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== Community Bulletin Board  ==
== Community Bulletin Board  ==


=== Creating new articles ===
=== Discussions needing community input ===


*FamilySearch Wiki is "international" so any article with a general title such as "The Census" should really cover the entire globe! If you are writing an article which applies to one country only, then that should be made clear in the title of the article, such as ''The Census in England'' or ''England Census‎'' etc..
*There is an ongoing discussion about the development of record-type articles. The two discussion points include: (1) The headings that should be used in record-type articles, and (2) The pros and cons of having long article or short articles with multiple links between them. This discussion is taking place within the context of the [[Maryland Newspapers|Maryland Newspapers]] article. Join the discussion on the talk page at: [[Talk:Maryland Newspapers|Talk:Maryland Newspapers]].
*To make your article easier to find by others, make sure you insert a Category at the end of the article, e.g. <nowiki>[[Category:Scotland]]</nowiki>
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|Naming Conventions for Project Pages]]. People are having trouble finding project pages because we're naming them so many different ways and putting them in multiple namespaces. Please help us figure out what to do by adding to the [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|discussion page]].
 
=== Notices  ===
 
*[[List of changes to the Research Wiki skin|List of changes to the Research Wiki skin]]


=== Projects seeking contributors  ===
=== Projects seeking contributors  ===


&nbsp;(Add new projects at the top of this list.)
(Add new projects at the top of this list.)  


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]], a project to help professional genealogical researchers&nbsp;market their services.
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]], a project to help professional genealogical researchers;market their services.  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki|Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki]]  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki|Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki]]  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records|FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records]].  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records|FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records]].  
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*The [[England Barn Raising Tasks|England Barn Raising]] project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.  
*The [[England Barn Raising Tasks|England Barn Raising]] project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|Linking to&nbsp;Record Search]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to new indexes and digitized records in FamilySearch [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# Record Search].  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|Linking to&nbsp;Record Search]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to new indexes and digitized records in FamilySearch [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# Record Search].  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on&nbsp;the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php BYU Family History Archives] site.  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on&nbsp;the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php BYU Family History Archives] site.
 
[[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Copying Research Guidance and Help Content to the Wiki]]
 
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maryland News and Events|WikiProject Maryland News and&nbsp;Events]] needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the [[Portal:Maryland|Maryland Portal]].  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maryland News and Events|WikiProject Maryland News and&nbsp;Events]] needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the [[Portal:Maryland|Maryland Portal]].  
*[[Portal:Denmark|Denmark]] has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.  
*[[Portal:Denmark|Denmark]] has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.  
*[[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Copy Research Guidance and Help Content]] from FamilySearch into the Wiki.
*[[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Copy Research Guidance and Help Content]] from FamilySearch into the Wiki.  
 
=== Discussions  ===
 
Discussions that are asking for wider attention include:
 
*There is an ongoing discussion about the development of record-type articles. The two discussion points include: (1) The headings that should be used in record-type articles, and (2) The pros and cons of having long article or short articles with multiple links between them. This discussion is taking place within the context of the [[Maryland Newspapers|Maryland Newspapers]] article. Join the discussion on the talk page at: [[Talk:Maryland Newspapers|Talk:Maryland Newspapers]].
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|Naming Conventions for Project Pages]]. People are having trouble finding project pages because we're naming them so many different ways and putting them in multiple namespaces. Please help us figure out what to do by adding to the [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|discussion page]].
 
== Help is Needed  ==
 
=== Things to do  ===
 
==== Copying content from FamilySearch Internet to FamilySearch Wiki  ====
 
Several kinds of content are on FamilySearch Internet that are not yet on the wiki. We need to copy this content to the wiki&nbsp;because the wiki is meant to replace Research Helps and Research Guidance soon. For a list of the content that need to be copied to the wiki, see&nbsp;[[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content]].
 
==== Periodical Source Index  ====
 
There are several articles throughout FamilySearch Wiki that refer to the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). Help improve the content by linking all the articles that discuss PERSI to the complete [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]] article that already exists in the Wiki. To find all the articles that discuss PERSI, type the term "persi" in the search box and click the Search button.
 
==== Danish content  ====
 
*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision|FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision]]  
*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision|FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision]]  
*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Directories|FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Directories]]
*There are several articles throughout FamilySearch Wiki that refer to the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). Help improve the content by linking all the articles that discuss PERSI to the complete [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]] article that already exists in the Wiki. To find all the articles that discuss PERSI, type the term "persi" in the search box and click the Search button.
*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Jurisdictions|FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Jurisdictions]]
*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Lægd Numbers after 1869|FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Lægd Numbers after 1869]]
*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Newspapers|FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Newspapers]]
*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Orphanages|FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Orphanages]]


=== Fix-up projects  ===
=== Continuous maintenance projects  ===


*[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]  
*[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]  
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*[[Special:Wantedpages|Stub Pages]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are over 5,000 wanted pages. The wanted pages are those that were created as a stub article, meaning the beginning of an article that needs to be written. There are two ways to view the list of stub/wanted pages, (1) [[:Category:Stubs|Stub pages]] and (2) [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]]. Both lists are the same, but are organized differently. Find one of interest and add what you know about the subject.  
*[[Special:Wantedpages|Stub Pages]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are over 5,000 wanted pages. The wanted pages are those that were created as a stub article, meaning the beginning of an article that needs to be written. There are two ways to view the list of stub/wanted pages, (1) [[:Category:Stubs|Stub pages]] and (2) [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]]. Both lists are the same, but are organized differently. Find one of interest and add what you know about the subject.  
*[[Special:Wantedcategories|Wanted Categories]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are 438 categories that need a description added to the category page.
*[[Special:Wantedcategories|Wanted Categories]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are 438 categories that need a description added to the category page.
=== Creating new articles  ===
*FamilySearch Wiki is "international" so any article with a general title such as "The Census" should really cover the entire globe! If you are writing an article which applies to one country only, then that should be made clear in the title of the article, such as ''The Census in England'' or ''England Census‎'' etc..
*To make your article easier to find by others, make sure you insert a Category at the end of the article, e.g. <nowiki>[[Category:Scotland]]</nowiki>
=== Notices  ===
*[[List of changes to the Research Wiki skin|List of Changes to the Research Wiki Skin]]


== Article Collaboration  ==
== Article Collaboration  ==
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== See Also  ==
== See Also  ==


*[[FamilySearch Wiki User Group]] meets weekly online to discuss various aspects of contributing to the wiki.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal Wikipedia:Community portal] yields ideas that can help this page evolve.  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal Wikipedia:Community portal] yields ideas that can help this page evolve.  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia:WikiProject] is a nice, simple way to list many&nbsp;projects.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia:WikiProject] is a nice, simple way to list many&nbsp;projects.
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