FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 19 April 2011

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Purpose of the meeting To forge solutions with other community contributors. To discuss content, community, best practices, current issues, and strategy.

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Business/Announcements

• {{patron question}}
  
• {{helpme}}
• FS Resources section idea

Project Help Requests

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

• Indians of Arizona
• Family History Center pages being created
• Wiki Trainer

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 Citation Proposal - Vote Now! Discussion this week raises the question of changing our vote and asking for comments or reasons to help all understand the perspectives and issues better. Poll closes 4/26 New since last week Forum badge test Testing placement of a badge to increase traffic to the forums. Long Pages How to make them easier for users. Need your ideas and suggestions in this thread. Good change on Wiki home page Suggesting that the home page also needs some community re-thinking. Comments added since last week English Contributors Discussion this week (posts 15-19) has turned to links to the FHLC and even to the purpose of the wiki. Proposed edit of guiding principles "Free" area Discussion this week turned to "Creative Commons" Tab Header Templates Includes how to find a list of existing templates, and wish lists, including font sizes and other tweeks. How best to add "Help" for contributors here Continuing ideas and suggestions Greenup County, KY - links act like text Issue added to "known issues" list for engineers. Also discovered why it was happening. From the Feedback Forum Titles for FHC pages Forums Facelift Outstanding discussion items (Forum issues, Policies/Manual of Style, etc.)

Improve the Wiki

• Welcome messages - where to discuss?