FamilySearch Wiki:Project backlog
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| Priority | User Story | I want to work on this (write your name) | |
| New pages need to be patrolled regularly and preferably within a day of being placed on the site. We need a critical mass of patrollers, spending hours each day/week. | Sprint 8 | ||
| Patrol and remove unused images | |||
| Re-create all of the links from place pages to record-type pages | Sprint 9 | ||
| Create a new top-level category and populate it (one that acts a natural way to organize so that people can browse by category) | Sprint 9 | ||
| Remove all Categories and articles from current top level category and classify them correctly | Sprint 9 | ||
| New user want to edit but is intimidated by the FCK Editor and wants to know how to use it. Get an FCK Editor "User Guide" readily available for all users to see and learn from. Research to see if one already exists, and if it doesn't then we will need to write one) Help:FCKeditor Help | The Earl | ||
| Write a "Things you can do on the wiki (to help make it better)" page aimed at the community: E.g. Write content, disambiguate, Categorization, Linking Orphans and Dead ends | Sprint 9 stretch | ||
| 1 | We need to have a way on the Wiki for users to publicly post, per each domain, requests for content to be added that is not present but needed or desired. There also needs to be a way for others to state agreement, or add their vote so that the most important ones are the ones with the most votes. | ||
| 2 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to review content for appropriateness | ||
| 3 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to know what to delete and how | The Earl | |
| 4 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to know how/when to lock or unlock a page | ||
| 5 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: Whether and how to communicate to users and authors when I delete off-topic content | The Earl | |
| 6 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to discover pages incorrectly deleted (bad reasons) and how to reinstate them | ||
| 7 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to undo an archive or delete | ||
| 8 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: Process on contacting an author to inform him/her that their page has been deleted and why and to refer them to the Wiki Scope page | ||
| 9 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to blank a page | The Earl | |
| 10 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to handle a new page that seems out of scope but also useful (e.g. a page version in a language that the wiki site does not support yet) | ||
| 11 | I need to know how and when I can add a language site. What critical mass is needed and then once that is identified how can it actually be added? Create process proposal and then write "How to" | Jimgreene | |
| 12 | Evaluate the following Mediawiki extentions to see if they would be good on this site: Antispoof, Category Tree, Cite/Cite PHP, Confirm Edit, Check User, Deleted Contributions, Central Notice, New User Log, Spam Black List, Blacklist, User Name Blacklist | ||
| 13 | I need a way to count and view all portal pages on the site | ||
| 14 | Determine whether place authorities will be used in the Wiki - provide | Jimgreene | |
| 15 | Determine whether event authorities will be used in the Wiki - (e.g. Russian Event: Revolution in 1917) | Jimgreene | |
| 16 | Load "Favorites" from FHL Desktop into a wiki page (Give guidance to committee and have them do it) | ||
| 17 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: As a topic domain moderator I want to see all new pages and edits regarding that domain/topic | ||
| 18 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: I want to know how to redirect user's behavior in a firm but kind way (Give me examples) | ||
| 19 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: I want to know how to vet a topic domain moderator candidate-what is the process for nomination, evaluation, etc. | ||
| 20 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: As a topic domain moderator I want to know how to recruit writers | ||
| 21 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: As a topic domain moderator I want to know how to get domain experts to write specific content. | ||
| 22 | Templates for Flagging: Flagging article that have problems | ||
| 23 | Templates for Flagging: I want a way to flag an article without having to code | ||
| 24 | Templates for Flagging: I want to know how to notify site admins of copyrigt infringement | ||
| 25 | Templates for Flagging: How to flag ambiguous page titles | ||
| 26 | Templates for Flagging: How to flag duplicates | ||
| 27 | Templates for Flagging: How to discuss merger of flagged duplicates | ||
| 28 | Templates for Flagging: How to flag an article that's in the wrong language | ||
| 29 | Templates for Flagging: Flag a page that needs expert attention | ||
| 30 | Templates for Flagging: Flag bias | ||
| 31 | Templates for Flagging: Flag for verification | ||
| 32 | Templates for Flagging: I want to know which of Wikipedia's many flags we'll use | ||
| 33 | Templates for Flagging: I want to notify someone about some inappropriate content I found | ||
| 34 | Templates for Flagging: I want to immediately block inappropriate page item from public view, pending review (page) | ||
| 35 | When I decide to contribute an article I do not need to know wikitext or html or any markup language, and I really don't need to understand the process flow. I should be able to submit a .DOC or a .PDF file and have it appear almost immediately (free from viruses) RESEARCH: Describe how to do this over the Internet | ||
| 36 | A process page or a tool to nominate a topic domain moderator candidate | ||
| 37 | Define the support infrastructure between Tier III WWS and Research Support | ||
| 38 | Research Wikipedia's project notice boards. We need notice boards for our topic domain moderators as one of their tools in the toolbox | ||
| 39 | Search by place and date: I am mostly going to be searching by place and by date, so search options need to include an easy way for me to enter this information and search this way. Since a wiki search is similar to Google, we could at least divide the one field entry into two boxes (place and date) so the user understands the importance of both parameters. | ||
| 40 | Search results shows locale and time specific records: The search results need to display content specific to the locale and the time period that I search for, and not show other time periods or other locales at all. | ||
| 41 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: I want to know whether I need to patrol edits in my domain, and how moderators needn't patrol edits. What is the process. We know after a critical mass is formed the community will do this, but originally moderators need to think about this. | ||
| 42 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: As a moderator I want a tool I can use to ask a question of someone in authority. To settle conflicts between writers. (Contact an arbitrator) | ||
| 43 | Moderator's Guide, write a how to: I want to know how to upload a non-image file (like a PDF) | ||
| Moderator's Guide, write a how to: I want to know to what extent I should check on facts on other's articles--e.g. grammar, style, spelling | |||
| Moderator's Guide, write a how to: How to add footnotes and cite sources | |||
| Moderator's Guide, write a how to: Document process for communicating with topic domain/group | |||
| Moderator's Guide, write a how to: I want to know how to settle content conflicts, editing wars, merging of similar pages, etc. | |||
| Create a Chinese Wiki instance | |||
| Add a poll extension we can use to: See whether forcing re-registration will anger users; vet ideas re: categorization, etc. | |||
| Design a way for users to nominate a featured article in a domain | |||