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To post comments for the answers you recommend, please go to [[What New Users and Contributors Want to Make Wiki Easier|What New Users and Contributors Want to Make Wiki Easier]]. Then, please add your "Vote" for what you feel is most urgent and important at [[Newbies Priorities|Newbies Priorities]]. Experienced user/contributor feedback on early, new user experiences is also needed. This page is not placed on [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ forums.familysearch.org] to simplify access for newbies. | To post comments for the answers you recommend, please go to [[What New Users and Contributors Want to Make Wiki Easier|What New Users and Contributors Want to Make Wiki Easier]]. Then, please add your "Vote" for what you feel is most urgent and important at [[Newbies Priorities|Newbies Priorities]]. Experienced user/contributor feedback on early, new user experiences is also needed. This page is not placed on [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ forums.familysearch.org] to simplify access for newbies. | ||
Written and verbal feedback already received has been posted below. Please feel free to sign your comments or leave them annonymous. Thanks! Kara aka [[User:CK Whipple|CK Whipple]] 17:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
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*There's no way to know if my feedback is heard, so why bother? | |||
*The Community Portal is too cluttered. Is it even being monitored? | *There's no way to know if my feedback is heard, so why bother? | ||
*I'm embarrassed to suggest that my professional colleagues contribute. | *The Community Portal is too cluttered. Is it even being monitored? | ||
*Why do we need forums separate from the wiki? And a separate sign-in? | *I'm embarrassed to suggest that my professional colleagues contribute. | ||
*It would be nice if there was a central "bank" from which we could copy and paste references when we edit. Many are used frequently and the only format that I've found is within "footnotes"--which doesn't work. | *Why do we need forums separate from the wiki? And a separate sign-in? | ||
*I'm discouraged by the complexities: discussion pages on multiple levels, forums, creating columns/tables, importing images, placing signatures on a discussion page is different than doing so in forums, sandboxes, user pages, why there can't be one editing tool instead of two that do two different things. | *It would be nice if there was a central "bank" from which we could copy and paste references when we edit. Many are used frequently and the only format that I've found is within "footnotes"--which doesn't work. | ||
*I'm discouraged by the complexities: discussion pages on multiple levels, forums, creating columns/tables, importing images, placing signatures on a discussion page is different than doing so in forums, sandboxes, user pages, why there can't be one editing tool instead of two that do two different things. | |||
*The wiki is hard to use because it is hard to figure out the best way to search. Perhaps add a few tips on how to search. | *The wiki is hard to use because it is hard to figure out the best way to search. Perhaps add a few tips on how to search. | ||
*Don't like having to sign in again to link to the forum. | *Don't like having to sign in again to link to the forum. | ||
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*Why 'wiki-text' and not just the 'copy and paste' possibility? | *Why 'wiki-text' and not just the 'copy and paste' possibility? | ||
*When you minimize your screen on your monitor, the navigation on the right side of the page (or anything that is on that side) should not disappear to the bottom of the screen where people can't find it. | *When you minimize your screen on your monitor, the navigation on the right side of the page (or anything that is on that side) should not disappear to the bottom of the screen where people can't find it. | ||
*Sorry, I just find it a pain to work with and postpone it as long as I can!!! | *Sorry, I just find it a pain to work with and postpone it as long as I can!!! | ||
*Great application!!! Fun to use. Keep text on the left instead of RHS. Better to scroll to navigation rather than for every line of text. It's time to nail down the place naming policy. Glitz and colour are unimportant. | *Great application!!! Fun to use. Keep text on the left instead of RHS. Better to scroll to navigation rather than for every line of text. It's time to nail down the place naming policy. Glitz and colour are unimportant. | ||