP:BDC|Wikipedia Birthday Committee]]! Have a great day! {{{1|}}}
|} <b>[[User:Tellyaddict|<span style="color:#FF4040;">Te</span><span style="color:#FF9900;">ll</span><span style="color:#FFEE00;">y</span>]][[User talk:Tellyaddict|<span style="color:#FFEE00;">a</span><span style="color:#FF9900;">ddi</span><span style="color:#FF4040;">ct</span>]]</b> 12:37, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

{| class="messagebox standard-talk" style="border: 1px solid #CC9999; background-color: Blue;"
|align="center"|[[Image:Nuvola apps cookie.png|50px]]
|align="left" width="100%"|<font color=white>Just a happy Birthday message to you, <b> {{PAGENAME}}, </b> from the [[WP:BDC|<font color="yellow">Wikipedia Birthday Committee]]!</font> <font color=white>Have a great day!</font>
|}--[[User:Paloma Walker|Paloma Walker]] 04:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

{| class="messagebox standard-talk" style="border: 1px solid #CC9999; background-color: Lime;"
|align="center"|[[Image:Birthday candles.jpg|150px]]
|align="left" width="100%"|<font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF00FF">Wishing you all the best on your birthday! From the [[WP:BDC|Wikipedia Birthday Committee]].</font> {{{1|}}}
|} --Newbee Mikemoral 23:28, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[WP:ICELAND|WikiProject Iceland]] ==

Maybe you are interested in this project... --[[User:Michkalas|Michkalas]] 15:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

== WikiProject Christianity ==

Hi, I saw your name on the WikiProject Christianity Membership page.

I've made some changes to the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity|WP Christianity]]''' main project page, added several sup-project pages, created a few task forces section, and proposed several more possible changes so that we can really start making some serious progress on the project.  Please stop by and see my comments on the project talk page [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity#Update on project page revamp|here]] and consider joining a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity#Task Forces|task force]] or helping out with improving and contributing to our sub-projects.  Thanks for your time!  [[User:Nswinton|Nswinton]] 13:15, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

== WikiProject Calvinism welcome ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Calvinism/Outreach/Welcome|[[User:TimNelson|TimNelson]] 02:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)}}

Btw, if the following edit isn't yours (it was added by an IP address), it may interest you:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Calvinism&diff=126391580&oldid=126340727 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Calvinism&diff=126391580&oldid=126340727]

-- [[User:TimNelson|TimNelson]] 02:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== June 2007 Wikiproject Christianity Newsletter ==
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[[Image:Christian cross.svg|50px|left]] <big>'''The [[WP:X|Christianity WikiProject]] Newsletter'''</big><br/> '''''Volume I, no. 1 - June 2007''''' <br/>
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*Four articles are at FA level and sixteen are GA level articles. You can help by [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Adopted Topics|adopting a topic]].

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== Your Nordic-Celtic flag ==

Someone is selling it [http://www.epier.com/store/outpostflags/viewitem.asp?id=47963 on keychains].  Just thought you'd be interested to know this.  Cheers.--[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] 00:29, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

== Dominionism ==

Hi Guðsþegn.  I've noted that you were active on the topic of "[[Dominionism]]" back in 2006, and I was impressed with the gracious and articulate way in which you conducted the debate.  You might be interested in this [[User:BlueMoonlet|strawman draft]] for overhauling the article, which I just posted to [[Talk:Dominionism#Strawman draft for article overhaul|Talk:Dominionism]].  --[[User:BlueMoonlet|BlueMoonlet]] 03:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

== Image:Manti-1999.jpg ==

I'll defend you for ya', I'll remove it from the Anti-Mormonism article and put it back where it's supposed to be. [[User:ViperSnake151|ViperSnake151]] 15:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


==[[:Template:Dominionism]]==
As you participated in the prior TfD, I thought you would be interested that it has been proposed for deletion once again.  You can find the discussion [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Dominionism|here]]. [[User:SkierRMH|SkierRMH]] 02:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

== [[:Image:Manti-1999.jpg]] ==
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==Piper==
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== BB9 USA HoH Controversy ==

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== Tagging Annie Armstrong ==

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Welcome to the Sixth issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. 

