FamilySearch Wiki:Suggestions for Engineering

This page documents ideas/suggestions that require the involvement of FamilySearch Engineering.

If you are interested in seeing something change in the wiki, and FamilySearch engineering resources will be needed to make the change, please add it here.

See below for guidelines for adding to this page and voting on suggestions.

Changes requested to the FCK editor

Proposal:	Adding indent/outdent to rich editor
Links:	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ofEUwIv66m9JQxaGo2XrMbOhrspBdswQZup1rOEhNtE
Avg. Priority:
Priority Votes:	janellv-3;
Owner:	Janell Vasquez
Date:	February 15, 2011
Status:	Posted on Forums
Next steps:

Relocate "thumbs up/down"

Proposal:	Relocating "thumbs up/thumbs down" widget to be more visible and changing from "thumbs" to a 5-star rating system
Links:	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rfzgit9cluo0A6DoBVPYMpoq7e3kysfqrc34bFjUGOc	Avg. Priority:
Priority Votes:
Owner:	Steve Cottrell
Date:	January 26, 2011
Status:	Posted on forum; discussed with owner of process
Next steps:

Install Extension:Widgets

Proposal:	Can the Extension:Widgets be installed on the Research Wiki (is already on the Translation Wiki).
Links:	Extension:Widgets
Avg. Priority:
Priority Votes:
Owner:	Steve Cottrell
Date:
Status:	Posted on forum / Proposed at Tech Meeting
Next steps:

Wiki Navigation Changes

Proposal:	Wiki Community/Navigation proposal ~ Changing organization of navigation menus as well as removing the "Add Some Information" section.
Links:	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ttF5EWfUxHkTB8MFKrjDji18mt0o2hOyFBV4t3_p6DM
Avg. Priority:	1
Priority Votes:	janellv-1;
Owner:	Janell Vasquez
Date:	January 18, 2011
Status:	Posted on Forum; proposed at tech meeting
Next steps:

Process for Decision Making:

In the Wiki, when something major needs to be changed, it's important for the community to be involved with discussing how those changes should be made. The following will help the engineering team know what is important to the community:

(The following is a proposed process - please add your thoughts to the talk page.)

• Make a suggestion: Begin by making a suggestion on the Forums or a Talk page so that others can chime in on the proposal.
• Add your suggestion: Then add your suggestion to the page above. Create a new table and add a link to where the issue is being discussed. (These items can also be discussed in the Weekly Contributor and Technical meetings, but it's important that the discussion is being discussed where there is documentation.)
• Set a priority: Add your vote to the "Priority Votes:" row with your username and what you see as the priority of the item from 1-5:

• 1-High: something that affects a large number of users a significant amount
• 5-Low: something that's a change more for aesthetic reasons than for usability purposes
  

As each person adds their priority, they should add their number into the average in the Avg. Priority row. If you are the owner, you should solicit at least x (how many?) votes for your item before you request that engineering review the priority.

• Engineering Repsonse: When the engineers have reviewed it, they will add to the Next Steps section ....?