FamilySearch Wiki:Contributor guidelines: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:50, 29 May 2024

Contributor Guidelines

The Purpose and appropriate topics page explains the policy, a widely accepted standard that all contributors should normally follow. Changes made to it should reflect consensus. This page also explains what the "FamilySearch Wiki is not", what topics should be limited and topics the community should discuss.
Keeping a neutral point of view is a goal and one to keep in mind when contributing to the Wiki.
Using different languages The Wiki is now in 11 languages and connections to them are at the bottom of the main page.
Dispute resolution, a important policy and this article describes what to do when you have a dispute with another contributor, and the steps to resolve the disagreement that may result.
Conditions of Use under which we are allowed to use the Wiki have been developed by consensus.
Accuracy and collaboration For a view of the use both being results within the Wiki.
Special files: images, PDFs, Word documents, etc. Questions about each can be answered in this page.
Why We Built FamilySearch Research Wiki

Research Wiki Policies

	Questions? Visit the Wiki Contributor Help Forum to receive help with contributing to the Wiki.

The Guiding Principles for this site.
Overall FamilySearch Wiki Policies
Copyrights Rules and ideas to help avoid breaking the copyright rules.
Privacy Policy Image use

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 '''Contributor Guidelines'''
-*[[Policy:Purpose and Appropriate Topics|Purpose and appropriate topics]]
+*The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Purpose and Appropriate Topics|Purpose and appropriate topics]] page explains the policy, a widely accepted standard that all contributors should normally follow. Changes made to it should reflect consensus. This page also explains what the "FamilySearch Wiki is not", what topics should be limited and topics the community should discuss.
-*[[Policy:Neutral Point of View|Keeping a neutral point of view]]
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Neutral Point of View|Keeping a neutral point of view]] is a goal and one to keep in mind when contributing to the Wiki.
-*[[Languages|Using different languages]]
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Non-English versions of the wiki|Using different languages]] The Wiki is now in 11 languages and connections to them are at the bottom of the [[Main Page|main page]].
-*[[Dispute Resolution|Dispute resolution]]
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Dispute Resolution|Dispute resolution]], a important policy and this article describes what to do when you have a dispute with another contributor, and the steps to resolve the disagreement that may result.
-*[[Record Type Template|Record type template]]
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Terms of Use|Conditions of Use]] under which we are allowed to use the Wiki have been developed by consensus.
-*[[Accuracy and Collaboration|Accuracy and collaboration]]
+*[[Accuracy and Collaboration|Accuracy and collaboration]] For a view of the use both being results within the Wiki.
-*[[Special Files: Images, PDFs, Word Documents, Etc.|Special files: images, PDFs, Word documents, etc.]]
+*[[Special Files: Images, PDFs, Word Documents, Etc.|Special files: images, PDFs, Word documents, etc.]] Questions about each can be answered in this page.
 *[[The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki|Why We Built FamilySearch Research Wiki]]
+'''Research Wiki Policies''' {{Contributor Help badge}}
+*The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] for this site.
+*Overall [[FamilySearch Wiki:Policies|FamilySearch Wiki Policies]]
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]] Rules and ideas to help avoid breaking the copyright rules.
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Privacy Policy|Privacy Policy]][[FamilySearch Wiki:Image Use|Image use]]
+{{Policies and guidelines}}
+[[Category:How to Contribute to the Wiki]]