Luckily, you all won't have to see my comments very often, as very little I have to say is really that important. But I would like to take the opportunity to say that I hope everyone finds the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum|General Forum]] page useful for discussing ideas relevant to Christianity in general, and feels free to make any additional comments regarding general Christianity there. Also, if any of you feel that you want to place a comment here in the future, please let us know what you want included. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. 

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As many of you will know, we currently have several articles relating to the same basic topics. The articles in the [[:Category:Baptism]] are one example of such. It is really in the interests of all of us to try to place as much content in the main article of such topics, and then have the other articles "branch off" from there and making the central article as good an article as possible. We also now have a proposal for a new general "Christianity" related award, similar to the Military history project's chevrons, at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum]]. [[User:John Carter|John Carter]] ([[User talk:John Carter|talk]]), Lead Coordinator<br/>
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== Longhorn revamp ==
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I have recently overhauled the project page for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Texas at Austin|UT Austin WikiProject]] in an effort to rekindle a once active and still worthwhile goal—improving UT Austin-related articles. I noticed you are a member of the project and just wanted to invite you to get involved again however you can. Hook 'em Horns! --[[User:Eustress|Eustress]] ([[User talk:Eustress|talk]]) 17:00, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== [[WP:WikiProject University of Texas at Austin|WikiProject University of Texas at Austin]] Collaboration for August 2008 ==
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'''<span style='font-size:16px;'>[[List of University of Texas at Austin alumni]]</span>'''

<small>Our September 2008 project is TBD. If you would like to nominate an article for a future project or see what articles we've already collaborated on, please visit the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_University_of_Texas_at_Austin/collaboration|Collaboration talk page]].</small>
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Thanks to all those who helped out with UT Austin-related articles this last month. This month's collaboration needs help with transferring alumni names into the organizational tables in prep for FLC. I look forward to working with you. Hook 'em Horns! --[[User:Eustress|Eustress]] ([[User talk:Eustress|talk]]) 00:55, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

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== WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - April 2009 ==
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[[Image:P christianity.svg|36px|left]] <big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity|Christianity WikiProject]] Newsletter'''</big><br/> Issue VII - April 2009 <br/> 
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* The Christianity project and its related projects currently have 65 FAs, 7 FLs, and 146 GAs. That is a wonderful number, particularly of the GAs. Thanks to all those who worked on these articles! 
*[[User:Secisek|Secisek]] was interviewed by the ''Wikipedia Signpost'' in their 9 March 2009 issue [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-03-09/WikiProject_report here]. Thank you for your great work in getting more attention to the project!
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* Our membership continues to expand. We are currently at a stunning 278 registered members. A profound thank you to all of you. Without your support and work, this project, and wikipedia itself, would not exist.
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* We have recently started a separate subpage of the project dedicated to keeping the members informed of the latest activities regarding FA and GA status, requests for peer review and comment, proposed deletions, and other article related activity. That information can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Article alerts]]. Please feel free to look at the page frequently and respond to any and all items posted there that you wish.  
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* The Iglesia ni Cristo work group, Syriac Christianity work group, and Oriental Orthodoxy project are all currently being considered for restructuring. Any and all members of any of those groups are welcomed and encouraged to take part in the discussions. 
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* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Amish_farmer_jailed_for_outhouse_violations Pennsylvania Amish farmer jailed for outhouse violations]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Obama_expands_Bush%27s_faith-based_initiatives Obama expands Bush's faith-based initiatives]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Relics_of_39_saints_found_by_British_Museum Relics of 39 saints found by British Museum]
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Welcome to the Seventh, admittedly delayed, issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.  

Yes, it's been more than a bit of a rough time for some of us, okay, me, for a while here. Several things, most of them not real pleasant, kept coming up. I think most of that is over with know. I hope and pray as much anyway. Easter is the church's time of rebirth, and I hope it's a good time for the rebirth of this newsletter. I hope that the project grows in numbers and effectiveness as the church itself has over the years. Thanks again for all your efforts to date. Oh, yes, and please note that this section is entitled "From the Members". That means you, all of you. If any of you have any comments you'd like to share with the other members in this section, please feel free to let us know, and we'll put them in the next issue. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.  Thanks again. 

