User talk:Dirkwillems

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Concern regarding Draft:Liturgical Books of American Congregationalism

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:02, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Liturgical Books of American Congregationalism

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:56, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: List of Confessional Protestant denominations in North America (February 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Stuartyeates was:

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This is going to require significantly better sourcing.

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Stuartyeates (talk) 18:25, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Stuartyeates What needs sourcing? Dirkwillems (talk) 22:44, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dirkwillems The list makes a whole claim about a whole ton denominations, without sourcing that claim. 130.195.253.53 (talk) 10:54, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@130.195.253.53 what claim? That they're confessional? It seems like an immediately apparent identifier that needn't be cited. Articles like "list of presbyteriam and reformed denominations in North America" doesn't use citations for its list. Dirkwillems (talk) 20:15, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Berean Standard Bible (March 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by BuySomeApples were:

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BuySomeApples (talk) 08:07, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Incredible

It has been so painful for me to have that page with the wrong name for so long. I'm in shock. Outstanding work. -- JFHutson (talk) 20:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I admire your patience! Thanks for seeing it through. Dirkwillems (talk) 01:48, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Friedens Church of Washington has been accepted

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Bkissin (talk) 23:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Protestant

While - as your edit summary for EKD suggests - both "Protestant" and "Evangelical" may be translations of "evangelisch", there is a big difference between Protestantism and Evangelicalism. The EKD had "Evangelical" for a long time, which is why it became the common name, but now realized how ambiguous that is. We can follow their insight, or stick to the common name. Discussion on the article talk. Perhaps find a way to say that the organization uses Protestant now in the lead? And no, that is not "also known", - it is not known enough yet. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note of thanks

Just wanted to thank you for driving the name change on Reformed Christianity. The old name always bothered me, but I frankly didn't have it in me to argue for a change to "Reformed."

I hope that your small change will make this page an even better tool for education rather than reductionism about a school of thought that owes so much to Calvin, but also to so many others before and after him, from Paul of Tarsus to John Frame. Wobblygriswold (talk) 14:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Dirkwillems/sandbox

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:56, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:List of Confessional Protestant denominations in North America

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