FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 6 March 2014: Difference between revisions

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Welcome[edit | edit source]

Welcome to Heidi and other moderators that will be joining us

Kudos go to
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Linda for transcribing meetings- [Barbara] Linda is there to help everyone and keeps us on our toes. and she helps anyone who asks her

Updates and follow up[edit | edit source]

Discussion about talk pages and example of a welcome put on the page (they do vary) Welcoming committee The committee members find new users from this page: Special:Active Users

Moderators and Adopters
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Moderators present - topic or locality:

Heidi Sugden, Annette Berksan,

Conversation in the call:

Moderator, Heidi, works on French Wiki and could use help learning how to upload photos.

Giuseppe says the Portuguese wiki is currently not working

Wiki Content[edit | edit source]

Share what is going on with projects. Get feedback.

Community Council Report[edit | edit source]

Items to pose to Community Council[edit | edit source]

Business/Announcements[edit | edit source]

New Agenda Items[edit | edit source]

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.

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 === Moderators and Adopters<br>  ===
 *Moderators present - topic or locality:
-Heidi Sugden, Annette Berksan [Moderates Louisiana (from Austen, Texas)],
+Heidi Sugden, Annette Berksan,
-{Robin is moderator for South Carolina and African American Research}
 *'''Conversation in the call:'''
 Moderator, Heidi, works on French Wiki and could use help learning how to upload photos.
-Giuseppe says the Portuguese wiki is currently not working - (on and off), similar to the English wiki.  Each (language) wiki works independently.
+Giuseppe says the Portuguese wiki is currently not working
-Giuseppe is from Italy, and his job is supervisor of the wiki missionaries.  He works with Caleb Love.  He's been with the church 3 yrs.  He also works with community involvement.
-Diana is working on the Adopters issue behind the scenes.  The policy is changing. Individuals will be able to adopt.  The current organizations that have adopted pages are being contacted to see if they want to continue, if they are still working, etc. Nothing is currently posted on the wiki regarding this change.
-This meeting is held weekly, but once a month dedicated to hearing from moderators
-Charles would like to discuss appropriate SEOs [SEO=Search Engine Optimization] (the words that Google search or other search engines "look for")
-http://www.k9safesearch.com/
 === Wiki Content  ===
 *Share what is going on with projects.  Get feedback.
-County Seat (city, town that holds county records) are pages that need to be developed.
 === Community Council Report  ===
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 === New Agenda Items  ===
-FS blog - ordering films to be delivered directly to personal email