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+== Welcome to&nbsp;Our Community Center!  ==
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+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Portal:Get started with this site|New to Genealogy]]
+| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Wiki Demonstrations|New Wiki User]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Help:Edit and Contribute|Wiki Contributors]]
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+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee|Welcoming Committee]]
+| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]]
+| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Genealogy Tools|Genealogy Tool Chest]]
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+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ Genealogy Forums]
+| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[FamilySearch Wiki community meeting|Live User Group Meeting]]
+| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php Social Groups]
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+Genealogy Forums and Social Groups are&nbsp;at forums.familysearch.org. Until only one registration is needed,&nbsp;we recommended registering with the same username and password&nbsp;at Forums that you use for the Wiki.
 Welcome to the FamilySearch Wiki community page. This is the place to find what is happening on the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Come here to find a list of things you can do to help the Research Wiki to grow. Join a user group or start one in your own area. Check out the ongoing discussions and join in on the discussions!
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 (Add new projects at the top of this list.)
 *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Rural Records of Mid-Southern United States|Rural Records of Mid-Southern United States]]
 *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indians of North America|Indians of North America]].
 *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Sweden|Sweden]].
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 *[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]
 *[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]]
-*[[How to categorize an article|Categorize articles]]- As of 29 July 2009 there are 973 pages in the Wiki without a category. All [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorized page]]s need at least one category added to the page.
+*[[How to categorize an article|Categorize articles]]- As of 29 July 2009 there are 973 pages in the Wiki without a category. All [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorized pages]] need at least one category added to the page.
 *[[Special:Uncategorizedcategories|Uncategorized category pages]] - 8 category pages need at least one category added to the page.
 *Disambiguation
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 *[[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused Categories]] - 168 categories in the Wiki are unused as of 18 Dec 2008. Evaluate each instance and either delete, redirect, correct, or use the category.
 *[[Special:Wantedpages|Stub Pages]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are over 5,000 wanted pages. The wanted pages are those that were created as a stub article, meaning the beginning of an article that needs to be written. There are two ways to view the list of stub/wanted pages, (1) [[:Category:Stubs|Stub pages]] and (2) [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]]. Both lists are the same, but are organized differently. Find one of interest and add what you know about the subject.
 *[[Special:Wantedcategories|Wanted Categories]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are 438 categories that need a description added to the category page.
 *[[:Category:Merge articles|Merge articles]] - when two articles contain the same or similar content they can be flagged for review.
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 *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Privacy Policy|Privacy Policy]]
 *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Image Approval Policies|Image Approval Policies]]
 *[[Running a Barn Raising|How to Run or Manage a WikiProject]]
 *[[FamilySearch wiki user group meeting|FamilySearch Wiki User Group]] meets weekly online to discuss various aspects of contributing to the wiki.
 *The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] contains guidelines on writing.