FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 13 Mar 2012

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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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Updates and follow up

• Handy site to get special characters like for Spanish or some other languages, where you need one so the name or location or other word will look right in that language: TypeIt.org
  

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Moderators and Adopters

• Discussion of proposed definition of a stub: "An article that does not completely cover the subject matter, and which could be expanded."  Lise 15:43, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
  
  • I think that definition is too broad. Even a developed page could be said not to cover a subject completely. Rather than define what a stub is not, I feel that we should be defining a stub by what it is. "Minimal information, capable of expansion" --Steve (talk| contribs) 16:30, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
• Discussion of proposed placement of stub template.  County pages currently display the stub at the top.  I would propose that we establish a consistent pattern of placing stub templates at the bottom. Lise 15:43, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
  
• Depending on the outcome of discussion, I would propose that moderators and page adopters be encouraged to review all stub articles within their geography/subject, remove the stub designation for any article that does not fit the description, and move stub templates to the bottom of any articles that are stubs. Lise 15:43, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
  

Style Guide Discussions

• See "Pay Sites Allowed?" forum thread.  Lise 15:56, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
  

Project Help Requests

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Forums Overview

Be part of the solution! Make your opinions known! Post comments to an existing thread or start a new discussion at Wiki Contributors Corner forum.

Current forum threads of interest: Polls New since last week Pay sites allowed? Wiki Home Page - Suggestions? Some have made suggestions with links to samples. Comments added since last week Status of the wiki today Highlights some of the changes made with the upgrade made earlier today. England, Kent, Wills and Probate (FamilySearch Historical Records) This thread discusses issues and shows improvements made. More importantly, it shows that the Historical Records team is really listening. Kudos! Decisions made since last week

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