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 ***It was questioned whether the premise was accurate. Others on the call have not experienced the problem
 ***People who are used to the Wiki use the topics list; what about first-time users; eye tracking?
-**User testing suggested
+**User testing suggested. Play with it. Mock up and test various ways
-**Beginners in genealogy would look for birth, marriage, and death (and parents)
+**What about putting a [[Template:New York|navigation box]] at the top of state pages? so much on it is intimidating. Horizontal layout seems to be more intimidating.
 **Screen space (above the fold) is precious.
-**Wiki is not for beginner to genealogy, but a Wiki beginner
-**What about putting a [[Template:New York|navigation box]] at the top of state pages: so much on it would be intimidating
 **Concerned that we sacrifice the usefulness for wiki users for the new wiki users.
-**Most-used records would be above the fold. Really useful ones first. Pull those out is helpful.
+**Wiki is not for a beginner to genealogy, but a Wiki beginner
-**Careful with most usable. Most success under other topics. Researchers probably have already exhausted the commonly-used. It's the records that are not common and explanations
+***Beginners in genealogy would look for birth, marriage, and death (and parents)
-**horizontal layout is more intimidating.
+***Most-used and useful records above the fold. Really useful ones first is helpful.
-**Play with it and have it user tested
+***Be careful with "most usable records." Most success comes under other topics. Researchers probably have already exhausted the commonly-used. It's the records that are not common and the explanations for them that makes the Wiki so valuable.
-**Mock up and test various ways
 *Citation coding removed from Historical Records pages. Coverage tables added to HR pages. [[User:HoranDM|Dorothy Horan, User Guidance Supervisor]] 18:54, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 **Citation bibdesc coding has been removed for automated citations. Now they are created by Dorothy's group, and loaded manually. There is a generic default that appears until. They are "divorced" so the citation in the Wiki does not always agree. Working on it.