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:John C., great to see you here, I've enjoyed your blog contributions over the years. Matthew has been a bit MIA lately, a busy spell in life I believe, but I'll try to fix your links at the [[Isa 1:1-5]] page (if you click "edit" and look how I'm linking to [[Isa 1:1]], you can see the format for links in general).  Thanks, by the way, for the above links--I think we should add them to one of our resource pages at some point (I'm actually on vacation for the next couple weeks and probably won't get to it for a while). --[[User:RobertC|RobertC]] 13:13, 21 April 2008 (CEST)
 
:John C., great to see you here, I've enjoyed your blog contributions over the years. Matthew has been a bit MIA lately, a busy spell in life I believe, but I'll try to fix your links at the [[Isa 1:1-5]] page (if you click "edit" and look how I'm linking to [[Isa 1:1]], you can see the format for links in general).  Thanks, by the way, for the above links--I think we should add them to one of our resource pages at some point (I'm actually on vacation for the next couple weeks and probably won't get to it for a while). --[[User:RobertC|RobertC]] 13:13, 21 April 2008 (CEST)
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::Thanks for helping Robert! --[[User:Matthewfaulconer|Matthew Faulconer]] 06:53, 16 May 2008 (CEST)

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Leave comments for Matthew Faulconer here.

I likely won't be checking the site for the next few days. If you need anything during that time, you might try RobertC.

Archives of this page

I clear this page out occasionally and add links to the version right before I clear it out here.

Why not more content?

Hi, Matthew. I really like the idea of this site, especially if it is moderated - as it appears to be. What I am wondering is why there is not more content. For example, your father's lesson notes that appear on the blog should be here at a minimum - don't you think? In any case, I will be using the site more, and I will encourage others to do so. --User:Rick

Rick, since Matthew's out of town, let me reply in the meantime: Yes!
Jim has, from time to time, posted his notes here on the wiki. And, from time to time, others of us have added Jim's notes here. The problem is, quite simply, that it takes work and time to add the content here. Jim started doing his SS notes at the Time and Seasons blog before the wiki ever started, and I think it's easier for him to just type up his notes all on one page and post them to the blog (which, by the way, more users seem comfortable using...) rather than posting his questions (and comments) on various pages of the wiki. He's said he's game for transferring his notes to the wiki, it's just that it takes time, which is something all of us seem to be a bit short on....
Anyway, welcome to the wiki. If you're interested in transferring Jim's notes, or taking up any other project, we'd love some help. --RobertC 18:50, 12 October 2007 (CEST)
I admit that the Wiki is new and a little confusing. All the same, I would be willing to help transfer Jim's notes. How would I get started? --Rick 05:19, 13 October 2007 (CEST)
Rick, looks like you've already figured out the wiki on your own, nice job. Nevertheless, you can go to Philip 2:5 to see how I transferred Jim's note on that verse.
You might notice that I made some slight stylistic changes when I was removing the instructions on the pages you edited (typically we remove the instructions for each section once content is added), but these changes simply reflect my own idiosyncratic preferences, not any site-wide policy we've adopted or anything.
Thanks for the work you've already done on D&C 3, and thanks in advance for the contributions you make in the future! --RobertC 22:33, 13 October 2007 (CEST)

Hey Rick, I'm just catching up after being away for a bit. Thanks for taking the time to post some stuff. Several people have given their permission to transfer stuff to the wiki, see this page: Site:Works to incorporate. Often to do it well, some changes have to be made to integrate the text--given the slightly different purpose of this site versus what the author was doing when they wrote it. I think carefully integrating text into the site is a great way to get to know a specific passage of scripture well--a nice sort of personal scripture study exercise. I wish I did more of it myself.

Maybe someday someone who is writing a set of questions or text relevant to, e.g. several chapters at once, would be able to integrate their comments questions into the site and people could respond to them easily, but as of now, the blog is just much better at that. The wiki, in contrast is a better format for incorporating additional and future thoughts related to the same scripture into the same text. Adding a new thought into an existing text is harder than say responding to a post, but, in my view, that hard work is also more important in the long run. I see the wiki and outside resources like the blog as happily co-existing with the wiki stealing ideas (and sometimes text) from outside resources where appropriate, other times just adding links.

