https://uuism.net/uuwiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=JohnCooley&feedformat=atomUUWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T12:53:49ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.0https://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=List_of_UU_blogs&diff=7483List of UU blogs2007-03-20T18:56:39Z<p>JohnCooley: Updated UUpdater and put uuspritual in blogs, not listings, fixed formatting of header</p>
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<div>*[http://revricky.blogspot.com/ One More Step] - the blog associated with RevRicky.com Your Online Spiritual Community <br />
*[http://homepage.mac.com/kimjacobs/BlueUU BlueUU] - How a Unitarian Universalist lives her religious beliefs<br />
*[http://chalicechick.blogspot.com/ The ChaliceBlog]<br />
*[http://www.coffeehour.org/ Coffee Hour] - "Where Unitarian Universalist bloggers mix it up."<br />
*[http://cabaretic.blogspot.com/ Comrade Kevin's Chrestomathy]- Another Damn Stupid Liberal Blog. <br />
*[http://www.crankycindy.blogspot.com Cranky Cindy Changes the World].<br />
*[http://www.donaldwilson.info/uu/ Donald O'Bloggin ] - A weblog by Donald Wilson, focusing on Young Adult affairs, technology, and UU systems interaction<br />
*[http://fuuse.com/ FUUSE - The Voice of the RevolUUtion ] - The Media Community of Unitarian Universalist Youth and Young Adults<br />
*[http://happycindy.blogspot.com Happy Cindy Changes the World].<br />
*[http://unitaren.blogspot.com/ History of Unitarianism in Norway (and link to Nordic Unitarian history)]<br />
*[http://www.uusc.org/blog/hotwire.html Hotwire] - "The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee weblog, detailing human rights issues."<br />
*[http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net Imperfect Genius] - "Redefining brilliance one day at a time." Personal reflections and random musings on life as an eclectic family of UUs.<br />
*[http://www.infidelityblog.org/ Infidelity] - "Reflecting on the intersection between atheism and Unitarian Universalism"<br />
*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~cullinan/blogger.html/ Jess's Journal] - "Musings, daily goings-on, occasional rants from a UU singer, seminary wife, and mom of 2"<br />
*[http://liberalfaith.blogspot.com/ Liberal Faith Development] - "commentary on Unitarian Universalist faith development in congregations and the wider liberal religious community"<br />
*[http://www.lookingforfaith.org/ Looking for Faith] - "Are you seeking a fresh start in your spiritual journey? Visit Looking for Faith."<br />
*[http://justworld.typepad.com/perspectives/ A People so Bold!] "Religious commentary with a liberationist twist."<br />
*[http://www.philocrites.com/ Philocrites] - "Commentary on liberal religion and politics"<br />
*[http://www.promisethechildrenuu.org/blog/ Promise the Children] - Resources for UU's to advocate for and with children and youth.<br />
*[http://natewalker.blogspot.com/ Nate Walker's Ministerial blog] - "With you on my mind and in my heart, i mold our dreams into the shape of my most private need; i sculpt them into the image of my most public self."<br />
*[http://www.johncullinan.net/ Returning. . . ] - "UU Seminarian writing about religion, culture, and whatever amuses me."<br />
*[http://www.errantfrogs.net/ ] "Errant Frogs: Yet another UU seminarian blogging his way through the process"<br />
*[http://revoluutions.blogspot.com/ (r)evolUUtions] a UU who is also an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps<br />
*[http://rootandsource.blogspot.com/ Root and Source]<br />
*[http://www.talkhumanism.com/ Talk: Humanism] - "A collaborative blogging community for religious humanists."<br />
*[http://transientandpermanent.blogspot.com/ Transient and Permanent] - "Reflections on Unitarian-Universalism"<br />
*[http://radicalhapa.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Radical Hapa] - Unitarian Universalist Hapa Social Justice & Seminarian Activist. Portland to Boston to New York City.<br />
*[http://socinian.blogspot.com/ the Socinian] - "an occasional journal of liberal religion, liberal politics, outdoor recreation, and other musings"<br />
*[http://www.wherewemeet.blogspot.com/ Trivium] - A blue collar Unitarian Universalist's views on life, love, and our shared faith.<br />
*[http://www.aleiserson.org/tuut/ TUUT: Talking UU Technology ] - A weblog for & by Unitarian Universalists interested in technology<br />
*[http://community.livejournal.com/unitarian_jihad/profile Unitarian Jihad] - A LiveJournal for UUs and like-minded people started by the Jon Carroll column [http://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php/Unitarian_Jihad more info]<br />
*[http://community.livejournal.com/unitarians/profile Unitarians] - A LiveJournal Community <br />
*[http://UUmins2b.blogspot.com/ UU Ministerial Candidates and Aspirants] - UU Ministerial Candidates and Aspirants reflect upon the the MFC’s “sample questions". <br />
*http://uuspiritualeducation.blogspot.com/ - Lifespan Religious Education Discussions. There is no "wrong" answer.<br />
*[http://uupdater.blogspot.com/ UUpdater] - [[User:JohnCooley]]<br />
*[http://uu-mom.livejournal.com/ UU-Mom] - "Portal to Active Life" of lifelong UU and social activist<br />
*[http://uupetaluma.blogspot.com/ Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma (California)] - A congregational blog.<br />
*[http://www.cres.org/blog Vern's Blog] - comments of a UU community minister doing interfaith work<br />
*[http://www.hos3.com/hos3/ Hymns of the Spirit Three] Unitarian and Universalist hymns from Hymns of the Spirit (1937) and beyond, with modern, inclusive language for small groups and congregations. Spanish-language hymns. New hymns welcome!<br />
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==Other listings of UU Blogs==<br />
*http://www.blogger.com/profile-find.g?t=i&q=Unitarian+Universalism - Bloggers who have identified themselves as "interested in Unitarian universalism" - '''''Warning: A fair number of the listings are inactive/defunct'''''.<br />
*http://kinja.com/favorites/uublogs<br />
*http://www.globeofblogs.com/?x=topic&topic=513<br />
*http://www.philocrites.com/archives/000587.html - Philocrites annotated guide to UU blogs<br />
*http://uupdates.net/sites.php - List of Syndicated UU sites, primarily UU blogs....</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Other_UU_Wikis&diff=7250Other UU Wikis2007-01-04T23:11:19Z<p>JohnCooley: Added PSD</p>
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<div>== Other UU Wikis ==<br />
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If you use a wiki in a UU environment, please include it in the list below.<br />
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* http://www.psduua.org the Prairie Star District uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki] for there web site.<br />
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* UUA is using an internal wiki to gather documentation about a site redesign. [http://www.aleiserson.org/ Anna Belle Leiserson], the chair of the UUA Information Technology and Communications Committee ([http://www.uua.org/administration/committees/itec/ ITEC]) writes ''[http://www.aleiserson.org/tuut/?p=37 UUA staff I’ve talked with are all very enthusiastic about this wiki.]''<br />
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* http://www.uucorpus.org/ -- Corpus Christi Unitarian Universalist Church uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki].<br />
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* http://www.uui.org/uuiki/ -- The UU Church of Indianapolis uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki] to plan worship services, and to provide information about church committees and the long range plan. [[User:LoriSir|LASS]] 21:10, 26 Jul 2004 (CDT)<br />
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* http://fpsudbury.org/ -- The First Parish of Sudbury uses [http://www.usemod.com UseMod Wiki] as the principle means of creating and maintaining its web pages. The home page is not a wiki page but most of the rest are. --[[User:TomYelton|TomYelton]] 11:10, 3 Dec 2004 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.universalistchurch.net/wiki/ -- for resources about Universalist Christian faith and practice. --[[UUser:Boyinthebands|Boyinthebands]] 17:09, 10 Feb 2005 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.uuca-md.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage -- UU Church of Annapolis uses PMwiki to tell the story of the congregation in celebration of its 50th Anniversary in 2006. [[User:NancyProctor|Nancy Proctor]]<br />
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* [http://evolutionaryspirituality.wikia.com/wiki/ Evolutionary Spirituality] is a kindred wiki. See e.g. their [http://evolutionaryspirituality.wikia.com/wiki/UU_Curriculum UU Curriculum] <br />
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* [http://unitarian-universalist.wetpaint.com/ Unitarian-Universalist Encyclopedia] Just what it claims to be an Encyclopedia from a Unitarian Universalist point of view (i.e. Christian, Jewish, extra, all gathered together by UU’s). --[[User:Nived 90|Denin Murphy]] 11:52, 27 December 2006 (EST)</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Largest_congregations&diff=7223Largest congregations2006-10-24T23:26:18Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edits by Trinexx (Talk); changed back to last version by NealMcB</p>
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== Largest Congregations in the UUA ==<br />
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A best practice for website design is to know about and be aware about what other UU webmasters are doing. Here are the top 30 or so congregations in the UUA, presented here so that you can visit, take a look around, and get inspired. <br />
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* [http://www.uua.org/clf/ Church of the Larger Fellowship (Boston, MA)] 3072 members <br />
* [http://www.fusmadison.org First Unitarian Society (Madison, WI)] 1315 members<br />
* [http://www.allsoulsnyc.org/ Unitarian Church of All Souls (New York, NY)] 1268 members <br />
* [http://www.allsoulschurch.org/ All Souls Unitarian Church (Tulsa, OK)] 1122 members <br />
* [http://www.firstunitarianportland.org/ First Unitarian Church (Portland, OR)] 1035 members<br />
* [http://www.uucava.org/ Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (Arlington, VA)] 1021 members <br />
* [http://www.dallasuu.org/ The First Unitarian Church of Dallas (Dallas, TX)] 916 members<br />
* [http://www.cedarlane.org/ Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church (Bethesda, MD)] 864 members <br />
* [http://www.firstuniv.org/ First Universalist Church (Minneapolis, MN)] 852 members <br />
* [http://www.unityunitarian.org/ Unity Church - Unitarian (St. Paul, MN)] 818 members<br />
* [http://www.firstparish.org/ First Parish in Concord (Concord, MA)] 797 members<br />
* [http://www.uuchurch.org/ University Unitarian Church (Seattle, WA)] 779 members<br />
* [http://www.rochesterunitarian.org/ First Unitarian Church (Rochester, NY)] 737 members<br />
* [http://www.uuaa.org/ First Unit. Univ. Church (Ann Arbor, MI)] 737 members <br />
* [http://www.rruc.org/ River Road Unitarian Church (Bethesda, MD)] 717 members <br />
* [http://www.firstu.org/ First Unitarian Society of Wilmington, Del. (Wilmington, DE)] 686 members <br />
* [http://www.mluc.org/ Main Line Unitarian Church (Devon, PA)] 680 members <br />
* [http://www.firstuusandiego.org/ First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego (San Diego, CA)] 656 members <br />
* [http://www.uuca.org Unit. Univ. Congregation of Atlanta (UUCA) (Atlanta, GA)] 653 members <br />
* [http://www.uucsr.org/ Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (Manhasset, NY)] 652 members <br />
* [http://firstuucolumbus.org/ First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus (Columbus, OH)] 645 members<br />
* [http://www.uuneighborhood.org/ Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church of Pasadena (Pasadena, CA)] 640 members <br />
* [http://www.uumilwaukee.org/ First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)] 640 members <br />
* [http://www.eastshoreunitarian.org/ East Shore Unitarian Church (Bellevue, WA)] 634 members <br />
* [http://www.uuclonline.org/index.htm Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, PA (Lancaster, PA)] 633 members<br />
* [http://www.bucmi.org/ Birmingham Unitarian Church (Bloomfield Hills, MI)] 617 members <br />
* Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines, Inc. (6200 Negros Oriental) 615 members <br />
* [http://www.uui.org/ All Souls Unitarian Church (Indianapolis, IN)] 612 members <br />
* [http://www.nmia.com/~uuabq/ First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, NM)] 610 members <br />
* [http://www.eruuf.org/ Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Durham, NC)] 605 members<br />
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== Additional Examples ==<br />
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If there are additional sites that you'd like to propose as a model, please list below.<br />
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[[Main Pages]] > [[Websters]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=4292Talk:Main Page2006-05-02T11:32:45Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 66.98.186.24, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>We've locked the main page, due to frequent spam attacks. If you want to make a change to this page, please just leave a request on this page, and one of the administrators will most likely make the change for you. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 14:03, 29 Aug 2005 (CDT)<br />
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Why is this page locked? Is it actually subject to that much vandalism? [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 21:47, 21 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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:Yes, shortly after this resource was set up several pages were routine targets for Wiki Spambots. They would routinely target Main, Sandbox, "Community Portal" and recently seem to pick one or two pages from the "Recent changes" page. We have since implemented other features to try and deal with bots, so perhaps it is worth reconsidering removing the block. [[User:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 09:00, 22 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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Under "Links" on the main page, I would suggest a link for UU Podcasts. You can add<br />
"Liberal Religious Community: a Call to the Heart, Mind and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA", http://www.uucb.org/sermons/rss.xml.<br />
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::Thanks! Done. And added to the [[Worship-l]] page [[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 18:18, 3 Oct 2005 (CDT)<br />
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Add [[List of Growth Ideas]] to the links section, this link is for information about different ad campaigns and other ideas people have used to grow congregations.<br />
--[[User:Kritoke|Kritoke]] 17:01, 6 Nov 2005 (CST)</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=4287Talk:Main Page2006-04-19T13:23:59Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 66.98.186.24, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>We've locked the main page, due to frequent spam attacks. If you want to make a change to this page, please just leave a request on this page, and one of the administrators will most likely make the change for you. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 14:03, 29 Aug 2005 (CDT)<br />
