FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 16 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
Lavera- for being so helpful

Charles - HTML/Wiki text class (Mondays); and Wiki Fix page

Overview of Prior Meeting
Summary Jan 9th Community Meeting


 * 1. David Smith -User Guidance- started Nov 2013 replaces Sylvia
 * 2. Wilma involved with user testing (formats) with Katherine Grant
 * 3. Robin wants news articles - let her know
 * 4. New HTML learning class will start in a few weeks - see agenda for links to prior classes
 * 5. Comm. Council report-


 * discussion of UK pages (unweildy Nav Boxes)
 * Nat. Gen. Society is assigned projects - leave alone


 * 6. (Wilma) Continue work on WA pgs - trying for a pattern workable for all states


 * pattern for maintenance
 * Inviting local expertise


 * 7.Ancestry collections FS/Anc been trading for yrs. Images coming in digitalized. Doubling cameras in the field. Having to pull back on some images due to privacy issues.
 * 8. Caleb (and Charles) - watching multiple wikis across the web - seeing different uses and ways to display info (tabs/clickable images). Ways to make things easier to search. Service Learning Council meets Mon (13th). ex. Judgepedia.org; wikihow.com

Moderators and Adopters

 * Conversation in the call:

Webex not allowing some to access recordings Jan 9 meeting

Useful Info

 * How to create a Google Alert to receive notices about new content
 * google.com/alerts


 * Creating a New Source in Family Tree

Wiki Content

 * Share information about your Wiki project

Updates and follow up

 * Our meetings are going to be getting more participants. We need to manage the noise that comes from that.  We ask that everyone go on mute and go off mute to ask a question or give feedback.
 * Wiki text class (HTML 5) given by Charles 12:00 Mountain every Monday.