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This is a list of the WikiProjects that are currently active and working on content. Project teams are always seeking additional community members to help with their projects, so feel free to join a group!
Wiki support projects offer you ways to help others regardless of your research knowledge or writing skills. Come join the team of wiki support volunteers working to improve the wiki.
There are a variety of wiki tasks contributors can get involved in. This is a list of how-to articles that can teach you the ins and outs of wiki participation and the tasks involved in wiki contribution.
Contributor Quick-Start?
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Difficulty |
Opportunities (+article links) |
Topic | |
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| Learning |
1 | Need help or suggestions (contact us) | discuss (want help?) |
1 |
| Learning |
1 | If you do not want to edit something yourself, please submit it |
discuss (submit request) |
2 |
| Learning |
2 | Collaborate ("talk") with another user about small projects |
discuss (collaborate) |
3 |
| Learning |
5 | Learn HTML and Wikitext to build your experience |
discuss (HTML and Wikitext) |
4 |
| Learning |
3 | Experiment with ideas on your or a public Sandbox page |
discuss (experiment and practice) |
5 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Put notes about issues on the article "talk" pages | discuss (talk page) |
6 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Fix mistakes you notice while reading articles |
article (correct mistakes) |
7 |
| Fix or submit |
1 | Suggest new ideas (Be Bold) | discuss (Be bold) |
8 |
| Add Content |
3 | Locate or create artwork for articles |
images (locate or create) |
9 |
| Add Content |
3 | Find appropriate new pictures for articles | images (find) |
10 |
| Add Content |
2 | Document changes in an article's "talk" page |
discuss (talk page) |
11 |
| Add Content |
2 | Record changes in the save (edit) summary | discuss (save summary) |
12 |
| Add Content |
4 | Create a new article you feel is important |
article (new) |
13 |
| Fix or submit |
1 | Suggest a new article you think is missing |
article (suggest) |
14 |
| Add Content |
3 | Improve an article's content |
article (improve content) |
15 |
| Add Content |
3 | Update an article's style (formatting and images) |
article (update style) |
16 |
| Add Content |
3 | Expand an existing article or section of an article |
article (expand) |
17 |
| Add Content |
3 | Cite sources in an article (add footnotes) |
article (cite sources) |
18 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Correct grammar issues as you are reading articles |
article (correct grammar) |
19 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Correct spelling and typos as you browse articles |
article (correct spelling) |
20 |
| Add Content |
5 | Translate an article into foreign language |
translate (English to foreign) |
21 |
| Fix or submit |
4 | Identify foreign articles for translation to English |
translate (foreign to English |
22 |
| Fix or submit |
3 | Add new or better links for an article |
links (new) |
23 |
| Fix or submit |
3 | Update outdated or misdirected links |
links (outdated) |
24 |
| Add Content |
3 | Update articles or article sections | article (update) |
25 |
| Fix or submit |
1 | Mark inappropriate links for further action |
links (inappropriate) |
26 |
| Fix or submit |
1 | Immediately delete dangerous links (viruses) |
links (dangerous) |
27 |
| Add Content |
2 | Repair broken (red) links within an article (check link spelling) |
links (broken) |
28 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Fix external links that should be internal links |
links (switch) |
29 |
| Add Content |
4 | Discuss if duplicate articles should be combined |
articles (duplicate) |
30 |
| Add Content |
3 | Expand short articles or article sections |
articles (expand short) |
31 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Correct confusing sections or statements in an article |
articles (correct confusing) |
32 |
| Add Content |
3 | Develop "stub" articles |
articles (develop stub) |
33 |
| Add Content |
4 | Discuss and divide excessively long articles |
articles (too long) |
34 |
| Add Content |
2 | Propose a guideline or guideline changes |
discuss (propose guideline) |
35 |
| Add Content |
3 | Propose a policy or policy changes |
discuss (propose policy) |
36 |
| Add Content |
3 | Share research methods for various parts of the world |
discuss (research methods) | 37 |
| Wiki Care |
4 | Help with Wiki Support and clean up projects |
support |
38 |
| Wiki Care |
4 | Join the Page Enhancement Committee | committee |
39 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Join the Contributor Support Committee | committee |
40 |
| Wiki Care |
2 | Browse the "Special Pages" to get a feel for support work |
support work |
41 |
| Fix or submit |
3 | Help with stub sorting project for articles |
articles (stub) |
42 |
| Fix or submit |
1 | Report outdated articles or article sections |
articles (outdated) |
43 |
| Fix or submit |
3 | Report copyright issues for contents and images |
articles (copyright issues) |
44 |
| Wiki Care |
2 | Become familiar and use maintenance templates | templates (maintenance) |
45 |
| Fix or submit |
3 | Add or remove maintenance tags in articles | templates (remove) |
46 |
| Wiki Care |
2 | Check out the maintenance report page ("needing attention") | support (report page) |
47 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Improve or update the help article content |
articles (help content) |
48 |
| Wiki Care |
4 | Create a new "Help" article |
articles (create "help") |
49 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Categorize images (files) and templates |
