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Offer opportunities for involvement in editing and contributing&nbsp;like welcoming committee,&nbsp; partner with an editor and link&nbsp;to projects. Entice with:  
Offer opportunities for involvement in editing and contributing like welcoming committee, partner with an editor and link to projects. Entice with:  


Why use/contribute to the wiki? "Is the wiki for me?" and Everyone knows something of value.  
Why use/contribute to the wiki? "Is the wiki for me?" and Everyone knows something of value.  
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<br>[[The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki]]  
<br>[[The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki]]  


[[Image:Purpose of FamilySearch Wiki - Supporting Family History Researchers through Online Communities.pdf]]&nbsp;
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Basic editing technical - <br>Italics, bold, headings, numbered lists, bullets  


Join a project! Everyone knows something of value.&nbsp;
Join a project! Everyone knows something of value.


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Latest revision as of 17:10, 30 October 2023

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Categories Michael's List Kara's List Priority order for revision Best Current or needed page Revision completion date Link to revision

Recruiting potential users/contributors

How collaborating on projects helps beginners, intermediates, and advanced genealogists
Use value propositions to attract new users/contributors

Value Propositions: a community that loves family history.

Record & Preserve genealogy knowlege from files and experience.

Genealogical information on records and places consolidated

Home Page
Community Center

Using the Wiki - page of links

Contributing to the Wiki

Is the Wiki for Me?

Recruiting potential users/contributors Accuracy and Collaboration

Offer opportunities for involvement in editing and contributing like welcoming committee, partner with an editor and link to projects. Entice with:

Why use/contribute to the wiki? "Is the wiki for me?" and Everyone knows something of value.


Accuracy and Collaboration New title encouraging participation?

Help:Edit and Contribute

FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee

Recruiting potential users/contributors Why we built FamilySearch wiki


The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki

Purpose of FamilySearch Wiki - Supporting Family History Researchers through Online Communities.pdf

Recruiting potential users/contributors Scope of the wiki


FamilySearch Wiki:Purpose and Appropriate Topics
Recruiting potential users/contributors Guiding Principles FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles
Recruiting potential users/contributors Make it easy for newbies to connect with other users/contributors

Community Center

Recruiting potential users/contributors
Shorten learning curve by connecting motivated beginners with experienced editors
Community Center
Recruiting potential users/contributors Have "help" readily available for new users
Recruiting potential users/contributors Clear paths for users/contributors/professionals FamilySearch Research Wiki
Community Center 

Projects Seeking Contributors

Beginner Material How to Register and What you are registering for. New Page with new instructions for LDS Account - check if familysearch has one that can be modified. 1
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Beginner Material Create User Page and talk page - purpose and use of Create page for creating user page? 2
Beginner Material Guiding Principles Help searching/using the wiki FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles 3
Beginner Material Editing etiquette Basic editing etiquette - how to play nice in the sandbox -


FamilySearch Wiki:Avoid Edit Wars

FamilySearch Wiki:Etiquette Guidelines

Contributor Guidelines


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Basic editing technical -
Italics, bold, headings, numbered lists, bullets

Join a project! Everyone knows something of value.

Help:How to Register with the Wiki
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Beginner Material Purpose and Use of Talk pages
Beginner Material Content license (Copyright)
Create a New Page - naming conventions - copy & paste - basic copyright rules - basic internal/external linking

Text of the GNU Free Documentation License

Beginner Material Which browser to use when editing
Beginner Material Italics, bold, headings, numbered lists, bullets Citing Sources


Edit a page

Help:FCK Editor

Beginner Material Guiding Principles
Beginner Material Watching Pages
Beginner Material Copy and paste

Copying and Pasting into a Wiki Page

Help:How to Convert a Microsoft Office Document into Wiki Format

Copy Spreadsheets into the Wiki

Beginner Material Wiki Policies
Beginner Material Naming a new page Categories Name a new article
Beginner Material Renaming a page
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Beginner Material Creating a new page How to author an article in the Wiki
Beginner Material Creating a new unlinked page
Create a page not linked from an existing page
Beginner Material Creating a new linked page
Create a page linked from an existing page
Beginner Material Linking to wiki pages
Create an internal link 
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Beginner Material Discussing page changes Help:Talk pages
Beginner Material User pages and user Talk pages Help:User page

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Beginner Material Community meeting
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