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WikiProject Catholicism is a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Catholic Church, both the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches and the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, all of which are in communion with the Holy See. The project is open to anyone interested in contributing to topics related to the Catholic Church. To join, all you have to do is add your name to the members list!

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[edit] Subpages

WikiProject Catholicism maintains a number of subpages in order to organize the work that is done here. Please feel free to pick out a page and help out.

  • To-do list: A discussion on articles, categories and other things that need work.
  • Terminology: Discussion forum for terminology and translation issues.
  • Strategy: Strategy and structure. For policy discussions on how to title articles, how to categorise, etc.


[edit] Future articles for consideration

A scheme of articles which could be tied to the Catholic Church main page. Months of discussion on the Catholic Church page have gone into a plan to move as much detail off the page as possible while connecting readers to a wide variety of articles. Much of the work has been done to move excessive content off to other pages. However, there is a need to put introductory material for many articles onto the main page to give readers an idea of the scope of material available.

I applaud the current effort to evaluate where we stand in developing WP articles, and am looking forward to digging into the project myself, I am concerned though that the present plan isn't as vision oriented as I would hope. I am re-presenting in link-fashion a working list of articles that has been in discussion for several months. Some of the articles have been developed since that conversation began, many have not.

There are few topics as complex and extensive as the Catholic Church, perhaps none. What other institution could produce a 28 volume Encyclopedia about itself--twice? This list below is partial and in my view represents a rather modest horizon.

While it is great to have the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia available online[www.newadvent.com] is has a tendency perhaps to limit our thinking by almost a century in many cases. There are many obvious articles to be developed (such as "Catholic devotions") which are the subject of hundreds--even thousands--of websites already. This is the easy work. However, there are many articles that I believe should appear here (and frankly I would love to read myself) which have not even begun to be touched and will have to be "researched" with more intensity and precision. Vatican Diplomatic Corps, for example, would be a fantastic read, could cover or at least introduce such topics as the role of the Church in the fall of the Soviet Union, the Church's influence in third world debt relief, the development of the Just War theory (in the Cold War and the War on Terror) etc. Also, it should be noted that while there are many topics the Catholic Church has in common with other Churches, such as "bishop" and "sacraments," there are perhaps many, many, many more that can be written only about the Catholic Church as it is the only institution which maintains a comprehensive body of teaching on every aspect of human endeavor.

I would hope that the articles listed below which have not yet been started, could at least begin in stub form and become part of the evaluation process. This list may stimulate your thoughts on other topics, please feel free to add topics you feel are missing.


... and whatever else may be missing...

I am looking forward to good discussions with you all on the Talk page. Vaquero100 18:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article rating and assessments

See the Assessment subpage for full details and instructions.

WikiProject Catholicism article rating and assessment scheme
(NB: Listing, Log & Stats are updated on a daily basis by a bot)
Current detailed listing of Catholicism articles by quality
Daily log of status changes
Current Statistics Rated article Categories
Catholicism
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Class
Featured article FA 3 9 1 13
A 4 3 3 6 16
Good article GA 1 5 5 10 1 22
B 16 44 84 51 3 198
Start 2 20 88 130 4 244
Stub 1 6 52 287 16 362
Unassessed 3 14 12 82 111
Total 24 84 255 497 106 966



An article rating and assessment scheme has been implemented for articles identified as being of interest to WikiProject Catholicism. In this scheme, Catholicism-related articles ('article' here also includes lists) may be assigned:

  • a particular rating which indicates an assessment of their class (overall quality), and
  • a particular rating which indicates an assessment of their importance (priority or relative significance).

The primary purpose of this rating and assessment scheme is to provide project members and editors with a sub-categorised survey of the current status of Catholicism-related articles, which can then be used to prioritise the overall workload and highlight articles needing improvements at various stages.

For example, higher-priority articles (those most essential to any encyclopaedia) in need of most work (ie lower quality) can be readily identified for attention and collaboration.

There will be a number of secondary benefits from the scheme, such as being able to track which kinds and topics of articles are 'neglected'.

This assessment and rating scheme follows the precepts adopted by the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, see Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment and Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via Wikiprojects for details.

The class and importance ratings are recorded by setting appropriate values to the parameters of the Project banner, {{Project Catholicism}}, which is placed on the corresponding talk pages of in-scope Catholicism-related articles. See the template instructions for details on these parameters which can be set.

See the Quality scale for guideline criteria for rating an article by class/quality. See the Importance scale for guideline criteria for rating an article by importance/priority.

