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== Why promote professional genealogists on the wiki? == | == Why promote professional genealogists on the wiki? == | ||
One purpose of FamilySearch Wiki is to help patrons find the records of their ancestors. The wiki already has tens of thousands of links to digitized records that require an access fee. Linking to professional researchers that can provide similar records is no more commercial, and gives the patron one more way to access his ancestors' records. To learn more about why FamilySearch is doing this project, please visit the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists/Purpose|purpose]] page. | One purpose of FamilySearch Wiki is to help patrons find the records of their ancestors. The wiki already has tens of thousands of links to digitized records that require an access fee. Linking to professional researchers that can provide similar records is no more commercial, and gives the patron one more way to access his ancestors' records. To learn more about why FamilySearch is doing this project, please visit the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists/Purpose|purpose]] page. | ||
== | == How to help patrons find you == | ||
=== User pages as résumés === | === User pages as résumés === | ||
On a wiki, the system assigns each registered user a user page. Most wiki contributors add to their user pages information about their background and about information they contribute to the wiki. But the idea behind this project is for each professional genealogist to add to his user page the sort of information that might help a patron decide whether they'd like to hire him. This may include the following information: | On a wiki, the system assigns each registered user a user page. Most wiki contributors add to their user pages information about their background and about information they contribute to the wiki. But the idea behind this project is for each professional genealogist to add to his user page the sort of information that might help a patron decide whether they'd like to hire him. This may include the following information: | ||
*Genealogical education | *Genealogical education | ||
*Professional and volunteer experience | *Professional and volunteer experience | ||
*Credentials | *Credentials | ||
*Specialties | *Specialties | ||
*Services & Rates | *Business license | ||
*Services & Rates | |||
*Contact information | *Contact information | ||
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=== Linking to your user page from directory pages === | === Linking to your user page from directory pages === | ||
If you are a professional genealogist and want patrons to find your user page, link to it from appropriate directory pages such as [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]. | If you are a professional genealogist and want patrons to find your user page, link to it from appropriate directory pages such as [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]. | ||
=== Linking from topic pages to directory pages === | === Linking from topic pages to directory pages === | ||
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To make it even easier for patrons to find professional help, create links to the directory pages where you are listed from other appropriate wiki pages. For example, create a link from [[Ohio Vital Records|Ohio Vital Records]] to [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]. The link's wording might be something like "For a list of professional genealogists you can hire to obtain an Ohio birth, marriage, or death record, see [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]." | To make it even easier for patrons to find professional help, create links to the directory pages where you are listed from other appropriate wiki pages. For example, create a link from [[Ohio Vital Records|Ohio Vital Records]] to [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]. The link's wording might be something like "For a list of professional genealogists you can hire to obtain an Ohio birth, marriage, or death record, see [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]]." | ||
You can drive a lot of traffic to the directory pages where you are listed by creating links from all the appropriate topic pages of the locality. To see a list of all the topic pages that might link to a single locality's directory page, see the page written about the locality itself. For example, to see a list of links to all the topicpages for Ohio, go to the [[Ohio|Ohio]] page and see the list of Topics there. | You can drive a lot of traffic to the directory pages where you are listed by creating links from all the appropriate topic pages of the locality. To see a list of all the topic pages that might link to a single locality's directory page, see the page written about the locality itself. For example, to see a list of links to all the topicpages for Ohio, go to the [[Ohio|Ohio]] page and see the list of Topics there. | ||
== Inappropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki == | == Inappropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki == | ||
*Don't add an entry to a page like [[Ohio Vital Records|Ohio Vital Records]] that says ''"Joe Genius is a professional genealogist who does fee-based vital records lookups in Ohio vital records. Click here to go to his user page and see his services and fee schedule."'' | *Don't add listings or links of individual researchers to topic pages; add them to directory pages instead. In other words, don't add an entry to a topic page like [[Ohio Vital Records|Ohio Vital Records]] that says ''"Joe Genius is a professional genealogist who does fee-based vital records lookups in Ohio vital records. Click here to go to his user page and see his services and fee schedule." ''Instead, add to [[Ohio Vital Records|Ohio Vital Records]] a link to the directory page [[Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research|Professional Genealogists Who Specialize in Ohio Research]] | ||
*Don't use FamilySearch copyrighted materials or images in | *Don't use FamilySearch copyrighted materials or images in pages you make to promote your business. Some patrons may incorrectly interpret this to mean that FamilySearch endorses your business. <br> | ||
== Want to help? == | == Want to help? == | ||