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Hello Wikiproject Christianity, I'm starting a project with some students here at the Brigham Young University library to improve pages related to the Book of Mormon, in anticipation of next year's Sunday school curriculum in our church that will focus on it. I've been trying to develop best practices for sourcing and writing pages about characters in the Book of Mormon and books of the Book of Mormon. At first I thought that I should completely avoid apologetic sources, or sources that argue for the historicity of the Book of Mormon, in order to maintain NPOV. However, I'm interested in what editors outside of Mormon studies think of those rules of thumb (maybe an apologetic source, if clearly cited in-text, would be appropriate sometimes?).
I'm also not sure of the best way to present a character in holy writ in a way that makes it clear that this person is a character in a book (but considered a historical figure by most adherents). I recently edited the page for Aminadab, a very minor character in the Book of Mormon. Does anyone with experience writing pages for characters/people in the Bible have advice on that?
Lastly, I am looking for good examples of Biblical, encyclopedic writing for my students to emulate. I noticed that the quality of pages about books in the Bible can be a bit uneven. Are there pages you often refer back to as a good example to emulate? Much thanks, Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:09, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- In my opinion, using sources that expressly support the view that the Book of Mormon is a historically accurate account is acceptable—Wikipedia relies on similar sources for its coverage of Catholicism, Hinduism, and many other major world religions. However, in-text attribution may be necessary for certain claims and to distinguish between different interpretations (both academic-secular and academic-believer) of the same passages from the Book of Mormon.
- As for characters from scriptures/traditions, Wikipedia generally presents the religiously accepted account of their life and person as discussed in reliable sourcing while also providing the academic appraisal of said persons. I've been involved in trying to improve Massacre of the Innocents, a biblical event of disputed veracity; there, I've tried to ensure that the traditional majority scholarly opinion of "it probably didn't happen" is mitigated by modern reexamination without giving undue weight to any revisionist or pious views that may lack general scholarly acceptance. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:59, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Note that we have been moving away from such pseudoscientific/fringe sources for years now across all of the religious topic areas you just named. There is a difference between noting that an ahistorical view is ahistorical and treating that religious fiction as a historical fact. If reliable independent sources can't be found to describe a religious view or belief then in all likelihood that religious view or belief isn't notable and/or isn't due. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 15:13, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
- I echo Pbritti's view that
using sources that expressly support the view that the Book of Mormon is a historically accurate account is acceptable
since Wikipedia does similarly for coverage of other faith traditions. I have cited sources like that for Book of Mormon studies pages that I've contributed. Though I don't state the non-consensus claims of historicity in Wikipedia's voice, there's other secondary source material in such sources that does function without issue within the broad consensus that the Book of Mormon is a book containing narrative content including events, situations, and named figures. Such unproblematic secondary source content includes, for example, descriptions of the narrative content of the book itself, assessments of literary function and meaning, and documentation of cultural reception, etc. P-Makoto (she/her) (talk) 21:15, 6 September 2023 (UTC)- Thank you for your advice, and the example of Massacre of the Innocents! I will pass it on to my students and we will try to clarify in-text who is doing the commentary in our commentary sections and whenever else it seems important.Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:01, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
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Requested move at Talk:Christian head covering#Requested move 5 January 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Christian head covering#Requested move 5 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Anglican Diocese of Manchester#Requested move 5 January 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Anglican Diocese of Manchester#Requested move 5 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:09, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Sagrestia Nuova (New Sacristy)#Requested move 6 January 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sagrestia Nuova (New Sacristy)#Requested move 6 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 12:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Syro-Malabar Catholic Church#Requested move 10 January 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Syro-Malabar Catholic Church#Requested move 10 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Carl XVI Gustaf#Requested move 13 January 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Carl XVI Gustaf#Requested move 13 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
I have requested that two additional parameters be created for Template:Infobox church: sui_iuris_church and former_sui_iuris_church. Modeled on sui_iuris_church parameter of Template:Infobox diocese, the sui_iuris_church parameter would be located below the denomination parameter, the former_sui_iuris_church parameter below the former_denomination parameter. This would be broadly useful for current or former Eastern Catholic church buildings, as well as church buildings in countries where the Latin Church can not be assumed as the operator of a Catholic building. ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:42, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Towson United Methodist Church
Towson United Methodist Church has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Schierbecker (talk) 20:46, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at the talk page for the template {{Infobox Christian leader}} regarding a proposal to add an |eparchy=
parameter to the template. You are invited to review and join the discussion. Thank you. — Archer1234 (t·c) 17:13, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Anglican eucharistic theology#Requested move 1 February 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Anglican eucharistic theology#Requested move 1 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 14:49, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
Structure of Angels in Christianity
Angels in Christianity is a bit of a mess. It used to be more explicitly about the Pseudo-Dionysian hierarchy of angels, but despite expanding in scope (and the existence of De Coelesti Hierarchia) it still wildly overstates the importance of this hierarchy. In the past I tried to restructure it, but received strong pushback and gave up. I started a conversation on the talk page about how to restructure it a bit more proportionally. Comment welcome.
Side note, this page could use a bit more TLC in general. --Garnet Moss (talk) 03:58, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Catholic Church
Catholic Church has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:27, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_February_3#Priests_by_nationality. – Fayenatic London 16:13, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Shrovetide#Requested move 5 February 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Shrovetide#Requested move 5 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:15, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Crosier#Requested move 18 February 2024
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Crosier#Requested move 18 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Your input is welcome in this discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:48, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
What was a poor article is now an odd article mainly about Hinduism. Some decent sources although I don't know if they are being used properly, some not so good sources such as letter from an ISKCON leader.. I'm not familiar with the subject so hope others can look at at. Doug Weller talk 08:53, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Isaac
Isaac has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster (chat!) 09:58, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
I have nominated his passing for the main page at In the News Recent Deaths. Unfortunately, his article is not in good shape. Memory eternal. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Peer review for Free and Candid Disquisitions
Hello, I am reaching out to see if anyone is interested in offering their opinions at Wikipedia:Peer review/Free and Candid Disquisitions/archive1. It's a book primarily about English religion and liturgy that had pretty significant consequences for a multitude of later efforts to revise the Book of Common Prayer. Thanks! ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Is the Catholic Church just one denomination or is it a Denominational family/Communion of 24 particular churches?
The Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Protestantism, Pentecostalism etc. are denominational families or traditions within Christianity as the relevant articles Christian denomination and List of Christian denominations imply. Christianity can be taxonomically divided into six main groups: the Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Restorationism. Within these six main traditions are various Christian denominations (for example, the Coptic Orthodox Church is an Oriental Orthodox denomination).
The Catholic Church is a denominational family and each of the sui juris churches are distinct denominations with distinct liturgical rites, doctrines, culture, organisation and history. All the Eastern Catholic Church articles currently employ the infobox Template:Infobox Christian denomination. For example see List of Christian denominations, wherein the Syro-Malabar Church is listed along with the Roman/Latin and other Eastern Catholic Churches as denominations under the subheading 'Catholic Church' (denominational family).
The official website of the SMC says: The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is one of the 23 Eastern (Oriental) Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome. It is the largest Eastern Catholic Church after the Ukrainian Church and the largest of the Saint Thomas Christian (Nazrani) denominations with 5 million believers.
Quoting the state census, KC ZACHARIAH (2016) says: Among the denominations in the Christian community, the Syro-. Malabar Catholics are the most dispersed denomination
(Religious Denominations of Kerala). Logosx127 (talk) 15:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
- The conversation is ongoing at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Catholicism#Is the Catholic Church a single denomination or a communion of 24?. Editors are encouraged to reply there. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
I've started an article on the Iwerne camps. They held an important and sometimes controversial role in post-war Evangelicalism in the UK, particularly in the Church of England, before closing in 2020 following abuse scandals.
Existing coverage of the camps was in two articles - a rather fawning one on their founder E. J. H. Nash, and a sparser and rather controversy-heavy one on their parent body the Titus Trust. I've tried to balance both and fill in the gaps in the new article, but more eyes would be very much welcomed. TSP (talk) 12:24, 22 March 2024 (UTC)