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AnglicanWiki: Community Portal

Welcome to the Community Portal — the central hub for editors, contributors, clergy, scholars, and friends of AnglicanWiki. Here you can find ongoing projects, requests for help, editing guidelines, and places to collaborate.

This page exists to:

Coordinate community work

Recruit editors for high-priority tasks

Discuss improvements

Share resources

Help new contributors get started

1. Getting Started

New to AnglicanWiki? Begin here:

Read the AnglicanWiki:Style Guide

Create an account (optional, but recommended)

Review basic MediaWiki markup

Visit the Help Desk (below) if you have questions

If you're unsure where to start, scroll down to the Projects & To-Do Lists section.

2. Current Projects & To-Do Lists

A running list of what needs work. Editors may add tasks.

2.1 High Priority

Build out articles for classical Anglican theologians (Hooker, Cranmer, Jewel, Cosin, Andrewes)

Expand Notable Anglicans pages with reliable entries

Create pages for important historic dioceses and missionary efforts

Cleanup and standardize existing stubs

Add citations to pages tagged with Needs Sources

2.2 Medium Priority

Add liturgical pages for 1662 BCP: Calendar, Collects, Lectionary

Improve categories and navigation menus

Upload public-domain images, properly licensed

Add introductory articles: What is Anglicanism?, The English Reformation, The Homilies

2.3 Long-Term Projects

Build a complete library of classic Anglican texts (public domain)

Create a map of global Anglican jurisdictions

Develop templates for theologians, parishes, dioceses, and historical events

Create a glossary of Anglican terms with standardized definitions

3. Help Desk

If you need assistance, ask here. Questions may include:

“How do I format citations?”

“Where should this article be categorized?”

“Is this topic notable?”

“Does this page meet style guidelines?”

Responses will be posted by experienced editors.

4. Collaboration Requests

Editors may request help for:

Article expansion

Fact-checking

Adding citations

Media uploads

Template design

To request collaboration, add:

Assistance Needed: [Page Title]

Describe what help is needed. SteveMacas (talk) 00:56, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

5. Guidelines for Participation 5.1 Anglican Identity

AnglicanWiki is committed to classical, orthodox Anglicanism. Please ensure contributions:

Uphold historic Anglican doctrine

Maintain a respectful tone

Avoid modern revisionist theological frameworks

5.2 Conduct

Be charitable

Assume good faith

Critique ideas, not individuals

Collaborate rather than contend

Keep discussions mission-focused

5.3 Talk Pages

Use Talk Pages to discuss improvements—not personal debates.

6. Templates & Tools

Helpful links:

Article Templates (coming soon)

Citation Guide

Infobox Templates

Category Tree

Image Upload Guide

7. News & Announcements

New: Style Guide published

Upcoming: Import of public-domain Anglican texts

Discussion: Standardizing biographical infoboxes

8. How You Can Contribute Today

Even 5–10 minutes helps! Simple ways to contribute:

Fix typos

Add categories to uncategorized pages

Add a citation to one fact

Expand a stub with a paragraph

Copy public-domain text into an article draft

9. Join the AnglicanWiki Community

AnglicanWiki thrives when Anglicans, clergy, and scholars work together. Whether you’re a rector, a student, a historian, or someone who loves the Prayer Book tradition, your contributions help preserve and share the Anglican patrimony with the world.

Welcome — and thank you for helping build something lasting.