FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 27 Mar 2012

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Updates and follow up

 * Widget box - We have the password to get in to it, per Nathan.


 * Have a couple that could be added to people's websites or blogs that could serve as advertisiing for the Wiki.
 * Jane will help Nathan to create a Widget that we can offer to Blogs, Societies, etc.
 * Create a promotional page when it's available.
 * AdBlock will not allow the widget

Business/Announcements

 * Please help us test the Wiki

Moderators and Adopters

 * We need moderators for England, especially, so that we refer questions about content to them to be handled and helped


 * Get some ideas for these people from Steve
 * British Reference unit at FHL?
 * Alan Mann?
 * Try to get Moderators who aren't heavily involved now, and hope that in the future, those who are involved will be willling to Moderate.
 * Get Moderators for country and then moderators for each county (UK)
 * Chelsie - Facebook
 * Have people apply to be a moderator so they can be vetted for qualifications and can be trained (form is available)
 * Site-wide notice to request Moderators. Is that possible?
 * Project promotion page - has ideas for how to promote
 * Find active contributors who could be recruited as a moderator - give that information to the Support team so that they can be contacted and helped


 * Ken Knight - make contact with Steve, Alan Mann
 * Bromaelor might be a possibility ( war memorials, also) (Wales) - Rorie?

Style Guide Discussions

 * Take a look at the updated Stub information. We have successfully adopted a modification to the existing MOS!  Lembley 18:34, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Now that we've managed to navigate the process successfully, I'd like to take on addition style guide topics, one at a time, and while addressing those specific topics, see what we can do to define an effective process for handling style guide questions and recommendations on an on-going basis. I've compiled a short list of topics that have already been identified through forum posts or talk pages:
 * Listing books (Provide links to all known digital repositories? List top digital repositories? Use WorldCat template? Use FS Catalog number? Give priority to FamilySearch Family History books online?)
 * Linking – external links, URLs, linking within the FamilySearch wiki, linking out to other resources
 * Article length - When to break a section out into its own article.
 * When and how to cross-reference information found in other places within the wiki.
 * Use of bullets, indents, heading levels.
 * Use of character formatting (bold, italics) and color.

Let's discuss whether to maintain a running list on a MOS talk page, in the forums, or some other way. Feel free to add to this list. Also, let's discuss which item to tackle next. (Probably shouldn't be the most complicated item on the list since we're working on defining the process simultaneously.) Lembley 18:34, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Use the Talk page for the manual of style for discussion

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 * Blog Post. The Ancestry Insider interviewed the current and former FamilySearch CEOs about their perspectives on FamilySearch Wiki. The first few paragraphs might interest participants in this meeting. Murphynw 15:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)