FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator

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Tools for Moderators

The moderator user box added to your user page will communicate to other wiki users that you are the moderator for the content. Add the box by typing {{User Moderator{{{2}}}{{{3}}}{{{4}}}{{{5}}}{{{6}}}{{{7}}}{{{8}}}{{{9}}}{{{10}}}{{{11}}}...}} to your user page. You might want to add the name of the localities and/or subjects you are moderating to your user page along with the user box.

Moderation

Moderators are volunteer administrators of the FamilySearch Wiki who help monitor wiki content. If you are interested in being a moderator for a specific locality or research subject, please contact a Sysop.

Responsibilities

The Moderator Job Description includes the following four items:

• Be familiar with the Guiding Principles and Policies of the Wiki.
• Be familiar with the content in your area of expertise.
• Be familiar with how to contact administrators when needed.
• Be familiar with and regularly visit the moderator forum.

Who are the Moderators?

If you are interested in being a moderator for a specific locality, please contact a System Administrator. Our current moderators include:

Countries Austria is SugdenHG China is Twlisa and Chincm Czech Republic is Pysnaks France is SugdenHG Germany is Baerbel Panama is User:Anelson Italy is Merrimanrl Luxembourg is dsammy Norway is Rcsteuart and/or SteuartRC Poland is Pysnaks and Sonja Singapore is Chincm Switzerland is Sonja Taiwan is Chincm Wales is Darris

United States Alabama is 1tanya Arkansas is Wjhonson Arizona is Jamestanner Connecticut is dsammy Hawaii is Johnvilburn Idaho is Jbparker Illinois is Lembley Iowa is Familyjournals Kansas is SAErickson (need wiki username) Kentucky is Linnielou Louisiana is Aberksan Massachusetts is dsammy Missouri is 86woo New York is dsammy Ohio is Familyjournals Oregon is dsammy Pennsylvania is familyhart Rhode Island is dsammy Tennessee is pettyr1 Texas is Dcrane Utah is JensenFA Vermont is cathiwd Virginia is Gregorybean Wisconsin is Alan_wambold Wyoming is Ckwahlquist

Focused Research Germans from Russia is Diltsgd Indians of North America is Jbparker LDS Research is cbb Tracing Immigrant Origins is Diltsgd United States Military Records is Jim1Trek

Get Advice

• See "The purpose of site moderation" to understand the how moderation will help the community of volunteers who are using and contributing to FamilySearch Wiki.

All moderators in the Wiki are invited to help write the following articles. Each article is specifically related to being a moderator. Sharing your experiences in the Discussion tab would be a great place to start. The thoughts and ideas you add to the Discussion tab will assist anyone who wishes to write the article. The articles listed below were started as stub articles. Your participation in this effort will help all moderators.

Being the Moderator of a Community

• How can a moderator expand and grow the community?
• The best practices for communicating with domain community
• Ideas for recruiting writers to fill in content holes
• Policies and procedures for moderating non-English language Wiki pages
• How to recognize moderator candidates and, or nominate someone to be a moderator?
• What is the escalation path when issues arise?
• What is the best way to resolve content-centered community conflict?

Being the Moderator of Content

• To what extent should facts in articles be verified?
• To what extent should grammar, style, and spelling be reviewed by a moderator?
• Reverting Content to Previous Version When should content be reverted back to a prior version? What is proper etiquette when it is necessary to revert content to a prior version? (use "Undo" from the History tab)
• When should a page in the Wiki be protected from additional edits? How is this done? (this has to do with the "three-revert" rule)
• Archiving Pages and Restoring Archived Pages What is the process for archiving pages? When should pages be restored from the Archive?
• Moderating the deletion of pages How does the moderator discover that pages have been incorrectly deleted? "Watch" all the pages in your area of expertise. When you are watching the pages, you will automatically be notified when a page is deleted.
• What should be done when a page needs to be deleted?
• How to Patrol a Wiki Article

Things you can do

The following items are things that a moderator can do to help improve the content in their area of expertise and also grow the community of volunteers authors and editors:

• How moderators upload images
• Review and edit content as needed
• Showcase content from your area of expertise
• Encourage the creation of new content types
• Encourage users to clarify ambiguous content titles
• Discuss, approve, interpret, and clarify policies
• Communicate with domain community on important issues
• Identify and invite knowledgeable people to help with the wiki
• Disambiguate content in your area of expertise