FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Topics needed by new wiki contributors
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Recruiting potential users/contributors |
How collaborating on projects helps beginners, intermediates, and advanced genealogists |
Use value propositions to attract new users/contributors |
Value Propositions: a community that loves family history. Record & Preserve genealogy knowlege from files and experience. Genealogical information on records and places consolidated Using the Wiki - page of links Is the Wiki for Me? |
| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Accuracy and Collaboration |
Offer opportunities for involvement in editing and contributing like welcoming committee, partner with an editor and link to projects. Entice with: Why use/contribute to the wiki? "Is the wiki for me?" and Everyone knows something of value.
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Accuracy and Collaboration New title encouraging participation? |
| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Why we built FamilySearch wiki |
The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki
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| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Scope of the wiki Community Center The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki
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FamilySearch Wiki:Purpose and Appropriate Topics | |
| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Guiding Principles | FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles | |
| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Make it easy for newbies to connect with other users/contributors |
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| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Shorten learning curve by connecting motivated beginners with experienced editors |
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| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Have "help" readily available for new users | ||
| Recruiting potential users/contributors | Clear paths for users/contributors/professionals | FamilySearch Research Wiki | |
| Beginner Material | How to Register and What you are registering for. | New Page with new instructions for LDS Account - check if familysearch has one that can be modified. | |
| Beginner Material | Scope of the wiki
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Intro page with links for new users | FamilySearch Wiki:Purpose and Appropriate Topics |
| Beginner Material | Create User Page and talk page - purpose and use of | Create page for creating user page? | |
| Beginner Material | Guiding Principles | Help searching/using the wiki | FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles |
| Beginner Material | Editing etiquette | Basic editing etiquette - how to play nice in the sandbox - |
FamilySearch Wiki:Etiquette Guidelines
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| Beginner Material | Register |
Basic editing technical - Join a project! Everyone knows something of value. |
How to Register with the Wiki |
| Beginner Material | Purpose and Use of Discussion pages | ||
| Beginner Material | Content license (Copyright) |
Create a New Page - naming conventions - copy & paste - basic copyright rules - basic internal/external linking | |
| Beginner Material | Which browser to use when editing |
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| Beginner Material | Italics, bold, headings, numbered lists, bullets | Citing Sources | |
| Beginner Material | Guiding Principles | ||
| Beginner Material | Watching Pages | ||
| Beginner Material | Copy and paste |
Copying and Pasting into a Wiki Page Help:How to Convert a Microsoft Office Document into Wiki Format | |
| Beginner Material | Wiki Policies | ||
| Beginner Material | Naming a new page | Categories | Name a new article |
| Beginner Material | Renaming a page |
Help:Renaming a page | |
| Beginner Material | Creating a new page | How to author an article in the Wiki | |
| Beginner Material | Creating a new unlinked page |
Create a page not linked from an existing page | |
| Beginner Material | Creating a new linked page |
Create a page linked from an existing page | |
| Beginner Material | Linking to wiki pages |
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| Beginner Material | Linking to other Websites |
Create an external link | |
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| Beginner Material | Discussing page changes | Help:Talk pages | |
| Beginner Material | User pages and user Talk pages | Help:User page | |
| Beginner Material | Community meeting |
FamilySearch Wiki community meeting | |
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