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| == Welcome to Our Community Center ==
| | <br> Welcome to the Wiki Community Center. This is the place to find out how to connect with others who are contributing, or learn about what's going in the Wiki.<br> |
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| | == <center>Meet and Talk</center> == |
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| | *Wiki Community Meetings |
| | *Collaborate with others where you are researching (communities) |
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| | *Request a mentor |
| | *Ask a Question<br> |
| | *Report a problem<br> |
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| [[Portal:Get started with this site|New to Genealogy]]
| | == <center>Join the Team<br></center> == |
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| | *Learn to contribute to the Wiki |
| | *Volunteer for Wiki Content Projects |
| | *Volunteer for Wiki Support Projects<br> |
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| | [[Wiki Demonstrations|New Wiki Users]]
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| | [[Help:Edit and Contribute|Wiki Contributors]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee|Welcoming Committee]]
| | == <center>See what's News<br></center> == |
| | <center><div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">Community News</span></div></center><br> |
| | *Community Newsstand |
| | *Featured Articles<br> |
| | *Wiki Contributor Newsletter |
| | *Newsletter archive |
| | *Research Help Newsletter |
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| | [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]]
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| | [[Genealogy Tools|Genealogy Tool Chest]]
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| [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ Genealogy Forums]
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| | [[FamilySearch Wiki community meeting|Live User Group Meeting]]
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| | [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php Social Groups]
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| <br>We are glad you are here and hope you will stay! This is the place to get involved with the FamilySearch Research Wiki. We invite you to find your niche and connect with other like-minded genealogists. Help improve the wiki in wiki contributors, ask questions on the forums or find a friend in the social groups. Check out the ongoing discussions and join in!
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| '''Community Bulletin Board'''
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| '''Discussions needing community input'''
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Site Design Ideas|Your vote counts!]] Do you like these possible site changes on the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Site Design Ideas|Site Design Ideas]] page? We are ready to make some of these changes soon.<br>
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style#Link_to_FHL_works_on_FHLC|Linking to works in the Family History Library Catalog]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style#Replace.C2.A0.22Family_History_Library.22_with_.22FHL.22_in_references|Replacing "Family History Library" with "FHL" in references]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style#Referencing_OCLC.2FWorldcat_works|Referencing OCLC/Worldcat works]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style#Format_for_OCLC_and_FHLC_works|Format for OCLC and FHLC references]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style#Creating_Numerous.2C_Repetitive_Links|Creating Numerous, Repetitive Links]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
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| *There is an ongoing discussion about the development of record-type articles. The two discussion points include: (1) The headings that should be used in record-type articles, and (2) The pros and cons of having long article or short articles with multiple links between them. This discussion is taking place within the context of the [[Maryland Newspapers|Maryland Newspapers]] article. Join the discussion on the talk page at: [[Talk:Maryland Newspapers|Talk:Maryland Newspapers]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|Naming Conventions for Project Pages]]. People are having trouble finding project pages because we're naming them so many different ways and putting them in multiple namespaces. Please help us figure out what to do by adding to the [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|discussion page]].
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| '''Projects seeking contributors'''
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| (Add new projects at the top of this list.)
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Rural Records of Mid-Southern United States|Rural Records of Mid-Southern United States]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indians of North America|Indians of North America]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Sweden|Sweden]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ireland Court Records|Ireland Court Records]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee]] needs volunteers to welcome new contributors and help them get started in various ways. Also to help develop the guidance for committee members.
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|Linking to Record Search]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to new indexes and digitized records in FamilySearch [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# Record Search].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php BYU Family History Archives] site.
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]], a project to help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki|Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records|FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages]] In order to make project pages easier to find, we need to the community to propose and discuss the standardization of project naming conventions and decide which namespace to put project pages in.
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| *The [[England Barn Raising Tasks|England Barn Raising]] project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.
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| *[[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Copying Research Guidance and Help Content]] from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki.
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maryland News and Events|WikiProject Maryland News and Events]] needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the [[Portal:Maryland|Maryland Portal]].
