FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 3 Jan 2012: Difference between revisions

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:*Is help needed for a Wiki booth?  
:*Is help needed for a Wiki booth?  
:*Tech tips - demo area for FamilySearch  
:*Tech tips - demo area for FamilySearch  
:*Carol will look at adding a compass to the magnifiying glass on the proposed card and present that next week.  Consensus is to use design that is on the right of the examples shown.  
:*Carol will look at adding a compass to the magnifiying glass on the proposed card and present that next week.  Consensus is to use design that is on the right of the examples shown.    
:*More discussion could be had for further designs for future use in other aspects.
:*More discussion could be had for further designs for future use in other aspects.  
:*Carol would send a template so that people could print their own
:*Carol would send a template so that people could print their own  
:*Could we have some blank ones to be handed out at Rootstech?  Consultants in consultant's training, for instance.   Darris said that we could have some generic ones printed for the conference.
:*Could we have some blank ones to be handed out at Rootstech?  Consultants in consultant's training, for instance.   Darris said that we could have some generic ones printed for the conference.  
:*The possibility of having a station where contributors  could print their own cards?
:*The possibility of having a station where contributors  could print their own cards?


**Has anyone used the "Share" feature to send a wiki article via email?&nbsp; It isn't working, and I'm thinking probably hasn't been working for some time.&nbsp; Since I&nbsp;didn't try it until October or November last year (when we had the email notifications issue), I&nbsp;assumed the problem was part of that issue, which is now resolved, I think.&nbsp; [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 19:35, 3 January 2012 (UTC)<br>
**Has anyone used the "Share" feature to send a wiki article via email?&nbsp; It isn't working, and I'm thinking probably hasn't been working for some time.&nbsp; Since I&nbsp;didn't try it until October or November last year (when we had the email notifications issue), I&nbsp;assumed the problem was part of that issue, which is now resolved, I think.&nbsp; [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 19:35, 3 January 2012 (UTC)<br>  
**Lynda will check list of Jira's


=== Business/Announcements  ===
=== Business/Announcements  ===


:*Support will be turning on their patron chat on Tuesday, 1/10/2012. &nbsp;We will initially provide coverage Tuesday 11-5 and Wed-Friday 8-5. &nbsp;[[User:Evancol|evancol]] 16:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)  
:*Support will be turning on their patron chat on Tuesday, 1/10/2012. &nbsp;We will initially provide coverage Tuesday 11-5 and Wed-Friday 8-5. &nbsp;[[User:Evancol|evancol]] 16:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)  
:*Brainstorm ideas for a Widget/Button/Badge for libraries, societies, organizations to include on ''their'' pages that identifes them as being mentioned/featured in the FamilySearch wiki.&nbsp; See [http://www.maureentaylor.com/ Maureen Taylor's blog] for a Wikipedia example.&nbsp; Thanks to Fran Jensen for pointing this out.&nbsp; [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 17:53, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
:*Brainstorm ideas for a Widget/Button/Badge for libraries, societies, organizations to include on ''their'' pages that identifes them as being mentioned/featured in the FamilySearch wiki.&nbsp; See [http://www.maureentaylor.com/ Maureen Taylor's blog] for a Wikipedia example.&nbsp; Thanks to Fran Jensen for pointing this out.&nbsp; [[User:Lembley|Lise]] 17:53, 3 January 2012 (UTC)  
:*Nathan will report on this item next week or the week after


=== Style Guide Discussions  ===
=== Style Guide Discussions  ===
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::*The new Family History Archive viewer lacks persistent URLs. The URLs "are session based and only good for that browser and session" (quoting an engineer). <br>  
::*The new Family History Archive viewer lacks persistent URLs. The URLs "are session based and only good for that browser and session" (quoting an engineer). <br>  
::*Here is a link that works: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE63938 (you find the IE# in the URL)<br>  
::*Here is a link that works: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE63938 (you find the IE# in the URL)<br>  
::*Wikitext: <nowiki>{{FHA|IE63938|disp=online}}</nowiki> [[User:Murphynw|Murphynw]] 20:04, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
::*Wikitext: <nowiki>{{FHA|IE63938|disp=online}}</nowiki> [[User:Murphynw|Murphynw]] 20:04, 27 December 2011 (UTC)  
::*Books are being removed from the library shelves as they are digitized. &nbsp;
::*This item needs to be added to the community news page


=== Project Help Requests  ===
=== Project Help Requests  ===
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