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=== Updates and follow up === | === Updates and follow up === | ||
:* Discuss policy for protecting and unprotecting pages; see the sandbox for a proposed [[User:SuperGenealogist/ | :*Discuss policy for protecting and unprotecting pages; see the sandbox for a proposed [[User:SuperGenealogist/Sandbox 5|FamilySearch Wiki:Page Protection Policy]] page. Please place any comments on the [[User talk:SuperGenealogist/Sandbox 5|talk]] page. | ||
:*New template: Protect | |||
:*Could a protected page (such as a presentation to a conference) be copied and uploaded as a PDF and then the original page could link to that, but the page about the article could be edited. | |||
:*We need a proposal on how to handle conference addresses, such as World Conference? They are asking for contributions to a book they are producing. | |||
:*Link to books (BYU collections, etc.), rather than have the whole address in an article. If they're available in a digital version, they should be linked to. World Conference on Records are available on FS.org and a link can be provided. Page could then be unprotected. | |||
=== Business/Announcements === | === Business/Announcements === | ||
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:*Use of repetitive text to explain a link. See items under Church, Court and Land on the [[Adams County, Ohio|Adams County, Ohio]] page as an example.) | :*Use of repetitive text to explain a link. See items under Church, Court and Land on the [[Adams County, Ohio|Adams County, Ohio]] page as an example.) | ||
:*What words to "bury" a link under. Title of the web site? Explanation of what users will find? Something else? | :*What words to "bury" a link under. Title of the web site? Explanation of what users will find? Something else? | ||
:*Other examlpes/ideas? | :*Other examlpes/ideas? | ||
:*"Vital records at . . ." | |||
:*Somerset County,PA - good example of linking | |||
:*We need some good examples of linking - patterns that could be used | |||
The article [http://groundwire.org/resources/articles/writing-online-best-practices Writing Online: Best Practices] had some very solid suggestions. [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 14:29, 1 August 2012 (UTC) | The article [http://groundwire.org/resources/articles/writing-online-best-practices Writing Online: Best Practices] had some very solid suggestions. [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 14:29, 1 August 2012 (UTC) | ||
<br> Any interest in a project to add pages for [http://www.utexas.edu/opa/blogs/culturalcompass/2012/07/26/manuscript-waste/ "crowdsourcing" projects like this] in the community? -- [[User:VasquezJL|janellv]] {{toolbar|[[User talk:VasquezJL|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/VasquezJL|contribs]]}} 15:11, 2 August 2012 (UTC) | <br> Any interest in a project to add pages for [http://www.utexas.edu/opa/blogs/culturalcompass/2012/07/26/manuscript-waste/ "crowdsourcing" projects like this] in the community? -- [[User:VasquezJL|janellv]] {{toolbar|[[User talk:VasquezJL|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/VasquezJL|contribs]]}} 15:11, 2 August 2012 (UTC) | ||
Would it be a good idea to have a page on the Wiki that could list projects like this that need volunteers - family history oriented projects, with the Wiki being number 1. | |||
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Is there still a size limit on Wiki pages? [[User:Murphynw|Murphynw]] 19:02, 2 August 2012 (UTC) | Is there still a size limit on Wiki pages? [[User:Murphynw|Murphynw]] 19:02, 2 August 2012 (UTC) The warning message doesn't come up anymore - warning about long pages. Special pages lists Long pages. There is a limit to file sizes. Suggested limit is 35,000 bytes. A useability group to test some of these items would be great. | ||
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