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  • Jan 29, 2008, 11:48 AM
    RickJ
    Celebrating my first wikipedia article
    I've edited a few before but this one's the first I've ever created. Nothing fancy and pretty short... :
    Ecumenical Apologetics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    I feel like a kid whose just solved Rubik's Cube. Woo Hoo :p
  • Jan 29, 2008, 11:55 AM
    Choux
    Excellent! Good going!

    (Have Wondergirl give you editing tips regarding the punctuation for a more polished look.)
  • Jan 29, 2008, 12:31 PM
    RickJ
    Thanks. It's good to know who the expert is. Clearly mine is plain-jane :o

    Wondergirl, if you see this feel free to edit the article... then I'll study the code to see what you did :)
  • Jan 29, 2008, 12:42 PM
    Choux
    Wondergirl is the best. I'll tell her.
  • Jan 29, 2008, 12:48 PM
    RickJ
    I wonder too if there is a wysiwyg editor that could be used. I do see mention of external editors but it's all french to me. I'll have to do some more reading.
  • Jan 29, 2008, 01:15 PM
    RickJ
    Well, I found the answer. It's no: "Presently there is no available 'ready-to-go' package for incorporating full WYSIWYG into the MediaWiki software."
  • Jan 29, 2008, 03:29 PM
    magprob
    Good job Rick. Well written.
  • Jan 29, 2008, 04:21 PM
    J_9
    Great Job Rick. I don't know how to edit WIKI, but I can tell you were the punctuation oopisies are, LOL

    Congrats, does this mean you are officially published now?
  • Jan 29, 2008, 04:31 PM
    friend4u178
    Nice job Rick... I've never been able to do that Rubiks cube!!
  • Jan 30, 2008, 06:08 AM
    RickJ
    Haha, yes I'm published now :)

    Now here's a funny story: I started using that term back in 1999-2000 thinking it had not been used before. My goal was to put a twist on the two ideas/movements of Apologetics and Ecumenism.

    I really presumed that I just made it up, but later found that Fr. Benedict M. Ashley used it about the same time in his book.

    About 5 years ago there were only about 20 search engine hits for the term... now there are over 1300 :)

    ... so maybe in a dictionary of the future it's definition will include "Coined by either Rick J or Fr. Fr. Benedict M. Ashley"

    ... so maybe Andy Warhol was right :p

    ... It will be interesting to see how, if and by whom the entry gets edited.
  • Jan 30, 2008, 07:45 AM
    inthebox
    Congrats, Rick. ;)
  • Feb 3, 2008, 06:23 AM
    excon
    Hello Rick:

    Cool!

    excon
  • Feb 3, 2008, 06:28 AM
    Allheart
    Wow Rick,

    That is not only cool... but incredibly impressive.

    Congratulations!
  • Feb 3, 2008, 06:28 AM
    curlybenswife
    Only uncle rick would be able to do something as cool as that love and hugs as ever xxxx

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