FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 6 Dec 2011

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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.

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Kudos go to ...

• Carol Moss and Wilma Adkins Murphynw 18:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
  

Updates and follow up

• Several weeks ago I asked if anyone would like a stack of the Wiki pass-along cards. There were several who voiced a desire to have some. Last week a small box of about 1,000 were delivered to me. I can get the cards mailed out right away. Please let Darris know how many you'd like to have. Add your request to my discussion page. Thanks. --Fran 21:46, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Business/Announcements

• Cyndi's List. See Forums thread to find reciprocal links. Murphynw 18:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
  
• New Skype chat for Notifications about the status of the Wiki Lynda

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Project Help Requests

Need help with your project? See a project that needs to be done? Add it here:

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Moderators and Adopters

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FYI if it helps today's discussion: Forum threads that could be reviewed for refining roles in Wiki (Help/other?) content

• Refining the Moderators role
• Patrolling/Content topic Opinion
• Should we have substantial prerequisities for moderators?
• How do we reach out to the moderators and adopters to help them participate in this meeting?
• Lise - idea about asking them to update the Events section?

Forums Overview

Be part of the solution! Make your opinions known! Post comments to an existing thread or start a new discussion at Wiki Contributors Corner forum.

Current forum threads of interest: Polls New since last week Cyndi's List Cyndi Howells (creator of Cyndi's List) is creating links to FamilySearch Wiki. One way we can express appreciation to Cyndi for doing this is to create reciprocal links to her site on FamilySearch Wiki. Comments added since last week Status of the wiki today If you don't use Feedback in Wiki, at least send an email to Support@familysearch.org and make sure you put Wiki in the title of your email. Issues include effects of recent updates, "flattened" TOC, some CSS codes, and more. Question about promotional User Page Example of reaching out for understanding to new contributors. Input for Russian content will likely move forward. (Thanks, Lise) Meeting at RootsTech 2012 Decisions made since last week

Be bold! Post your agenda items! Feel free to post on the agenda any items you wish to discuss during the meeting. If your item requires details or feedback, post them on the discussion page and link to them from the agenda.