The assessments of class and importance are assigned manually by WP Catholicism project members (or other interested parties)– see the Rating instructions for details. Assigning a rating will automatically place the article in an appropriate rating category.

Once assigned, behind the scenes a bot (Mathbot (talk • contribs)) runs periodically (scheduled daily, about 0300hrs UTC) which compiles a variety of listings, statistics and log data, which can then later be analysed by the Project. See the table to the right for links to these auto-generated and updated pages, and the associated by quality and by importance categories.

It is expected that this rating and assessment scheme will require periodic and iterative maintenance, as new articles are created or identified, and existing articles are progressively improved (or, hopefully much rarer, demoted), requiring the status to be reassessed.

Of course, anyone is free to edit any of the articles they choose without regard to priority, however it is hoped that this will provide some basis for a more methodical approach to the longer-term overall improvement of content and coverage in the field.


[edit] Members

Please feel free to add your name to this list if you would like to join the project.

  1. Trevor Project Starter. Just thought we needed some organization.
  2. Dominick (TALK) I am happy to help. Let get to work.
  3. Jgofborg I'd like to join as well.
  4. Elliskev I'd like to help where I can.
  5. Isolani Hi, I`m working on putting more Catholic Encyclopedia articles online. confirmation: --Isolani 23:12, 14 January 2006 (UTC))
  6. Evrik
  7. Let's do it!--Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk)ContributionsContributions Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 11:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
  8. Hyphen5 Catholic COTW founder
  9. Louie 20:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC) Let me know what can I do.
  10. Psy guy Just let me know who I can help.
  11. Andrew_Hermiz I am a Roman Catholic and willing to help in all areas.
  12. Baka42 Let me know how I can help! :^)
  13. WikiCats
  14. Gentgeen I think at one time I had every bishop and cardinal on my watchlist.
  15. JASpencer 18:21, 8 April 2006 (UTC) Be glad to help.
  16. General Eisenhower 01:09, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  17. Marcusscotus1 10:20, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
  18. --Vaquero100 16:06, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
  19. OrangeDog Happy to help, 7 May 2006
  20. MamaGeek  TALK  CONTRIB  14:37, 11 May 2006 (UTC) Let's keep Wikipedia honest about our faith!
  21. --Richard 17:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  22. BigShock 01:14, 14 May 2006 (UTC) I'm no expert but I'm sure I can be of some help.
  23. jf 22:14, 14 May 2006 (UTC) I'll be happy to help.
  24. Jpeob 01:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
  25. Brendanhodge Happy to lend a hand where I can.
  26. ClaudeMuncey
  27. contrafool Well, I've been Catholic all my life and am thinking of being a priest, so I may be of some small use. Contrafool 09:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  28. Lafem 10:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC) I'm here. BTW, kindly check papacy.
  29. RFD I started an article about Solanus Casey and Bishop James Michael Harvey. 17:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
  30. Maryanntherese
  31. Ariedartin 08:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC) - Singaporean Roman Catholic from the Church of the Holy Family, my primary article. Also a choir boy.
  32. Amicuspublilius 02:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
  33. Cheyinka 05:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
  34. Badbilltucker - Maybe won't be that useful, but I hope to work on the historical pages
  35. Briancua 13:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
  36. andy 15:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC) - doing some dioceses, especially the newly created ones
  37. Grumpy Troll (talk) I am not an expert on my own faith but will learn more as I contribute to Wikipedia; I do hope that I will be of particular use where Catholicism in France is concerned.
  38. Eoghanacht talk 13:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC) I occasionally work on Saints' articles and a few other Catholic-related things.
  39. Murcielago 17:09, 16 June 2006 (UTC) - Have recently found myself doing articles on bishops and historically significant priests.
  40. savidan(talk) (e@) 00:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC) - Mostly Popes and things about the Papacy
  41. Lostcaesar 22:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
  42. Phil 20686 18:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC) - just trying to help out
  43. Jim Miller 11:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  44. Drboisclair 00:51, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
  45. ekrub-ntyh talk 14:35, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
  46. Meyer 19:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC) Keeping the Faith in Japan.
  47. User:Silverknights - All God's choicest blessings from India
