Thread:Jackhammer005/@comment-5175866-20170716184711

Hi Jackhammer! Welcome to Bible Wiki, I am Superdadsuper an Admin here on the wiki. I am glad to see you are interested in writing about Biblical topics, particuarly Angels. I wanted to give you a brief rundown about our wiki, but also explain why I deleted your "Raphael" and "Azrael" pages (and why several of your edits will have to be reverted").

Bible Wiki strives to be a comprehensive encyclopedia about biblical topics from a Biblical Point of View. Unlike Wikipedia we do not go into speculation on the Bible's credibility or go into "different viewpoints" on biblical subjects. We treat the Bible as if it is truthful and do not include contradictory or secondary (not equal in authority) material. Not only does this confuse readers (most really just want to hear what the Bible has to say on it), but it wittles down the importance and inspiration of Scripture.

For this reason Raphael and Azrael were deleted; some of your edits will also be reverted. I know you are citing their inclusion based on them being in the "Hebrew Bible (Talmud), Islamic Bible (Koran) and Catholic/Orthodox Church" canons. Part of our Biblical Point of View and Beliefs states that we believe the Bible to be the 66 books that is usually considered "Protestant canon". All edits on the wiki must comply with our Beliefs and Biblical Point of View.

We do not include the Apocrypha for many reasons, but most importantly it lacks the same authority as the rest of the Bible to designate it as canon. The Apocrypha certaintly has some valuable pieces of literature and historical facts, but it is contradictory to itself and the rest of the Bible. There are other reasons based on historical evidence on why the Apocrypha can't be considered canon. If you want more details on this I suggest you ask SouthWriter- an Admin and our resident Bible Scholar.

I am sorry that all of your hardwork has to be deleted. You also cited "other" Bibles including the information you contributed. The Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament ) does not name an Angel of Death, but Jewish commentary accepted as "near-canon" by Jews called the Talmud does give the name of Azrael. The Old Testament never names him. We do not accept the Talmud nor the Koran's information as canonical and on the same level as the Bible. Per what I stated earlier information only in those sources cannot be included. We wish to bring truthful content from the Bible to light in a detailed way without deviating to speculation or different viewpoints on a subject.

For those reason the Raphael & Azrael pages must be deleted. The added lines on the Heaven article, the classification of Gabriel as an Archangel (Scripturally only Michael is named as an Archanagel) amongst others must be reverted. Categories are only needed when there is at least three of a subject (this isn't the main reason why the category will be removed but I wanted to let you know). I am sorry your hard work has been reverted. I do appreciate your attempts to add information. I would like to encourage you to keep editing with information from the Bible. I would be more than happy to help clarify anything else and explain our purpose as a ministry.

In Christ, Superdadsuper, Bible Wiki Administrator and Bureaucrat 18:47, July 16, 2017 (UTC) 