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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!
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!
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?
| Type |
Difficulty |
Opportunities (+article links) |
Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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