FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 20 Sep 2011

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Purpose of the meeting Improve the Wiki Forge solutions with other community contributors. Share best practices, ideas, and content. Discuss current issues, community matters, and strategies. Move issues to decision.

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Updates and follow up

• Thank you from Parker family to the FmailySearch Wiki Community. Lise 18:27, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
  

Business/Announcements

• Wikiproject New York (David Dilts)
  

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Project Help Requests

Need help with your project? See a project that needs to be done? Add it here:

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Training Requests

• Which training page should we send new wiki contributors to? The one under Learn More on the right side of the page, or the one under Contributor Help ? The link for the 'view entire course here' under getting started with Wiki lessons on the Edit and Contribute page under Contributor help does not link anywhere. Lsgc 02:12, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
  

Improve the Wiki

• Wiki Project - Improving the Help Content --- Should be ready to go by the end of this week.

Moderators and Adopters

• Let's brainstorm a list of potential responsibilities a moderator could have. Let's not evaluate the ideas, but rather brainstorm any and all ideas. They can be evaluated later. Also, who should do the evaluation, and at what point are all current moderators brought into the discussion?
  Currently, some of the responsibilities are:

• Help monitor wiki content within a subject area and guide others as they contribute
• Add information and links to the pages you moderate.
• Share best practices with others as they contribute.

Brainstorming:

• Facilitator, catalyst, content development - Moderator role should be content neutral

Another idea - we have two roles (moderators could be one, the other, or both):

• Governance Role where "moderating" and watching happens
• Super-editor role where they look at adding content or recruiting and bringing in more people

Some of the rest of the responsibilities are about what they have to know, but do not state what they are supposed to do about that knowledge. Let's focus here on what the things are that they could do. -- janellv (talk| contribs) 13:27, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Forums Overview

Be part of the solution! Make your opinions known! Post comments to an existing thread or start a new discussion at Wiki Contributors Corner forum.

Current forum threads of interest: Polls New since last week Announcing new WikiProject New York Jimmy Parker Jimmy passed away this month. Projects he directed and his user page are currently featured articles on the Wiki main page. Expand Templates tried to find something in a help menu that explained the page Uncategorized Pages There are many. The project to categorize them has been halted for a short time, while the categories are "cleaned up" Comments added since last week Links to Historical Records collection A template has been made as well as a suggested improvement. English County Census pages Brings out some differences in thinking of those with access to microfilms and others. FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject English parishes is a place to raise and discuss some of the issues. Original content was from old research outlines, which did focus on FS Catalog holdings. Decisions made since last week

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