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==Launch campaign== | |||
=== Round 1 ideas === | |||
Here are **20 timeless selling points** for saintapedia.org. These focus on its **unique structure**, **functionality**, and **enduring value** as a specialized Catholic wiki—without tying to any fluctuating statistics or details that require frequent updates. | |||
These points emphasize what makes Saintapedia **structurally unique** and **permanently valuable**, positioning it as an essential, evergreen tool for devotees, educators, researchers, and anyone seeking deeper connection to Catholic saints and traditions. | |||
1. **Deeply Interconnected Data Structure** — Unlike general encyclopedias, Saintapedia uses Cargo tables to link saints directly to parishes, shrines, dioceses, countries, and feasts, creating a rich web of relationships that reveals the global spread of Catholic devotion. | |||
2. **Dynamic Auto-Generated Content** — Saint pages (like Saint Francis of Assisi) feature live-query sections with maps, lists of dedicated parishes, and related shrines—content that pulls seamlessly from interconnected tables and updates automatically as the community adds data. | |||
3. **Powerful Drilldown Exploration Tool** — The Special:Drilldown feature lets users filter data intuitively (e.g., saints by patronage, parishes by country, or dioceses by region), turning the wiki into an advanced research engine for Catholic heritage. | |||
4. **Geographic Emphasis on Catholic Presence** — Organized around real-world locations, it connects saints to the places they inspire—from local parishes to national patronages—making abstract faith tangible through maps and regional portals. | |||
5. **Visual Mapping of Dedications** — Integrated Leaflet maps dynamically plot parishes, shrines, and significant sites tied to each saint, offering an immediate visual understanding of their influence across the world. | |||
6. **Structured Patronage Networks** — Explore how saints serve as patrons for countries, regions, professions, and causes, with direct links to related entities, highlighting the layered roles saints play in Catholic life. | |||
7. **Rich Media Integration** — SaintMedia tables embed curated videos and resources directly on pages, providing multimedia context to biographies and devotions for more engaging learning. | |||
8. **Curated Prayer Repository** — A dedicated Prayers table connects traditional and saint-specific prayers to relevant pages, serving as a ready resource for personal devotion and liturgical use. | |||
9. **Marian Titles and Devotions Hub** — Comprehensive coverage of Our Lady’s titles links each to associated history, shrines, and practices, fostering deeper Marian piety. | |||
10. **Shrine and Pilgrimage Guides** — Detailed shrine entries connect relics, indulgences, and historical events to saints, functioning as a virtual pilgrimage companion. | |||
11. **Ecclesiastical Hierarchy Mapping** — Dioceses and bishops are structured with links to parishes and countries, offering a clear view of Church governance and historical continuity. | |||
12. **Feast Day Liturgical Connections** — Feasts table ties directly to saints and prayers, helping users explore the rhythm of the Catholic calendar in context. | |||
13. **Community-Driven Yet Structured Growth** — Built on wiki principles with Cargo templates for consistency, it ensures contributions enhance interconnected accuracy without chaos. | |||
14. **Specialized Focus on Catholic Tradition** — Unlike broad wikis, every element centers on saints and Church life, creating a focused, reliable archive of hagiography and ecclesiology. | |||
15. **Cross-Referencing for Scholars and Educators** — Interlinks between saints, locations, and media make it an ideal tool for teaching, research, and catechesis with verifiable connections. | |||
16. **Global Catholic Demographics Lens** — Country and subdivision data provide context on where the faith has taken root and which saints protect each place. | |||
17. **Gallery and Visual Resource Support** — Dedicated tables for images and galleries enrich pages with iconography, artwork, and photography tied to saints and sites. | |||
18. **Significant Life Locations Highlighted** — Saint pages map key places from birth to miracles, bringing their stories to life through geographic storytelling. | |||
19. **Template-Driven Consistency** — Uniform templates across tables ensure clean, comparable data—making navigation and discovery intuitive and professional. | |||
20. **One-Stop Catholic Heritage Portal** — Combines biography, geography, liturgy, media, and devotion in a single, queryable platform—standing out as the most interconnected and functional online resource for exploring the communion of saints. | |||
==Related== | ==Related== | ||
*[[Portal:Tasks]] | *[[Portal:Tasks]] | ||