FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 11 October 2012

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Introduce new members

• Amanda Slack - (Mandy) Intern for User Guidance, working with Dorothy Horan

Kudos go to ... 

• Support Missionaries - for handling recent problems with Wiki

Updates and follow up

• Status of Wiki - gridlines are still missing.  The engineers are looking at the problems as a high priority item.

Business/Announcements

• Pages with gibberish (HTML code) have been found.  Charles has volunteered to fix these.  This issue has been reported and pages with the error will be reported as we find them. 

New Agenda Items

• Adding a Digital Collection Topic to each state page Lsgc 18:54, 11 October 2012 (UTC)Put this on the Topic list on the state page?
• Might get better coverage in a special section, rather in the Topics
• Consensus of opinion is that it would be ok to add this to Topics
• On County pages, would it be better to have a link in the sections where there are digital records (such as births, probates, etc.)?  This could create maintenance issues.  Will the user find these from just the Digital Collections button? 

Forums Overview

Be part of the solution! Make your opinions known! Post comments to an existing thread or start a new discussion at Wiki Contributors Corner forum.

Current forum threads of interest: Polls New since last week Comments added since last week Status of the wiki today Bullets are back! Hooray! What about table borders? Are the other issues resolved now? References in the wiki "Our (FamilySearch) first rule is keep your readers in mind...and that is best achieved by simplifying." Here are my suggestions for digital books, non digital books, and databases: User:BatsonDL/Sandbox Decisions made since last week

Be bold, post your agenda items! Feel free to post on the agenda any items you wish to discuss during the meeting. If your item requires details or feedback, post them on the discussion page and link to them from the agenda. Possible topics include: Moderator and Adopters Style Guide Discussions Project Help Requests Training Requests Improve the Wiki

Purpose of the meeting Improve the Wiki Forge solutions with other community contributors. Share best practices, ideas, and content. Discuss current issues, community matters, and strategies. Move issues to decision.