FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 16 January 2014

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Overview of Prior Meeting

Summary Jan 9th Community Meeting

• 1. David Smith -User Guidance- started Nov 2013 replaces Sylvia
• 2. Wilma involved with user testing (formats) with Katherine Grant
• 3. Robin wants news articles - let her know
• 4. New HTML learning class will start in a few weeks - see agenda for links to prior classes
• 5. Comm. Council report-

discussion of UK pages (unweildy Nav Boxes)

Nat. Gen. Society is assigned projects - leave alone

• 6. (Wilma) Continue work on WA pgs - trying for a pattern workable for all states

pattern for maintenance

Inviting local expertise

• 7.Ancestry collections FS/Anc been trading for yrs. Images coming in digitalized. Doubling cameras in the field. Having to pull back on some images due to privacy issues.
• 8. Caleb (and Charles) - watching multiple wikis across the web - seeing different uses and ways to display info (tabs/clickable images). Ways to make things easier to search. Service Learning Council meets Mon (13th). ex. Judgepedia.org; wikihow.com

Moderators and Adopters

• Conversation in the call:

Useful Info

• How to create a Google Alert to receive notices about new content

Updates and follow up

• Our meetings are going to be getting more participants.  We need to manage the noise that comes from that.  We ask that everyone go on mute and go off mute to ask a question or give feedback. 
  
• Wiki text class (HTML 5)  given by Charles 12:00 Mountain every Monday. 
  

New Agenda Items

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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.