categorize (images, templates) |
50 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Categorize articles |
articles (categorize) |
51 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Join the Maintenance and Patrolling Committee |
committee (support) |
52 |
| Wiki Care |
5 | Reorganize (clean up) categories or subcategories | support (category clean up) |
53 |
| Wiki Care |
4 | Become a Reviewer (approve images) |
roles (Reviewer) |
54 |
| Wiki Care |
4 | Verify that image licenses are accurate | images (license review) |
55 |
| Wiki Care |
4 | Become a Moderator |
roles (Moderator) |
56 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Patrol the Wiki's recent changes |
patrol (recent changes) |
57 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Patrol the Wiki's talk pages |
patrol (talk pages |
58 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Patrol the Wiki's new pages |
patrol (new pages) |
59 |
| Wiki Care |
2 | Attend the Support meetings |
meetings (support) |
60 |
| Wiki Care |
2 | Attend the Contributor meetings |
meetings (contributor) |
61 |
| Wiki Care |
2 | Attend the Technical meetings |
meetings (technical) |
62 |
| Wiki Care |
3 | Join the Welcoming Committee |
committe (Welcome) |
63 |
| Wiki Care |
5 | Become a trainer |
roles (Trainer) |
64 |
| Wiki Care |
4 | Become a mentor |
roles (Mentor) |
65 |
| Wiki Care |
1 | Watch the GetSatisfaction site for Wiki related issues |
support (GetSatisfaction) |
66 |
| Team Projects |
1 | Talk with project team leaders about your interests |
discuss interests |
67 |
| Team Projects |
2 | Check out projects seeking contributors |
projects (seeking help) |
68 |
| Team Projects |
4 | Adopt a page as a group of volunteers |
articles (adopt a page) |
69 |
| Team Projects |
2 | Participate in a "Billion Graves" or "Find a grave" projects |
projects (cemeteries) |
70 |
| Team Projects |
3 | Assist with a United States project |
projects (States) |
71 |
| Team Projects |
3 | Assist with a County project within your State |
projects (Counties) |
72 |
| Projects |
2 | Find location information for county , city , and town pages | information (find) |
73 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Add missing information for your county |
information (missing) |
74 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Identify and link to existing area history articles | information (linking) |
75 |
| Projects |
3 | Create a history article referencing records locations | information (locations) |
76 |
| Projects |
1 | Identify previously existing locations (counties, towns) | localities (previous names) |
77 |
| Projects |
3 | Write a history of a ghost town and the records locations | localities (ghost towns) |
78 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Locate information repositories not currently online | information repositories |
79 |
| Fix or submit |
2 | Add location information on library locations |
libraries (locations) |
80 |
| Projects |
2 | Contact libraries about their genealogy resources |
libraries (resources) |
81 |
| Projects |
3 | Update information on Family History Centers |
locations (FHC) |
82 |
| Projects |
3 | Share personal record sources not available elsewhere | discusss (personal resources) |
83 |
| Projects |
3 | Write about migration trails from county to county | ancestor migration |
84 |
| Projects |
3 | Write about immigration settlement sites and their records |
ancestor immigration |
85 |
| Team Projects |
3 | Select an active (or inactive) project to work on |
projects (active or inactive) |
86 |
| Team Projects |
2 | Make sure your local county information is up to date |
projects (up to date) |
87 |
| Team Projects |
1 | Suggest a project or project improvements |
projects (suggestions) |
88 |
| Team Projects |
5 | Build a project and get support |
projects (start building) |
89 |
| Team Projects |
1 | Watch for a "barn raising" project | projects (barn raising) |
90 |
| Projects |
4 | Help with indexing of record collections |
indexing (census) |
91 |
| Projects |
2 | Check out the LDS indexing program | indexing (LDS program) |
92 |
| Projects |
3 | Help locate world records and resources |
information (world wide) |
93 |
| Team Projects |
5 | Become a community administrator for your area |
roles (Community administrator) |
94 |
| Team Projects |
4 | Get involved with an international effort on record identification |
projects (international efforts0 |
95 |
| Add Content |
3 | Create a "stub" page for a non-existent (red) link |
links ( create stub) |
96 |
| Team Projects |
2 | Help with the USGenWeb project |
projects (off site) |
97 |
| Team Projects |
3 | Add links to the David Rumsey Map Collection |
projects (off site) |
98 |
| Learning | 0 | Do not worry, all pages can be fixed (by reverting) | discuss (fixing my mistakes) | 99 |
| Wiki Care | 1 | Identify an inappropriate page for deletion | support (page deletion) | 100 |
| Team Projects |
4 | Author wiki articles about the FamilySearch digital collections |
projects |
101 |
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Family Tree
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Learning Center - Watch a Course
Watch a course on the new Learning Center. Email this link for the course to others you might know who could benefit from it!
Facebook - Ask and Answer Questions
Join one of the test Facebook Communities and ask your questions or help someone else. Invite friends or colleagues to ask and answer questions using Facebook.
Wiki - Learn About a Place or Record
Search places or topics for answers to your research questions on the FamilySearch Research Wiki.
Wiki - Contribute your Knowledge
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