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Why is this page locked? Is it actually subject to that much vandalism? [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 21:47, 21 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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:Yes, shortly after this resource was set up several pages were routine targets for Wiki Spambots. They would routinely target Main, Sandbox, "Community Portal" and recently seem to pick one or two pages from the "Recent changes" page. We have since implemented other features to try and deal with bots, so perhaps it is worth reconsidering removing the block. [[User:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 09:00, 22 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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Under "Links" on the main page, I would suggest a link for UU Podcasts. You can add<br />
"Liberal Religious Community: a Call to the Heart, Mind and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA", http://www.uucb.org/sermons/rss.xml.<br />
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::Thanks! Done. And added to the [[Worship-l]] page [[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 18:18, 3 Oct 2005 (CDT)<br />
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Add [[List of Growth Ideas]] to the links section, this link is for information about different ad campaigns and other ideas people have used to grow congregations.<br />
--[[User:Kritoke|Kritoke]] 17:01, 6 Nov 2005 (CST)</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Ananke&diff=4724User talk:Ananke2006-03-29T12:26:13Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 202.58.86.5, changed back to last version by Ananke</p>
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<div>Move like a beam of light; <br> Fly like lightning, <br> Strike like thunder, <br> Whirl in circles around <br> A stable center. <br> ~ [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Morihei_Ueshiba Morihei Ueshiba] in ''The Art of Peace'' ~</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Other_UU_Wikis&diff=4526Other UU Wikis2006-03-29T12:25:50Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 193.190.145.92, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>== Other UU Wikis ==<br />
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If you use a wiki in a UU environment, please include it in the list below.<br />
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* UUA is using an internal wiki to gather documentation about a site redesign. [http://www.aleiserson.org/ Anna Belle Leiserson], the chair of the UUA Information Technology and Communications Committee ([http://www.uua.org/administration/committees/itec/ ITEC]) writes ''[http://www.aleiserson.org/tuut/?p=37 UUA staff I’ve talked with are all very enthusiastic about this wiki.]''<br />
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* http://www.uucorpus.org/ -- Corpus Christi Unitarian Universalist Church uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki].<br />
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* http://www.uui.org/uuiki/ -- The UU Church of Indianapolis uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki] to plan worship services, and to provide information about church committees and the long range plan. [[User:LoriSir|LASS]] 21:10, 26 Jul 2004 (CDT)<br />
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* http://fpsudbury.org/ -- The First Parish of Sudbury uses [http://www.usemod.com UseMod Wiki] as the principle means of creating and maintaining its web pages. The home page is not a wiki page but most of the rest are. --[[User:TomYelton|TomYelton]] 11:10, 3 Dec 2004 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.universalistchurch.net/wiki/ -- for resources about Universalist Christian faith and practice. --[[UUser:Boyinthebands|Boyinthebands]] 17:09, 10 Feb 2005 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.uuca-md.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage -- UU Church of Annapolis uses PMwiki to tell the story of the congregation in celebration of its 50th Anniversary in 2006. [[User:NancyProctor|Nancy Proctor]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Installation_experiences&diff=4363Installation experiences2006-03-17T15:25:44Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 220.181.28.236, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>'''Installation experiences'''<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.4.4 - the current stable release.<br />
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I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old stylesheets/images directory to the new skins/common/images directory.<br />
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Also, I remembered to to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
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Finally, I copied the value of $wgSpamRegex from /includes/DefaultSettings.php to the new file.<br />
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--Jim 05/26/05<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.7 - the current release.<br />
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I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old /stylesheets/images directory to the new installation directory.<br />
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In addition, I have to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
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--Jim 10/23/04<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.5 - the current release.<br />
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This time I remembered to move the custom wiki.png.<br />
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--Jim 10/9/04<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.0 - the current release.<br />
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I turned off the Global_registers settings. Let's see if anything breaks.<br />
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I had to make the images directory writable again. This is due to running in Safe Mode.<br />
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--Jim 8/14/04<br />
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It worked!<br />
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I got MediaWiki-1.3beta5 to install.<br />
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I had to increase the PHP memory limit to 20M and make the images directory writable.<br />
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Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]<br />
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.<br />
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It's a very good site !! Very nice work, admin :) Good luck !</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Other_UU_Wikis&diff=4278Other UU Wikis2006-03-17T15:25:35Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 220.181.28.236, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>== Other UU Wikis ==<br />
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If you use a wiki in a UU environment, please include it in the list below.<br />
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* UUA is using an internal wiki to gather documentation about a site redesign. [http://www.aleiserson.org/ Anna Belle Leiserson], the chair of the UUA Information Technology and Communications Committee ([http://www.uua.org/administration/committees/itec/ ITEC]) writes ''[http://www.aleiserson.org/tuut/?p=37 UUA staff I’ve talked with are all very enthusiastic about this wiki.]''<br />
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* http://www.uucorpus.org/ -- Corpus Christi Unitarian Universalist Church uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki].<br />
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* http://www.uui.org/uuiki/ -- The UU Church of Indianapolis uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki] to plan worship services, and to provide information about church committees and the long range plan. [[User:LoriSir|LASS]] 21:10, 26 Jul 2004 (CDT)<br />
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* http://fpsudbury.org/ -- The First Parish of Sudbury uses [http://www.usemod.com UseMod Wiki] as the principle means of creating and maintaining its web pages. The home page is not a wiki page but most of the rest are. --[[User:TomYelton|TomYelton]] 11:10, 3 Dec 2004 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.universalistchurch.net/wiki/ -- for resources about Universalist Christian faith and practice. --[[UUser:Boyinthebands|Boyinthebands]] 17:09, 10 Feb 2005 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.uuca-md.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage -- UU Church of Annapolis uses PMwiki to tell the story of the congregation in celebration of its 50th Anniversary in 2006. [[User:NancyProctor|Nancy Proctor]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Calendar_Software&diff=4275Calendar Software2006-03-08T14:21:11Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 61.11.157.32, changed back to last version by 68.250.242.199</p>
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This page contains a list of software and/or solutions used to manage calendar information on UU congregational websites.<br />
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=[http://www.calendarscript.com CalendarScript]=<br />
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'''Advantages:''' Powerful script, easy to install, allows multiple views, search features, templates, user authentication, multiple calendars, and SSIs. You can configure your home page to be automatically updated with new calendar information. Plug-ins extend the feature lists. <br />
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'''Disadvantages:''' Requires duplication of efforts to maintain an online calendar and one for your newsletter and/or order of service, though it's possible to save the "Printable Calendar" as HTML and bring it into Word to manipulate if you have added the Printable Calendar template available from www.much2.com. This Perl script requires the ability to execute cgi scripts on your server, which not all churches may have. Fairly slow to update for those with dialup access. Individual instances of recurring events cannot be changed without an additional plug-in from www.much2.com. An event cannot begin and end on different days (e.g., a party that lasts from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. cannot be entered).<br />
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'''Cost:''' $50 for non-profit license. NOTE: UUism Networks has a license for UUN members that want to share a single installation on uuism.net. Each calendar is separate and can be administered by a single user with a password. Additional users are available. - Jim Hermann<br />
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'''Examples:''' <br />
*[http://www.austinuu.org First UU Church of Austin]<br />
*[http://www.fellowshipx.org/calendar/calendar.pl Fellowship X]<br />
*[http://www.firstuustlouis.org/cgi-bin/calendar.pl First Unitarian Church of St. Louis]<br />
*[http://www.msuuf.org/cgi-bin/calendar.pl?calendar=default Michael Servetus UU Fellowship, Vancouver, Washington]<br />
*[http://uuce.org/calendar.html Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin]<br />
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=[http://www.eventu.com ServiceU/EventU]=<br />
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'''Advantages:''' Integrates multiple workflows : event management, resource scheduling, volunteer management, registration for events, donations, and newsletters. This is an ASP which means it can be used by anyone with access to a browser.<br />
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'''Disadvantages :''' Compared to the other options, this is the most expensive. There is a risk of interrupted service if the company experiences technical or financial problems. Exit strategy (i.e. switching to an alternative) may be difficult. <br />
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'''Cost:''' Start-up fee of $199. Monthly charges depend on the number of features used, but can range from $45 to $145 per month. <br />
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'''Examples:''' [http://www.allsoulskc.org/currcal.html All Souls Kansas City], [http://www.fusmadison.org/calendar/calendar.shtml First Unitarian Society of Madison]<br />
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=[http://www.localendar.com/ LoCalendar.com]=<br />
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'''Advantages:''' FREE & it provides FREE PUBLICITY for your events (if you want it can put your events in a public search where people can find your events on a zip code search, though events like meetings can be left off the public search); it can be edited by anyone who has the username and password anywhere with no special software or web editing knowledge (just ability to fill out a form on the internet)<br />
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'''Disadvantages :''' Like all free services, it is subject to change without notice; site goes down occasionally; it may not remain free; some customization features are Windows compatible only; if you want your neighbors to know about the LoCalendar zip code search function, you have to do the PR for it, including adding the information in the footer or header; it has a feature that warns you if the subject line is too short for the public calendar, though you can add anything & then go back & edit it & it then will publish; it takes a little longer to edit than other calendars because you're editing it online instead of on your computer so you have to deal with internet speeds<br />
<br />
'''Cost:''' FREE<br />
<br />
'''Examples:''' [http://www.localendar.com/public/Davies Davies Memorial UU Church Calendar] - do a public search on our zip code 20748 to see which events are on the public calendar - you might need to do a search for the month instead of the week since we don't have public events every week, especially in the summer (well, we do have services, but sometimes the sermon is not listed). A search also found that these churches use it.:<br />
<br />
*[http://www.localendar.com/public/uucj Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville] <br />
*[http://www.localendar.com/public/uurockville Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville] <br />
*[http://www.localendar.com/public/uusmvy Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha's Vineyard] <br />
*[http://www.localendar.com/public/uuac Unitarian Universalist Area Church Calendar]<br />
*[http://www.localendar.com/public/bowieuuorg Bowie Unitarian Universalist Fellowship]<br />
*[http://www.localendar.com/public/uuff Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks]<br />
*[http://www.localendar.com/public/laurishaw Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces]<br />
<br />
=[http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php WebCalendar]=<br />
<br />
'''Advantages:''' Full-featured, widely used, well-documented, free web-based calendar system. Can be configured as an event calendar viewable by visitors, and also as a single-user calendar or a multi-user calendar for groups of users.<br />
