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===IN THE BEGINNING=== | ===IN THE BEGINNING=== | ||
The Research Wiki was born in 2007 and the original wiki site was based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plone_%28software%29 Plone] open source software. The following display format (shown in this PowerPoint presentation) was used on the website until sometime into the first quarter of 2008. | The Research Wiki was born in 2007 and the original wiki site was based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plone_%28software%29 Plone] open source software. You can review background information from [[FamilySearch_Wiki:History_of_content_organization,_browsing,_and_categories#The_Past|The Past]] in an earlier review article. The following display format (shown in this PowerPoint presentation) was used on the website until sometime into the first quarter of 2008. | ||
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On 17 April 2008 an article to help with “Old microfilm number conversion of Family History Library numbers used before 1973” was [[1115-1122|available]]. | On 17 April 2008 an article to help with “Old microfilm number conversion of Family History Library numbers used before 1973” was [[1115-1122|available]]. | ||
Although the wiki was still in a beta site, by 20 August 2008 there were 3738 registered users with over a 100 new users signing on per week.<ref>Taken from the [[User_group_meeting_agenda_%26_minutes_20_August_2008|meeting minutes]] of a 2008 User Group meeting.</ref> | |||
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