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== Why promote professional genealogists on the wiki? == | == Why promote professional genealogists on the wiki? == | ||
One purpose of FamilySearch Wiki is to help patrons find the records of their ancestors. The wiki already has tens of thousands of links to digitized records that require an access fee. Linking to professional researchers that can provide | One purpose of FamilySearch Wiki is to help patrons find the records of their ancestors. The wiki already has tens of thousands of links to digitized records that require an access fee. Linking to professional researchers that can provide similar records is no more commercial, and gives the patron one more way to access his ancestors' records. To learn more about why FamilySearch is doing this project, please visit the [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|discussion page]]. | ||
== Bird's eye view == | |||
=== User pages as résumés === | |||
On a wiki, the system assigns each registered user a user page. Most wiki contributors add to their user pages information about their background and about information they contribute to the wiki. But the idea behind this project is for each professional genealogist to add to his user page the sort of information that might help a patron decide whether they'd like to hire him. This may include the following information: | |||
*Genealogical education | |||
*Professional and volunteer experience | |||
*Credentials | |||
*Specialties | |||
*Services & Rates | |||
*Contact information | |||
Many professionals also like to display longer items such as samples of client reports, research plans, or customer testimonials, and these can be included on sub-pages attached to the professional's user page. | |||
=== Linking to your user page from directory pages === | |||
To help patrons find each professional's individual user page, the wiki will link to them from other pages such as [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]. | |||
=== Linking from record type pages to directory pages === | |||
To make it even easier for patrons to find professional help, links to these directory pages would be created from other existing wiki pages. So a page like [[Ohio Vital Records|Ohio Vital Records]] would contain a link to [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]. The link's wording might be something like "For a list of professional genealogists who can procure vital records, see [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]." | |||
== Appropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki == | == Appropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki == | ||