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{{WikiProjects}} [[Image:People Groups.jpg|right|200px|People Groups.jpg]] This is a list of the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] that are currently active and working on content. Project teams are always seeking additional community members to help with their projects, so feel free to join a group and have fun!
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If you would like help with organizing a new FamilySearch WikiProject, please [https://www.familysearch.org/help/?wicket:bookmarkablePage=:org.familysearch.help.helpcenter.page.OpenCase contact FamilySearch] or ask for help in the [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=56 Contributor Help forums].
 
== Creating New Projects  ==
 
If you would like to create a new project, follow the naming conventions for WikiProjects to help make your project easy to find:
 
#The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon:
#After the colon type the word "WikiProject"
#Then type the name of the project. Example: FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah
#Be sure to add the new project to the list below, under the subject heading that is related to the new project:
 
For more details about naming new WikiProject pages, see [[Help:Creating a new WikiProject|FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages]]
 
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== United States Wiki Projects ==
 
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject United States|United States]]
| adding content that relates to the whole of the [[United States]]. Also scoping of tasks so that they are consistent throughout US State and US County pages.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Idaho|Idaho]]
| adding content to the county pages of [[Idaho]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indians of North America|Indians of North America]]
| The [[Indians of North America]], including their history, types of records, the location of those records, web sites of interest, and much more
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah|Utah]]
| Adding content to the county pages of [[Utah|Utah]].
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject County Page Template|County Page Template]]
| Although most United States county pages have already been created this project will serve to document the basic elements that seem to make a good county page and provide ideas for continued improvement.
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== Europe Wiki Projects  ==
 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England|England]]
| Tasks await [[England|English]] experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject English parishes|English parishes]]
| A child WikiProject of [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England|WikiProject England]] with a focus on improving the articles about the many hundreds of English parishes.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Wales Parish Template|Wales Parish Template]]
| An effort to design parish pages that address the needs of Welsh family historians.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Wales|Wales]]
| adding content for articles about [[Wales]]
|}
 
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== Wiki Content Improvement Projects  ==
 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FamilySearch Records|FamilySearch Records]]
| Add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Linking Wiki Articles Mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the Main PERSI Article|PERSI Linking Project]]
| Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article
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| [[Julian and Gregorian Calendars|Julian and Gregorian Calendar Project]]
| The page is an article with very little content. Work with others or by yourself to improve the information on this page.
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| [[Barbour Collection|Barbour Collection Project]]
| A small article that needs lots of improvement! Work with others or by yourself to improve the content on this page.
|}
 
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== Wiki Development Projects  ==
 
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists User Pages]]
| To help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Support|Wiki Support]]
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#Help contributors who make the wiki a better place to do research
#Keep the wiki clean by doing maintenance work in the wiki
#Help community members work together&nbsp;
 
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New Common Taxonomy|Topic Taxonomy Project]]
| Establishing a new taxonomy to be used as the way to structure topics on the Wiki.
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