FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 13 February 2014

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Updates and follow up

 * Adoption Program: We need volunteers to check for current contributions by adopters on adopted pages. For more information contact Committee head: Diana Ornstead  She will explain the process for doing this beginning next week.


 * Sandra has a way for us to track all the stubs. We need volunteers and a person to head this project. Charles is helping to create city pages.


 * Any feedback on usability testing


 * Feedback from those who attended RootsTech, if time permits.

Moderators and Adopters

 * Conversation in the call:

Wiki Content
From our discussion about the wiki main page, I’ve listed questions that I’m not sure we’ve answered (and some possible answers), and below those I’ve listed some possible objectives (in primary and secondary levels). -- David

Questions to Address


 * Who accesses the main page?
 * Experienced wiki users? Novice wiki users?
 * Experienced researchers? Novice researchers?
 * What is the primary goal of the main page?
 * Help people learn how to do research?
 * Help people search for articles?
 * Help people actually do research (versus learning how to do research)?
 * When/Why do people access the main page?
 * When they have a particular purpose (such as looking for a specific article or category)?
 * When they stumble across it from a Google search?
 * Where/How do people access the main page?
 * From a desktop/laptop?
 * From a mobile device?

Objectives


 * Be appealing
 * Be visually attractive
 * Be inviting
 * Be encouraging
 * Be helpful
 * Help people learn how to research
 * Help people actually do research
 * Help people get involved in wiki editing
 * Be proper
 * Have a professional look
 * Conform to FamilySearch requirements

Dwsmith2 22:05, 30 January 2014 (UTC)