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| *[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision|Denmark]] has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Linking Wiki Articles Mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the Main PERSI Article|Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article]].
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| '''Continuous maintenance projects'''
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| *[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]
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| *[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]]
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| *[[How to categorize an article|Categorize articles]]- As of 29 July 2009 there are 973 pages in the Wiki without a category. All [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorized pages]] need at least one category added to the page.
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| *[[Special:Uncategorizedcategories|Uncategorized category pages]] - 8 category pages need at least one category added to the page.
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| *Disambiguation
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| *[[Edit a page|Expand an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]]
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| *[[Special:DoubleRedirects|Double redirects need fixing]] - 14 pages as of 18 Dec 2008 have double redirects. Each case needs to be fixed.
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| *[[Special:Deadendpages|Link dead end pages]] in FamilySearch Wiki to other pages as needed - 2139 pages as of 18 Dec 2008 that do not link to other pages in FamilySearchWiki.
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| *[[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused Categories]] - 168 categories in the Wiki are unused as of 18 Dec 2008. Evaluate each instance and either delete, redirect, correct, or use the category.
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| *[[Special:Wantedpages|Stub Pages]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are over 5,000 wanted pages. The wanted pages are those that were created as a stub article, meaning the beginning of an article that needs to be written. There are two ways to view the list of stub/wanted pages, (1) [[:Category:Stubs|Stub pages]] and (2) [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]]. Both lists are the same, but are organized differently. Find one of interest and add what you know about the subject.
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| *[[Special:Wantedcategories|Wanted Categories]] - As of 18 Dec 2008 there are 438 categories that need a description added to the category page.
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| *[[:Category:Merge articles|Merge articles]] - when two articles contain the same or similar content they can be flagged for review.
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| '''Creating new articles'''
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| *FamilySearch Wiki is "international" so any article with a general title such as "The Census" should really cover the entire globe! If you are writing an article which applies to one country only, then that should be made clear in the title of the article, such as ''The Census in England'' or ''England Census'' etc..
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| *To make your article easier to find by others, make sure you insert a Category at the end of the article, e.g. <nowiki>[[Category:Scotland]]</nowiki>
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| '''Notices'''
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| *[[List of changes to the Research Wiki skin|List of Changes to the Research Wiki Skin]]
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| '''Article Collaboration'''
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| [[Talk:Community Portal|Submit]] an article that needs a group effort to improve and expand the content. Every month, beginning January 2009, a new article will be featured here for collaborative improvement.
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| *The [[Barbour Collection]] is a small article that needs lots of improvement!
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| *The Research Wiki has several entries in the [[A genealogical glossary terms|Glossary]] about the Julian and Gregorian calendars (see Double-dating; Julian; and Gregorian entries). Unfortunately, an article about the usage of the [[Julian and Gregorian Calendars]] in family history research does not exist. There are many websites related to the history of the calendars and also a site that helps with converting dates to a variety of other calendars (See [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ Calendar Converter]). In addition, there are several other articles within the Wiki that refer to either the Julian or Gregorian calendars. Each of these article could eventually be linked to this new page! If interested, please join in a community effort to write this new article for the FamilySearch Research Wiki!
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| '''Guidelines, Help, and Resources'''
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| *The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] for this site.
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| *Overall [[FamilySearch Wiki:Policies|FamilySearch Wiki Policies]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Copyright, Copyleft, and Intellectual Property|Copyright, Copyleft, and Intellectual Property]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Privacy Policy|Privacy Policy]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Image Approval Policies|Image Approval Policies]]
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| *[[Running a Barn Raising|How to Run or Manage a WikiProject]]
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| *[[FamilySearch wiki user group meeting|FamilySearch Wiki User Group]] meets weekly online to discuss various aspects of contributing to the wiki.
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| *The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] contains guidelines on writing.
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| '''See Also'''
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal Wikipedia:Community portal] yields ideas that can help this page evolve.
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia:WikiProject] is a nice, simple way to list many projects.
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