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Scope

What is the scope of this project? do you intend only to cover the scriptures, or is it open to examination of church history as well? I'd love to see a wiki that included, say, articles on each modern day Prophet and Apostle, commentary on news items, such as what is going on with that Southerton dude, and other things.

Would the creators of this Wiki support additions like that, or send interested users to a different Wiki?

Hi 65.216.70.186,

This site is for commentary and discussion of the scriptures. I don't see the focus of this site being broadened.

At one point in time User:Mark started a wiki devoted to LDS doctrine. I don't think it is active at this time. I am not aware of any other wiki's devoted to lds topics but who knows what is out there now or what might be started soon. There are a bunch of blogs devoted to the topics you mention. Some links to these are listed on Site:LDS blogs.

PS If you feel comfortable doing it, I would suggest logging in to post comments in the future. Having a login name makes it easier to have a discussion. I can think of several reasons off-hand for logging in 1) it is not as easy to remember ip addresses as it is names 2) it is nicer saying "Hi Sue" then it is "Hi 65.216.70.86" 3) for some people their ip address keeps switching making it hard to figure out who is who 4) some people don't like having their ip address posted publicly, logging in prevents this (an ip address gives the actual internet address of your computer at the time of posting) 5) logging in allows you to personalize your experience at Feast upon the Word a bit 6) it allows other people to send you a private message (to your e-mail) without revealing your e-mail address to them 7) there's got to be some more reasons but none occur to me right now.

--Matthew Faulconer 06:33, 10 Aug 2005 (CEST)

I have the Username Measure on Wikipedia, but don't want to register here unless I decide to commit myself to the wiki. Thank you for the responses.

Here's one Mormon wiki with a broader scope: www.mormonwiki.com. There are others listed on the Other LDS resources page. --RobertC 14:45, 30 Mar 2006 (UTC)

Wider Scope

For those who are interested in a greater scope, I invite you to look at Christianity Knowledge Base which is a non-denominational wiki and explicitly allows the contributions of LDS followers. --70.30.57.80, 29 Mar 2006

Thanks, I think this site looks interesting. I'll try to post some things there and follow the discussion/development. --RobertC 14:42, 30 Mar 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Robert, any input would be greatly appreciated.

Inclusion of Extra-canonical Scriptures

In the spirit of D&C 91, I'd like to include here commentary on lost scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. I'm happy to undertake this project, if the community agrees to include it. --TheEditrix 11 Apr 06

Personally, I like the idea. If it's too much of stretch to put on main commentary pages, you can always put it on a user subpage. After all, I've been writing about Taoist texts here.... --RobertC 23:16, 11 Apr 2006 (UTC)

Let's see how it goes. An easy way to begin is simply to start on a user subpage organizing it however you think is best. As RobertC notes, there is precendent for starting your own project related to the scriptures using a user subpage. Steve Jensen started doing his own thing around topical content using user subpages. Subpages are a great place to experiment with something new and see how it goes. If you want to invite others to edit your page, let them know that explicitly; otherwise they might assume they shouldn't. For more info about user subpages see the user subpage policies and help creating user subpages. --Matthew Faulconer 04:51, 12 Apr 2006 (UTC)

Main Page protection

Why exactly isn't the Main Page protected (yet)? --220.152.116.2302:56, 21 Oct 2006 (UTC)