Monthly Archives: July 2007

1,000 articles on Mormonwiki

If you’re new here, read more about the More Good Foundation. We help members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon church) share their beliefs on the Internet. Learn more about what Mormons believe or talk with Mormons at LDS.net.I thought that it would be nice to keep a [...]

Spam Attacks Halted by Modern Revelation

MormonWiki.com is our collaborative site where Church members can write articles on Mormon beliefs and doctrines. The potential downside of a collaborative site (a “wiki”) is that spammers and vandals can participate too.
Among the most prolific participants at Mormonwiki.com is Rick Willoughby, who has volunteered countless hours to write articles and combat spam and vandalism. [...]

Mormon Testimonies: new videos

Mormon Testimonies is growing but we need more written and video testimonies, especially conversion stories.
These are a few new ones that you may like:
Susan Easton Black (link to the site)

Valerie Finnegan, a convert from Scotland (link to the site)

Ott Dameron, a convert from the US (link to the site)

Giuseppe.. I know this guy very well. [...]

Number 4: Edit Mormonwiki.com or Wikipedia.org

This is a series of posts about 12 Ways to Share the Gospel online.
I am going to broaden this category a bit as well. Instead of just editing one of these wikis feel free to write a new article as well. I have to admit that writing or editing for a wiki is [...]

Number 12: Volunteer with the More Good Foundation

This is a series of posts about 12 Ways to Share the Gospel online.
As I am an employee of the More Good Foundation I haven’t exactly ‘volunteered’ with the Foundation. But because I am an employee I know how much we rely on and desperately need volunteers. This work can not possibly reach [...]

Number 10: Share your beliefs in a Facebook Note

This is a series of posts about 12 Ways to Share the Gospel online.
Again this option is very easy to do, the only ‘catch’ is that you have to have a Facebook account. Facebook is a great tool for social networking and keeping in contact with friends and family. All you have to [...]

Number 8: Post your testimony on mormontestimonies.org

This is a series of posts about 12 Ways to Share the Gospel online.
This one is basically the same as number 2. But since there are no language requirements there should be no exceptions to this one…everyone can write their testimony and post it online at mormontestimonies.org! You can even write more than [...]

Number 7: Post mission and wedding photos on Flickr

This is a series of posts about 12 Ways to Share the Gospel online.
I found that posting pictures on Flickr was fairly simple but I’ll go through a few of the steps here to avoid as muchconfusion as possible.
1) Go to Flickr.com. If you already have a Yahoo! email account or you created one [...]

Number 5: Link to good websites (not just lds.org)

This is a series of posts about 12 Ways to Share the Gospel online.
There are many reasons that placing links in your site is very important. Linking to other sites creates a sense of community. It also helps create exposure for other good, positive LDS sites. While lds.org is of course a [...]

Write fewer emails, more blog posts

After The Mormons aired, I contacted a fellow who had written a lengthy email to PBS complaining about inaccuracies in the show. He regretted sending the hastily written email because it lacked the tact and style that would have been more characteristic of him. But his email already had wings — it was being forwarded [...]