Wikipedia:WikiProject Bible

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to The Bible. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and/or sign up on the list of participants below.

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This WikiProject aims primarily to organize information concerning the Bible, particularly sorting out the various canons of Scripture, formatting, etc.

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[edit] Participants

  1. Mpolo
  2. Jewbacca 18:16, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)
  3. Phil179 03:41, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
  4. E=MC^2 21:00, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC) In retrospect, I don't know enough of the Christian POV.
    Why is that a problem? You would make an excellent reviewer. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:37, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  5. ChanochGruenman 23:50, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  6. Ta bu shi da yu 03:37, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC) - very happy to be involved in this!
  7. Nathan Larson 05:03, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  8. brenneman(t)(c) 00:15, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
  9. Davilla 20:59, 19 July 2005 (UTC) 10% inspiration, 0% persperation
  10. Doc (?) 11:05, 30 July 2005 (UTC) happy to help out - if anything is actually happening here
  11. Peter Kirby I would like to continue working on biblical studies-type articles, and this seems like a good project.
  12. KHM03 18:48, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
  13. Virtualalphamale I'm a freshman religion and biology major. This seems like a project I would like to be involved in. 14:31, 14 December 2005
  14. Clinkophonist I'm a waiter but I read about the Bible a lot. 17:26, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
  15. Steve Caruso 15:45, 31 March 2006 (UTC) - My focus is 1st Century (and earlier) dialects of Aramaic, and I am a Religion and Informatics doublemajor at Rutgers University.
  16. jrcagle 02:23, 26 April 2006 (UTC) - About to graduate from Reformed Theological Seminary. Areas of interest: Pauline epistles, translation, literary criticism. Happy to help; not a lot of free time.
  17. Ephilei 19:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC) Undergrad general religion major at Greenville College. Have a unhealthy obsession with organization and detail.
  18. Pianoman24 - 10:02, 22 May 2006 (UTC) - love to help with a youthful catholic view
  19. J. J. 20:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC) - Interested in standardizing project practices and consolidating/collaborating information from other sources.
  20. Ariedartin 08:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  21. ReverendG 01:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  22. Elatanatari 21:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
  23. BigDT 00:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC) - Portal:Bible, some theology articles
  24. Znuttyone 15:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
  25. Chris5897 16:39, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
  26. Abishai 03:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
  27. Hoshie 23:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC) - Interested in the translation and various versions of the Bible...

[edit] Structure

[Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.]

[edit] Goals

  1. Unify the presentations of the Biblical canon (cf. Apocrypha, Books of the Bible, Septuagint, Old Testament, New Testament).
  2. Unify presentation of the individual books of the Bible.
  3. Keep Bible translations pages in order.

As with any Wikipedia project, be aware of other sources and consolidate information in the appropriate places. Collaborate with related projects, wikis, and websites and be respectful of people's differing opinions. See particularly WikiProjects Judaism and Countering systemic bias in religion.

Please discuss any goal changes in the talk page. For reference, there is also an archive of this topic.

[edit] Tasks

  1. Reorganize by learning from some of the popular projects (e.g. Military history).
    1. Make better use of transclusion and templates.
    2. Fill out Structure section with examples/templates of good pages.
  2. Use commons:Category:Bible for majority of uploaded media.

[edit] Infoboxes

There is now an infobox called Template:Bible translation infobox which is eagerly waiting your comments/discussion/changes. Brusselsshrek 23:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

Use the bibleverse template for linking to verses in footnoted references. For example:

"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." (John 3:17, NIV (1))

and in the references section: Note (1): John 3:17

There exist Ketuvim, Torah, and Nevi'im templates in use.


I made some templated to organize some:

Sons of Abraham by wife
Hagar Ishmael
Sarah Isaac
Keturah Zimran Jokshan Medan Midian Ishbak Shuah


Sons of Ishmael in order of birth (Genesis)
Nebaioth Kedar Adbeel Mibsam Mishma Dumah Massa Hadad Tema Jetur Naphish Kedemah


Torah/Old Testament's Genealogy from Adam to David
Adam to Shem Adam Seth Enos Kenan Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech Noah Shem
Arpachshad to Jacob Arpachshad Shelah Eber Peleg Reu Serug Nahor Terah Abraham Isaac Jacob
Judah to David Judah Perez Hezron Aram Amminadab Nahshon Salmon Boaz Obed Jesse David


edit  Bible Portal selected chapter


see for example Ishmael and Isaac

Blubberbrein2 22:25, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

It's a bit bright and garish, is there any way to tone the colours down a bit?

I get the feeling that some (but not all) of the templates would be controversial - Islam says that the sons of Abraham happened in a different order to Judaism, for example. Clinkophonist 17:29, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

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