90,866
edits
FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Feedback: Difference between revisions
FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Feedback (view source)
Revision as of 08:01, 16 November 2009
, 16 November 2009→Content: sub-grouping
(→Site design/organisation: sub-grouping design/org feedback) |
(→Content: sub-grouping) |
||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
=== Site design / organization === | === Site design / organization === | ||
==== Sign in ==== | |||
*Why do we need forums separate from the wiki? And a separate sign-in? | |||
*Don't like having to sign in again to link to the forum. | |||
==== Design / color ==== | ==== Design / color ==== | ||
| Line 46: | Line 50: | ||
*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. | ||
==== | ==== 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. | ||
* | *Have to hunt for things. Can't find what I'm looking for. | ||
*Hard to find "how to topics" | |||
*It's too hard to figure out what to put in the search box without suggestions. | |||
=== Content === | |||
==== | ==== Contributing ==== | ||
*What information can be added from where? What about copyright issues? | *What information can be added from where? What about copyright issues? | ||
*Creating columns is sooo hard. I try to avoid them. | *Creating columns is sooo hard. I try to avoid them. | ||
*I'll be honest, I feel like contributing to the wiki is boring. I have passion about genealogy but can't see how that translates to contributing to the wiki. | *I'll be honest, I feel like contributing to the wiki is boring. I have passion about genealogy but can't see how that translates to contributing to the wiki. | ||
*I liked how easy it is to edit what other contributors have done. But it is hard to make brand new contributions yourself. | *I liked how easy it is to edit what other contributors have done. But it is hard to make brand new contributions yourself. | ||
*Wiki needs easily creatable formats for new pages. | *Wiki needs easily creatable formats for new pages. | ||
*Why 'wiki-text' and not just the 'copy and paste' possibility? | |||
==== Editing ==== | |||
*The wiki is not easy to use and it is a complicated editing process with wikitext. | |||
*There is a steep learning curve to editing the wiki. Tools need to be simple. Adding photos easiers. | |||
*I would like to see more edit options on the tool bar and less working in wikitext. (techie person) | |||
*Adding to the wiki - some of it is straight forward and some of it is hard to figure out. | *Adding to the wiki - some of it is straight forward and some of it is hard to figure out. | ||
*'''Columns - an absolute nightmare!!!''' | *'''Columns - an absolute nightmare!!!''' | ||
=== | ==== Referencing ==== | ||
* | *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. | ||
=== Help for users === | ==== Help and training for users ==== | ||
*Need to be able to connect with someone that can help me. | *Need to be able to connect with someone that can help me. | ||
*There needs to be a place for people who don't know how to do it. | *There needs to be a place for people who don't know how to do it. | ||
| Line 89: | Line 94: | ||
=== Needs of professional genealogists === | === Needs of professional genealogists === | ||
*I'm embarrassed to suggest that my professional colleagues contribute. | |||
*Professionals won't be drawn to the wiki unless there are tools that we need to use. | *Professionals won't be drawn to the wiki unless there are tools that we need to use. | ||
*Professionals want to make money and not have their articles edited. If we publish we want credit for our work. | *Professionals want to make money and not have their articles edited. If we publish we want credit for our work. | ||
| Line 96: | Line 102: | ||
=== General === | === General === | ||
*You really need to dumb it down. It is like computer geeks don't know how to talk to everyday people. | *You really need to dumb it down. It is like computer geeks don't know how to talk to everyday people. | ||
*People are intimidated by it. | *People are intimidated by it. | ||
*Too complicated and circurtous. | *Too complicated and circurtous. | ||
*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!!! | ||