Supports views, reports, log-in security, search, recurring events, import/export to ical, vcal, palm, ODBC, etc. The flexibility of the "reports" feature allows it to be used<br />
to post and display a clean view of upcoming Sunday Services, etc. Free on-line demo at the web site.<br />
The software (written in PHP) is also free (licensed under the GPL).<br />
Currently in Release Status, and has very high "activity/usage/ranking" - 99.95% / >500 downloads per day / ranked 9th most active project on SourceForge.net. <br />
<br />
'''Disadvantages :''' Latest Release is Version 1.0.2 (corrects a security flaw with all previous versions)<br />
<br />
'''Cost:''' FREE<br />
<br />
'''Examples:''' <br />
*[http://www.aikenuuchurch.org/webcalendar Aiken Unitarian Universalist Church] From AUUC - This program is very easy to use, has some great features and seems very flexible. The color options are wide open so we are still experimenting there. It definately solves our problem with getting information on the web in an easily accessible format.<br />
*[http://HUUweb.org/webcalendar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Harrisonburg VA] Just recently installed the calendar with an instruction page [http://huuweb.org/webcalendar-instructions.htm]. The latest version of this calendar allows custom headers and footers so that you can make it look a part of your site and add links.<br />
*[http://www.auuf.net/calendar.html Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship AL]<br />
*[http://www.uufcc.com/webcalendar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County PA]<br />
*[http://www.fvuuf.org/webcalendar/index.php Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship] (under construction)<br />
*[http://www.uulacrosse.org/webcalendar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse WI] (under construction)<br />
*[http://www.uuffm.org/webcalendar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth MA]<br />
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[[Main Page]] > [[Websters]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Chalice_images&diff=4514Chalice images2006-03-08T14:20:58Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 61.11.157.32, changed back to last version by Davidsmith</p>
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== Where can I get chalice images for my site? ==<br />
<br />
Chalice images can be found at <br />
<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/CONG/chalices/ http://www.uua.org/CONG/chalices/]<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uucss.org/outreach/chalices.html http://www.uucss.org/outreach/chalices.html]<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/chalice.html http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/chalice.html]<br />
<br />
Note: Many of these can also be used in print publications as well.</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Unitarian_Jihad&diff=4295Unitarian Jihad2006-03-08T14:20:35Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of Rwulys, changed back to last good version</p>
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<div>On 8 April 2005, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL humorist Jon Carroll wrote a piece on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; in the San Francisco Chronicle]. &quot;Jihad&quot; refers to a struggle for a principle or belief[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad]. As of 12 April<br />
a Google search on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; found over 900 pages with that term on it. That increased to 36900 by the end of the first week.<br />
<br />
Carroll's use of humorous names in the essay is delightful. The names incorporate weapons (signifying passionate engagement) with peaceful epithets. May the Pepper Spray of your Passion interdepend with the<br />
Web of your Warm Humanitarianism.<br />
<br />
Here are some more pointers to this amazing phenomenon:<br />
<br />
*[http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html Get your own Unitarian Jihad name] <br />
*[http://www.livejournal.com/community/unitarian_jihad/ The International Unofficial Unitarian Jihad community on LiveJournal] previously known as The IED of Truth's Journal<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_jihad Wikipedia on Unitarian Jihad]<br />
*[http://www.philocrites.com/archives/001854.html Philocrites' analysis]<br />
<br />
And some links on Unitarian Universalism:<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/CONG Find a Unitarian Universalist congregation near you] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html Learn what the UU movement stands for] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/uufaq.html See a list of frequently asked questions about our radical struggle for human dignity and the democratic process] <br />
*[http://kinja.com/user/uublogs UU Blogs]<br />
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'''Unitarian Universalists:''' ''Radically diverse. Spiritually alive. Justice centered. Our journey starts here.''</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Anti-spam_strategies&diff=5600Anti-spam strategies2006-03-08T14:19:07Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 195.6.54.153, changed back to last version by 70.94.255.62</p>
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<div>Putting email addresses on web pages is sure to result in spam being sent to the address, since many robots harvest them for spammers. Currently, most of the robots can be thwarted by these simple methods.<br />
But they will probably get smarter over time.<br />
<br />
==Use a image of an email address==<br />
<br />
[http://www.digitalcolony.com/02/maskemail/genEmailMask.asp Email Image Generator]<br />
<br />
==JavaScript replacing Mailto==<br />
<br />
[http://www.dmuuc.org/ Davies Memorial UU Church] uses a no-spam javascript. You need to put it both in the header and replace each mailto link. The drawback is that browsers with javascript disabled will not be able to use the links. Also, see below for "Include a Subject Line".<br />
<br />
==Text email addresses==<br />
<br />
You can create text for the email address with "at" replacing "@" and have spaces on either side of the word as is done in the Mailman list archives and subscribers' lists for UUA email lists (accessible only by list subscribers). For instance, dmuuc at dmuuc.org. One would have to view it and reform it into an email address. Most spammers wouldn't be bothered.<br />
<br />
To make sure your text email addresses stay together on one line, use some variation of this markup:<br />
<br />
<pre> Source Result<br />
<br />
name&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;email.org name&nbsp;at&nbsp;email.org<br />
name&amp;nbsp;@&amp;nbsp;email.org name&nbsp;@&nbsp;email.org</pre><br />
<br />
==Mundge your addresses==<br />
<br />
This is a better way to disguise address since 1) the links still work for humans, and 2) spammers are soon gonna figure out about Mailman-style obfuscation. See [http://www.brettglass.com/spam/paper.html#WebPageHarvesting Stopping Spam and Malware with Open Source] by Brett Glass for complete details.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Invisible HTML==<br />
<br />
If you insert meaningless html into an e-mail address then the Spambots will not recognize the e-mail address pattern, but when it is rendered for the end user it will be in the correct format. For example "<NoSpam>Username@</NoSpam>domain.tld" will render to the end user as "Username@domain.tld" with the meaningless tags dropping out. The advantage over images being the ability for the user to cut and paste the address.<br />
<br />
==Server Side Form instead of an Email Address==<br />
<br />
Spambots can not collect information that is never displayed. If you have the ability to use server side scripting then you can create an "Contact Us" form for users to fill out. <br />
<br />
This could further be beneficial by setting up standard subject lines or body content (subject "E-mail from online form"). That way if you are running spam filters on your e-mail account you can make sure that e-mail submitted from online forms are not filtered.<br />
<br />
Forms can take user input and email it to a list, sort it, stuff it into a log or database, or perform any desired operation including any combination of the above. One disadvatage: if the vistor does not enter their email address correctly, you won't be able to respond to them with email.<br />
<br />
==Include a subject line==<br />
<br />
With all the spam we're getting, it's best to write your own subject line so that you can catch the message when it comes into your In Box or accidentally sorts into your Spam Box. This can be done on standard mailto links, javascript links, as above, and server side email forms.<br />
<br />
== Run a Baysian Filter==<br />
Rather than write endless rules, you *teach* Baysian Filters with actualy samples of spam and "ham." The filter calculates a "spamminess" score <br />
for each subsequent email based on content. Since each person has different criteria, <br />
bulk emailers cannot easily defeat with forged headers, intentional misspelling, <br />
hash busing dictionary attacks, etc. And since they are adaptive, Bayesian filters <br />
[http://email.about.com/cs/bayesianfilters/a/bayesian_filter.htm get better and better with time].<br />
<br />
There's free software from http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/<br />
If you are running Outlook (not Outlook Express), there's <br />
a [http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/windows.html free binary plugin] - I've used it and it works great!<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
Installation & Configuration<br />
1. Quit Outlook. <br />
2. Run installer<br />
3. Launch Outlook<br />
4. Config wizard starts: accept all defaults.<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
SpamBayes works with 3 sets of folders: Inbox(es), Junk, and <br />
Unsure (I renamed the from the default "Junk-Suspects" and it was created for me). <br />
Messages with > 90% spamminess are moved to the Junk folder. Message < 20% spammy <br />
aren't touched. Message between the thresholds are moved to the Unsure folder. <br />
These thresholds are adjustable, but the defaults work well. When I first installed <br />
SpamBayes, I thought Outlook had hung. However, because the filter had not yet been <br />
trained, it was simply busy moving everything to the Unsure folder. I forced-quit <br />
(End Task) a couple of times with no ill effect. <br />
<br />
Training<br />
The plugin adds a pair of "smiley/frowny" buttons to Outlook. These are labeled <br />
"Recover from Spam" and "Delete as Spam" respectively. Simply marking messages <br />
appropriately trains the filter. I found it's helpful to initially sort by subject <br />
as this puts related messages together so you can easily select and mark many at once. <br />
Ironically, while I was training on old mail, I found a couple of unread message from <br />
by boss, a potentially career-limiting mistake!</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Changes&diff=4504Changes2006-03-08T14:18:52Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 221.243.92.13, changed back to last version by Michellem</p>
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<div>=== Changes ===<br />
<br />
* December 2004: UUBF-L Wiki started on UUWiki<br />
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<br />
[[UUBF-L]] :: [[What We Do On The List]] :: [[A Code of Courtesy and Kindness]] :: [[Important List Mechanics]] :: [[More Information]] :: [[Changes]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Good_Web_Site_Examples&diff=5835Good Web Site Examples2006-03-08T14:18:39Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 219.113.216.20, changed back to last version by DenisHaskin</p>
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<div>Every once in a while on the Websters list someone will say "I think the ''X'' church's web site is really good". This page is an attempt to collect these sites in one convenient location so that we can all learn from each other.<br />
<br />
(For now I'm including what people have said about the site on websters-l, without attribution.)<br />
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<br />
; http://palouseuu.org/<br />
: From webster-l on 2005-05-21: "I was very impressed. (And not just because I used to live on the Palouse and love the place, either.) This seems to me to be 99th percentile design work for a UU site. The only thing I'd change is to have it be CSS-based rather than table based, but that's a religious thing."<br />
<br />
; http://huuweb.org/<br />
: From webster-l on 2005-05-21: Scott Wells said "What sold me for the Harrisonburg, Va. site was the extra content that made routine administration easier, as in rental pix and Sunday worship planning."<br />
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<br />
Also, some people have collected their own lists of congregational web sites they admire:<br />
<br />
* http://bertc.com/web_stuff.htm</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=ChurchMgmtSoftware&diff=4512ChurchMgmtSoftware2006-03-08T14:18:28Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 219.13.122.18, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>== ChurchMgmt Software Mailing List ==<br />
<br />
This mailing list is designed to allow UU leaders to ask and answer questions about software packages that manage the membership, donation, and financial needs of UU congregations.<br />
<br />
Anyone interested can join the list at [http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/churchmgmtsoftware/ http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/churchmgmtsoftware]<br />
<br />
== Software Packages ==<br />
<br />
*[[MemInfo_church_management_information_software]] <br />
*[[InfoCentral]]<br />
*[[The Recorder]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Austin_Split_the_Plate&diff=4367Austin Split the Plate2006-03-08T14:18:06Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 202.142.180.1, changed back to last version by Davidsmith</p>
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<div>[[Main Page]] --> [[UU-Money]]<br />
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<br />
==Split the Plate Offering Policy==<br />
<br />
This is the Split the Plate Offering Policy for the First UU Church of Austin. A current list of recipients can be found at [http://www.austinuu.org/socialaction/splittheplate.htm http://www.austinuu.org/socialaction/splittheplate.htm]<br />
<br />
===Date of Board approval:===<br />
<br />
1/21/03<br />
<br />
===Purpose===<br />
To document the established FUUCA practice of a monthly "Split-the-Plate" offering and to provide guidelines to the Social Action Committee ("the Committee") for selection of recipients of these offerings. The Committee has asked the Board to clarify the respective responsibilities of the Board and the Committee in the selection process and has suggested certain criteria to make the selection process work more smoothly.<br />
<br />
===Scope===<br />
This policy applies to the practice of designating one Sunday per month, for eleven months, on which the non-pledge worship service collections are split evenly between FUUCA and a specified charity, and to provide guidelines for the selection of recipients of such offerings.<br />
