FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 20 Dec 2011

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 * For next week, please look at this page and the Talk page for it. James has raised some questions and we would like to have a discussion on this and similar pages on Dec. 27th. Compiled Sources.  Thanks Lynda

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 * Currently the Main Page features the article Family History for Beginners which in turn prominently links to a series of articles with the term "Guessing a...". When news of this featured article was posted in the forums, one contributor AnthonyJCamp raised the point about using the word "guessing" in relation to Genealogy. This same user had previously posted on the talk page of How to Guess Where to Start about the same concern. Can we as a community agree that these articles should be renamed and reworded to better reflect the process of good research? --Steve 14:20, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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