FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 30 January 2014

Join the meeting; 1 p.m. Mountain time on Thursdays


 * You can join up to 10 minutes early. If you try to join the meeting at any other time, you will get an error that the meeting doesn't exist.

Kudos go to
David and the User Guidance team for the new blog on the Wiki

Updates and follow up

 * No meeting next week on Feb 6th. 15 sessions are being made available for live viewing online.
 * Katherine and Wilma attending Root Tech
 * Dorothy Horan would like to know if anyone going to RootsTech would like to join her for breakfast at the Nauvoo Cafe, Thursday at 7:15 am
 * RootsTech is Th/F/S


 * See Help Needed with Wiki Articles for FamilySearch Record Collections by David W. Smith (FamilySearch Blog).


 * How did Usability Testing go?
 * searching / page layout - how would it help FH Consultant help patron (Wilma patron) Danielle/Janell planned test. Wilma and Katherine role played. It was recorded. Started on state pages and moved from there.


 * Thanks to Diana Ornstead for putting us in touch with an adopter. We have received our first contact with from an adopter.


 * Historical Record Pages okay to edit. - David's team monitors those changes

Moderators and Adopters

 * Conversation in the call:

Wiki Content
Any feedback or report on projects? --- --- --- From our discussion about the wiki main page, I’ve listed questions that I’m not sure we’ve answered (and some possible answers), and below those I’ve listed some possible objectives (in primary and secondary levels).

Questions to Address


 * Who accesses the main page?
 * Experienced wiki users? Novice wiki users?
 * Experienced researchers? Novice researchers?
 * What is the primary goal of the main page?
 * Help people learn how to do research?
 * Help people search for articles?
 * Help people actually do research (versus learning how to do research)?
 * When/Why do people access the main page?
 * When they have a particular purpose (such as looking for a specific article or category)?
 * When they stumble across it from a Google search?
 * Where/How do people access the main page?
 * From a desktop/laptop?
 * From a mobile device?

Objectives


 * Be appealing
 * Be visually attractive
 * Be inviting
 * Be encouraging
 * Be helpful
 * Help people learn how to research
 * Help people actually do research
 * Help people get involved in wiki editing
 * Be proper
 * Have a professional look
 * Conform to FamilySearch requirements

Dwsmith2 22:05, 30 January 2014 (UTC)