FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 16 May 2013

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Introduce new members

• Updating the discussions and proposals page
  

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Community Council Report

• Discussed the council minutes
• David talked about the Wiki in 2 presentation - immigration topics where Wiki was used.

Tom Jones thinks the Wiki will become one of the most important tools genealogists will use.

Business/Announcements

• New design for US state & country pages? -- janellv (talk| contribs) 18:16, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
  • When people come to state/country pages, they don't pay attention to the topics column: redesign so it is organized differently -- the entire page becomes more of a table of contents
  • Questioned that the premise was accurate. Personal experience in teaching people to use the Wiki. Others have not experienced the problem
  • eye tracking - people who are used to the Wiki use the topics list; what about first-time users. Can we integrate the links into sections on the page --
  • User testing -- they would look for birth, marriage, and death -- (and parents)
  • Screen space (above the fold) is precious.
  • Wiki is not for beginner to genealogy, but a Wiki beginner
  • Navigation box at the top of state pages: so much on it would be intimidating
  • Concerned that we sacrifice the usefulness for wiki users for the new wiki users.
  • Idea: when researching for a certain record type
  • Most-used records would be above the fold. Really useful ones first. Pull those out is helpful.
  • Careful with most usable. Most success under other topics. Researchers probably have already exhausted the commonly-used. It's the records that are not common and explanations
  • horizontal layout is more intimidating.
  • Play with it and have it user tested
  • Program called Balsamig was used to mock up.
  • Mock up and test various ways
• Citation coding removed from Historical Records pages. Coverage tables added to HR pages. Dorothy Horan, User Guidance Supervisor 18:54, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Citation bibdesc coding has been removed for automated citations. Now they are created by Dorothy's group, and loaded manually. There is a generic default that appears until. They are "divorced" so the citation in the Wiki does not always agree. Working on it.
  • When click copy, it starts right out with the url -- which is not the most important thing to the genealogist
  • 21 coverage tables have been added to indexed collections. Have heard more comments about content of the table than the look of it. How generated: data that collection ops sent to Dorothy's team which they upload to the Wiki; Nathan did his manually. Gaps discovered. Feedback through FS or email HoranDM@FamilySearch.org
• Really likes the new link on the right that says Submit Wiki Content. Allows people to type content in, and someone will submit it.
  • Kudos to Jane for the idea - finally it is on. Volunteers have been submitting. When Janell is ready with enough volunteers, have Nathan do a blog to advertise this.

New Agenda Items

Priority items for this meeting:

• Item:  Collapsible Nav Boxes  See Example on Mike Kehoe's Sandbox 

• Goal for this item: Do we want to use them on the wiki?

• Steps to achieve this goal:

• Assignments and dates of completion:

• Evaluation date:

Be bold, post your agenda items! Feel free to post on the agenda any items you wish to discuss during the meeting. If your item requires details or feedback, post them on the discussion page and link to them from the agenda. Possible topics include: Moderator and Adopters Style Guide Discussions Project Help Requests Training Requests Improve the Wiki

Purpose of the meeting Improve the Wiki Forge solutions with other community contributors. Share best practices, ideas, and content. Discuss current issues, community matters, and strategies. Move issues to decision.