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FamilySearch APIs
Today I read an article on Genlighten Blog about APIs in the family history industry. Part of that article states:


 * FamilySearch has at least four distinct APIs that I know about, including ones for:
 * Family tree data
 * Authorities” (standardized dates, places, and names)
 * Record Search” bibligraphic metadata
 * Research Wiki” page content

I'm familiar with one iPhone app that I believe is using the Research Wiki API. I'm not familiar with the Authorities API. Just wondering is anyone else can shed more light on the subject of both the Authorities and Research Wiki APIs, their adoption by the family history industry, and also the possible uses in future development.

Thanks, Fran 17:46, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

We need your opinion
In order to help the community arrive at consensus on some issues impacting most of the pages on FamilySearch Wiki, I'd like to invite you to add your opinions to the following discussions:


 * FamilySearch Wiki talk:Format for Citing and Linking to Works in FHLC, Worldcat (OCLC)
 * FamilySearch Wiki talk:Consensus
 * FamilySearch Wiki talk:Source Citation Formats
 * FamilySearch Wiki talk:Disambiguation

Thanks! Ritcheymt 12:13, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

What's your best work? And your favorites from others?
Hey there Fran! I'm searching for the wiki's best content to highlight it during a presentation I'm doing soon. Will you link me to a couple articles you've contributed to that you are most pleased with? Also, could you link me to your favorite article(s) written by others? Thanks! Ritcheymt 17:06, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Location (namespace) for policies
I ask you the question as you seem to have been involved in both. On November 24, 2008 you seemed to be involved in a sprint task to move policy pages to the policy namespace, but then on June 15, 2009 you created the article FamilySearch Wiki:Policies quoting moving policies content to the familysearch wiki namespace. Do you know, has it been decided to do away with the Policy namespace? --Steve 16:25, 7 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, we will be moving the policy and guideline pages to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. I've only started the process and have a long way to go. As far as doing away with the Policy namespace, I believe the namespace will be removed, but I'm not positive right now. Franjensen 17:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Where should wikiproject contributors communicate?
People who work on writing projects on the wiki are asking for an online venue they can use to talk about...


 * how to organize projects,
 * how and where to recruit contributors
 * how to motivate project members
 * how to track progress on projects
 * Manual of Style issues that we need to settle to avoid rework
 * ...and other stuff.

Could you go to the wiki feedback forum and give your opinion as to what tool(s) we should choose to communicate? The thread where we will discuss this is Which tools for wikiproject contributors to communicate? Ritcheymt 16:24, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Please vote on new name for Reviewer role
The wiki community is voting on a proposed renaming of the Reviewer role so that we can give the role to anyone we trust to upload their own images without review. If you care about the name of this role, please discuss the issue and cast your vote at FamilySearch Wiki talk:Reviewer. Ritcheymt 16:47, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Templates and Tags
What's the difference between templates and tags in a Wiki? I know this question is not a typical question a newbie would have, but it's one that has been on my mind for a few days, so I thought this new feature would be a good test.


 * Until I saw the template, I didn't know that I was supposed to add the question below the "helpme" template code. Maybe I missed the directions somewhere. Another comment, in the welcoming message, it says to "ask me" or add the "helpme" template to my user talk page. Who is the "me" in those instructions? How would someone ask "me" (whomever that is)?
 * The text of my question changed from just being plain text that wraps and fits within the Wiki page without scrolling left-right. Now there is the dotted box and the text doesn't wrap. This change happened after I added the first indented/bulleted item to my question. Ok, now I'm really confused. After I saved this second bulleted comment the issue completely disappeared.

Love your Maintenance Templates page!
Hey Fran, I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate Maintenance Templates. The templates display attractively, are well worded, and useful. Thanks for the work you've put into this! Ritcheymt 18:47, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi Fran, just a note to say thanks for giving me Reviewer rights. I know I will find it very useful to be able to upload images direct. --Steve 13:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Please vote on search result title link color
Some users have reported that the red color of the article title links in search results are confusing because in a Mediawiki site, a red link means a link to a page that has no content. There is a poll on the forums as to whether to make the links blue instead, which would also conform to what Google and Bing do. Please read the thread/explanation and vote. RitcheyMT 16:20, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
So yeah, community volunteers who do stuff for the wiki deserve kudos, but so does the lady who has the presence of mind to ask them to do stuff instead of maintaining the traditional Headquarters mantra of "I guess we gotta do it all ourselves." Thanks for thinking of the many ways the community can help lighten the load, Fran. And thanks for actually inviting community members to help on specific tasks. Many hands make light work, and you make all our jobs easier by remembering we have helpers out there waiting to assist. RitcheyMT 22:07, 25 February 2010 (UTC)