Not sure if that answers you questions. Let me know if not. --Matthew Faulconer 06:52, 19 October 2007 (CEST)

Printing glitch

Is it possible to print the wiki commentary with the scriptures in context? I don't think the formatted material that I could see how to print from the wiki would be very useful. What do you think? Please tell me how you use the site. Thanks. --Rick 07:16, 14 October 2007 (CEST)

Rick, I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but I noticed that if you go to print a commentary page, the scripture window does not seem to print the correct passage. That is, if I go to print, for example, the D&C 3:11-15 page, the scripture window prints the D&C 3 heading and only the first line of v. 1, not vv. 11-15. I hadn't noticed this problem before (I hardly ever print anything out from the wiki...), and I doubt Matthew is aware of it. Let's see what he has to say when he gets back in town.
When I do print things out, I usually print out the commentary for an entire section or chapter at a time (if you click on the chapter or section heading at the top of any commentary page, there will be an option at the bottom of the page that opens allowing you to view all scripture commentary on one page for that section or chapter), and then I print the scriptural text out separately from lds.org, or just use my own scriptures to read from. --RobertC 13:50, 14 October 2007 (CEST)
I don't think this is possible. If someone who knows more knows a way to set the iframe [the scripture window] at the correct bookmark on the printing page let me know. Sorry. Maybe an improvement is to remove the window all together when a user clicks the link "Printable version" --Matthew Faulconer 06:52, 19 October 2007 (CEST)
I like the idea of a "printable version," though I have no idea how hard it would be to create, and I personally don't really consider it a high priority. --RobertC 23:09, 19 October 2007 (CEST)
Ok. Just so we are on the same page. we have a printable version but it has the same problem. I'm thinking we may be able to fix it. To see the printable version click on the link "printable version" in the toolbox on the left underneath the search. --Matthew Faulconer 09:09, 27 October 2007 (CEST)

Invalid Pointer?

Hello, I just discovered this site today, and it sounds like a really great idea. I tried to click on some links leading to BYU articles (Nephi's Outline), and I got an error page saying "invalid pointer". Do you know what that's about? Thanks. Jon

Hey Jon, Glad you found the site. Probably the site hosting the BYU article on Nephi's outline changed something on their side since the link was posted. Which page is it (can you give me the link?) that has the link to Nephi's Outline which is causing problems? Thanks, --Matthew Faulconer 06:49, 30 May 2007 (CEST)

Um...

To tell you the truth, I know next to nothing about how to work in wiki. It took me a couple minutes to figure out how to reply to your message. Anyway, I do have to answer math questions still, but it says that once I confirm my email address (I think xxxxxxxxx is the one I'm using for this account, though xxxxxxxxxx is my personal address) then I won't have to answer math questions anymore. I just haven't taken the time to do that yet.

After skimming your user page, it looks like you're the founder of this whole project. Is that right? --Mjberkey 02:23, 9 July 2007 (CEST)

Yes, I started it, but others have contributed more than I have. PS I removed your e-mail addresses above because these pages, like all publicly accessible pages, are sometimes read by programs looking for e-mail addresses to spam. I hope you are enjoying participating. --Matthew Faulconer 02:55, 9 July 2007 (CEST)
Also, thanks for letting me know that the math thing is working as expected. And you are doing fine with the wiki stuff. --Matthew Faulconer 02:57, 9 July 2007 (CEST)

Hey Matthew, I've lost my user password and I requested that it be sent to my email account, but it didn't send. Could you help me out? Thanks - mjberkey --you bet. I'll check into it and figure something out. --Matthew Faulconer 06:27, 9 October 2007 (CEST)

google books bible commentary

I was just messing around this evening seeing what I could find in the way of full text bible commentaries available on google books. I haven't looked in these books yet--i have no idea if they are any good. But I intend to look quickly to see if any of them have an easy answer to the recent question on Isa 1:11-15. I'll let you all know how it goes.

For now these are in the order I found them--which I think is probably arbitrary.

Less than full Bible

New Testament

Matthew

Amos & Hosea

Results of check for answer to q on Isaiah 1:13

I am messing something up in Isaiah 1:1

I am having trouble making the links to Obadiah 1:1 and Habakkuk 1:1 come out correctly. What am i doing wrong?--John C. 17:48, 18 April 2008 (CEST)

John C., great to see you here, I've enjoyed your blog contributions over the years. Matthew has been a bit MIA lately, a busy spell in life I believe, but I'll try to fix your links at the Isa 1:1-5 page (if you click "edit" and look how I'm linking to Isa 1:1, you can see the format for links in general). Thanks, by the way, for the above links--I think we should add them to one of our resource pages at some point (I'm actually on vacation for the next couple weeks and probably won't get to it for a while). --RobertC 13:13, 21 April 2008 (CEST)
Thanks for helping Robert! --Matthew Faulconer 06:53, 16 May 2008 (CEST)