[[User:John Carter|John Carter]] ([[User talk:John Carter|talk]]), Lead Coordinator<br/>
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== WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - May 2009 ==
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[[Image:P christianity.svg|36px|left]] <big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity|Christianity WikiProject]] Newsletter'''</big><br/> Issue VIII - May 2009 <br/> 
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* The Christianity project and its related projects currently have 68 FAs, 7 FLs, and 146 GAs, which includes 3 more FAs. We did however lose one FL and 2 GAs over the past month, but we still basically broke even with the 3 new FAs.  

; Member news
*With the additions of cindyrom4jesus at [[User:69.254.33.66|69.254.33.66]], [[User:Jwhosler]], and [[User:Arverniking]], we now have 281 listed members. Thanks to you all, and a special welcome to our new members! 
* 
; Other news
* There is some new discussion regarding project related activities, specifically including the various Christianity portals, at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum]] and the possible expansion of the extant [[WP:NARNIA|Narnia task force of WikiProject Novels]]. All input is more than welcome. .  
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*Anyone who can bring any of the few Stub class articles among the project's 1000 most often accessed articles by the end of the month will get an award. Please see the details [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity#Project challenge of the month]]. 
; Christianity related news
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Amish_farmer_jailed_for_outhouse_violations Pennsylvania Amish farmer jailed for outhouse violations]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Obama_expands_Bush%27s_faith-based_initiatives Obama expands Bush's faith-based initiatives]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Relics_of_39_saints_found_by_British_Museum Relics of 39 saints found by British Museum]
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Welcome to the Eighth issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.  

Hello from the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Christian films task force|Christian films task force]]! I was recently apart of founding a task force, so this is the story. For several months, I would not only contribute to [[Christian film]]s, groups, etc., but I'd also see other users working on similar articles. I really wanted to create a project for us to work from. [[User:Filmcom|Filmcom]] contacted me about trying to get a task force going, so we began working together on it. When it appeared the idea was dying, we continued to fight, and several other users joined!

Thanks to the efforts of many users, I'd like to introduce you to the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Christian films task force|Christian films task force]]'''! We are currently having a bot tag all Christian film-related articles, and we are working to define our project scope. We now have [[:File:Golden Cross Clapperboard.svg|our own icon]] and shortcut ([[WP:CFTF]]), with ten users signed out thus far - these are just some of the things that have been happening in the last few days. If you have any interest in joining such a project, we welcome everyone to join and get involved.

'''[[User:American Eagle|<font color="#6B8AB8">American Eagle</font>]]''' ([[User talk:American Eagle|<font color="#6B8AB8">talk</font>]])
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== WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - June 2009 ==
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[[Image:P christianity.svg|36px|left]] <big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity|Christianity WikiProject]] Newsletter'''</big><br/> Issue IX - June 2009 <br/> 
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* The Christianity project and its related projects currently have 72 FAs, 6 FLs, and 145 GAs, which includes 4 more FAs. We did however lose one FL and 1 GAs over the past month, but we still gained overall.   

; Member news
*It was a big month for new members, with [[User:SixGreenFish]], [[User:Invmog]], [[User:Unconsumed]], [[User:TheThankful]], [[User:Noghiri]], and [[User:1111tomica]] joining, bringing us up to 286 listed members. Thanks to you all, and a special welcome to our new members! 
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* There is some new discussion regarding project related activities, specifically including the various Christianity portals, at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum]] and the possible expansion of the extant [[WP:NARNIA|Narnia task force of WikiProject Novels]]. All input is more than welcome. .  
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* The [[WP:FILM|WikiProject Films]] has recently created a new task force for [[Christian films]]. All interested parties are welcome to join and contribute.  
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*Given the lateness of the newsletter last month, the contest from last month continues. Anyone who can bring any of the few Stub class articles among the project's 1000 most often accessed articles by the end of June  will get an award. Please see the details [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity#Project challenge of the month]]. 
; Christianity related news
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Amish_farmer_jailed_for_outhouse_violations Pennsylvania Amish farmer jailed for outhouse violations]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Obama_expands_Bush%27s_faith-based_initiatives Obama expands Bush's faith-based initiatives]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Relics_of_39_saints_found_by_British_Museum Relics of 39 saints found by British Museum]
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Welcome to the Ninth issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.  

