[WikiEN-l] Bible websites

[Ray Saintonge]

Tim Starling wrote:
> A lot of bible references don't have a link at all. Maybe we could add
> a magic link feature, like we have for RFC and PMID. Then whenever
> someone types something that looks like a bible verse reference in
> plain text, MediaWiki would automatically convert it to a link. For
> cultural neutrality it would obviously have to be internationalised
> and support a number of other religious texts. Not impossible though.
>   

The technical hurdles are undoubtedly less onerous than the 
socio-cultural ones.  For the English Bible agreement on one version 
would be tough. There are other situations where the desired version may 
be very specific.

Wikisource also hosts the Qur'an.

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