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As FamilySearch embarks on this project, we welcome your input as to how we might do it best. Please leave your comments below, thanks for sharing, and remember to "sign" your comments with four tildes [nowiki] [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[/nowiki]! [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | As FamilySearch embarks on this project, we welcome your input as to how we might do it best. Please leave your comments below, thanks for sharing, and remember to "sign" your comments with four tildes [nowiki] [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[/nowiki]! [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
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:My major concern is how you will distance FamilySearch from poor performing individuals. By listing the names of people, you are implying endorcement of them and their services. Therefore poor service will reflect negatively on FamilySearch. | :My major concern is how you will distance FamilySearch from poor performing individuals. By listing the names of people, you are implying endorcement of them and their services. Therefore poor service will reflect negatively on FamilySearch. | ||
:Second, why did Ancestry.com discontinue listing professional genealogists? Has FamilySearch addressed these reasons? [[User:Klk3|Klk3]] 16:54, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | :Second, why did Ancestry.com discontinue listing professional genealogists? Has FamilySearch addressed these reasons? [[User:Klk3|Klk3]] 16:54, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
:From the start of my involvement with the wiki, there have been concerns that relate to the fact that steering readers to the best possible resources may mean directing them to a "for pay" site. In a way, steering them to a professional isn't all that different, but I am concerned about muddling wiki contributor mechanisms for sharing and communicating, with pages for people that have no connection at all to the wiki. User pages should be strictly limited to those who contribute to the wiki, for example. It seems to me that a listing of professionals with fairly minimal information about them would be a better way to remain neutral and "arm's-length" from appearing to endorse researchers. [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 18:45, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | |||