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[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah|Project Page]] | [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah|Project Page]] | ||
=== 19 Oct 2011 === | |||
'''Feedback from Utah wiki class taught at Logan Conference''' | |||
*Question asked about time commitment for the project | |||
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*UGA Board meeting (Friday night) prep | *UGA Board meeting (Friday night) prep | ||
**Patsy will present this. Give heads-up about Treasure Hunt. Suggest Prizes gicen by UGA. Photo Contest posibility to get good pictures on the wiki. Advertise wiki through member emails. Identify Chapter heads. Get member list sorted by Zip Code to more effectively target our audience for pictures, info, etc. | **Patsy will present this. Give heads-up about Treasure Hunt. Suggest Prizes gicen by UGA. Photo Contest posibility to get good pictures on the wiki. Advertise wiki through member emails. Identify Chapter heads. Get member list sorted by Zip Code to more effectively target our audience for pictures, info, etc. | ||
**Suggest Utah Wiki be scheduled as a virtual chapter meeting | **Suggest Utah Wiki be scheduled as a virtual chapter meeting | ||
**Find out who is into Social media who can help spread the Utah wiki word. | **Find out who is into Social media who can help spread the Utah wiki word. | ||
*Meeting w/consultants, etc next week: | *Meeting w/consultants, etc next week: | ||
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*Style guide | *Style guide | ||
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=== 31 Aug 2011 === | === 31 Aug 2011 === | ||
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*UGA Board Meeting | *UGA Board Meeting | ||
**Website | **Website | ||
**Wilma cannot create new pages or edit at the top of a page. Please do the edit for me on the WikiProject Utah page: Assignment for Patsy and Marilyn | **Wilma cannot create new pages or edit at the top of a page. Please do the edit for me on the WikiProject Utah page: Assignment for Patsy and Marilyn | ||
*Fixed links to USGenWeb sites Beaver county [[Beaver County, Utah#Military|Military]] and [[Beaver County, Utah#Vital_Records|Vital]]. | *Fixed links to USGenWeb sites Beaver county [[Beaver County, Utah#Military|Military]] and [[Beaver County, Utah#Vital_Records|Vital]]. | ||
*Links are being made from county under local history to the Marriott Library Digital Collections for each county. | *Links are being made from county under local history to the Marriott Library Digital Collections for each county. | ||
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*Do we want to set some guidelines about how many entries a site should have before it is linked to? | *Do we want to set some guidelines about how many entries a site should have before it is linked to? | ||
**If the county has a lot of resources, we would not do one with only 3. Guidelines: time of making the link, value to the user, importance in relation to other sources. You make the choice, but explain to the user. | **If the county has a lot of resources, we would not do one with only 3. Guidelines: time of making the link, value to the user, importance in relation to other sources. You make the choice, but explain to the user. | ||
*Project going to each section in the FHLC. | *Project going to each section in the FHLC. | ||
*Meetings needed with the Utah/LDS experts. | *Meetings needed with the Utah/LDS experts. | ||
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**Consider the time period | **Consider the time period | ||
**Consider the place | **Consider the place | ||
**If a record with few entries was listed, it shouls appear lower on the list | **If a record with few entries was listed, it shouls appear lower on the list | ||
*Follow up: UGA board meeting this Friday. Patsy will present info on the Utah project pages and wanted suggestions on what to share. She will show the project pages. She also plans to have a blurb about the Utah wiki project for the website that connects to an email allowing people to volunteer. We would like the FamilySearch link to go to the Utah wiki page. Or there should be a third link that connects to the Utah wiki. | *Follow up: UGA board meeting this Friday. Patsy will present info on the Utah project pages and wanted suggestions on what to share. She will show the project pages. She also plans to have a blurb about the Utah wiki project for the website that connects to an email allowing people to volunteer. We would like the FamilySearch link to go to the Utah wiki page. Or there should be a third link that connects to the Utah wiki. | ||
*Follow up: Pat - would she listen to recordings or are minutes sufficient? Probably not. but each week we will ask to see if she will be able to sign in remotely. | *Follow up: Pat - would she listen to recordings or are minutes sufficient? Probably not. but each week we will ask to see if she will be able to sign in remotely. | ||
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*Illinois county pages — what to incorporate [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?t=7793 Forum thread -Proposed Modification to County Page categories/topics] and [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. counties example|U.S. counties example]] . | *Illinois county pages — what to incorporate [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?t=7793 Forum thread -Proposed Modification to County Page categories/topics] and [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. counties example|U.S. counties example]] . | ||
**Illinois community has decided to put all repositories, including court houses, as well as societies and museums at the bottom of the page. And they've reorganized the repositories' grouping. Their thinking is that users want records - especially online ones - before they want to know repositories, We do not have to follow this lead. In fact we will not worry about that at this time. Instead we will focusing our time on content. Organization will come later. | **Illinois community has decided to put all repositories, including court houses, as well as societies and museums at the bottom of the page. And they've reorganized the repositories' grouping. Their thinking is that users want records - especially online ones - before they want to know repositories, We do not have to follow this lead. In fact we will not worry about that at this time. Instead we will focusing our time on content. Organization will come later. | ||
**One decision Illinois made that we don't like is to make many Level 2 heading. Supposedly text and pictures can wrap around them, but this is not the case. Also they chose a heading to begin the county page content that doesn't make sense in the content of the content that follows. The heading was "[County name] County Organization." Then what follows i a table listing when varios record types began. Patsy will, however, get wid of level 2 headigs in usah. | **One decision Illinois made that we don't like is to make many Level 2 heading. Supposedly text and pictures can wrap around them, but this is not the case. Also they chose a heading to begin the county page content that doesn't make sense in the content of the content that follows. The heading was "[County name] County Organization." Then what follows i a table listing when varios record types began. Patsy will, however, get wid of level 2 headigs in usah. | ||
*Start a Preferred formats section on the main project page? After saying we would focus on adding content in the last bullet, we would like to identify some standard formats for entering data. This could become a style guide of sorts | *Start a Preferred formats section on the main project page? After saying we would focus on adding content in the last bullet, we would like to identify some standard formats for entering data. This could become a style guide of sorts | ||
**Use bullets for each item? | **Use bullets for each item? | ||
**List statewide items under each county? or link to a page that lists them? | **List statewide items under each county? or link to a page that lists them? | ||
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks GenWeb Links|UT GenWeb task]]: is it ready? Not until we have some guidelines for sites we link to. We will discuss that next week. | *[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks GenWeb Links|UT GenWeb task]]: is it ready? Not until we have some guidelines for sites we link to. We will discuss that next week. | ||
*County church info, The project is not | *County church info, The project is not | ||
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=== 29 July 2011 === | === 29 July 2011 === | ||
Wilma out of town (camping)<br> | Wilma out of town (camping)<br> | ||
'''Follow up on previous meeting(s)''' | '''Follow up on previous meeting(s)''' | ||
*Dawne schedule a physical place to meet. | *Dawne schedule a physical place to meet. | ||
**Results:Done. We will meet in the 3rd floor glass room through December 2011. We can use the phone 801-240-3120. If the phone isn't in the glass room, we need to get the phone from the drawer in the cabinet by the photocopier inside the doors to the administration area.<br> | **Results:Done. We will meet in the 3rd floor glass room through December 2011. We can use the phone 801-240-3120. If the phone isn't in the glass room, we need to get the phone from the drawer in the cabinet by the photocopier inside the doors to the administration area.<br> | ||
*Possible change in meeting time to allow Pat to attend. A possible time is 2:15 on Tuesdays, Wilma will attend through MeetingPlace. | *Possible change in meeting time to allow Pat to attend. A possible time is 2:15 on Tuesdays, Wilma will attend through MeetingPlace. | ||
**Results:We will need to keep Wednesdays at 9:30am because of conflicts. Pat may be able to call in using the above numbers. | **Results:We will need to keep Wednesdays at 9:30am because of conflicts. Pat may be able to call in using the above numbers. | ||
*Dawne Set up Meeting Place so it is recorded. | *Dawne Set up Meeting Place so it is recorded. | ||
**Results: MeetingPlace was set up. Verify that it is automatically recorded. It will be recorded except when we don't use Meeting Place, like today.<br> | **Results: MeetingPlace was set up. Verify that it is automatically recorded. It will be recorded except when we don't use Meeting Place, like today.<br> | ||
*Wilma create a place to keep minutes. | *Wilma create a place to keep minutes. | ||
**Results: Done. It is called WikiProject Utah Meeting Notes. | **Results: Done. It is called WikiProject Utah Meeting Notes. | ||
*Wilma read Patsy's article about the Utah adopting for UGA Crossroads. | *Wilma read Patsy's article about the Utah adopting for UGA Crossroads. | ||
**Results: Wilma hopes to accomplish this before going camping. (Wilma's comments) She did this and approved the article.<br> | **Results: Wilma hopes to accomplish this before going camping. (Wilma's comments) She did this and approved the article.<br> | ||
*Wilma update the instructions for linking as discussed in the meeting. | *Wilma update the instructions for linking as discussed in the meeting. | ||
**Results: Done. See [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Hows#Adding_Links|Adding Links]] Dawne is testing the instructions to see if they are clear and correct. | **Results: Done. See [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Hows#Adding_Links|Adding Links]] Dawne is testing the instructions to see if they are clear and correct. | ||
*Patsy post minutes of today's meeting. | *Patsy post minutes of today's meeting. | ||
**Results: Done. see 20 July 2011 on this page. | **Results: Done. see 20 July 2011 on this page. | ||
*Wilma will make the changes suggested for the County History task. | *Wilma will make the changes suggested for the County History task. | ||
**Results: Made a number of changes, especially to ''Where to find the information'' [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks County History|Tasks County History]] I believe the task got a little easier to accomplish. | **Results: Made a number of changes, especially to ''Where to find the information'' [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks County History|Tasks County History]] I believe the task got a little easier to accomplish. | ||
**Please review them and comment on the discussion page and sign with four tildes. | **Please review them and comment on the discussion page and sign with four tildes. | ||
**Completed [[Tooele County, Utah#history|Tooele County]] to test the instructions. | **Completed [[Tooele County, Utah#history|Tooele County]] to test the instructions. | ||
*Wilma will add a section called "Tasks Waiting in the Wings". | *Wilma will add a section called "Tasks Waiting in the Wings". | ||
**Results: Done. See the WikiProject Utah page. | **Results: Done. See the WikiProject Utah page. | ||
*Patsy and Marilyn agreed to complete the Courthouse tasks they signed up for. | *Patsy and Marilyn agreed to complete the Courthouse tasks they signed up for. | ||
**Results:Not done.<br> | **Results:Not done.<br> | ||
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*Please review [[Tooele County, Utah#history|Tooele County]] and make suggestions | *Please review [[Tooele County, Utah#history|Tooele County]] and make suggestions | ||
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• Dawn suggested: o Wilma take charge of the meetings – we agreed o Dawne contact Christina to schedule a permanent room – we’ll hear back from her o Dawne schedule MeetingPlace. Record the meetings - We’ll hear back on this item o We have an agenda. – Wilma will create a place on wiki for this • Possible change in meeting time to allow Pat to attend – Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. – We’ll clear this • Patsy created an article about Utah adopting wiki for Crossroads. Marilyn helped edit it but did not see the final draft yet, Dawne shared it with her team, Wilma will read it. It was shared with Pat • Wilma brought her guidelines for writing on wiki at “wikiproject Utah hows” out of obscurity when she shared them. They will be linked to the project pages. We suggested a few changes there in the instructions for adding links o Changing a few words o Listing the instructions as 1,2.3.4, so volunteers know they must do all of them • We focused on the county history project page especially the instruction to create a history. Wilma tried out her own instructions and decided that creating a table was too difficult. We suggested creating a bulleted list. It looks nice, is fairly straight forward in the text entry option, can be expanded, allows inserting • Wilma proposed that on the admin page there be a place for projects in the wings. • We will post our minutes on the wiki | • Dawn suggested: o Wilma take charge of the meetings – we agreed o Dawne contact Christina to schedule a permanent room – we’ll hear back from her o Dawne schedule MeetingPlace. Record the meetings - We’ll hear back on this item o We have an agenda. – Wilma will create a place on wiki for this • Possible change in meeting time to allow Pat to attend – Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. – We’ll clear this • Patsy created an article about Utah adopting wiki for Crossroads. Marilyn helped edit it but did not see the final draft yet, Dawne shared it with her team, Wilma will read it. It was shared with Pat • Wilma brought her guidelines for writing on wiki at “wikiproject Utah hows” out of obscurity when she shared them. They will be linked to the project pages. We suggested a few changes there in the instructions for adding links o Changing a few words o Listing the instructions as 1,2.3.4, so volunteers know they must do all of them • We focused on the county history project page especially the instruction to create a history. Wilma tried out her own instructions and decided that creating a table was too difficult. We suggested creating a bulleted list. It looks nice, is fairly straight forward in the text entry option, can be expanded, allows inserting • Wilma proposed that on the admin page there be a place for projects in the wings. • We will post our minutes on the wiki | ||
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