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| ==Purpose and Scope==
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| The Research Wiki is a tool that allows individuals to come together and teach the world how to do genealogy research. In the Wiki, anyone can share knowledge in specific areas and topics. Through collaboration, sharing, open-edit, and forums the community can build a high-quality resource. As a community of contributors we follow these guiding principles to ensure we are creating a helpful tool for the genealogy research community.<br>
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| | align="center" colspan="2" | Use the “'''Guideline Links'''” at the end of the Contents Box to access a table listing specific guidelines and related articles.
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| === Free ===
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| As a not-for-profit entity, FamilySearch fundamentally requires that all its products and services, including the Research Wiki, be free of charge to everyone.
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| All content on the Research Wiki is covered under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Commons license], which states that anyone can use this content, with proper citations (Attribution), under the same or similar license (Share Alike). Each page in the wiki includes a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ CC-BY-SA] graphic that links to the specific license.
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| Articles in the Research Wiki may include links to records and other sources on the Internet that charge an access or registration fee, as long as the user has a clear choice whether to pay it or not.
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| === Sources and Delimiters ===
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| Articles should cite authoritative, [[FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable|verifiable sources]] whenever possible. Any unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Limit discussion of religion, politics, ethnicity, culture, and history to those aspects which affect family history research or record keeping. The Research Wiki does not contain copies of the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Link, don’t copy|source documents]] (except the few pages used as examples). Do not include details about specific ancestors or individual [[FamilySearch Wiki:Biographies|biographies]] unless they are used as examples on a record or as case studies to illustrate a process or principle.
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| === Neutral Point of View ===
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| The Research Wiki must be written from a [[FamilySearch Wiki:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]], representing fairly and without bias all significant views of family history related topics that have been published by reliable sources. This allows those who use and depend on the knowledge contained within the Research Wiki to see and try all techniques and suggestions for finding records about their ancestors. Neutral point of view also requires the citation of sources that are authoritative and verifiable. Avoid personal points of view, personal opinion, personal experiences, or arguments. The Research Wiki is not the place to include personal testimonials, stories of research success, or advertising platforms. Overly religious, political, ethnic, cultural, historic, and nationalistic discussions can tend to be biased and one-sided. They rarely apply to family history research, records, or instruction. The best way to avoid being personal or dogmatic is to write with a neutral point of view and cite authoritative sources for the ideas you express. Strive to fairly explain any competing points of view that differ from your own. Even though this site is sponsored by a religious entity, it is neither reviewed nor correlated for doctrinal correctness and therefore should not become a forum for doctrinal discussions or discourses—even ones that are purely informational in nature. Other sites may exist for this purpose, especially [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org www.churchofjesuschrist.org], and may be linked to within the Research Wiki.
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| === Spam-Free ===
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| As a tool designed to guide users to the best sources of genealogical information, the wiki has some sensitivity around the topic of [[FamilySearch Wiki:Linking|linking]] to commercial Websites. Like any librarian, wiki contributors writing an article on Ohio death records will recommend a variety of good sources for these records, including free sources (like FamilySearch Historical Records Collections, RootsWeb or U.S. GenWeb) or fee-based sources (like Ancestry, Heritage Quest, microfilms at Family History Centers, or even a government records office). The goal is to recommend sources ''in the order that the user might want to use them'', taking into consideration budgets, time constraints, and speed of response desired.
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| That said, the wiki may not be used simply as an advertising platform. Pages should not be slanted overwhelmingly to any one vendor's products in exclusion of free sites and other vendor sites. Do not direct researchers to an expensive source when a free one will suffice. ''Recommend sources to users in terms of what will help them, not what will help your business.''
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| For further information regarding advertising, see the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists#Marketing_appropriately_on_FamilySearch_Wiki|Professional Genealogists]] page regarding advertising and marketing.
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| === Etiquette Guidelines ===
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| The FamilySearch Research Wiki has [[FamilySearch Wiki:Etiquette Guidelines|etiquette guidelines]] similar to that of other large wikis. It includes respect for all of your fellow users, even when you may not agree with what they say. Those who contribute content or edit existing content must be [[FamilySearch Wiki:Civility and Polite Discourse|civil]] and avoid conflicts of interest, [[FamilySearch Wiki:No personal attacks|personal attacks]], labeling of others, broad sweeping generalizations, stereotyping, etc. They should seek for consensus and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Avoid Edit Wars|avoid edit wars]] — follow the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Three-revert rule|three-revert rule]]. [[FamilySearch Wiki:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]] on the part of others, be warm and open in your speech. Profanity or profane slang will not be accepted in any form or language.
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| === Learn More ===
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| === Guideline Links ===
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