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FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 16 May 2013: Difference between revisions
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***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. | ***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. | ||
*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 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. | **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 one better one is created. The Wiki and the Historical Collection citations are "divorced" so the citation in the Wiki does not always agree. They are working on it. | ||
**When click copy, it starts right out with the url -- which is not the most important thing to the genealogist | **When click copy, it starts right out with the url -- which is not the most important thing to the genealogist | ||
**21 coverage tables have been added to indexed collections. Have heard more comments about content of the table than the look of it. How generated | **21 [[Alabama County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)#Coverage Table|coverage tables]] have been added to indexed collections. Seeking feedback on layout. | ||
***Have heard more comments about content of the table than the look of it. How generated? data that collection ops sent to Dorothy's team which they upload to the Wiki; Nathan did his manually. Gaps discovered. Give feedback through FS or email HoranDM@FamilySearch.org | |||
*The new link on the right [[FamilySearch Wiki:Content Submission Form|'''Submit Wiki Content''']]. Allows people to [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFlES2FLbHFwNHFJV054RWtaNUEwRnc6MQ type content in], and someone will submit it. | *The new link on the right [[FamilySearch Wiki:Content Submission Form|'''Submit Wiki Content''']]. Allows people to [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFlES2FLbHFwNHFJV054RWtaNUEwRnc6MQ type content in], and someone will submit it. | ||
**Kudos to Jane for the idea - finally it is on. Volunteers have been submitting. When Janell is ready with enough volunteers, have Nathan do a blog to advertise this. | **Kudos to Jane for the idea - finally it is on. Volunteers have been submitting. When Janell is ready with enough volunteers, have Nathan do a blog to advertise this. | ||