I am in the process of going through the various categories related to Christianity. I am finding that several of them may not have sufficient number of members to continue. By the end of the month, I hope to have the main category list finished (yeah, it might take that long, it's ''huge''). At that time, I think we will review all the categories and see which may not have sufficient articles to continue. Please feel free to take part in the discussion regading what the minimum number of category items is, and how to deal with the non-qualifying categories, on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum|General Forum]] page. 

[[User:John Carter|John Carter]] ([[User talk:John Carter|talk]]) 23:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
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== [[WP:WikiProject University of Texas at Austin|WikiProject University of Texas at Austin]] Collaboration for August 2009 ==
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'''<span style='font-size:16px;'>[[University of Texas at Austin#History]]</span>'''

<small>Our September 2009 project is TBD. If you would like to nominate an article for a future project please add a nomination under that month's section or to see what articles we've already collaborated on, please visit the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_University_of_Texas_at_Austin/collaboration|Collaboration talk page]].</small>
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WP:UT's first priority is getting the flagship article ([[University of Texas at Austin|UT Austin]]) back to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|GA status]] and ultimately, [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|FA status]]. So lets take this in baby steps and focus on one section at a time, and what better section the the first: [[University of Texas at Austin#History|history]]! Any contributions would be appreciated and... Hook 'em Horns! [[User:NThomas|NThomas]] ([[User talk:NThomas|talk]]) 00:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - July 2009 ==

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* The Christianity project and its related projects currently have 75 FAs, 8 FLs, and 147 GAs<!--, which includes 4 more FAs-->, with a net loss of one FA and one GA. Our thanks to those who helped keep some other articles listed, and to those who have worked so diligently in improving all of our articles.  

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*Three new members joined this past month, including new members [[User:116Calvinist]], [[User:Lrnngrbc]], and [[User:Frazz]], bringing us up to 295 listed members. Thanks to you all, and a special welcome to our new members! 
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* Two new pages for the benefit of members of the project have been created. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Mutual aid society]] is designed to be a place where editors seeking specific assistance from other members can with luck find others who have the abilities or materials they need, and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Special collections]] is, at this point, the beginnings of a list of publicly accessible special collections libraries which our members might find useful. Anyone who lives near one of the collections listed is encouraged to visit them and see if they can find anything they would like to read or use to improve some of our articles. There are always some discussions regarding project related activities at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum]].  I think the timing of the call for elections might have been bad (summer vacation, what was I thinking?), and have thus changed the period for individuals to run to be one of the project's coordinators. Individuals who have a particular interest or knowledge of specific fields within Christianity are encouraged to run, to serve as a kind of "unit coordinator" for that topic.  
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* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Amish_farmer_jailed_for_outhouse_violations Pennsylvania Amish farmer jailed for outhouse violations]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Obama_expands_Bush%27s_faith-based_initiatives Obama expands Bush's faith-based initiatives]
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Relics_of_39_saints_found_by_British_Museum Relics of 39 saints found by British Museum]
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Welcome to the Eleventh issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.  

One area in particular need of attention right now is the content related to the [[Oriental Orthodox]] churches. Several of the topics within this field are of great importance, including the churches themselves, their histories, thinking, and some of the individuals associated with it. Unfortunately, the number of people who belong to the churches, and, correspondingly, the number of editors working on that content, is smaller than it could be. Anyone interested in helping to develop this content is more than welcome to look at the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Oriental Orthodoxy]] page and seeing where they can help out. 

[[User:John Carter|John Carter]] ([[User talk:John Carter|talk]]) 23:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
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== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Government|WikiProject United States Government]] ==

Greetings. I noticed that you are one of the members of WikiProject United States Government that are still active so I wanted to ask you a question. It appears that this project is mostly inactive aside from what the members might be doing independently. I was considering suggesting that this project be pulled in under [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States|WikiProject United States]] and wanted to solicit comments from some of this projects members before doing so. As with Washington DC and the others the project would for the most part maintain its own independence but I believe this would benefit both projects. What do you think about this? --[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 23:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

==May 2011 Newsletter for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States|WikiProject United States]]==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Newsletter/Newsletter link|May 2011}}.--[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 02:16, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

==June 2011 Newsletter for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States|WikiProject United States]]==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Newsletter/Newsletter link|June 2011}}--[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 18:49, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

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==July 2011 Newsletter for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States|WikiProject United States]]==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Newsletter/Newsletter link|July 2011}}--[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 01:00, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

==September 2011 Newsletter for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States|WikiProject United States]]==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Newsletter/Newsletter link|September 2011}}--[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 15:45, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

==December 2011 Newsletter for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States|WikiProject United States]]==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Newsletter/Newsletter link|December 2011}}--[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 01:58, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

==January 2012 Newsletter for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject United States|WikiProject United States]] and supported projects==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Newsletter/Newsletter link|January 2012}}--[[User:Kumi-Taskbot|Kumi-Taskbot]] ([[User talk:Kumi-Taskbot|talk]]) 19:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

== ''Ichthus'': January 2012 ==

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''In this issue...'' <br />
*[[WP:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/January 2012|From the Editor]]
*[[WP:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/January 2012|What are You doing For Lent?]]
*[[WP:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/January 2012|Fun and Exciting Contest Launched]]
*[[WP:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/January 2012|Spotlight on WikiProject Catholicism]]
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== Happy Birthday (2012) ==

<div style="align: upperright; padding: 1em; border: solid 3px #2B547E; background-color: #E6E6FA;">[[Image:Wikipe-tan Birthday.svg|left|60px| ]] '''Wishing [[User:Guðsþegn|Guðsþegn]] a very happy birthday on behalf of the [[WP:BDC|Birthday Committee]]! [[User:Armbrust|Armbrust, B.Ed.]] [[User talk:Armbrust|<sup style="color:#E3A857;">Let's talk</sup>]][[Special:Contributions/Armbrust|<sub style="color:#008000;">about my edits?</sub>]] 00:13, 9 April 2012 (UTC)</div>

== ''Ichthus'': May 2012 ==

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===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.  

''Ichthus'' is the successor to the long running WikiProject Christianity newsletter, run under the WikiProject Christianity’s [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach|Outreach]] department. As such, you will continue to see information about our latest featured and good articles, DYKs, as well as new members who have joined our project. You might also see links to Christianity related news from the mainstream media!  
 
With that, I wish you all happy reading!

[[user:John Carter|John Carter]], Asst. Editor

P.S. Please [{{fullurl:Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard|action=watch}} click here] to add the new [[Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard|Christianity-related topics Noticeboard]] to your watchlist to follow the latest discussions relevant to WikiProject Christianity and subprojects. 

===Help Bring [[Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan|Wikipe-tan]] "into the fold"===
[[File:Wikipe-tan full length.svg|left|60px]]
As many of you may know, our unofficial mascot, dear Wikipe-tan, hasn't yet indicated any particular beliefs. However, yes, as we all know, ahem, ''some people'' might object to our beloved mascot running around in a [[Uniform fetishism#French maid uniform|French maid]] outfit. People do talk, you know. ;) If anyone might be able to develop an image of the dear lady in a image more, well, "Christian," I would like to see perhaps a vote for next month as to which, if any, image of the dear girl we might make our own unofficial mascot. Please post your images [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/April 2002/Wikipe-tan|here]].

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>
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===Christianity in other wikis===  
[[File:Wikimedia Foundation RGB logo with text.svg|left|40px]] As many of you might now, there are a large number of other Wikimedia Foundation projects, including WikiSource, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, WikiQuote, and others. I certainly believe that Wikibooks and Wikiquote might be among the more directly relevant sister projects. If any of you can think of any particular efforts in these other projects which you think would benefit from more input, please let us know here, so we can help spread the word around. 

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

===Spotlight on the Outreach department===
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''Ichthus'' will spotlight a different subproject or workgroup of WikiProject Christianity. This edition will spotlight on our vital [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach|Outreach department]]. This comparatively small, but vital, project unit is dedicated to welcoming new editors to Wikipedia and the Christianity related content, and to providing information to the various project members, in forms like this newsletter. 

The scope of articles with which this group deals is truly enormous, and, given the wide variety of material with which we deal, we would very much welcome the input of more individuals, particularly individuals who are particularly knowledgeable of the less well-known and less frequently monitored articles related to Christianity. 

Speaking personally, I would be very, very gratified if we were to have this become a very, very large and active unit, with members from the broad spectrum of Christian beliefs, practices, and groups. The broader the spectrum and areas of expertise of members we have, the better we will be able to help manage the content. Please consider whether you believe you might be able to contribute in this vital area. 

