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== Registering on the wiki == | == Registering on the wiki == | ||
A Wiki Moderator should already have a wiki account to sign into the wiki with. However, in some circumstances, a moderator may not have one. If you currently have a userid and password for any Family Search product, it will work on the Wiki, and you do not need to re-register. | |||
To create an account, from any Wiki page, on the upper right corner of the page, click '''sign in'''. When the screen comes up to sign in, click the link to register a new account. Create your account and log in. | |||
== Moderator Setup == | == Moderator Setup == | ||
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*Once you have logged in and are on a page you want to watch, look on the upper right side of the page on the toolbar with '''watch''', '''share''' and '''print'''. | *Once you have logged in and are on a page you want to watch, look on the upper right side of the page on the toolbar with '''watch''', '''share''' and '''print'''. | ||
*Click '''watch'''. | *Click '''watch'''. The system will indicate that you are now watching that page | ||
*“Watching” will cause an e-mail to be generated to you any time another user makes an edit to the page. When you visit the page, you can view the History tab to see what was changed. This makes it easy to track changes to the pages you moderate. | *“Watching” will cause an e-mail to be generated to you any time another user makes an edit to the page. When you visit the page, you can view the History tab to see what was changed. This makes it easy to track changes to the pages you moderate. | ||
Watch the following pages: | Watch the following pages: | ||
*First, add the | *First, add the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator]] page to your watchlist. This will notify you of any new helps for Moderators and any changes to the job description. | ||
*Second, add the locality or topic pages you are moderating to the watchlist, their topic pages, and the sub-locality pages. For example, if you are the New York moderator, you will add the New York page, the New York topic pages, and the New York county pages to your watchlist.<br> | *Second, add the locality or topic pages you are moderating to the watchlist, their topic pages, and the sub-locality pages. For example, if you are the New York moderator, you will add the New York page, the New York topic pages, and the New York county pages to your watchlist.<br> | ||
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*A section that suggests the types of improvements that are still needed on pages within the topic area you oversee. (This, along with a [[How to Run or Manage a Wiki Project|project]] page is a good way to make a "call to action" that can get others working on your projects!) | *A section that suggests the types of improvements that are still needed on pages within the topic area you oversee. (This, along with a [[How to Run or Manage a Wiki Project|project]] page is a good way to make a "call to action" that can get others working on your projects!) | ||
To learn more about user pages, see [[Help:User page|Help:User page]] and [[FamilySearch Wiki:User page|FamilySearch Wiki:User page]]. To see a couple good examples of user pages, see [[User:JensenFA|User:JensenFA]] and [[User:Cottrells|User:Cottrells]]. <br> | To learn more about user pages, see [[Help:User page|Help:User page]] and [[FamilySearch Wiki:User page|FamilySearch Wiki:User page]]. To see a couple good examples of user pages, see [[User:JensenFA|User:JensenFA]] and [[User:Cottrells|User:Cottrells]]. <br> | ||
== Ready to moderate == | == Ready to moderate == | ||