<br />
===History===<br />
<br />
Several years ago, the Board of Trustees voted to designate one-half of the non-pledge plate collections on one Sunday per month as a donation to a charitable organization outside FUUCA. The Board delegated to the Social Action Committee the responsibility for presenting to the Board of Trustees, in November of each year, a slate of eleven recommended recipients and one alternate for the coming year. The Social Action Committee has done a commendable job in soliciting nominations for Split the Plate recipients, selecting from among the nominated charities, and in describing the work of the selected charities to the congregation on Split the Plate Sundays. Each year, FUUCA donates a significant sum, $11,578, in 2002, to charities serving the larger community. The Board of Trustees considers the Split the Plate program an important part of the work of this church.<br />
<br />
===Guiding Principles===<br />
<br />
The Split the Plate program furthers the mission of this church "to make a positive difference in the lives of our members, our children and the larger community".<br />
<br />
===Criteria for selecting Split the Plate recipients===<br />
<br />
The Board delegates to the Social Action Committee, or its successor, the responsibility for recommending to the Board of Trustees, in November of each year, a slate of Split the Plate recipients for the coming year. To assist the Committee in making these selections, the Board establishes the following guidelines:<br />
<br />
1.Recipient organizations shall support a charitable purpose that is consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles.<br />
<br />
2.To ensure that recipients are organizations to which the FUUCA, as a charitable organization, may legally donate funds, recipient organizations must hold federal tax-exempt status under section 501c(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.<br />
<br />
An exception to this requirement may be made for certain organizations, such as our Romanian Partner Church, which do not have IRS tax exempt status but which, because of their mission and administration, can be identified as legitimate charitable organizations. If the Committee nominates an organization that does not hold charitable tax exempt status, the Committee must state that the nominee does not hold 501c(3) exempt status and detail for the Board the basis on which the Committee recommends the organization as a legitimate charitable organization. A charitable organization shall not be ineligible solely because it is the charitable arm of an umbrella organization that does not itself hold a charitable tax exemption.<br />
<br />
3.Recipient organizations should be independent of the FUUCA.<br />
<br />
4.An organization to which FUUCA makes a contribution through a line item in the budget may be an eligible Split the Plate recipient. If the Committee nominates such an organization, the Board requests an explanation of why an additional contribution would be appropriate.<br />
<br />
5.The slate of proposed recipients should reflect a variety of charitable causes.<br />
<br />
While the Board of Trustees, as the body which bears ultimate legal responsibility for the expenditure FUUCA funds, must retain the ultimate authority to name the recipients of Split the Plate offerings, it is the intent of the Board to accept the Social Action Committee's nominations which meet the above listed criteria. The Board of Trustees again thanks the Social Action Committee for its careful solicitation of nominations and selection of Split the Plate recipients, and the members and friends of FUUCA who have helped to make this program a success.<br />
<br />
[[Main Page]] --> [[UU-Money]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Content_Management_System&diff=5579Content Management System2006-03-08T14:17:33Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 219.117.58.251, changed back to last version by NealMcB</p>
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<div>[[Main Page]] > [[Websters]]<br />
<br />
== Content Management Systems ==<br />
<br />
A Content Management System (CMS) is a system used to organize and facilitate collaborative creation of documents and other content. It allows many people to directly contribute to maintaining a web site.<br />
See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system Wikipedia] for more background.<br />
<br />
The website [http://www.cmsmatrix.org CMS Matrix] allows you to compare features on approximately 100 different CMS solutions. The "Search the Matrix" feature allows you to filter the list according to the features that you need for your site.<br />
<br />
The website [http://www.opensourcecms.com Open Source CMS Systems] allows you to demo approximately 40 to 50 LAMP-based software packages. (LAMP means Linux Apache MySql Php - based).<br />
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<br />
===[http://plone.org Plone]===<br />
<br />
'''Cost:''' FREE: GPL license<br />
<br />
'''Advantages:''' Easy to create events, news items, new documents, photos, and other files. It uses both HTML and an easy to use Structured Text for those who are unfamiliar with website design. Has many add-on products that extend features available. Very flexible security/permissions structure allows different people and groups in different roles to have control over different aspects of different parts of the site. Excellent standards compliance and accessibility. URLs are friendly to both users and search engines, rather than being littered with numbers and query strings. Supports syndication via RSS. Runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD etc. Large developer community, and commercial support is available. Under the hood, uses modern object oriented programming concepts implemented in the delightful language [http://python.org Python].<br />
<br />
'''Disadvantages:'''<br />
* Uses [http://zope.org Zope] as the web server rather than or in combination with Apache. Steep learning curve for the webmaster. Resource-hungry on the server - requires over 75 MB RAM dedicated to your site which tends to cost from $15 to $40/month.<br />
For more insights, see http://plone.org/documentation/faq/is-plone-for-me<br />
<br />
'''Examples:''' <br />
*[http://www.spindletopuu.org Spindletop Unitarian Church]<br />
*[http://www.uufws.net/ Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem]<br />
*The Mountain Desert District of the UUA is developing their new site with plone.<br />
<br />
To try it out, create your own free site at http://www.objectis.org/ or create your own account at a plone-based community site like http://plone.org/ For more flexible production hosting, you might look at http://zettai.net, http://interlix.com, http://quintagroup.com, or http://imeme.net.<br />
<br />
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<br />
===[http://drupal.org Drupal]===<br />
<br />
'''Cost:''' FREE<br />
<br />
'''Advantages:''' Not dissimilar to Plone but implemented in PHP. Is primarily intended for 'community' web sites where everyone in the community is contributing content (think [http://slashot.org Slashdot]), but is probably well suited to doing a congregational web site as well. Easy to create news items, new documents, etc. Lots of additional modules available. Content can be written in HTML and structured text.<br />
<br />
'''Disadvantages:'''<br />
* Don't know yet...<br />
<br />
'''Examples:''' <br />
* [http://follen.org/?q=AboutThisWebSite Follen Church Society]<br />
* If you google "church drupal" you can also find quite a few churchs of other denominations using it.<br />
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<br />
===[http://joomla.org/ Mambo/Joomla]===<br />
'''Cost:''' FREE<br />
<br />
'''Advantages:''' Perhaps the most popular CMS. In mid-2005 the Miro corporation set up<br />
a "Mambo Foundation" in an attempt to exert more control via their ownership of the trademark. This was strongly resisted by the Mambo developer community, which left en-masse and are continuing their development using the name "Joomla".<br />
<br />
'''Disdvantages:'''<br />
<br />
'''Examples:''' <br />
At least one UU congregation posted to the Websters list indicating that they are probably<br />
moving to Mambo.<br />
<br />
===[http://contentor.net Contentor]===<br />
<br />
'''Cost:''' FREE<br />
<br />
'''Advantages:''' Contentor was designed for small to medium-sized web sites, typical of sites for/by small non-profit corporations or individuals. It was developed by a fellow UU, Earl Daniels.<br />
<br />
'''Disdvantages:''' Unclear how much usage or support there is.<br />
<br />
'''Examples:''' <br />
*[http://www.uuism.net UUism.net]<br />
<br />
[[Main Page]] > [[Websters]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Civil_Liberties&diff=4509Civil Liberties2006-03-08T14:17:16Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 216.184.102.126, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>In June 2002, UUA's [[General Assembly]] voted to study and act on the issue of Civil Liberties for two years, as part of the the [http://www.uua.org/csw/ Study Action Issue] process. In June of 2004, the <br />
[http://www.uua.org/csw/soc2004.html Civil Liberties Statement of Conscience] was adopted.<br />
<br />
This page serves as an space in which UUs can coordinate continuing efforts in support of this issue, and<br />
as a place for members of the CivilLiberties mailing list to share ideas in a more permanent manner.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/civilliberties CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/civilliberties/faq.html FAQ for the CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/csw/2002guide.htm Civil Liberties Resource Guide]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Unitarian_Jihad&diff=4243Unitarian Jihad2006-03-07T12:51:03Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of Bunxjn, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>On 8 April 2005, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL humorist Jon Carroll wrote a piece on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; in the San Francisco Chronicle]. &quot;Jihad&quot; refers to a struggle for a principle or belief[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad]. As of 12 April<br />
a Google search on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; found over 900 pages with that term on it. That increased to 36900 by the end of the first week.<br />
<br />
Carroll's use of humorous names in the essay is delightful. The names incorporate weapons (signifying passionate engagement) with peaceful epithets. May the Pepper Spray of your Passion interdepend with the<br />
Web of your Warm Humanitarianism.<br />
<br />
Here are some more pointers to this amazing phenomenon:<br />
<br />
*[http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html Get your own Unitarian Jihad name] <br />
*[http://www.livejournal.com/community/unitarian_jihad/ The International Unofficial Unitarian Jihad community on LiveJournal] previously known as The IED of Truth's Journal<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_jihad Wikipedia on Unitarian Jihad]<br />
*[http://www.philocrites.com/archives/001854.html Philocrites' analysis]<br />
<br />
And some links on Unitarian Universalism:<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/CONG Find a Unitarian Universalist congregation near you] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html Learn what the UU movement stands for] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/uufaq.html See a list of frequently asked questions about our radical struggle for human dignity and the democratic process] <br />
*[http://kinja.com/user/uublogs UU Blogs]<br />
<br />
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'''Unitarian Universalists:''' ''Radically diverse. Spiritually alive. Justice centered. Our journey starts here.''</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=4283Talk:Main Page2006-02-23T00:11:29Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 66.98.186.24, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>We've locked the main page, due to frequent spam attacks. If you want to make a change to this page, please just leave a request on this page, and one of the administrators will most likely make the change for you. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 14:03, 29 Aug 2005 (CDT)<br />
----<br />
Why is this page locked? Is it actually subject to that much vandalism? [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 21:47, 21 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
:Yes, shortly after this resource was set up several pages were routine targets for Wiki Spambots. They would routinely target Main, Sandbox, "Community Portal" and recently seem to pick one or two pages from the "Recent changes" page. We have since implemented other features to try and deal with bots, so perhaps it is worth reconsidering removing the block. [[User:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 09:00, 22 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Under "Links" on the main page, I would suggest a link for UU Podcasts. You can add<br />
"Liberal Religious Community: a Call to the Heart, Mind and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA", http://www.uucb.org/sermons/rss.xml.<br />
<br />
::Thanks! Done. And added to the [[Worship-l]] page [[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 18:18, 3 Oct 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Add [[List of Growth Ideas]] to the links section, this link is for information about different ad campaigns and other ideas people have used to grow congregations.<br />
--[[User:Kritoke|Kritoke]] 17:01, 6 Nov 2005 (CST)</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Unitarian_Jihad&diff=4241Unitarian Jihad2006-02-19T19:29:30Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 209.66.124.150, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>On 8 April 2005, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL humorist Jon Carroll wrote a piece on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; in the San Francisco Chronicle]. &quot;Jihad&quot; refers to a struggle for a principle or belief[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad]. As of 12 April<br />
a Google search on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; found over 900 pages with that term on it. That increased to 36900 by the end of the first week.<br />
<br />
Carroll's use of humorous names in the essay is delightful. The names incorporate weapons (signifying passionate engagement) with peaceful epithets. May the Pepper Spray of your Passion interdepend with the<br />
Web of your Warm Humanitarianism.<br />
<br />
Here are some more pointers to this amazing phenomenon:<br />
<br />
*[http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html Get your own Unitarian Jihad name] <br />
*[http://www.livejournal.com/community/unitarian_jihad/ The International Unofficial Unitarian Jihad community on LiveJournal] previously known as The IED of Truth's Journal<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_jihad Wikipedia on Unitarian Jihad]<br />
*[http://www.philocrites.com/archives/001854.html Philocrites' analysis]<br />
<br />
And some links on Unitarian Universalism:<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/CONG Find a Unitarian Universalist congregation near you] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html Learn what the UU movement stands for] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/uufaq.html See a list of frequently asked questions about our radical struggle for human dignity and the democratic process] <br />
