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This is a list of the WikiProject that are currently active and working on content. The projects are always seeking contributors, so feel free to join a group and have fun!  
This is a list of the WikiProject that are currently active and working on content. The projects are always seeking contributors, so feel free to join a group and have fun!  


== Creating New Projects ==
== Creating New Projects ==


If you would like to create a new project, following the naming conventions for WikiProjects to help make your project easy to find:
If you would like to create a new project, following the naming conventions for WikiProjects to help make your project easy to find:  


#The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon :  
#The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon :  
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#Be sure to add the new project to the list below, under the subject heading that is related to the new project:
#Be sure to add the new project to the list below, under the subject heading that is related to the new project:


For more details about naming new WikiProject pages, see [[FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages]]
For more details about naming new WikiProject pages, see [[FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages]]  


== FamilySearch Projects ==
== FamilySearch Records Project ==


=== Historical Records Wiki Pages  ===
==== Historical Records Wiki Pages  ====


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FamilySearch Records|FamilySearch Records]] -- add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records
:[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FamilySearch Records|FamilySearch Records]] -- add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records


== United States Projects  ==
== United States Projects  ==


=== Idaho  ===
==== Idaho  ====


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Idaho|Idaho]] -- adding content to the county pages of Idaho
:[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Idaho|Idaho]] -- adding content to the county pages of Idaho


=== Indians of North America Project  ===
==== Indians of North America Project  ====


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indians of North America|Indians of North America]]
:[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indians of North America|Indians of North America]]


=== Southern US Rural Records Project  ===
==== Maryland Project ====
 
:[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maryland News and Events|WikiProject Maryland News and Events]] needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the [[Maryland|Maryland Portal]].
 
==== Southern US Rural Records Project  ====


*[[FamilySearch WikiProject:Rural Records of the Southern United States|Rural Records of the Southern United States]]
*[[FamilySearch WikiProject:Rural Records of the Southern United States|Rural Records of the Southern United States]]


=== US Vital Records Project  ===
==== US Vital Records Project  ====


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records|FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records]]
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records|FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records]]


== Canada Projects  ==
== Europe Projects  ==
 
==== Sweden Project ====
 
: See the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Sweden|Sweden]] project page for more details.
 
==== Ireland Project ====
 
: See the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ireland Court Records|Ireland Court Records]] project page for more details.
==== England Content Project ====
:The [[England Barn Raising Tasks|England Barn Raising]] project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.


*Nothing right now
==== Danish Articles Revision Project ====


== South America Projects  ==
:[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision|Denmark]] has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.


*Nothing right now
== Improving Your Wiki User Page Project ==


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==== The Professional Genealogist User Page Project ==


*[[Julian and Gregorian Calendars|Julian and Gregorian calendars]] is a stub that needs fleshing in.  
: The [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]] wiki project will help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.  
*The [[Barbour Collection]] is a small article that needs lots of improvement!


== Europe Projects ==
== Wiki Content Improvement Projects ==


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Sweden|Sweden]]
==== PERSI Linking Project ====
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ireland Court Records|Ireland Court Records]]
:[[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Linking Wiki Articles Mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the Main :#PERSI Article|Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article]].
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee]] needs volunteers to welcome new contributors and help them get started in various ways. Also to help develop the guidance for committee members.
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php BYU Family History Archives] site.
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]], a project to help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.  
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki|Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki]]


<br>
==== BYU Books Archive Linking Project ====
#[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives]] needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php BYU Family History Archives] site.


*The [[England Barn Raising Tasks|England Barn Raising]] project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.
==== Julian and Gregorian Calendar Project ====
: The [[Julian and Gregorian Calendars|Julian and Gregorian calendars]] page is an article with very little content. Work with others or by yourself to improve the information on this page.


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maryland News and Events|WikiProject Maryland News and Events]] needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the [[Maryland|Maryland Portal]].
==== The Barbour Collection Project ====
:The [[Barbour Collection]] is a small article that needs lots of improvement! Work with others or by yourself to improve the content on this page.