  48. Accurizer
  49. SarekOfVulcan 01:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  50. Hannah K. - Born and raised Catholic, I'll help wherever I can.
  51. staroftheshow86 - interested in Catholicism and especially the influence of Catholicism in New Orleans...will help where I can!
  52. User:dmar198
  53. thebike I'm a maronite and want to help, but I don't know Wikipedia very well yet.
  54. Robotforaday 17:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Particularly interested in monasticism, church music and church architecture among other topics
  55. Njamesdebien
  56. User:Indutiomarus I'll try and help to fill in articles related to Catholic University and the Anglican Use.
  57. Pabtm1 03:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC) - special interest in doctrine and theology, side interest in Church history.
  58. Wistless 06:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
  59. --Dcheney 03:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC) - primary expertise is relating to bishops and dioceses, but also interested in canon law, theology, etc.
  60. Synthesis00:16, 2 August 2006 Interest in Church Hierarchy, Politics, and all things Jesuit
  61. Protoclete Ecumenist, Ecclesiologist, Lay Ecclesial Minister; Theology degrees from CUA and ND
  62. CBruney A very recent former law student, now waiting in hope and prayer for bar exam results. Eager to help in the interim.
  63. Rchamberlain 01:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC) I post on Catholic Answers under the username Semper Fi. I enjoy reading books about Catholic theology by authors such as Scott Hahn, Stephen K Ray, Father Thomas Dubay, Father Oscar Lukefahr, G.K. Chesterton, and the Church Fathers. I consider myself an orthodox Catholic (not in the sense of Eastern Orthodoxy, but in the sense of right) but not a Traditionalist Catholic. I do attend Novus Ordo Mass and Divine Liturgy at the Maronite Church. I consider myself pretty well read on the subjects of the 21 Ecumenical councils, and the Early Church Fathers, so let me know where I can be of assistance.
  64. AndMatt I've been involved with youth ministry in my parish and diocese, and am curious to learn more our faith ... and then put it into a Wikipedia article.
  65. Jbebeau I'm a deacon, approximately one year away from becoming a priest. I've read widely on most areas of the Church be it History, Theology, Liturgy, and even Canon Law. I'd like to help out where I can.
  66. User:deputydog23 I'm a young, Catholic adult, interested in history.
  67. User:andy120 I'd like to help with this project!
  68. Kylef81 Catholic young adult, here to help however I can.
  69. Stevecull
  70. Gabrielthursday A new wikipedian, I hope to be able to help out on this project.
  71. User:C_colorado I would like to bring the Oscar Romero page, which I have worked on, and topics related to the Salvadoran church under the purview of this project. Carlos_X 00:08, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
  72. User:TheTriumvir My life, soul, and mind are forever pledged to furthering the cause of Holy Mother Church! --TheTriumvir 18:24, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
  73. Knight746 R. Garcia, future priest here wanting to ensure the Truth is told.
  74. zjl56
  75. Maltesedog Being a catholic myself, I already partipate in the saints project.
  76. InfernoXV Greek-Catholic chanter, typicon student, postgraduate student of Greek and Latin, might be of some help here and there!
  77. Slyder Pilot I love being Catholic, so I'm happy to help.
  78. Undead1 Interested in articles about notable bishops, and theology.
  79. THE MILJAKINATOR 02:37, 24 September 2006 (UTC) Im a Catholic an proud and am interested in all things Catholic cant wait to help!!
  80. Kumarnator 22:23, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
  81. Girl-razor 01:33, 26 September 2006 (GMT) New to Wiki but would like to help! :)
  82. AristonAstuanax
  83. Librarypage
  84. Davemo
  85. Vafthrudnir 21:27, 16 October 2006 (EST) Present, and at your service.
  86. Antonia80 I'm Catholic and have been around the 'Net since its early times; will be interested to help in anything technical/writing/research.
  87. Mets Here to help
  88. Chilifix Whatever I can do
  89. DismasMama documentation is key, facts are facts, take the good with the bad, be not afraid
  90. Loyola Delighted to help as time permits
  91. Samuraidragon Anything to help the Church.
  92. OBriain
  93. Mike Searson
  94. echevalier
  95. SkierRMH Working on 2 RC related projects - see discussion page - some feedback please!!
  96. HorrorScholar
  97. Gndawydiak Give me anything and I'll try to do it ASAP
  98. --Sir james paul 15:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
  99. Thaddeus Ryan This is a good work, to clear up misunderstandings held by too many of our Christian siblings 11:27 7-Dec-06 CDT
  100. Tjtenor2 I'm in!
  101. MacDude415 Awesome project! Let me know what I can do. I am a NOOB tho! God Bless!
  102. Danbold Looking forward to helping out.
  103. J.L.Main I'm a catechumen(sp?) and i'm looking forward to learning and growing through my involvment with this prestigious group.

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