*[http://kinja.com/user/uublogs UU Blogs]<br />
<br />
----<br />
'''Unitarian Universalists:''' ''Radically diverse. Spiritually alive. Justice centered. Our journey starts here.''</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=4231Talk:Main Page2006-02-04T12:38:39Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 200.4.196.122, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>We've locked the main page, due to frequent spam attacks. If you want to make a change to this page, please just leave a request on this page, and one of the administrators will most likely make the change for you. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 14:03, 29 Aug 2005 (CDT)<br />
----<br />
Why is this page locked? Is it actually subject to that much vandalism? [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 21:47, 21 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
:Yes, shortly after this resource was set up several pages were routine targets for Wiki Spambots. They would routinely target Main, Sandbox, "Community Portal" and recently seem to pick one or two pages from the "Recent changes" page. We have since implemented other features to try and deal with bots, so perhaps it is worth reconsidering removing the block. [[User:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 09:00, 22 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Under "Links" on the main page, I would suggest a link for UU Podcasts. You can add<br />
"Liberal Religious Community: a Call to the Heart, Mind and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA", http://www.uucb.org/sermons/rss.xml.<br />
<br />
::Thanks! Done. And added to the [[Worship-l]] page [[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 18:18, 3 Oct 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Add [[List of Growth Ideas]] to the links section, this link is for information about different ad campaigns and other ideas people have used to grow congregations.<br />
--[[User:Kritoke|Kritoke]] 17:01, 6 Nov 2005 (CST)</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Help:Contents&diff=4447Help:Contents2006-02-04T12:37:30Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 70.131.104.125, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>Here are some sources of help on how to use this wiki and how to edit pages.<br />
<br />
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide MediaWiki User's Guide] - the manual for the version of MediaWiki that UUWiki runs.<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] - The help pages at Wikipedia - a collaborative encyclopedia that also uses MediaWiki, and which has highly evolved advice and practices that can serve as a model for UUWiki.</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UUWiki:About&diff=4450UUWiki:About2006-02-04T12:37:16Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 70.131.104.125, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>UUWiki is dedicated to helping Unitarian Universalists share information and work together using a "Wiki". <br />
A Wiki, or WikiWikiWeb, is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information. Please add your own expertise by editing these articles and contributing your own.<br />
<br />
UUWiki uses the free [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ Mediawiki] software. See [[Installation experiences]] for the versions used here.<br />
<br />
Thanks to Jim Hermann and [http://www.uuism.net UUism Networks] for supporting UUWiki!</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Help:Contents&diff=4210Help:Contents2006-01-21T00:41:34Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 82.208.175.94, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>Here are some sources of help on how to use this wiki and how to edit pages.<br />
<br />
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide MediaWiki User's Guide] - the manual for the version of MediaWiki that UUWiki runs.<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] - The help pages at Wikipedia - a collaborative encyclopedia that also uses MediaWiki, and which has highly evolved advice and practices that can serve as a model for UUWiki.</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UUBF-L:_Practice_Talk&diff=5706UUBF-L: Practice Talk2006-01-15T17:41:52Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 85.255.113.157, changed back to last version by Michellem</p>
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<div>'''Talking about Practice'''<br />
<br />
Many folks start their journeys into UU or Buddhist practices with intellectual questions. But the real, positive, transforming benefits of UUism and Buddhism both come in practice, not in theory. So let's not get stuck at the level of abstraction; let's talk about the nitty-gritty:<br />
<br />
* Descriptions of our experience with our practice: what specifically we do, what it feels like<br />
** Formal, traditional methods<br />
** Innovative techniques <br />
* Issues with practice: what concerns come up?<br />
* Reflections on our whole lives as practice. <br />
<br />
One way to approach this is to send "check-in" messages, sharing what's happening in our lives / practices right now, as people do in real-world support groups.<br />
<br />
The Risks<br />
<br />
We do need to take care with this approach.<br />
<br />
* People feel vulnerable sharing this kind of experience; it needs a climate of respect, acceptance and compassion. Since these are basic values of both UUism and Buddhism, we already have a commitment to that climate. Not that we always succeed — but the effort to behave that way on list is part of our group practice. (See A Code of Courtesy and Kindness)<br />
<br />
* There are some ways in which talking about one's practice might actually create hindrances to practice. For example...<br />
<br />
''Bragging:'' giving an exaggerated report of oneself, describing oneself with excessive pride. This is a failure of mindfulness, a lapse into dualistic thinking so we report only "good" about ourselves. It can be conscious or unconscious — but for anyone concerned about mindfulness, it's more likely unconscious. (It's important to distinguish between a healthy pride and excessive pride. This is where another difficult traditional Buddhist term comes in: the "merit" of our actions. This concept affirms that good deeds create good energy, which it's appropriate to enjoy. It's appropriate to be happy about Right Action; it's just not appropriate to get caught in that, identified with it.)<br />
<br />
''Identifying with one's description of one's practice.'' Chogyam Trungpa's insightful concept of spiritual materialism warns us not to consider any practice or experience as an accomplishment, as a thing we possess or an attribute of our "self." When we use our practice as a way to define ourselves, when we take pride in that self-concept, we are not practicing. <br />
<br />
The Remedy<br />
* However, perhaps when we witness the mind's tendency to do all that, paradoxically we are practicing. This is the key to practice-talk: speaking mindfully. Talking about your experience of your practice needs to be done as practice, itself. This means not only reporting your observation of the tricks your mind plays, but also paying attention to what the mind is doing as you report. It means keeping clearly in mind a purpose of seeing through the tricks, seeing through the mind, for the benefit of all beings.<br />
<br />
* This is not easy. Mindfulness is not easy. It's simple, but it's discipline, which means it's work. In writing, it means asking constantly, "What is the issue here? Is this really what's happening? Is my mind getting distracted by its favorite rants? What am I avoiding? What am I attached to?" <br />
<br />
The Benefits: if we do a good job,<br />
<br />
* Every message we read, every message we post, ...is practice.<br />
* We create a community that supports practice.<br />
* We offer the service of sangha to people unable to attend a real-world group.<br />
<br />
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<br />
[[UUBF-L]] :: [[UUBF-L: What We Do on the List]] :: [[A Code of Courtesy and Kindness]] :: [[Important List Mechanics]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Threat_of_Global_Warming&diff=5598Talk:Threat of Global Warming2006-01-15T15:44:41Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 85.255.114.133, changed back to last version by 128.197.75.36</p>
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<div>The Resource List for further study by individuals and groups is shaping up well. Resources include books, films, web sites, and possibly speakers from activist organizations or scientists actively engaged in global change related research, so keep them coming.<br />
<br />
Each of these resources would be more likely to be useful if reviewed in relation to the positive, activist role prompted by the resolution. This need more focus, more content.<br />
<br />
For media that are available, agreements could be set up to receive payments for click-through links and purchases. This presumes that an appropriate beneficiary of these payments needs and wants the money. Anybody have thoughts, experience, or expertise with this?</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Installation_experiences&diff=4267Installation experiences2006-01-12T11:52:29Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of JohnCooley which rolled back to previous spammed version, removing spam</p>
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<div>'''Installation experiences'''<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.4.4 - the current stable release.<br />
<br />
I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old stylesheets/images directory to the new skins/common/images directory.<br />
<br />
Also, I remembered to to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
<br />
Finally, I copied the value of $wgSpamRegex from /includes/DefaultSettings.php to the new file.<br />
<br />
--Jim 05/26/05<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.7 - the current release.<br />
<br />
I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old /stylesheets/images directory to the new installation directory.<br />
<br />
In addition, I have to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
<br />
--Jim 10/23/04<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.5 - the current release.<br />
<br />
This time I remembered to move the custom wiki.png.<br />
<br />
--Jim 10/9/04<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.0 - the current release.<br />
<br />
I turned off the Global_registers settings. Let's see if anything breaks.<br />
<br />
I had to make the images directory writable again. This is due to running in Safe Mode.<br />
<br />
--Jim 8/14/04<br />
<br />
It worked!<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
I got MediaWiki-1.3beta5 to install.<br />
<br />
I had to increase the PHP memory limit to 20M and make the images directory writable.<br />
<br />
--Jim<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]<br />
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.<br />
<br />
It's a very good site !! Very nice work, admin :) Good luck !</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Installation_experiences&diff=4196Installation experiences2006-01-12T11:48:30Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 85.29.193.195, changed back to last version by 61.181.15.77</p>
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<div>'''Installation experiences'''<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.4.4 - the current stable release.<br />
<br />
I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old stylesheets/images directory to the new skins/common/images directory.<br />
<br />
Also, I remembered to to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
<br />
Finally, I copied the value of $wgSpamRegex from /includes/DefaultSettings.php to the new file.<br />
<br />
--Jim 05/26/05<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.7 - the current release.<br />
<br />
I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old /stylesheets/images directory to the new installation directory.<br />
<br />
In addition, I have to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
<br />
--Jim 10/23/04<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.5 - the current release.<br />
<br />
This time I remembered to move the custom wiki.png.<br />
<br />
--Jim 10/9/04<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.0 - the current release.<br />
<br />
I turned off the Global_registers settings. Let's see if anything breaks.<br />
<br />
I had to make the images directory writable again. This is due to running in Safe Mode.<br />
<br />
--Jim 8/14/04<br />
<br />
It worked!<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
I got MediaWiki-1.3beta5 to install.<br />
<br />
I had to increase the PHP memory limit to 20M and make the images directory writable.<br />
<br />
--Jim<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]<br />
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.<br />
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<div>This page is typically used as a place to describe how the wiki is evolving, how people can get involved, etc.<br />
<br />
For example, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Portal Wikipedia's Community_Portal]<br />
<br />
Feel free to edit it so it can reflect all our input.<br />
<br />
See also [[Talk:Main Page]] for discussion of the Main Page in particular.<br />
<br />
==Developing the Community==<br />
See http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Start_a_new_Wikicity#Developing_your_community<br />
and http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Start_a_new_Wikicity#Promoting_your_wiki at<br />
http://www.wikicities.com/ for tips on developing and promoting a community<br />
like UUWiki.<br />
<br />
:How about starting pages more useful for unitarians like [[Online Information Resources]], [[Individual Experiences]], and there are probably more things I haven't thought of. [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 21:50, 21 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
::Good ideas. One question is how to organize things. We've tried to follow existing practice by putting information in "FAQ" lists for relevant existing mailing lists. Besides matching the organic structure that UUs have already evolved, it makes it easier for likely contributors to find stuff they'd like to contribute to. So the broad topic "Online Information Resources" items might end up in [[Worship-l]] or [[UU-Community]] or elsewhere depending on focus. The current contents of "individual experiences" seems better suited to a [[UUA-GA]] page. Make sense? --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 10:30, 28 Aug 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
==Terminology==<br />
There are many terms for the local organizations that UUs join: church, fellowship, congregation, society, etc. The most general, and the one that is used in the UUA bylaws, is '''congregation''', so that is probably the best term to use in most situations.<br />
<br />
==Organization, Subpages and Naming conventions==<br />
<br />
There are some pages that are naturally arranged in hierarchy, e.g. the [[MDD/Justice Ministries]] page<br />
