FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting: Difference between revisions

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Welcome to the Wiki Technical Meeting

Ask questions and share what you've learned

The Wiki currently has 103,319 articles in English

Purpose and Time

Come forge solutions with other community contributors. We discuss content, technical issues, workarounds, community, site design, and strategy. This is a conference call meeting every Thursday from 2:00-3:00 PM (mountain time). Community members are welcome to suggest topics for the agenda by posting in the Community Meeting Forum thread or by adding the suggestions to the weekly agenda discussion pages.

Upcoming Meetings[edit | edit source]

28 Mar 2013 agenda:
04 Apr 2013 agenda:

Create new agenda pages by using {{subst:TechMeetingAgenda}}.

Past Meetings[edit | edit source]

03 Jan 2013 agenda:
10 Jan 2013 agenda:
17 Jan 2013 agenda: - meeting cancelled
24 Jan 2013 agenda:
31 Jan 2013 agenda:
07 Feb 2013 agenda:
21 Feb 2013 agenda:
28 Feb 2013 agenda:
07 Mar 2013 agenda:
14 Mar 2013 agenda:

To view meeting notes and listen to recordings from past meetings between 2008-Q1 2012, please visit the archive page

Historical Perspective[edit | edit source]

The community meeting started off as a user group meeting with a lot of the discussions centered around the early development of the wiki. Currently the meeting is centered around some of the technical aspects of the wiki, development of the content and procedures. Some of the attendees that have regularly attended these meetings both past and present include: Jimmy, Lise, Laralee, Thomas, JamesA, SteveC, Chris, Dsammy, JudyW, DonS, The Earl, Bromaelor, Michael, Alan, Baerbel, Bakerbh, LynnT, AnneW, KaraW, Diltsgd, Familyjournals, DavidC, G Fröberg Morris, Genguide, Molliewog, RoachA, Darris, Gina, MarkS, Wilma, Warren , Janell, Charles. If anyone was missed, please update this list!

Stay Informed

Stay informed by visiting the FamilySearch Wiki Forum or the Wiki Known Issues page. The following three pages were historically used for communication needs related to the early development of the Wiki and are not being used at this time. However, as development of the wiki continues, these pages may be used in the future:

Wiki Development Backlog (Note that DevNet is no longer being used by engineering. Issues and possible bugs should now be reported by clicking on the "Help" link at the top of the window. This link will take you to FamilySearch Help Center.)
FamilySearch Wiki:Project backlog
New Features

Instructions for Attending the Web Meeting

The link to join the weekly meeting appears on both the agenda page and also this home page for the Community Meeting. (See above)

Select the desired "Connect Me" option and enter the phone number for MeetingPlace to call you at.
Click the Connect buttonYou can also attend the meeting without using your computer.
Dial into 801-240-2663 (Local/International) or 877-453-7266 (US Toll-free)
Follow the prompts to enter the Meeting IDPrior to joining the meeting for the first time, please run the MeetingPlace Test to verify you can participate in a web meeting.

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 === Past Meetings  ===
-*08 Nov 2012 [[FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting Agenda 08 Nov 2012|agenda:]]
-*15 Nov 2012 [[FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting Agenda 15 Nov 2012|agenda:]]
-*22 Nov 2012 No meeting due to Thanksgiving Holiday in the US.
-*29 Nov 2012 [[FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting Agenda 29 Nov 2012|agenda:]]
-*06 Dec 2012 [[FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting Agenda 06 Dec 2012|agenda:]]
-*No meetings were held on 13, 20 or 27 Dec 2012
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 *21 Feb 2013 [[FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting Agenda 21 Feb 2013|agenda:]]
 *28 Feb 2013 [[FamilySearch Wiki:Technical Meeting Agenda 28 Feb 2013|agenda:]]
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