Christianity Knowledge Base:ChristianKM

ChristianKM is the "code name" for a proposed knowledge management system for Christians across the world. This page is the central "drawing board" for this project (mainly because it can be edited even by non-registered users). Please feel free to expand this project into multiple pages as needed.

Introduction
Since 2005, there have been several Christian wiki contributors trying to collaborate across the MediaWiki-based Christian websites (see Wikible's Christian wikis chart for dates). While the various sites are independent due to theological and technical differences, there are common strategies and resources that can be shared among the body of Christian believers. FrJohn puts it this way:

"Basically, the goal would be to discuss strategies of managing church-based (nonprofit) information, to pull knowledge out of it. I mean the KM type of thinking. It's thinking more philosphically, e.g., about what a wiki really is doing, how it functions within a community. Not just wikis... and how the data/information gathered can be turned into something more valuable."

While "ChristianKM" is not an official name yet, it is used here because it is a short, unique term for the project. "Christian Meta Wiki" or "ChristianWiki Foundation" are other proposed names.

Participants
This list is here basically to get an idea of who is interested in collaboration efforts. You are not committing to anything by signing your name, but do include a one-sentence autobiography after your name.


 * J. J. 20:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC). I'm a 25-year-old systems engineer in middle Tennessee; biblical studies is a hobby of mine.

Goals
There will likely be conflicting goals for the project, but feel free to brainstorm and add your ideas to the bulleted list. Use the discussion page to comment.


 * Create an independent "ChristianKM" MediaWiki-based website with its own URL.
 * No discrimination, NPOV, policy. We want to encourage the sharing of knowledge (Protestants, Catholics, even non-Christian religious groups); we do not want to create another encyclopedia of Christianity.
 * Develop an ethical code of conduct for ChristianKM contributors. While we prohibit religious descrimination, we will not tolerate general misconduct on the website.
 * Develop ideas for managing information across Christian communities. Seeing "the forest for the trees" is the main idea; contemplating how and why we use a wiki or other application to manage our communities.

Conversation tracker
Christian wiki collaboration ideas have ebbed and flowed since mid-2005, but there has only been one established center: rWiki Administrators Group on Yahoo! (started by FrJohn, OrthodoxWiki founder). Since the Yahoo! group's conversations are private, this page has been created to encourage more open participation.


 * 2005 Jan. 21 - KM reflections, OrthodoxWiki (FrJohn's personal thoughts; see also Other wikis)
 * Nov. 25 - Yahoo! Group rWiki Administrators established.
 * Dec 27 - Joining together, Wikible; consolidation thoughts from Graham Grove (Tom, Vanessal)
 * 2006 May 23 - Linking with other wikis, Theopedia; short conversation about interacting and collaborating (Aaronshaf, JordanBarrett, Tom)
 * Jun 7 - WP and Theopedia collaboration, Wikible; NPOV controversy (J. J., Tom)
 * Jun 7 - Differentiating BibleWiki from Wikipedia, BibleWiki (J. J., Tmtm)
 * Jul 24-25 - "An open letter" from G. Grove copied across various Christian wikis.
 * Main discussion, focusing on WikiChristian development (Tom, Graham, and J. J.)
 * CKB discussion (J. J. and Ben McLean)
 * Aug 10 - Wiki Collaboration, OrthodoxWiki; conversation between FrJohn and J. J.