is part of the [[MDD]] pages. In cases like this we use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages sub-page] feature of mediawiki. This makes it easy to link toa subpage (just start the name off with a slash]] and automatically puts a link back to the parent. Of course there will also be cases where a page could be though of as a subpage of many different pages, and in such cases we can use mediawiki "categories" or other features to organize them.<br />
<br />
Here is some history that led to creating subpages here.<br />
<br />
:There are some pages (like [[What We Do On The List]]) that are specific to a particular UUA email list (UUBF-L in this case), but for which that isn't reflected in the title. We need to figure out how to fix that since multiple lists can't all share the same title here. One way is to put all the information right in the UUBF-L page. Another is to add something about UUFB-L in the title of the page (What We Do On The UUFB-L List). We could also turn on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages sub-page] feature of mediawiki and use names like UUFB-L/What we do. Another option is to design the pages to be generic comments about any UUA list (with references to, and without duplicating, the extensive materials at lists.uua.org). I suspect we want to combine these approaches.<br />
<br />
:Note that there are several ways to move material from one page to another. If most or all of the page is being moved, it is generally best not to just "cut and paste" into a new page because deleting a page requires intervention by an administrator (so valuable things aren't lost). So in such a case you should use the mediawiki "move" command (in a tab at the top of each page). This will preserve the history of edits, the talk page, etc. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 11:49, 4 Dec 2004 (CST)<br />
<br />
:Thanks Neal, for this info. Much of what happened with the UUBF-L pages is due to my relative newness to mediawiki, and big wiki projects in general. There is a lot of content in the UUBF-L guide, and I'd rather not cram it all in one page. Is there a good convention we can adopt? "ListName: Blah blah blah"? Or something else? Thanks for bringing this up! --[[User:Michellem|Michellem]] 19:25, 4 Dec 2004 (CST)<br />
<br />
:Subpages are turned on (I think). --Jim 2004-12-20<br />
<br />
== Crosslinks to Wikipedia ==<br />
<br />
There will be many times we'll want to refer to wikipedia pages. E.g. recently the page for [[Unitarian Universalist Association]] was imported here from wikipedia. But that bring in tons of links most of which aren't relevant to this site. I think it would be better to have a distinct, local, internally-focussed page here, and reference the externally-focussed wikipedia page on UUA.<br />
<br />
Things can be done with mediawiki namespaces (?) to make cross-references easy (so we don't have to enter the whole URL, etc). Anyone know offhand how to set that up?<br />
<br />
:Sorry, my bad. I figured we should at least have an article on the UUA, but bringing in the whole Wikipedia article was overkill without cutting out a bunch of the dead links. Since we're not a part of the Wikipedia community but a separate project, it's not really easy to set up quick crosslinks. Interwiki links to the english Wikipedia site would be prefaced with "en:" (eg <nowiki>[[en:UUA]]</nowiki>) but right now that does nothing useful. - [[User:UtherSRG|UtherSRG]] 13:32, 25 Oct 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
== RSS Feeds and Watchlists ==<br />
You can track activity on UUWiki via RSS, Atom, Online Aggregators etc:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php/Special:Recentchanges Recent changes]<br />
* [http://www.uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php/Special:Newpages New pages] <br />
* [http://webuus.com/uunews/index.php?RSSID=4 What's New with UU?]<br />
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/uuwiki_rss/ LiveJournal syndication]<br />
<br />
For more information, see<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Syndication_feeds regarding RSS being incorporated into MediaWiki].<br />
* [http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml Fagan Finder >All About RSS]<br />
<br />
Note that after you log in (upper right) you can also keep track of things via '''my watchlist'''. <br />
<br />
Thanks to [[User:LoriSir|LASS]], [[UUser:NealMcB|NealMcB]] and [[UUser:Jedi liz|Jedi liz]] for help with RSS here.<br />
<br />
== Look and Feel - Tabs ==<br />
<br />
How customizable is the look and feel of the Wiki? There is on thing that really bothers me about the layout, and would have confused me more had i not already been familiar with Wikis. The tabs across the top of the pages are fairly confusing because they don't follow the standard use of tabs. Let me try and explain with an example:<br />
<br />
I have a printer with a page for setting Network Settings. On this page are three Tabs - TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk. within each tab is a set of editable items (edit boxes, radio buttons, etc.) and buttons representing actions (Save, restore defaults, cancel, etc). This create a clear visual heirarchy when editing:<br />
<br />
Network Settings<br />
* TCP/IP<br />
** Settings<br />
** Actions<br />
* IPX/SPX<br />
** Settings<br />
** Actions<br />
* AppleTalk<br />
** Settings<br />
** Actions<br />
<br />
The way the this page is currently organized the visual heirarchy would lead me to believe that there is no difference between hitting the edit tab when viewing the article, or viewing the discussion of the article, because either way the standard is that hitting a tab changes your context, as opposed to taking an action (editing) the currently selected item (the article).<br />
<br />
So, I think it would make more sense if the actions (edit, watch, etc.) were buttons within the tab to clearly denote that it is an action being taken on the currently selected item. -- [[user:JohnCooley|John Cooley]]<br />
<br />
:John, click on "Preferences" all the way up in the upper right corner, then on "Skin". The current buttonlayout you see is part of the "MonoBook" skin. you can take a look to see how they are rendered using some of the other pre canned skins, or someone more knowledgable than I can teach you how to make your own skin. - [[User:UtherSRG|UtherSRG]] 07:02, 22 Oct 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
::Well, I'm not terribly interested in customizing it with a personal skin. I have muddled through to the point where I get it, despite the confusing layout. Rather I am expressing a concern because I have talked to people who looked at the site and basically said they don't get it. I think the default layout looks pretty, but I think it has very poor usability. I would suggest that site itself default to a different skin. -- [[user:JohnCooley|John Cooley]]<br />
<br />
:Thanks. I agree that it is confusing. I recall a discussion months ago on Wikipedia about the same topic - you might look there. If someone contributes a better skin, I'd be happy to see UUWiki use it. [[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 11:10, 23 Oct 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
::Personally having looked at the ones that are already available I like "Cologne Blue" the best. About the only thing I would change on the skin is removing/updating "The Free Encyclopedia" text in the upper right hand corner. -- [[user:JohnCooley|John Cooley]]<br />
<br />
:Looks like those are discussed more at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles Gallery of user styles] and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_style Help:User_Style] But I don't find the discussion I remember before about nonstandard tab look-and-feel. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 17:25, 27 Oct 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Discussion Pages and CSS bug?==<br />
<br />
Sorry I don't know the protocol for discussion pages. When I go to edit UU Money I only get a blank page and my post goes to the bottom. I don't know how yours went to the top. I don't know how to edit out the list and put it on the article page. If you can do that, that would be appreciated or you could tell me how to do it. [[User:JoyceD|JoyceD]] 13:21, 4 Aug 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
:Thanks for your contribution Joyce - the text was great. I know this system is very new to most people and I didn't mean to sound critical or authoratative, if I did. Just trying to lend some insight from experience in similar situations. If you click on "edit" you edit the whole page. If you click on "+" your contribution is appended to the end. To move things from one page to another, you can just "cut" it from one (typically with the "edit" menu or control-x) and "paste" it into the other. If you don't want to do it, that's fine (that's one of the beauties of the "wiki way"). I or someone else probably will. I've loved the way others took my contributions and edited/expanded/changed them. Cheers --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 13:37, 4 Aug 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
::When I'm on [http://www.uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php/User_talk:NealMcB this discussion page], there is no edit tab at the top - that is also true of other discussion pages that have already been started. I see only the name of the main page ("user page" in this case), discussion, +, move, and history. There are edit links in the sections I can click on, but none at the top. Am I doing something wrong? [[User:JoyceD|JoyceD]] 18:08, 8 Aug 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
<br />
:Oh dear. I'm guessing that your browser is not happy with the css (cascading style sheet) that mediawiki uses. Click on the "preferences" tab and then "skin" and try picking a different look-and-feel. Or this link should let you edit thiis page: [http://www.uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=User_talk:NealMcB&action=edit]. In general note that to edit a page, just add &action=edit to the end of the URL for the page. The "monobook" css used in mediawiki is discussed at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Monobook.css]. What version of which browser do you use? --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 21:08, 8 Aug 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
::IE 5.2 on Mac OS 10.1.5 I fooled around with editing the URL and finally found a way to make it work. [[User:JoyceD|JoyceD]] 15:50, 9 Aug 2004 (CDT)<br />
<br />
==Wiki SPAM==<br />
General resource: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features Anti-spam Features for Mediawiki]<br />
<br />
To add new sites to the [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/extensions/SpamBlacklist/README?rev=1.1&view=markup SpamBlacklist README], follow the instructions at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist Meta:Talk:Spam blacklist] (and then somehow need to import the file again, and get our server to notice it, via cron?)<br />
<br />
Sysops should use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_revert_a_page_to_an_earlier_version#Bot_rollback "bot rollback" technique] when reverting wikispam, to keep the "Recent changes" log clean. E.g. from "Recent changes", each edit has a link for the contributor. For IP addresses, that link goes to the "User contributions" page. Click on it, then use the browser to manually add the text "&bot=1" to the end of the URL, and use the "refresh" browser button. Then click on the "rollback" links. --[[UUser:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 09:12, 23 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
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<br />
Is there a way to block updates based on content? So far the recent SPAM attacks on this Wiki have all left references to the domain "8cx''dot''net" and I am pretty sure a block for the offending IP would work for a while, but they seem to be using a fairly large block of IP addresses.<br />
<br />
In general has any thought been given to proactive defense against SPAM on the Wiki? I know the Wiki way is just "we can fix it real easy", but something as simple as "you might be signed in to edit" would probably be enough to thwart the spammers, but hopefully not too much to crush contributions. Just a thought. [[UUser:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 09:30, 3 Jan 2005 (CST)<br />
<br />
:Good question! Two solutions are noted at [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2004-December/002666.html]. One is a plug-in feature under development. The other is available now to the admin: $wgSpamRegex. Let's put a good regex together and ask Jim to install it. Besides our own records, good sources of ideas are at<br />
:* http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/User:Sylvain - a sample wgSpamRegex<br />
:* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist - wikipedia's block list, using custom plugin<br />
:* http://www.chongqed.org/ - fighting wiki spam<br />
:I think requiring signin first would thwart too many valued-but-wary contributors without thwarting serious spammers. --[[UUser:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 09:18, 4 Jan 2005 (CST)<br />
<br />
::That's awesome. I'd be content to just copy someone else's blocklist and update if necessary. I completely understand the hesitance to force sign-in. Also, the other technique I have seen employed is to lock the pages most frequently spammed. Of course this wouldn't do much good if they spam the [SandBox], but the primary concern I would have is someone deciding to check out this site for the first time and being greeted by a list of porn sites. Maybe just lock HomePage? -- [[UUser:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 12:14, 4 Jan 2005 (CST)<br />
<br />
::Ok, so is there any way to actually get action on this, should we e-mail. I think aside from some activity by MDD almost all recent edits have been SPAM and subsequent reversions. [[UUser:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 15:46, 16 Jan 2005 (CST)<br />
<br />
:You bet, John. Thanks to you and Jim, we implemented this filtering option around Jan 22, and the much more extensive one at [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/extensions/SpamBlacklist/README?rev=1.1&view=markup SpamBlacklist README] this afternoon during a deluge.... --[[UUser:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 00:00, 24 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
::Any idea if there is a way to get MediaWiki to get it's Blocklist from a Wiki page similar to the pmWiki handles it: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Blocklist ? I would update the RegEx more often if it were easier to get to. [[UUser:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 06:52, 23 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
:The mediawiki folks suggest a cron job, but I don't know if the server has to be restarted after grabbing the latest file.</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=4209Talk:Main Page2006-01-09T12:38:25Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 81.9.19.22, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>We've locked the main page, due to frequent spam attacks. If you want to make a change to this page, please just leave a request on this page, and one of the administrators will most likely make the change for you. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 14:03, 29 Aug 2005 (CDT)<br />
----<br />
