FamilySearch Wiki:Community Dialogue Chronological: Difference between revisions

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Introduction

This is a month-by-month listing or summary of conversations between Wiki contributors which take place in meetings and forum threads. The purposes of this list include:

Help the Community stay informed quickly and easily
Document decisions: When they were made, how they were implemented and by whom
Track the updating of guidelines. This includes Help content, Manual of Style, Projects, and more
Call attention to ideas and concerns not yet decided, allowing the Community to prioritize action

March 2011[edit | edit source]

Polls: (closed Saturday, March 5)

Require Adopters to edit a page before Adoption sign is posted?
- Results: 55% voted yes, 45% voted no.
- For updates and further actions, see Require edits before placing adoption signs
Maximum period of inactivity of Moderators and Adopters
- Results: Remove them after... 44% voted 6 months, 33% voted 3 months.
- For updates of further actions, see Inactivity
"Three strikes" communication policy for moderators and adopters
- Results: Remove them after... 40% voted 4 weeks. 26% each to 2 weeks and 6 weeks. Additional comments were made after polls closed.
- For updates and further actions, see 3 Strikes

Forum Threads Started
March 16 - 22

Wiki Talk — Dialogue summary: Need for your input
- Creating a summary of the dialogue from Forums and meetings. Need your ideas and suggestions
Question of procedure and policy
- Question arose about procedures when much information may be wrong or offensive (Using American Indian example)
- Suggestion: contact the project manager (Jimmy Parker in this case)
- The Wiki is all about making additions/corrections
- User decided to make changes (did not mention contacting the project leader
Citations
- Wants Community guidelines for citing sources in the Wiki
- A person is digesting what is written and needs updating
- The Utah page has a good example. So does State of Franklin
- Comment: There are quite a few different citation styles.... subsequent users can edit the citations if necessary. Don't make it an issue
- Comment: it should be clear that the form of the citation is not as important as the content
- Comment: Advanced professionals need great citation guidelines
- Suggestion: Inform writers of purpose, where guidelines are found, at least type out the basics that others can fix
Weekly Thumbs up, Thumbs Down Report
English Contributors
- Who is being invited to submit? Few contributors for England.
- Suggested the person and others in England start
- Suggested that they start with digitized records for England on FamilySearch.org

March 9 - 15

Over 100 pages of individual histories added Discusses that information about individuals is not appropriate for the Wiki. Suggestions include:
- Ways to contact a contributer who adds individual names
- Need to clarify guidelines in Wiki.
- Meeting discussion (3/15/11) suggested that Welcoming point to the Guidelines.
- Alternative places to post their information WeRelate.com, BiographicalWiki.com, and GenerationStation.com. Link to your information from the Wiki
  - One place to look concept: As you become aware of others sites to post such information on the Internet, please update Try another wiki

March 1 - 8

Entries containing references to FamilySearch.org
User Pages
Continuum of Engagment
Getting more information on photos that are upload
Purpose and Appropriate Topics Calls attention to need for reviewing/updating these pages.
Start of Moderator Handbook already on Wiki
Recognition Rewarding Wiki accomplishments
Genealogy's Star writes about the wiki
Family Tech posts an article about the wiki

February 2011[edit | edit source]

Polls

Proposed: Link from adoption sign to adopter's user page

Forum Threads Started

Help vs. FamilySearch Wiki namespace

January 2011[edit | edit source]

Note: This is the month the Wiki Contributor's meeting began. It was an outgrowth of the Tech meeting.

December 2010[edit | edit source]

Forum Threads Started

Moderators and Adopters

Forum Digest: a plan for reaching decisions, implementing ideas

Display

Technical problems

November 2010[edit | edit source]

Note: This is the month the Wiki Contributor's Corner forum began.

Forum threads started:

Moderators and adopters

All contributors

Term limits?

Is this Advertising

Display

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 **Need to clarify guidelines in Wiki.
 **Meeting discussion [[FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting Agenda 15 March 2011|(3/15/11)]] suggested that Welcoming point to the Guidelines.
 **Alternative places to post their information [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Main_Page WeRelate.com], [http://www.biographicalwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page BiographicalWiki.com], and [http://about.generationstation.com/ GenerationStation.com]. Link to your information from the Wiki
-***The page to keep a list of alternative place updated on the Wiki is [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:Try_another_wiki Try another wiki]
+***One place to look concept: As you become aware of others sites to post such information on the Internet, please update [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:Try_another_wiki Try another wiki]
 <br>''March 1 - 8''