Per Weo

Map of state religions

You edited the map of state religions by re-adding Norway, which now has no official/national state religion.

You cite the Norwegian Wikipedia page for the Church of Norway (now the Peoples' Church)

Here is that translated into English: The Norwegian Church, formerly called the Church, is the largest church in Norway and until the 21 May 2012 the official religion in Norway . At the Reformation in 1537 introduced the Denmark-Norway Lutheranism and broke relations with the church in Rome . The Norwegian Church was then placed under the Danish-Norwegian king's authority, and was in the Eidsvold Constitution of the 17 May 1814 a statutory state church , subject to parliamentary and government . King of Norway thus became the church's symbolic leader. With an Episcopalian - synodal organizational structure appears to the Norwegian Church also as a religious community .

______

As you can plainly see, it is no longer the official religion. Please fix this by going back to the previous map. Thank you. --Smart (talk) 05:04, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Please familiarize yourself with the issue. The Church of Norway is Norway's state church. I can not "plainly see" that it's not Norway's state church when the Minister of Church Affairs says the "Church of Norway remains Norway's state church". That's simply the original research of Wikipedia editors. Per Weo (talk) 05:17, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

The former Minister of Church Affairs said that four years ago... 3s (talk) 21:14, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

The Minister of Church Affairs at the time the decision was made, Trond Giske, said the Church of Norway will remain the state church at the time the decision was announced, after the Labour Party (and the Centre Party) had decided upon retaining the state church. The Storting has not passed any resolution contradicting the decision they made, and the government has not in any way contradicted what they announced when they reached the decision to retain the state church, which is the policy of the Labour Party and the Centre Party that form the current government (with the Socialist Left Party). The odd idea that the state church is abolished (despite being designated "(remains) Norway's people's church" in the constitution (folkekirke is primarily known as the name of the Danish state church), being regulated by the Church Law, being part of the state administration and much more) is pure invention by Wikipedia users who disagree with the decision made by the Storting and the current government, and who are unable to cite any sources supporting their claims. If you want the state church to be abolished, then write letters to the editor or to your local Storting representatives. Per Weo (talk) 10:32, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia

The article Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Individual churches not intrinsically notable. No reliable sources indicate notability.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Shadowjams (talk) 05:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Shadowjams (talk) 05:49, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Discussion which you may wish to join

You updated the image page File:Map of state religions.svg. That image page was used as an example in a currently-ongoing discussion at Wikipedia talk:Verifiability#Verifiability policy for images offered and used to illustrate article content. You may be interested in joining that discussion. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 17:43, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.

This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help this dispute come to a resolution. Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you! I am not the filing party, merely notifying you to a case being opened about the Church of Norway. Cheers, Drcrazy102 (talk) 00:51, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Please reply either here or at DRN to indicate whether you are willing to take part on content dispute resolution by moderated discussion. Moderated content dispute discussion is voluntary, but is recommended. I am aware that you have not edited Wikipedia in four days. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:38, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Church of Norway

Please stop removing the phrase "relaxed the ties between state and church". This is a clear and undisputed fact, wording is taken from a source you added. --— Erik Jr. 12:56, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

No, it is not "a clear and undisputed fact," but a point of view on the recent changes. Other sources cited state the opposite. There have been some adjustments, whether they "relax the ties between state and church" is very much open to debate. Mostly, in fact, they don't change these ties to any significant extent. The only somewhat important change was that the church can hire their bishops and provosts directly, but virtually any state agency, such as a university or college, now has the same powers to hire e.g. professors directly (they were also appointed by the government in the past), and this doesn't mean that there are no ties between the state and the University of Oslo for example. Per Weo (talk) 03:43, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Christianity Barnstar
		Dear Per Weo, I award you The Christianity Barnstar for all your hard work in WikiProject Christianity-related articles, especially your edits on the article about the Church of Norway. Keep up the good work! Your efforts are making a difference here and I hope that you will decide to continue to remain active on Wikipedia. With regards, AnupamTalk 21:49, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much! --Per Weo (talk) 22:08, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Redirect

Hello User:Per Weo, thank you for your creation of the redirect article, People's church. I wanted to let you know that I redirected it to the specific article that discusses state Churches, rather than the general one that discusses state religions. I hope this helps. With regards, Anupam^Talk 15:15, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Ok, that seems like a good solution. --Per Weo (talk) 22:53, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:31, 24 November 2020 (UTC)