FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 8 November 2012

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A good discussion was held regarding a Beginners Corner for state pages, with England as an example. We discussed the placement of that information and the box with links for digital collections. It is understood that we need to make the Wiki user friendly and helpful to Beginners.
We also noted a video in the Learning Center on FamilySearch.org with a case study that shows the value of Wiki for individual research.

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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. Steve Cottrell will contact the Forums contributor.
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.

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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.