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:*Change the Manual Style regarding reference to for pay sites in the wiki. (discussed 2 weeks ago) | :*Change the Manual Style regarding reference to for pay sites in the wiki. (discussed 2 weeks ago) | ||
::'''Present Policy'''<br>If you refer to a subscription website or one which has a charge to obtain information, use the "$" to indicate that there may be a fee for the site. | *:*::'''Present Policy'''<br> | ||
::'''Proposed Policy'''<br>If you refer to a subscription website or one which has a charge to obtain information, clearly state that it is a “for pay” web site. For tables, you may use a symbol to refer to a footnote at the bottom of the table that states the site is a for pay site. You should use the symbol of the currency required by the site (such as "$" or “£”).<br> | *::If you refer to a subscription website or one which has a charge to obtain information, use the "$" to indicate that there may be a fee for the site. | ||
*::'''Proposed Policy'''<br> | |||
*::If you refer to a subscription website or one which has a charge to obtain information, clearly state that it is a “for pay” web site. For tables, you may use a symbol to refer to a footnote at the bottom of the table that states the site is a for pay site. You should use the symbol of the currency required by the site (such as "$" or “£”).<br> | |||
*::There are images that may require a payment on FamilySearch, (free site but may cost for certain images or people without LDS accounts).Useability testing - could it be done in a FHL class? (Carol Smith)Four leading currencies - make a small graphic that show the four symbols and just use that graphic for consistency. That could possibly eliminate wording. Lee will put together a graphic and then we'll see about some useability testing. | |||
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=== Business/Announcements === | === Business/Announcements === | ||
:* | :*Box on Main page - New to the Research Wiki (Lee Drew) | ||
:*Eliminate the box or use it as a type of "billboard" with new information occassionally (make it smaller?) | |||
:*This would take engineering currency that we don't want to lose now. Should we just wait for the new Home Page design. If we can change the wording now, we would like ideas for that. | |||
=== Moderators and Adopters === | === Moderators and Adopters === | ||
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:-User Guidance Team | :-User Guidance Team | ||
This really isn't a discussion about the article, and does not actually have any chance of helping prevent inadvertent or intentional edits to the bibdesc coding. Because it acts as a barrier to the important role of healthy dialogue regarding the content of an article, I propose that this text be removed from all talk pages where it appears. [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 00:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC) <br> | This really isn't a discussion about the article, and does not actually have any chance of helping prevent inadvertent or intentional edits to the bibdesc coding. Because it acts as a barrier to the important role of healthy dialogue regarding the content of an article, I propose that this text be removed from all talk pages where it appears. [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 00:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
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Use the Talk page for the intended purpose, rather than an instructional page. Dorothy is willing to have missionaries remove the existing text from pages that have it. <br> <br> It makes sense to embed some explanation of the bibdesc coding within each page using the nowiki code.[[User:Donjgen|Donjgen]] 01:27, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
*Revisit the topic from last week's meeting regarding the text and link pointing to "[[Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections|Help:How to Create Source Citations for FamilySearch Historical Record Collections]]" on all HRC articles. Discussion on the [https://familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?p=66860#post66860 forum thread]. [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 20:41, 17 July 2012 (UTC) <br> | *Revisit the topic from last week's meeting regarding the text and link pointing to "[[Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections|Help:How to Create Source Citations for FamilySearch Historical Record Collections]]" on all HRC articles. Discussion on the [https://familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?p=66860#post66860 forum thread]. [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 20:41, 17 July 2012 (UTC) <br> | ||
*Lise has prepared a document with a proposal for a different placement of the citations and how to give readers help with citations | |||
*Style guide question about references: What is the current thought about showing references within the text versus footnoting the reference? Is there a style guide suggestion? Whick format is more useful to the wiki user? Does putting the reference within the text clutter the page? | *Style guide question about references: What is the current thought about showing references within the text versus footnoting the reference? Is there a style guide suggestion? Whick format is more useful to the wiki user? Does putting the reference within the text clutter the page? | ||