*[[FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision|Denmark]] has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.
==== Welcoming Committee Project ====


*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Linking Wiki Articles Mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the Main PERSI Article|Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article]].
:The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee|FamilySearch Wiki Welcoming Committee]] needs volunteers to welcome new contributors and help them get started in various ways. Members of the committee can also help improve the ways we welcome new authors and help them get started in adding content.


== Maintenance Projects  ==
== Maintenance Projects  ==


=== Portals to un-portals  ===
==== Portals to un-portals  ====


:[[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject portals to un-portals|Portals to un-portal pages]] All portal pages on the wiki need to be converted to un-portal pages. Questions can be directed to [[User talk:Laraleepn|Laralee]]
:[[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject portals to un-portals|Portals to un-portal pages]] All portal pages on the wiki need to be converted to un-portal pages. Questions can be directed to [[User talk:Laraleepn|Laralee]]


=== Copy Old FamilySearch Content  ===
==== Copy Old FamilySearch Content  ====


:[[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Copying Research Guidance and Help Content]] from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki.
:[[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Copying Research Guidance and Help Content]] from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki.
==== FamilySearch Topic Taxonomy Project ====
: See xxx for more details.
==== FamilySearch Place Standards Project ====
: [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki|Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki]]


[[Category:Wiki_community]]
[[Category:Wiki_community]]

Revision as of 11:48, 25 October 2010

This is a list of the WikiProject that are currently active and working on content. The projects are always seeking contributors, so feel free to join a group and have fun!

Creating New Projects[edit | edit source]

If you would like to create a new project, following the naming conventions for WikiProjects to help make your project easy to find:

  1. The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon :
  2. After the colon type the word "WikiProject"
  3. The type the name of the project. Example: FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah
  4. Be sure to add the new project to the list below, under the subject heading that is related to the new project:

For more details about naming new WikiProject pages, see FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages

FamilySearch Records Project[edit | edit source]

Historical Records Wiki Pages[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Records -- add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Projects[edit | edit source]

Idaho[edit | edit source]

Idaho -- adding content to the county pages of Idaho

Indians of North America Project[edit | edit source]

Indians of North America

Maryland Project[edit | edit source]

WikiProject Maryland News and Events needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the Maryland Portal.

Southern US Rural Records Project[edit | edit source]

US Vital Records Project[edit | edit source]

Europe Projects[edit | edit source]

Sweden Project[edit | edit source]

See the Sweden project page for more details.

Ireland Project[edit | edit source]

See the Ireland Court Records project page for more details.

England Content Project[edit | edit source]

The England Barn Raising project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.

Danish Articles Revision Project[edit | edit source]

Denmark has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.

Improving Your Wiki User Page Project[edit | edit source]

== The Professional Genealogist User Page Project[edit | edit source]

The Professional Genealogists wiki project will help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.

Wiki Content Improvement Projects[edit | edit source]

PERSI Linking Project[edit | edit source]

Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article.

BYU Books Archive Linking Project[edit | edit source]

  1. WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on the BYU Family History Archives site.

Julian and Gregorian Calendar Project[edit | edit source]

The Julian and Gregorian calendars page is an article with very little content. Work with others or by yourself to improve the information on this page.

The Barbour Collection Project[edit | edit source]

The Barbour Collection is a small article that needs lots of improvement! Work with others or by yourself to improve the content on this page.

Welcoming Committee Project[edit | edit source]

The FamilySearch Wiki Welcoming Committee needs volunteers to welcome new contributors and help them get started in various ways. Members of the committee can also help improve the ways we welcome new authors and help them get started in adding content.

Maintenance Projects[edit | edit source]

Portals to un-portals[edit | edit source]

Portals to un-portal pages All portal pages on the wiki need to be converted to un-portal pages. Questions can be directed to Laralee

Copy Old FamilySearch Content[edit | edit source]

Copying Research Guidance and Help Content from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki.

FamilySearch Topic Taxonomy Project[edit | edit source]

See xxx for more details.

FamilySearch Place Standards Project[edit | edit source]

Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki