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A ''wiki'' is a Website where anybody can write content without having to know html or other programming languages. The most famous wiki in existence today is Wikipedia.org, the world’s largest encyclopedia which is written entirely by volunteers. | A ''wiki'' is a Website where anybody can write content without having to know html or other programming languages. The most famous wiki in existence today is Wikipedia.org, the world’s largest encyclopedia which is written entirely by volunteers. | ||
<br>In 2008, FamilySearch launched a wiki at [https://wiki.familysearch.org https://wiki.familysearch.org] so that the | <br>In 2008, FamilySearch launched a wiki at [https://wiki.familysearch.org https://wiki.familysearch.org] so that the FamilySearch Library and the genealogical community at large could offer free advice about how to find, use, and analyze records of genealogical value. The wiki’s coverage is already massive, with a scope of over 100 countries and 21,000 pages. The idea behind the wiki is that none of us can be expert in all localities, records, languages, or ethnic groups, but if each of us writes snippets about what we know, the resulting content will help all of us learn where to find, how to use, and how to analyze genealogy records anywhere in the world. | ||
== Projects we’ll cover today == | == Projects we’ll cover today == | ||
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