FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 30 January 2014

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Kudos go to

David and the User Guidance team for the new blog on the Wiki

Updates and follow up

• No meeting next week on Feb 6th. 15 sessions are being made available for live viewing online.

• See Help Needed with Wiki Articles for FamilySearch Record Collections by David W. Smith (FamilySearch Blog).

• How did Usability Testing go?

• Thanks to Diana Ornstead for putting us in touch with an adopter. We have received our first contact with from an adopter.

Moderators and Adopters

• Conversation in the call:

Wiki Content

Any feedback or report on projects?
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From our discussion about the wiki main page, I’ve listed questions that I’m not sure we’ve answered (and some possible answers), and below those I’ve listed some possible objectives (in primary and secondary levels).

Questions to Address

• Who accesses the main page?
  • Experienced wiki users? Novice wiki users?
  • Experienced researchers? Novice researchers?
• What is the primary goal of the main page?
  • Help people learn how to do research?
  • Help people search for articles?
  • Help people actually do research (versus learning how to do research)?
• When/Why do people access the main page?
  • When they have a particular purpose (such as looking for a specific article or category)?
  • When they stumble across it from a Google search?
• Where/How do people access the main page?
  • From a desktop/laptop?
  • From a mobile device?

Objectives

• Be appealing
  • Be visually attractive
  • Be inviting
  • Be encouraging
• Be helpful
  • Help people learn how to research
  • Help people actually do research
  • Help people get involved in wiki editing
• Be proper
  • Have a professional look
  • Conform to FamilySearch requirements

Dwsmith2 22:05, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

New Agenda Items

Be bold, post your agenda items! Feel free to post on the agenda any items you wish to discuss during the meeting. If your item requires details or feedback, post them on the discussion page and link to them from the agenda. Possible topics include: Moderator and Adopters Style Guide Discussions Project Help Requests Training Requests Improve the Wiki

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.