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Anglican Church of the Americas

Hi John--I have a query for you. I can't make heads or tails of all these Americans and their strange denominations, and I ran into this club, which appears to be affiliated with the "regular" Anglican church, but presumably with a difference. They're also known as The Church of the Alpha and the Omega (and you know, the more words in the name, the smaller the church) and seem to be based--either the whole church or just the Alpha-Omega one?--in Luverne, Alabama. But there's also churches in South America, and plenty of missionary activity (see this), which is hard to do, I guess, from Luverne... Anyway, I can't figure out exactly what they are. Google Books has little to offer (and I don't have access to the Encyclopedia of American religions), another suggestion of smallness. What I want to do is write the article for Michael Simmons, the archbishop (but archbishop of what?), but maybe you can help me write the article for the ACA along the way. Thanks in advance for whatever you can do for me. Oh, I'm going to ask another editor from the Anglican project as well; I hope you don't mind that I'll point the here, so I don't have to copy and paste, which would really hurt my reputation for originality. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 03:42, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Michael Bland Simmons would certainly be notable for a bio anyway. "The Anglican Church of the Americas is an orthodox Anglican network of churches, ministries, dioceses, and provinces in the tradition of convergence theology" appears notable too, though I must admit I wasn't familiar, unless it's related to Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches 1995? Or via the Convergence Movement to Anglican Mission in the Americas?? In ictu oculi (talk) 04:01, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

You tell me. I'm a recovering Catholic, and as far as I'm concerned we only come in two flavors (I don't count the orthodox churches, just to keep it simple, haha). See, I want to write him up, but I'm not even sure how to refer to his church besides the obvious, the name--I want to place him in a context. An archbishop of the RC church, I know what that means, but I don't know what this means. For all I know the church's headquarters is a double-wide. Drmies (talk) 04:40, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

In ictu, do you want to have a go at him? This is his professional page: . Drmies (talk) 04:49, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

By all means. If I can add anything later I will. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:18, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to check Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions to see if it's mentioned there. If it is, the entry will probably also list enough sources to verify the group's notability. Regarding the bishop, I created some years ago an article (which even got DYK'd) about a minister who had been ordained by multiple different churches. I would guess he is probably included in a reference work of bishops as well, and that might indicate his background. I'll check that source too. Give me a few days, like till Monday, and I'll get back to you on that. But, in general, if we can find any information on the size of the group, adding information like Simmons is the leader, and (if true) consecrated bishop/archbishop of the (blue-link) Anglican Church of the Americas, a group of (number) based in (location)", would certainly seem to make sense. John Carter (talk) 20:51, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

I found several articles on the NewsBank database, all local to Alabama, about this church, many of which also significantly discuss Simmons. I would be more than happy to e-mail them at request. Still waiting to check Melton and other sources to determine whether I can also verify notability as per W:N, but I hope to do that shortly. Some days, unfortunately, other people are actually using teh copies of that book and others available to me. Of course, they are at academic libraries, and I suppose the students themselves might once in a while use them, but still.... ;) John Carter (talk) 21:42, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Occasionally I look at the little cards in the front to see how often books get checked out. All too often I'm the first one to do so. Thanks John, In ictu oculi, for helping out! John, if you like, just write him up--I don't need credit for it...(and I do so hate writing biographies). Drmies (talk) 04:33, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

I wrote up Michael Simmons (clergyman). I would appreciate your help: I can't even see if they're Continuing Anglican movement or Anglican Communion. His scholarly credentials are decent enough for a stub, and I'm sure I can dig up more. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:50, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Couldn't get much further, other than that Anglican Province of the Good Shepherd is a continuant group outside Anglican Communion. I added some "see also" links, which you may want to remove. Alternatively wonder if there's a case for having the {Anglican realignment} side navbox on this and some similar bios? In ictu oculi (talk) 01:52, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

You're the expert! Thanks for your help. Drmies (talk) 03:17, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

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Template

Talking of templates, Template_talk:Catholicism#Particular_Churches_and_liturgical_rites has been waiting for an update after discussion. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 13:56, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Redesign of Christianity subproject pages

Hey John, I like the idea of updating the subprojects, but the WP:X page is in desperate need of updating itself. Most of the content is outdated, and it's huge and takes forever to load. With an updated WP:X page we could actually show the subprojects what the improvements would look like. – Lionel 11:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Christian Conservative Churches of America

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WikiCup 2012 February newsletter

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

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WPX Assessment dept

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7 points

Looks like this is now at WP:RELMOS. I'm trying to find out if there's a bot to mail the talk pages of the related projects about this as right now it's a tiny group of editors working on this. On an unrelated note, did you get my email? Dougweller (talk) 20:50, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Oops, missed that, I was away, sorry. Dougweller (talk) 16:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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Hello

I'm trying to get people who are willing to help me out with a pet project I've begun but realised that it will be extremely hard for me to even make a small dent in. First of all, I got your name from the list of active members on the wikiproject for mining articles. Please disregard this, if you're not interested.

So, here's what I'm trying to do and what you could do to help me. I noticed that there were very few articles that list mines. I've tried (to the best of my abilities) to create a sub-page that lists all of the probable articles for lists of mines that I could think of, you can review this here.

Basically, I need help. Suggestions on different lists to add, I need lists created, if the lede I've been using should be changed, I'd like community consensus on the standard layout (I've been going with listing articles like List of gold mines by country and List of mines in the United States by output. If someone would like to make templates for these articles.

Please, don't feel obligated. I came to you, and others like you because of your implied interest in mining articles. List articles are not exactly in everyone's taste. If you are completely uninterested, but think you might know someone who might be, please let them know about it. I could use all the help I can get.

Oh, and if you happen to create any new articles on mines, please add them to any of my recently created lists. Sorry for this being so wordy, have a good day and happy editing! Ncboy2010 (talk) 22:31, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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Ebionites etc.

I must admit I am completely unfamiliar with those particular issues, and I think in general that Biblical archaeology and the like is a field where it is very difficult to know what is fringe and what isn't (and perhaps even a field that challenges the definition and meaning of the term "fringe science"). If there are any particular questions you'd like my opinion regarding Eisenman etc. I can look into it - but the field is somewhat too large for me to acquire a general acquaintance with the issues.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 00:02, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Third user conduct warning - Stalking

You were warned to stop following me around diff. And Unwarranted accusations of WP:Stalking are themselves a form of stalking diff. Ignocrates (talk) 20:37, 27 March 2012 (UTC)