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*Church Records: If we keep Church Records as a heading right under Records and Resources, records of other religions could quickly fill up that part of the taxonomy. Should the Records and Resources section instead have a section called Religious Records, with Church, Synagogue, Mosque, etc. as subheadings?   
*Church Records: If we keep Church Records as a heading right under Records and Resources, records of other religions could quickly fill up that part of the taxonomy. Should the Records and Resources section instead have a section called Religious Records, with Church, Synagogue, Mosque, etc. as subheadings?   
*Ethnic/Religious/Political Groups  
*Ethnic/Religious/Political Groups<br>
*Websites - Under resources, or a top level category?<br>
*Web albums with photos, etc.
*Blogs


Other questions:  
Other questions:  
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*Do we restrict heading level in the contents box?  
*Do we restrict heading level in the contents box?  
*When creating another page because the section is to long, how do we link out to the other page?  
*When creating another page because the section is to long, how do we link out to the other page?  
*Remove word "Records"? - Court Records, Probate Records
*Remove word "Records"? - Court Records, Probate Records  
*Page readability - Indentation of body text and section spacing?<br>
*Page readability - Indentation of body text and section spacing?<br>  
*Deep linking gives more possibilities for dead links.


== Resolved  ==
== Resolved  ==
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'''Obituaries:''' Has its own section. Add a "See also:&nbsp;Obituaries"&nbsp;underneath Death and Newspapers sections.  
'''Obituaries:''' Has its own section. Add a "See also:&nbsp;Obituaries"&nbsp;underneath Death and Newspapers sections.  


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'''Web sites: '''Remove section. Over time, move the web sites in that section to other areas where they better belong. Deep link to the specific sections of that website from the section on the Wiki where it belongs. Linkpendium - do not link. USGenWeb - link to parts of site that are most valuable.


=== Topics  ===
'''Social Groups Online''': Purpose:&nbsp;I'm looking for the expert, looking for compiled genealogies. Adding "online"&nbsp;for clarification, and put "online"&nbsp;at the end so it would be next to "Societies."


*Mailing lists
*Forums/Message boards
*Research Groups
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'''Breaking a heading/section into a separate page:''' We resolve to add a guideline that when a section becomes between half a screen and a full screen, the writer should seriously consider creating a new page for that section. The editor will keep the section heading there and add a link out to the new page.<br>  
'''Breaking a heading/section into a separate page:''' We resolve to add a guideline that when a section becomes between half a screen and a full screen, the writer should seriously consider creating a new page for that section. The editor will keep the section heading there and add a link out to the new page.<br>  


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*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. counties example|Empty summary of discussions]]
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. counties example|Empty summary of discussions]]


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