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

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== ''Ichthus'': June 2012 ==

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===Membership report===
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 [[WT:X|Christianity noticeboard]] or with me or other individual editors to request it. 

===From the Editor===

''Ichthus'' is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach|Outreach]] department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know what you think of the new departments, and if there are any other suggestions for departments you would like to see. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.   
 
With that, I wish you all happy reading!

P.S. Please [{{fullurl:Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard|action=watch}} click here] to add the new [[WT:X|Christianity noticeboard]] to your watchlist to follow the latest discussions relevant to WikiProject Christianity and subprojects. 

===Church of the month===
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by [[commons:User:Berthold Werner|Berthold Werner]]</center>
<center>[[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai]]</center>

===Vote for the project mascot===
We had last month asked our members to help "bring into the fold" [[Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan|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.

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

===DYK===
*...that [[Anna of Kashin]], a Russian medieval princess, was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives?


===Calendar===
Thie 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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===Featured content and GA report===
[[Alec Douglas-Home]] recently achieved FA status. [[:File:Katharinenkloster Sinai BW 2.jpg|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===  
[[File:Wikisource-logo.svg|left|40px]] 
[[Wikisource]] currently has many old texts available, most of them in the public domain. This is a potentially very valuable source for several things, including for instance links to Biblical verses, because we know that it will, basically, be around as long as we are.  

<small>By [[user:John Carter|user:John Carter]]</small>
<small>with inspiration from  [[user:History2007|History2007]]</small>
===Christian art===
[[File:English - Resurrection - Walters 27308.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]
This section would include a rather large image of a specific work of art, with a link to the most directly relevant article. 
Suggestion: [[Resurrection of Christ]], an English 15th century [[Nottingham alabaster]]. Groups of painted relief panels were sold via dealers to churches on a budget , who had wood frameworks made to hold them locally.  From a huge new donation of images from the [[Walters Art Museum]] to Commons, see {{commonscat|Collections of the Walters Art Museum}} 
  
<small>By [[User:Johnbod|Johnbod]]</small>

===Spotlight===
A new WikiProject relating directly to Christian history is being developed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian history]]. Also, a group specifically devoted to the Mennonites and other Anabaptists is now up and running at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Anabaptist work group]]. Anyone interested in assisting with the development of these groups and topics is more than welcome to do so. 

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

===I believe===
... 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]]. 

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>
===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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== ''Ichthus'': July 2012 ==

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'''Membership report'''<br>
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 [[WT:X|Christianity noticeboard]] or with me or other individual editors to request it. 

'''From the Editor'''<br>
''Ichthus'' is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach|Outreach]] department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know what you think of the new departments, and if there are any other suggestions for departments you would like to see. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.   
 
With that, I wish you all happy reading!

P.S. Please [{{fullurl:Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard|action=watch}} click here] to add the new [[WT:X|Christianity noticeboard]] to your watchlist to follow the latest discussions relevant to WikiProject Christianity and subprojects. 

'''Church of the month'''<br>
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by [[:User:JaGa]]</center>
<center>[[Mission Santa Clara de Asis]]</center>

'''Vote for the project mascot'''<br>
We had last month asked our members to help "bring into the fold" [[Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan|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.

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

'''Calendar'''<br>
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]]. 

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'''Featured content and GA report'''<br>
[[Grade I listed churches in Cheshire]] was recently promoted to Featured List status. [[:File:John F Kennedy Official Portrait.jpg|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'''<br>  
[[File:Wikibooks-logo-en.svg|left|40px]] 
[[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. 

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

'''Christian art'''<br>
[[File:Hans Holbein, the Younger - Sir Thomas More - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]

[[Portrait of Sir Thomas More (Holbein)|The portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger]]. 
  
<small>By [[User:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

'''Spotlight'''<br>
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. 

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

'''I believe'''<br>
... in the tradition of [[Thomas the Apostle]], [[Thaddeus of Edessa|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]].

<small>By [[user:John Carter|John Carter]]</small>

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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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== IRV ==
Just wanna say, I agree on IRV. But I don't see how it will ever come to pass in the US, because those needed to change the rules will be those most negatively effected by this change.--[[User:Karl.brown|KarlB]] ([[User talk:Karl.brown|talk]]) 04:05, 22 July 2012 (UTC)


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