FamilySearch Wiki talk:The Un-Portal Page: Difference between revisions

I guess the way I see it is this:<br>Beginners -&gt; Main Articles: Those who are trying to figure stuff out will want to see more text. Start off reading something to get their bearings and try to figure out how to find an ancestor. An example thought process of one of these users would be something like this: "So... it says here that (x information) was recorded in (y location) so I can find my ancestors that way".<br>Experienced Users -&gt; Portals: Usually these users have and idea of what they are specifically looking for. They would rather not have to scroll through a large article trying to find the link that they are looking for. An example case would be something like: "Ok so I know he died in (x location) so I wonder what newspapers would have published his obituary?" The user would then desire to jump from the State to the County to a List of Locally Published Periodicals. This user would ideally want to get to this information with as little scrolling and as few clicks as is possible.<br>Obviously we want the wiki to be accessible to both user types. I think in the long run it would be best to use Main articles as the primary target for links, and keeping portals kind of like a hidden back passageway. As users learn and become more experienced in researching they'll discover how portals work and "graduate" to them.<br>