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'''Historical Records''' <br>  
'''Historical Records''' <br>  
== How-to Articles  ==
All moderators in the Wiki are invited to help write the following articles. Each article is specifically related to being a moderator. Sharing your experiences in the Discussion tab would be a great place to start. The thoughts and ideas you add to the Discussion tab will assist anyone who wishes to write the article. The articles listed below were started as stub articles. Your participation in this effort will help all moderators.
'''Moderating the Community'''
*[[The Purpose of Site Moderation|The purpose of site moderation]] explains how moderation helps the community of volunteers who are using and contributing to FamilySearch Wiki.
*[[How can a moderator expand and grow the community?|How can a moderator expand and grow the community?]]
*The best practices for communicating with domain community
*[[Ideas for recruiting writers to fill in content holes|Ideas for recruiting writers to fill in content holes]]
*[[Policies and procedures for moderating non-English language Wiki pages|Policies and procedures for moderating non-English language Wiki pages]]
*[[How to recognize moderator candidates and, or nominate someone to be a moderator?|How to recognize moderator candidates and, or nominate someone to be a moderator?]]
*What is the escalation path when issues arise?
*What is the best way to resolve content-centered community conflict?
'''Moderating Content'''
*[[To what extent should facts in articles be verified?|To what extent should facts in articles be verified?]]
*[[Reverting Content to Previous Version|Reverting Content to Previous Version]] When should content be reverted back to a prior version? What is proper etiquette when it is necessary to revert content to a prior version? (use "Undo" from the History tab)
*[[Protecting Pages|When should a page in the Wiki be protected from additional edits? How is this done?]] (this has to do with the "three-revert" rule)
*[[Archiving Pages and Restoring Archived Pages|Archiving Pages and Restoring Archived Pages]] What is the process for archiving pages? When should pages be restored from the Archive?
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Deletion guidelines for administrators|Moderating the deletion of pages]] How does the moderator discover that pages have been incorrectly deleted? "Watch" all the pages in your area of expertise. When you are watching the pages, you will automatically be notified when a page is deleted.
*[[Help:Deleting a page|What should be done when a page needs to be deleted?]]
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Patrolling|How to Patrol a Wiki Article]]


== Things you can do  ==
== Things you can do  ==
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*Review and edit content as needed  
*Review and edit content as needed  
*[[Showcase content from your area of expertise]]
*Populate the "Help Wanted" page for your locality
*[[How moderators upload images|Upload images]]  
*[[How moderators upload images|Upload images]]  
*Encourage the creation of new pages  
*Encourage the creation of new pages  
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*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator/Getting Started|FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator/Getting Started]]
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator/Getting Started|FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator/Getting Started]]
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