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=== Community Council Report === | === Community Council Report === | ||
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Community Council/Minutes#February_6.2C_2013|See their minutes from Feb. 6, 2013]] | *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Community Council/Minutes#February_6.2C_2013|See their minutes from Feb. 6, 2013]] | ||
=== Business/Announcements === | === Business/Announcements === | ||
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==== '''Priority items for this meeting:''' ==== | ==== '''Priority items for this meeting:''' ==== | ||
*'''Item:''' | *'''Item:''' | ||
*'''News and Events''' | |||
**Other channels, blogs, Facebook better as sources | |||
**Council decided that the wiki should direct users to these better sources rather than add "news" content directly in the wiki | |||
**Next steps - recommend change to wiki policy and advise others via the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting]] | |||
:*'''Goal for this item''': | :*'''Goal for this item''': Remove the "News" box from locality pages, since they are not usually maintained and links would better serve the public. | ||
:*'''Steps to achieve this goal:''' | :*'''Steps to achieve this goal:''' | ||
::*Danielle could talk to Marilyn Markham about taking out the News & Events sections on the locality pages, by missionaries. They would have to know how to manage the templates. | |||
::*Steve Cottrells could use the "replace text" function to expedite this process, especially for blank boxes. | |||
::*Per David Dilts, this could be complicated. | |||
::*Charles can check with foreign wiki managers to see if this would be a problem for them. | |||
::*Danielle will talk to GSWAC and report back on their position on this change. | |||
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:*'''Assignments and dates of completion:''' | :*'''Assignments and dates of completion:''' | ||
:*'''Evaluation date:''' | :*'''Evaluation date: '''28 Feb. 2013 | ||
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