Why is this page locked? Is it actually subject to that much vandalism? [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 21:47, 21 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
:Yes, shortly after this resource was set up several pages were routine targets for Wiki Spambots. They would routinely target Main, Sandbox, "Community Portal" and recently seem to pick one or two pages from the "Recent changes" page. We have since implemented other features to try and deal with bots, so perhaps it is worth reconsidering removing the block. [[User:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 09:00, 22 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Under "Links" on the main page, I would suggest a link for UU Podcasts. You can add<br />
"Liberal Religious Community: a Call to the Heart, Mind and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA", http://www.uucb.org/sermons/rss.xml.<br />
<br />
::Thanks! Done. And added to the [[Worship-l]] page [[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 18:18, 3 Oct 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Add [[List of Growth Ideas]] to the links section, this link is for information about different ad campaigns and other ideas people have used to grow congregations.<br />
--[[User:Kritoke|Kritoke]] 17:01, 6 Nov 2005 (CST)</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Civil_Liberties&diff=4244Civil Liberties2006-01-06T12:07:31Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 211.47.214.11, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>In June 2002, UUA's [[General Assembly]] voted to study and act on the issue of Civil Liberties for two years, as part of the the [http://www.uua.org/csw/ Study Action Issue] process. In June of 2004, the <br />
[http://www.uua.org/csw/soc2004.html Civil Liberties Statement of Conscience] was adopted.<br />
<br />
This page serves as an space in which UUs can coordinate continuing efforts in support of this issue, and<br />
as a place for members of the CivilLiberties mailing list to share ideas in a more permanent manner.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/civilliberties CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/civilliberties/faq.html FAQ for the CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/csw/2002guide.htm Civil Liberties Resource Guide]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UUBF-L&diff=4501UUBF-L2006-01-06T12:07:23Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 61.110.224.4, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>== User's Guide for The UUBF-L (The Email List of the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship)==<br />
<br />
'''Overview:'''<br />
<br />
For Unitarian Univeralists to explore Buddhism, and how Buddhism and UUism meet. Others are welcome, and all are expected to abide by a code of courtesy and kindness. (If, in the view of the list managers, someone violates these principles and will not change their ways, they will be suspended or removed from the list.)<br />
<br />
===What We Do on the List===<br />
<br />
Buddhism emphasizes practice over intellectual speculation. We are interested in learning about Buddhist practices, and offer the opportunity to talk about experience and issues with practice — formal, traditional methods, innovative techniques, and our whole lives as practice. For more information see [[UUBF-L: Practice Talk]].<br />
<br />
The Buddha's teachings come to us from other cultures. We share our understandings of how to interpret them for ours.<br />
<br />
Buddhism and UUism each teach certain fundamental values. (For example see [http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html The Principles and Purposes of the UUA], and Thich Nhat Hanh's [http://www.eskimo.com/%7etlotus/ethics/fourteen.html Fourteen Precepts of Interbeing].) We dialog here about concerns arising from these values.<br />
<br />
We report what's happening in the UU Buddhist community, and support each others' efforts with practical information, witnessing our experience mindfully<br />
<br />
In general, our topic is UU Buddhism, and Buddhism from a UU viewpoint.<br />
<br />
An electronic forum such as UUBF-L is like having a face-to-face discussion group in the centre of a hall, with a huge gallery around the outside. Anyone can walk in the doors, sit in the gallery for a while, shout out a comment or two, or come down and join the discussion. People are coming and going all the time, the quiet ones are afraid to speak up in public, and so on. The openness gets in the way of trust and deep sharing. We acknowledge this paradox, and work with it. <br />
<br />
==Details==<br />
*[[UUBF-L: What We Do on the List]]<br />
*[[A Code of Courtesy and Kindness]]<br />
*[[Important List Mechanics]] -- including how to subscribe<br />
<br />
==Behind the Scenes==<br />
*[[UUBF-L List Manager's Guide]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/uubf UUBF, Our parent organization]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UU-Money&diff=4496UU-Money2006-01-06T12:07:13Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 58.225.244.196, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>===Online Pledging===<br />
<br />
To simplify the paperwork involved in pledging,<br />
you can either just put a form on the web for printing out, or actually let people fill in an online form with the amount they expect to pledge for the year. In the latter case, it would be a good idea to use a secure web site (enable SSL/TLS).<br />
<br />
Examples:<br />
<br />
* http://www.uuaa.org/online_pledging.htm <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/Canvass.html <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/PledgeCard.html<br />
* http://www.austinuupledge.org<br />
<br />
<br />
===Recommended Books===<br />
<br />
A list of books recommended by other UU-money subscribers can be found online at [[UU-Money_Recommended_Book_List]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Unitarian_Jihad&diff=4228Unitarian Jihad2006-01-06T12:07:05Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 61.42.200.77, changed back to last version by 69.143.144.187</p>
<hr />
<div>On 8 April 2005, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL humorist Jon Carroll wrote a piece on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; in the San Francisco Chronicle]. &quot;Jihad&quot; refers to a struggle for a principle or belief[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad]. As of 12 April<br />
a Google search on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; found over 900 pages with that term on it. That increased to 36900 by the end of the first week.<br />
<br />
Carroll's use of humorous names in the essay is delightful. The names incorporate weapons (signifying passionate engagement) with peaceful epithets. May the Pepper Spray of your Passion interdepend with the<br />
Web of your Warm Humanitarianism.<br />
<br />
Here are some more pointers to this amazing phenomenon:<br />
<br />
*[http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html Get your own Unitarian Jihad name] <br />
*[http://www.livejournal.com/community/unitarian_jihad/ The International Unofficial Unitarian Jihad community on LiveJournal] previously known as The IED of Truth's Journal<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_jihad Wikipedia on Unitarian Jihad]<br />
*[http://www.philocrites.com/archives/001854.html Philocrites' analysis]<br />
<br />
And some links on Unitarian Universalism:<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/CONG Find a Unitarian Universalist congregation near you] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html Learn what the UU movement stands for] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/uufaq.html See a list of frequently asked questions about our radical struggle for human dignity and the democratic process] <br />
*[http://kinja.com/user/uublogs UU Blogs]<br />
<br />
----<br />
'''Unitarian Universalists:''' ''Radically diverse. Spiritually alive. Justice centered. Our journey starts here.''</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Civil_Liberties&diff=4179Civil Liberties2006-01-06T03:42:30Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 61.42.152.11, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>In June 2002, UUA's [[General Assembly]] voted to study and act on the issue of Civil Liberties for two years, as part of the the [http://www.uua.org/csw/ Study Action Issue] process. In June of 2004, the <br />
[http://www.uua.org/csw/soc2004.html Civil Liberties Statement of Conscience] was adopted.<br />
<br />
This page serves as an space in which UUs can coordinate continuing efforts in support of this issue, and<br />
as a place for members of the CivilLiberties mailing list to share ideas in a more permanent manner.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/civilliberties CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/civilliberties/faq.html FAQ for the CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/csw/2002guide.htm Civil Liberties Resource Guide]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UU-Money&diff=4177UU-Money2006-01-06T03:42:06Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 61.102.94.4, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>===Online Pledging===<br />
<br />
To simplify the paperwork involved in pledging,<br />
you can either just put a form on the web for printing out, or actually let people fill in an online form with the amount they expect to pledge for the year. In the latter case, it would be a good idea to use a secure web site (enable SSL/TLS).<br />
<br />
Examples:<br />
<br />
* http://www.uuaa.org/online_pledging.htm <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/Canvass.html <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/PledgeCard.html<br />
* http://www.austinuupledge.org<br />
<br />
<br />
===Recommended Books===<br />
<br />
A list of books recommended by other UU-money subscribers can be found online at [[UU-Money_Recommended_Book_List]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Civil_Liberties&diff=4172Civil Liberties2006-01-02T00:48:38Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of Heel1983, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>In June 2002, UUA's [[General Assembly]] voted to study and act on the issue of Civil Liberties for two years, as part of the the [http://www.uua.org/csw/ Study Action Issue] process. In June of 2004, the <br />
[http://www.uua.org/csw/soc2004.html Civil Liberties Statement of Conscience] was adopted.<br />
<br />
This page serves as an space in which UUs can coordinate continuing efforts in support of this issue, and<br />
as a place for members of the CivilLiberties mailing list to share ideas in a more permanent manner.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/civilliberties CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/civilliberties/faq.html FAQ for the CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/csw/2002guide.htm Civil Liberties Resource Guide]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=4187Talk:Main Page2005-12-23T14:38:13Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 83.149.119.1, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>We've locked the main page, due to frequent spam attacks. If you want to make a change to this page, please just leave a request on this page, and one of the administrators will most likely make the change for you. --[[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 14:03, 29 Aug 2005 (CDT)<br />
----<br />
Why is this page locked? Is it actually subject to that much vandalism? [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 21:47, 21 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
:Yes, shortly after this resource was set up several pages were routine targets for Wiki Spambots. They would routinely target Main, Sandbox, "Community Portal" and recently seem to pick one or two pages from the "Recent changes" page. We have since implemented other features to try and deal with bots, so perhaps it is worth reconsidering removing the block. [[User:JohnCooley|JohnCooley]] 09:00, 22 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Under "Links" on the main page, I would suggest a link for UU Podcasts. You can add<br />
"Liberal Religious Community: a Call to the Heart, Mind and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA", http://www.uucb.org/sermons/rss.xml.<br />
<br />
::Thanks! Done. And added to the [[Worship-l]] page [[User:NealMcB|NealMcB]] 18:18, 3 Oct 2005 (CDT)<br />
<br />
Add [[List of Growth Ideas]] to the links section, this link is for information about different ad campaigns and other ideas people have used to grow congregations.<br />
--[[User:Kritoke|Kritoke]] 17:01, 6 Nov 2005 (CST)</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Unitarian_Jihad&diff=4167Unitarian Jihad2005-12-18T22:45:45Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 58.79.29.127, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
<hr />
<div>On 8 April 2005, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL humorist Jon Carroll wrote a piece on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; in the San Francisco Chronicle]. &quot;Jihad&quot; refers to a struggle for a principle or belief[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad]. As of 12 April<br />
a Google search on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; found over 900 pages with that term on it. That increased to 36900 by the end of the first week.<br />
<br />
Carroll's use of humorous names in the essay is delightful. The names incorporate weapons (signifying passionate engagement) with peaceful epithets. May the Pepper Spray of your Passion interdepend with the<br />
Web of your Warm Humanitarianism.<br />
<br />
Here are some more pointers to this amazing phenomenon:<br />
<br />
*[http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html Get your own Unitarian Jihad name] <br />
*[http://www.livejournal.com/community/unitarian_jihad/ The International Unofficial Unitarian Jihad community on LiveJournal] previously known as The IED of Truth's Journal<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_jihad Wikipedia on Unitarian Jihad]<br />
*[http://www.philocrites.com/archives/001854.html Philocrites' analysis]<br />
<br />
And some links on Unitarian Universalism:<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/CONG Find a Unitarian Universalist congregation near you] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html Learn what the UU movement stands for] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/uufaq.html See a list of frequently asked questions about our radical struggle for human dignity and the democratic process] <br />
*[http://kinja.com/user/uublogs UU Blogs]<br />
<br />
----<br />
'''Unitarian Universalists:''' ''Radically diverse. Spiritually alive. Justice centered. Our journey starts here.''</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Civil_Liberties&diff=4168Civil Liberties2005-12-18T22:45:21Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverting to pre Wiki Spam version</p>
<hr />
<div>In June 2002, UUA's [[General Assembly]] voted to study and act on the issue of Civil Liberties for two years, as part of the the [http://www.uua.org/csw/ Study Action Issue] process. In June of 2004, the <br />
[http://www.uua.org/csw/soc2004.html Civil Liberties Statement of Conscience] was adopted.<br />
<br />
This page serves as an space in which UUs can coordinate continuing efforts in support of this issue, and<br />
as a place for members of the CivilLiberties mailing list to share ideas in a more permanent manner.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/civilliberties CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/civilliberties/faq.html FAQ for the CivilLiberties Mailing List]<br />
* [http://www.uua.org/csw/2002guide.htm Civil Liberties Resource Guide]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UUBF-L&diff=4178UUBF-L2005-12-18T22:45:01Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverting to pre Wiki Spam version</p>
<hr />
<div>== User's Guide for The UUBF-L (The Email List of the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship)==<br />
<br />
'''Overview:'''<br />
<br />
For Unitarian Univeralists to explore Buddhism, and how Buddhism and UUism meet. Others are welcome, and all are expected to abide by a code of courtesy and kindness. (If, in the view of the list managers, someone violates these principles and will not change their ways, they will be suspended or removed from the list.)<br />
<br />
===What We Do on the List===<br />
<br />
Buddhism emphasizes practice over intellectual speculation. We are interested in learning about Buddhist practices, and offer the opportunity to talk about experience and issues with practice — formal, traditional methods, innovative techniques, and our whole lives as practice. For more information see [[UUBF-L: Practice Talk]].<br />
<br />
The Buddha's teachings come to us from other cultures. We share our understandings of how to interpret them for ours.<br />
<br />
Buddhism and UUism each teach certain fundamental values. (For example see [http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html The Principles and Purposes of the UUA], and Thich Nhat Hanh's [http://www.eskimo.com/%7etlotus/ethics/fourteen.html Fourteen Precepts of Interbeing].) We dialog here about concerns arising from these values.<br />
<br />
We report what's happening in the UU Buddhist community, and support each others' efforts with practical information, witnessing our experience mindfully<br />
<br />
In general, our topic is UU Buddhism, and Buddhism from a UU viewpoint.<br />
<br />
An electronic forum such as UUBF-L is like having a face-to-face discussion group in the centre of a hall, with a huge gallery around the outside. Anyone can walk in the doors, sit in the gallery for a while, shout out a comment or two, or come down and join the discussion. People are coming and going all the time, the quiet ones are afraid to speak up in public, and so on. The openness gets in the way of trust and deep sharing. We acknowledge this paradox, and work with it. <br />
<br />
==Details==<br />
*[[UUBF-L: What We Do on the List]]<br />
*[[A Code of Courtesy and Kindness]]<br />
*[[Important List Mechanics]] -- including how to subscribe<br />
<br />
==Behind the Scenes==<br />
*[[UUBF-L List Manager's Guide]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/uubf UUBF, Our parent organization]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UU-Money&diff=4171UU-Money2005-12-18T22:44:26Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverting to pre Wiki Spam version</p>
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<div>===Online Pledging===<br />
<br />
To simplify the paperwork involved in pledging,<br />
you can either just put a form on the web for printing out, or actually let people fill in an online form with the amount they expect to pledge for the year. In the latter case, it would be a good idea to use a secure web site (enable SSL/TLS).<br />
<br />
Examples:<br />
<br />
* http://www.uuaa.org/online_pledging.htm <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/Canvass.html <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/PledgeCard.html<br />
* http://www.austinuupledge.org<br />
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===Recommended Books===<br />
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A list of books recommended by other UU-money subscribers can be found online at [[UU-Money_Recommended_Book_List]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Other_UU_Wikis&diff=4268Other UU Wikis2005-12-16T19:29:03Z<p>JohnCooley: Added Corpus Christi Unitarian Universalist Church</p>
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<div>== Other UU Wikis ==<br />
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If you use a wiki in a UU environment, please include it in the list below.<br />
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* UUA is using an internal wiki to gather documentation about a site redesign. [http://www.aleiserson.org/ Anna Belle Leiserson], the chair of the UUA Information Technology and Communications Committee ([http://www.uua.org/administration/committees/itec/ ITEC]) writes ''[http://www.aleiserson.org/tuut/?p=37 UUA staff I’ve talked with are all very enthusiastic about this wiki.]''<br />
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* http://www.uucorpus.org/ -- Corpus Christi Unitarian Universalist Church uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki].<br />
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* http://www.uui.org/uuiki/ -- The UU Church of Indianapolis uses [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki] to plan worship services, and to provide information about church committees and the long range plan. [[User:LoriSir|LASS]] 21:10, 26 Jul 2004 (CDT)<br />
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* http://fpsudbury.org/ -- The First Parish of Sudbury uses [http://www.usemod.com UseMod Wiki] as the principle means of creating and maintaining its web pages. The home page is not a wiki page but most of the rest are. --[[User:TomYelton|TomYelton]] 11:10, 3 Dec 2004 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.universalistchurch.net/wiki/ -- for resources about Universalist Christian faith and practice. --[[UUser:Boyinthebands|Boyinthebands]] 17:09, 10 Feb 2005 (CST)<br />
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* http://www.uuca-md.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage -- UU Church of Annapolis uses PMwiki to tell the story of the congregation in celebration of its 50th Anniversary in 2006. [[User:NancyProctor|Nancy Proctor]]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Help:Contents&diff=4205Help:Contents2005-12-14T01:43:16Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 205.215.222.154, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>Here are some sources of help on how to use this wiki and how to edit pages.<br />
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide MediaWiki User's Guide] - the manual for the version of MediaWiki that UUWiki runs.<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] - The help pages at Wikipedia - a collaborative encyclopedia that also uses MediaWiki, and which has highly evolved advice and practices that can serve as a model for UUWiki.</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Unitarian_Jihad&diff=4139Unitarian Jihad2005-12-13T04:54:25Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 58.142.181.147, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>On 8 April 2005, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL humorist Jon Carroll wrote a piece on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; in the San Francisco Chronicle]. &quot;Jihad&quot; refers to a struggle for a principle or belief[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad]. As of 12 April<br />
a Google search on &quot;Unitarian Jihad&quot; found over 900 pages with that term on it. That increased to 36900 by the end of the first week.<br />
<br />
Carroll's use of humorous names in the essay is delightful. The names incorporate weapons (signifying passionate engagement) with peaceful epithets. May the Pepper Spray of your Passion interdepend with the<br />
Web of your Warm Humanitarianism.<br />
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Here are some more pointers to this amazing phenomenon:<br />
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*[http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html Get your own Unitarian Jihad name] <br />
*[http://www.livejournal.com/community/unitarian_jihad/ The International Unofficial Unitarian Jihad community on LiveJournal] previously known as The IED of Truth's Journal<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_jihad Wikipedia on Unitarian Jihad]<br />
*[http://www.philocrites.com/archives/001854.html Philocrites' analysis]<br />
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And some links on Unitarian Universalism:<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/CONG Find a Unitarian Universalist congregation near you] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html Learn what the UU movement stands for] <br />
*[http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/uufaq.html See a list of frequently asked questions about our radical struggle for human dignity and the democratic process] <br />
*[http://kinja.com/user/uublogs UU Blogs]<br />
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'''Unitarian Universalists:''' ''Radically diverse. Spiritually alive. Justice centered. Our journey starts here.''</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UUBF-L&diff=4134UUBF-L2005-12-13T04:54:07Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 213.30.157.221, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>== User's Guide for The UUBF-L (The Email List of the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship)==<br />
<br />
'''Overview:'''<br />
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For Unitarian Univeralists to explore Buddhism, and how Buddhism and UUism meet. Others are welcome, and all are expected to abide by a code of courtesy and kindness. (If, in the view of the list managers, someone violates these principles and will not change their ways, they will be suspended or removed from the list.)<br />
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===What We Do on the List===<br />
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Buddhism emphasizes practice over intellectual speculation. We are interested in learning about Buddhist practices, and offer the opportunity to talk about experience and issues with practice — formal, traditional methods, innovative techniques, and our whole lives as practice. For more information see [[UUBF-L: Practice Talk]].<br />
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The Buddha's teachings come to us from other cultures. We share our understandings of how to interpret them for ours.<br />
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Buddhism and UUism each teach certain fundamental values. (For example see [http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html The Principles and Purposes of the UUA], and Thich Nhat Hanh's [http://www.eskimo.com/%7etlotus/ethics/fourteen.html Fourteen Precepts of Interbeing].) We dialog here about concerns arising from these values.<br />
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We report what's happening in the UU Buddhist community, and support each others' efforts with practical information, witnessing our experience mindfully<br />
<br />
In general, our topic is UU Buddhism, and Buddhism from a UU viewpoint.<br />
<br />
An electronic forum such as UUBF-L is like having a face-to-face discussion group in the centre of a hall, with a huge gallery around the outside. Anyone can walk in the doors, sit in the gallery for a while, shout out a comment or two, or come down and join the discussion. People are coming and going all the time, the quiet ones are afraid to speak up in public, and so on. The openness gets in the way of trust and deep sharing. We acknowledge this paradox, and work with it. <br />
<br />
==Details==<br />
*[[UUBF-L: What We Do on the List]]<br />
*[[A Code of Courtesy and Kindness]]<br />
*[[Important List Mechanics]] -- including how to subscribe<br />
<br />
==Behind the Scenes==<br />
*[[UUBF-L List Manager's Guide]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.uua.org/uubf UUBF, Our parent organization]</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=Installation_experiences&diff=4136Installation experiences2005-12-13T04:53:53Z<p>JohnCooley: Reverted edit of 61.110.75.52, changed back to last version by JohnCooley</p>
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<div>'''Installation experiences'''<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.4.4 - the current stable release.<br />
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I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old stylesheets/images directory to the new skins/common/images directory.<br />
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Also, I remembered to to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
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Finally, I copied the value of $wgSpamRegex from /includes/DefaultSettings.php to the new file.<br />
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--Jim 05/26/05<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.7 - the current release.<br />
<br />
I remembered to move the custom wiki.png from the old /stylesheets/images directory to the new installation directory.<br />
<br />
In addition, I have to chmod a+w images to allow access to a temporary directory.<br />
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--Jim 10/23/04<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.5 - the current release.<br />
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This time I remembered to move the custom wiki.png.<br />
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--Jim 10/9/04<br />
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Upgraded to MediaWiki-1.3.0 - the current release.<br />
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I turned off the Global_registers settings. Let's see if anything breaks.<br />
<br />
I had to make the images directory writable again. This is due to running in Safe Mode.<br />
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--Jim 8/14/04<br />
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It worked!<br />
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I got MediaWiki-1.3beta5 to install.<br />
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I had to increase the PHP memory limit to 20M and make the images directory writable.<br />
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--Jim<br />
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Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]<br />
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.</div>JohnCooleyhttps://uuism.net/uuwiki/index.php?title=UU-Money&diff=4133UU-Money2005-12-11T23:25:02Z<p>JohnCooley: Removed Wikispam</p>
<hr />
<div>===Online Pledging===<br />
<br />
To simplify the paperwork involved in pledging,<br />
you can either just put a form on the web for printing out, or actually let people fill in an online form with the amount they expect to pledge for the year. In the latter case, it would be a good idea to use a secure web site (enable SSL/TLS).<br />
<br />
Examples:<br />
<br />
* http://www.uuaa.org/online_pledging.htm <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/Canvass.html <br />
* http://www.uueugene.org/finances/PledgeCard.html<br />
* http://www.austinuupledge.org<br />
<br />
<br />
===Recommended Books===<br />
<br />
A list of books recommended by other UU-money subscribers can be found online at [[UU-Money_Recommended_Book_List]]</div>JohnCooley