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== Welcome to Our Community Center | == Welcome to Our Community Center == | ||
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[[Portal:Get started with this site|New to Genealogy]] | [[Portal:Get started with this site|New to Genealogy]] | ||
| [[Wiki Demonstrations|New Wiki | | [[Wiki Demonstrations|New Wiki Users]] | ||
| [[Help:Edit and Contribute|Wiki Contributors]] | | [[Help:Edit and Contribute|Wiki Contributors]] | ||
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| <br>Welcome to the FamilySearch Wiki community page. This is the place to get involved with the FamilySearch Research Wiki. We invite you to find your niche and connect with other like-minded genealogiests. Help improve the wiki in wiki contributors, ask questions on the forums or find a friend in the social groups. Check out the ongoing discussions and join in on the discussions! | ||
'''Community Bulletin Board''' | |||
'''Community Bulletin Board''' | |||
'''Discussions needing community input''' | '''Discussions needing community input''' | ||
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*[[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]]. | *[[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]]. | ||
'''Projects seeking contributors''' | '''Projects seeking contributors''' | ||
(Add new projects at the top of this list.) | (Add new projects at the top of this list.) | ||
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*[[:Category:Merge articles|Merge articles]] - when two articles contain the same or similar content they can be flagged for review. | *[[:Category:Merge articles|Merge articles]] - when two articles contain the same or similar content they can be flagged for review. | ||
'''Creating new articles''' | '''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.. | *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.. | ||
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*The Research Wiki has several entries in the [[A genealogical glossary terms|Glossary]] about the Julian and Gregorian calendars (see Double-dating; Julian; and Gregorian entries). Unfortunately, an article about the usage of the [[Julian and Gregorian Calendars]] in family history research does not exist. There are many websites related to the history of the calendars and also a site that helps with converting dates to a variety of other calendars (See [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ Calendar Converter]). In addition, there are several other articles within the Wiki that refer to either the Julian or Gregorian calendars. Each of these article could eventually be linked to this new page! If interested, please join in a community effort to write this new article for the FamilySearch Research Wiki! | *The Research Wiki has several entries in the [[A genealogical glossary terms|Glossary]] about the Julian and Gregorian calendars (see Double-dating; Julian; and Gregorian entries). Unfortunately, an article about the usage of the [[Julian and Gregorian Calendars]] in family history research does not exist. There are many websites related to the history of the calendars and also a site that helps with converting dates to a variety of other calendars (See [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ Calendar Converter]). In addition, there are several other articles within the Wiki that refer to either the Julian or Gregorian calendars. Each of these article could eventually be linked to this new page! If interested, please join in a community effort to write this new article for the FamilySearch Research Wiki! | ||
'''Guidelines, Help, and Resources''' | '''Guidelines, Help, and Resources''' | ||
*The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] for this site. | *The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] for this site. | ||
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*The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] contains guidelines on writing. | *The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] contains guidelines on writing. | ||
'''See Also''' | '''See Also''' | ||
*[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. | ||