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Hello. There have been talks about me taking over Ichthus at[1]. I was wondering if I could get information on either becoming an editor under you or taking over? @Jstalins, I believe you are editor-in-chief, if you could provide your input on this?

Blessings,FarmerUpbeat (talk)00:22, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FarmerUpbeat You will not get an answer from him, he has not edited since Dec 2024 after patchy editing for a few months. I think he has left Wikipedia. I am currently discussing this topic with the Military History Head Coordinator on histalk page. There are instructions on the News Room page for how to create a newsletter. I would suggest talking with theMilitary History Newsletter Editors for any other information (Nick-D andIan Rose). I have not heard anything against you taking over Editor-in-Chief so you can if you want. Everyone else that were connected/helping with this position have left the project and/or left Wikipedia as I have left messages on all their talk pages and have not yet received an answer. (They still have one day left to answer, but I don't think they will sadly.) Glad to see that you are still interested though! If you need any help let me know.Sheriff U3 |Talk |Con23:49, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tinucherian and @Anupam what do you think?Benedictions, FarmerUpbeat (talk)00:19, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Its Good to build a team, We Need More Enthusiastic editors to keep the project alive. You may proceed with the Newsletter, Please use Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/April 2025J.Stalin S^Talk12:16, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so very much, I will continue work on the April edition!Benedictions, FarmerUpbeat (talk)13:45, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FarmerUpbeat There is a notice I would like to include in this edition:

Nomination is open for the 2025 WikiProject Christianity CoordinatorsNominations will be open for two weeks after which the Election will start. Anyone can who is a member ofWikiProject:Christianity is welcome to nominate themselves to be a candidate. The requirements are as follows:

1. No blocks within the last 3 month's
   
2. Has extended-comfirmed rights on the English Wikipedia
   
3. Is currently active
   

For more information go to:

I still have some things to work on with this, namely the Election page as that will be where people can become candidates and were the voting will take place. I just wanted to let you know that I would appreciate you adding this notice to the newsletter for April 2025. Will let you know what the link for the "more information" is to be soon. If you have any questions feel free to ask them!Sheriff U302:20, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FarmerUpbeat the link for more information is :Wikipedia:Christianity/Coordinators/Election 3 if you approve it I can add it to the newsletter fo you. Thanks for all the work you are doing!Sheriff U315:35, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sheriff U3 I will be able to add it, thanks for the message!Benedictions, FarmerUpbeat (talk)23:03, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok great! If you have any questions about it let me know.Sheriff U323:07, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FarmerUpbeat cancel that notice please. We don't really need any coordinators yet as we don't have enough activity to really need them. Also hows the newsletter for April coming along? I will be joining the newsletter staff to help you out some. Btw I now am on Discord so I can talk with you there if you want. I am on the Wikipedia server and the WikiProject Catholicism server. Hope to hear from you soon!Sheriff U300:46, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is going well, I am almost done (writing it on a separate Google Doc). I will share it with you and get in contact with you on the WP Catholicism discord!Benedictions, FarmerUpbeat (talk)14:24, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok great! Will see you there.Sheriff U314:28, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, there. Your recent newsletter said you were looking for writers to contribute. I'm an atheist who likes writing about secular-religious dialogue. In this regard, I really enjoy whatSeth Andrews is doing in terms of bridging the gap between non-theists and Christians. Let me know if I could write something about this topic for your newsletter. For the younger editors here who may not be aware of it, atheist-Christian dialogue is a thing. I'm not sure when it began as a notable field, but in 1968, the Vatican made an official pronouncement on the subject which arose out of the earlier efforts of Pope Paul VI in 1965. I can't speak for other countries, but this kind of dialogue reached its height in the late 1980s, early 1990s in the US, with religious and non-theist secular people meeting for discussion and fellowship. By the early 2000s, this kind of dialogue had all but vanished, except forUnitarian Universalism, which is probably the last surviving remnants of it. There's been talk of atheists forming their own "churches" for fellowship, but it has never really happened. The closest thing is probably the new religiosity of atheists who have embraced transhumanism, which has splintered in more religious directions as of late. This has also had some Christians pursuing the use of LLMs to investigate their own spirituality, sparking concerns that some Christians are beginning to incorporate technology into their belief system, evoking the idea that they will find or create the god they are looking for with AI. Several new articles have come out about this.Viriditas (talk)21:07, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]