Wiki Projects Meeting 28 May 2025

Wiki Projects Meeting
  • Meeting Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM Mountain time on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.
Purpose:
This meeting is currently available for FamilySearch Wiki Staff and Missionaries/Long-Term Volunteers. Link to Current Projects page.




Welcome

  • Status of the Wiki

Meetings Schedule

  • 28 May 2025, Wednesday Meeting
  • 11 June 2025, Wednesday **** NO MEETING ****
  • 25 June 2025, Wednesday Meeting
  • 9 July 2025, Wednesday *** NO MEETING ****
  • 23 July 2025, Wednesday *** NO MEETING ****
  • 13 Aug 2025, Wednesday Meeting
  • 27 Aug 2025, Wednesday Meeting

***Take July off!***

Editing in the Wiki (all language wikis)

  • Editing ends on June 1 - all current editors to lose editing rights (you'll get an email)
  • Editing for staff, missionaries, and library editors will return on June 16th
    • Either take a break, watch RootsTech videos, or do your own research
  • New process should be in place by June 16th. We'll reach out to you.

Yammer

  • Our FamilySearch Group in Yammer will be deleted in August - our last day for us will be June 15
  • We will move to the Church's Engage (formerly called Yammer) and we will have our same groups.
  • Supposedly we can export data. I haven't been able to prove this fact. If you have something in Yammer you want to keep, please copy it now.
  • Start using Engage on June 16, we will add you before then so you can review it
  • YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO https://churchofjesuschrist.sharepoint.com/sites/Home TO USE ENGAGE - contact Danielle if you can't get in right now
  • No longer have access through your personal email address.
  • Community members will no longer have access to yammer/engage as per Church management

Ongoing projects

  • Keep going until May 31, editing will stop on June 1
  • List of all Current Projects

Questions about projects

New Projects

  • No new projects