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| == Registering on the wiki ==
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| To serve as a Moderator, you will need to register at the Family Search Wiki Site. If you currently have a userid and password for any Family Search product, it will work on the Wiki, and you do not need to re-register.
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| From any Wiki page, on the upper right corner of the page, click '''sign in'''. When the screen comes up to sign in, click the link to register a new account. Create your account and log in.
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| == Moderator Setup ==
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| *We have added you to the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator]] page. Please make sure that the link there to your user page is correct.
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| *Add yourself as a moderator to the main Locality or Topic page you will be moderating. If you are moderating, for example, New York content, you will add yourself as a moderator to the New York page, but you will also be moderating all of the New York content. (Follow the example of how the New York moderator added himself to the [[New York|New York]] page, on the left, under "New York Topics." Please contact the [https://help.familysearch.org/help/?wicket:bookmarkablePage=:org.familysearch.help.helpcenter.page.OpenCase Support Team] if you need help adding that information to your page.)
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| *Add the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator]] page to your [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Help:Watchlist Watchlist] to be notified of any changes to the Moderator role.
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| == "Watching" wiki pages ==
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| Once registered, the first thing you will need to do is set the pages you'll be moderating to "watch" status. This will enable the system to notify you of any changes made to those pages. Here's how to "watch" a page:
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| *Once you have logged in and are on a page you want to watch, look on the upper right side of the page on the toolbar with '''watch''', '''share''' and '''print'''.
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| *Click '''watch'''. <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1298343534201_111" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1298343534201_545" />The system will indicate that you are now watching that page
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| *“Watching” will cause an e-mail to be generated to you any time another user makes an edit to the page. When you visit the page, you can view the History tab to see what was changed. This makes it easy to track changes to the pages you moderate.
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| The first pa<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1298344343498_835" />ge you should add to your watch list is [[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator]]. This will notify you of any new helps for Moderators and any changes to the job description.
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| == Be involved - learning about policy changes saves rework ==
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| Changes occur often on wikis regarding policies, governance, stylistic issues, time-saving templates, and even the roles of moderators and adopters. When such changes occur, it is good to be aware of them early because this saves one from making many page edits using obsolete rules and having to correct them later.
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| At FamilySearch Wiki, changes that affect moderators, adopters, and other contributors are proposed, discussed, and decided on an online forum called the [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=81 FamilySearch Wiki Contributors' Corner]. In order for you to be aware of these discussions, impact their outcome, and learn of changes early in order to save time and prevent unnecessary rework later, you will want to register on the forums and subscribe to the Contributors' Corner forum. This will allow you to receive notifications via email when new issues are being discussed.
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| ==== Navigating from the wiki to the forums ====
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| To get to the forums, you could just type '''forums.familysearch.org''' into the address bar of your Internet browser and press '''Enter'''. But if you prefer to use a link from the wiki to get to forums, here is the path:
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| *On the right hand side of your county page you will see a gray pull down navigation menu with the main titles of '''Views''', '''Community''', '''Toolbox''' and '''Personal Tools'''. Click on the small arrow out to the right of '''Community''', opening up the pull down menu.
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| *Go down the menu and click on '''Wiki Forums'''.
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| ==== Subscribing to the Contributors' Corner forum ====
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| *Sign in to the forums using your Wiki user name.
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| *At the forum home page, navigate to the '''FamilySearch Wiki Contributors' Corner''' forum. It can be found near the bottom of the forum home screen in the '''FamilySearch Wiki''' section.
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| *Click '''Forum Tools''', then '''Subscribe to this forum'''.
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| *When new posts are added to the forum, you will receive notifications in your email.
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| == Creating your user page ==
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| The last thing you need to do to get set up is to create your user page. This will tell users and contributors about you and your organization.
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| #Using the navigation menu on the right side of the page, expand '''Personal Tools''' by clicking on the arrow out to the right. | |
| #The first item you see under '''Personal Tools''' should be your username. Click on this, and it will take you to your user page.
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| #Before you make your first edit to your user page, a message will display there saying "This page has not been created yet." Do not let that confuse you; just click on '''Edit This Page''' and begin typing.
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| === Ideas for your user page ===
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| A user page is a great place to tell a bit about yourself and link to wiki articles and other sites you find helpful. There are no requirements about what user pages must contain -- they exist to help users -- but here are some ideas of what you might add:
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| *A Personal Section telling a little bit about you.
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| *A section about your personal genealogical projects.
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| *Links to pages you moderate.
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| *Links to [[Help:Edit and Contribute|Help pages]] you use often.
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| *A section about any genealogical associations with which you are affiliated, and your reponsibilities there.
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| *A section that suggests the types of improvements that are still needed on pages within the topic area you oversee. (This, along with a [[How to Run or Manage a Wiki Project|project]] page is a good way to make a "call to action" that can get others working on your projects!)
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| To learn more about user pages, see [[Help:User page|Help:User page]] and [[FamilySearch Wiki:User page|FamilySearch Wiki:User page]]. To see a couple good examples of user pages, see [[User:JensenFA|User:JensenFA]] and [[User:Cottrells|User:Cottrells]].
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| == Ready to moderate ==
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| Once you have completed these tasks, you are ready to start moderating pages in your subject area.
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| == See also ==
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator]]
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