FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 14 Aug 2014

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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.

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Summary of Yammer

FS Wiki Contributors group. June 7- June 14am:

• CHARLES' Tip of Week:
  • problem - you come across links in a table that don't work
  • solution
    • check the wikitext code for align="left" (It will follow the Beginning {| tag.)
    • if it is there, delete it. Then the links should work.

• GUISEPPE:
  • GenForum is closing 30 September; it will be archived for read only
    • If ancestry doesn't change URLs OK.
    • If we have links to GenForum as a place to post queries we will need to clean these up. Are you aware of these situations? Perhaps a little clean up project is in order.

• GUISEPPE:
  • What is the difference between the meanings of "Baptism" and" Christening?" the
  • He is trying to translate this title into another language "Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Mayland".

• CHARLES' SIDEBAR: | Charles' current example made after comments from others

Guest Speaker

Dorothy Horan, User Guidance Supervisor (and Historical Records team manager)

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