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Kara aka CK Whipple 17:03, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Linking Census page to church parish records
Need to ask you to step back and observe. The Yorkshire Census is census, and being linked to church parish records, is a no-no.

And something else came up, The catalog links will be nullified when the new format come out in the spring. The links won't be same. It is easier to create parish pages and only one page link to catalog that can be quickly changed when the new format for the Catalog come out. dsammy 02:31, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Letter from Wiki Product Manager
By way of introduction, my name is Ben Bennett and I’ve recently joined the FamilySearch team as the product manager for the Wiki and Forums. Put simply, my job is to ensure that your experience, as contributors and users of the Wiki and Forums is excellent. To this end, an apology is in order.

As you know, we recently implemented a new user ID/sign in process for the FamilySearch Wiki. As we implemented this new system, I personally heard from many of you. You shared with me problems that were occurring for you as you tried to sign in, edit or do other things that resulted in lost work, lost time and frustration for you, our key contributors and users. Please accept my sincere apology for the poor performance and poor experience associated with the Wiki during the past few weeks. Please also accept my commitment that the FamilySearch team will learn from this experience and do all that we can to prevent situations like this in the future. To this end, I wanted to share with you ...CONTINUE