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'''Value to the Wiki user:''' These questions may help you determine a site's value: | '''Value to the Wiki user:''' These questions may help you determine a site's value: | ||
*If this were where your ancestors lived, would you want the link? | *If this were where your ancestors lived, would you want the link? <br> | ||
*Will it help most users for that place or topic, or only a few? | *Will it help most users for that place or topic, or only a few? | ||
**Completeness – do the entries appear to be a complete transcription or piece-meal submissions by families? | **Completeness – do the entries appear to be a complete transcription or piece-meal submissions by families? | ||
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**Size – will a small number of entries give enough value to merit the effort of creating the link? In a place with low population? In a place with high population?<br> | **Size – will a small number of entries give enough value to merit the effort of creating the link? In a place with low population? In a place with high population?<br> | ||
*How hard was it to find the link? Is it easily found or obscure?<br> | *How hard was it to find the link? Is it easily found or obscure?<br> | ||
*How many other links are already under this topic heading? (Avoid cluttering the Wiki.) | *How many other links are already under this topic heading? (Avoid cluttering the Wiki.) | ||
**What is the relative importance of this link, as compared to others under the same topic heading? | **What is the relative importance of this link, as compared to others under the same topic heading? | ||
***Try to put those of most value high on the list. | ***Try to put those of most value high on the list. | ||
***Put smaller # entries lower on the list.<br> | ***Put smaller # entries lower on the list.<br> | ||
*Unusual resource? | *Unusual resource? | ||
*Focus on a group? Church, minority, ethinic, occupational groups, for example. | <br> | ||
*Focus on a group? Church, minority, ethinic, occupational groups, for example. | |||
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*Value added. Does it add value or simply duplicate information from other sites? | *Value added. Does it add value or simply duplicate information from other sites? | ||
**Example: Beaver County Death Records for 1904 duplicates information given in the State death certificates online. The value added is the focus on Beaver County deaths for that year. | **Example: Beaver County Death Records for 1904 duplicates information given in the State death certificates online. The value added is the focus on Beaver County deaths for that year. | ||
**What if Some cemeteries only have 3 "residents." Solution: link to the section on that site for cemeteries, rather than to individual cemeteries. | **What if Some cemeteries only have 3 "residents." Solution: link to the section on that site for cemeteries, rather than to individual cemeteries. | ||