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Mentoring Program

Request Help

This page allows new contributors to request personal help from more experienced volunteers.

Seeking Help?[edit | edit source]

Review the lists below to find someone who has expertise in the area of help you are seeking.
Contact the mentor via their Discussion page, which is listed under the column titled, Mentor.
See the following links for more information on:

Mentors:[edit | edit source]

If you are willing to mentor another user, please fill out the table below of the type of mentoring you can do:

Mentor: Link to your User page and Discussion page in this column
Status: Indicate if you are willing to accept new users by adding Available or Unavailable here
Areas of Expertise/Notes: Add your area of expertise or any additional areas you would specifically like to mentor in.
Notes: Add any additional notes here to help individuals determine who might be able to best help them.
Mentoring: Help the contributor add their username to the Mentoring column to show you are mentoring them if they have not already.

See below for additional instructions for Mentors.

General Contributors[edit | edit source]

Mentor	Status	Areas of Expertise	Notes
sbfunk	Available	Beginning contributors and FHC pages	Currently serving in Wiki Support
James Tanner James Tanner's Talk Page	Available	Contributors both beginning and advanced	Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
evancol	Available	All levels of contributing
jenson1	Available	All levels of contributing	Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team

Adopters[edit | edit source]

Mentor	Status	Areas of Expertise
evancol	Available	All levels of adoption process

Moderators[edit | edit source]

Mentor	Status	Areas of Expertise	Notes	Mentoring
James Tanner James Tanner's Talk Page	Available	Contributors both beginning and advanced	Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
evancol	Available	Moderator

Wiki Care and Maintenance[edit | edit source]

Mentor	Status	Areas of Expertise	Notes
Sandralpond	Available	Patrolling	Currently serving in Wiki Support
James Tanner James Tanner's Talk Page	Available	Contributors both beginning and advanced	Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
evancol	Available

Additional Notes for Mentors[edit | edit source]

Be watching for e-mails that will notify you of comments on your Discussion page.
Please add the template to your talk page.
Chat tools such as Skype can help make mentoring easier. Filling in your areas of expertise and any additional notes about yourself and your experience will help the user seeking help to determine which mentor might be able to help him/her. After you have agreed to help a user, please teach him/her how to sign their name under Mentoring column.

