FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 8 November 2012

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Current forum threads of interest: Polls New since last week English Parish pages; where should gazetteer references be placed? "... has introduced the issue of spelling variation of the village name when an explanation was already provided and the discussion page... I feel there should at least be a discussion about the style of presentation...." After a time of not hearing from the author who added the information, the page could be changed by the contributor with the question about where the information was added. Naming practices "creating province pages for Spain. I originally named the pages "Spain Province of [name of province]". Someone later went in and changed the title giving the reason of "remove political subdivision from page name." I need some clarification on this. After discussion, it appears that the name could be shortened to just the name of the province.  She should try to find someone who is from Spain or is an expert on Spain, to see how it would be addressed in Spain.  Check Wikipedia for naming conventions in Spain. Comments added since last week Decisions made since last week

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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.