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-{{mentoring}} [[Image:Wikibus.svg.png|right|250px|Wikibus.svg.png]]Contact a mentor below to help you get started in contributing to the Wiki.
+{{mentoring}} [[Image:Wikibus.svg.png|right|250px]]This page allows new contributors to request personal help from more experienced volunteers.
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 == Seeking Help?  ==
-:Contact the individual in the list below who would be a good fit for your interests on the Wiki. The Mentor has included below how they would best like to be contacted
+:#'''Review the lists''' below to find someone who has expertise in the area of help you are seeking.
+:#'''Contact the mentor'''&nbsp;via their Discussion page, which is listed under the column titled,&nbsp;'''Mentor'''.&nbsp;
+:#See the following links for more information on:
-:If it links to their talk page, simply edit the page, scroll down to the bottom, and make your request there. Be sure you sign into the Wiki on a regular basis so that you can watch for additions to your Talk page. (In addition to getting an email, you will see a message at the top of every wiki page that you have a message.)
+::*[[Help:Discussion Pages (Talk Pages)|How to use Discussion pages]]
+::*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Mentoring|The Mentoring program]]
+== Mentors:  ==
+:If you are willing to mentor another user, please fill out the table below of the '''type '''of mentoring you can do:
+:*'''Mentor:&nbsp;'''Link to your User page and Discussion page in this column
+:*'''Status: '''Indicate if you are willing to accept new users by adding Available or Unavailable here
+:*'''Areas of Expertise/Notes: '''Add your area of expertise or any additional areas you would specifically like to mentor in.
+:*'''Notes: '''Add any additional notes here to help individuals determine who might be able to best help them.
+:*'''Mentoring: '''Help the contributor add their username to the Mentoring column to show you are mentoring them if they have not already.
+:[[#Additional_Notes_for_Mentors|See below for additional instructions for Mentors.]]
+<br>
 == General Contributors  ==
-{| width="90%" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"
+{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" width="90%" align="center"
 |-
-| width="100" | <center>'''Mentor'''<br>(click to go to the User page)</center>
+! Mentor
-| <center>'''Areas of Expertise'''</center>
+! Status
-| width="100" | <center>'''How to <br>Contact Me'''</center>
+! Areas of Expertise
+! Notes
+! width="5%" | Mentoring
+|-
+| sbfunk
+| Available
+| Beginning contributors and FHC pages
+| Currently serving in Wiki Support
+|
+|-
+| [[User:Jamestanner|James Tanner]] <br>[[User talk:Jamestanner|James Tanner's Talk Page]]
+| Available
+| Contributors both beginning and advanced
+| Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
+|
+|-
+| [[User:Evancol|evancol]]
+| Available
+| All levels of contributing
+|
+|
 |-
-| [[User:Jamestanner|James Tanner]]<br><br>
+| [[User:Jenson1|jenson1]]
-| All levels of contributing; currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
+| Available
-| [mailto:genealogyarizona@gmail.com Email me]
+| All levels of contributing
+| Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
+|
+|
 |-
-| [[User:Evancol|evancol]]<br><br>
-| All levels of contributing; working with the Community Council, U.S. State and County Pages
 |
-[mailto:evancol@yahoo.com Email me]
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|}
-[[User talk:Evancol|Talk Page]]
+== Adopters  ==
+{| width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" border="1" align="center"
 |-
-| [[User:Ccsmith|Charles Smith]]<br><br>
+! Mentor
-| All levels of contributing; currently serving in Wiki Support
+! Status
-| [mailto:ccsmith@familysearch.org Email me]
+! Areas of Expertise
+! Notes
+! width="5%" | Mentoring<br>
 |-
-| [[User:Sandralpond|Sandra Pond]]
+| [[User:Evancol|evancol]]
-| All levels of contributing; currently serving in Wiki Support
+| Available
-| [[User talk:Sandralpond|Talk Page]]
+| &nbsp;All levels of adoption process
+|
+|
 |-
-| [[User:Parrisl|Lavera Parris]]
+|
-| All levels of contributing; currently serving in Wiki Support
+|
-| [mailto:laveraparris2@gmail.com Email me]
+|
+|
+|
 |-
-| [[User:Brepouille|Beverly Repouille]]
+|
-| All levels of contributing; currently serving in Wiki Support
+|
-| [[User talk:Brepouille|Talk Page]]
+|
+|
+|
 |}
-== Mentors:  ==
+== Moderators  ==
+{| width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" border="1" align="center"
+|-
+! Mentor
+! Status
+! Areas of Expertise
+! Notes
+! width="5%" | Mentoring<br>
+|-
+| [[User:Jamestanner|James Tanner]]<br>[[User talk:jamestanner|James Tanner's Talk Page]]
+| Available
+| Contributors both beginning and advanced
+| Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
+|
+|-
+| [[User:Evancol|evancol]]
+| Available
+| Moderator
+|
+|
+|}
-:If you are willing to mentor another user, please fill out the table above:
+== Wiki Care and Maintenance  ==
-:*'''Mentor: '''Link to your User page in this column
-:*'''Areas of Expertise/Notes: '''Add the areas you would specifically like to mentor in, or any other no<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">tes here to help individuals determine who might be able to best help them.</span>
-:*'''How to contact me: '''Link to your user talk page or your email address here, depending on how you would like to be contacted.
-== Additional Notes for Mentors  ==
+{| width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" border="1" align="center"
+|-
+! Mentor
+! Status
+! Areas of Expertise
+! Notes
+! width="5%" | Mentoring
+|-
+| [[User:Sandralpond|Sandralpond]]
+| Available<br>
+| Patrolling
+| Currently serving in Wiki Support <br>
+| <br>
+|-
+| [[User:Jamestanner|James Tanner]]<br>[[User talk:jamestanner|James Tanner's Talk Page]]
+| Available
+| Contributors both beginning and advanced
+| Currently acting on the Wiki Support Team
+| <br>
+|-
+| [[User:Evancol|evancol]]
+| Available
+|
+|
+|
+|}
-:*Be watching for e-mails that will notify you of requests that come to your Talk page.
+<br>
-:*Please add the {{tl|Discussion Conventions}} template to your Talk page.
+== Additional Notes for Mentors  ==
-:*We are working on a process for bringing in new volunteers with what needs to be taught. We'll keep you in the loop on how it comes together.
+:*Be watching for e-mails that will notify you of comments on your Discussion page.
-:*Chat tools such as Skype can help make mentoring easier.
+:*Please add the template to your talk page.
+:*Chat tools such as Skype can help make mentoring easier. Filling in your areas of expertise and any additional notes about yourself and your experience will help the user seeking help to determine which mentor might be able to help him/her. After you have agreed to help a user, please teach him/her how to sign their name under Mentoring column.
 {{mentoring|end}}
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