Community Meeting Agenda 6 October 2009

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Administrative items

 * 1) Assignment of time keeper and note taker
 * 2) Introduction of new members: 10 seconds for name and desired takeaways.
 * 3) Review of Minutes
 * 4) Today's agenda preview

Articles about Record Search Collections
This is an item about presentation/style rather than content. The latest version of Record Search links to articles in this Research Wiki by using a Collection ID added to the bottom of the relevant articles (see Category:FamilySearch Record Collections). Back in August I asked one of the contributors some questions about these references. The first question has now been answered. I had guessed as much, but now the purpose for these IDs is clear. However some questions remain unanswered and I have repeated them in Talk:Collection ID. Personally I would prefer to have the ID included in such a way to at least remove them from the Table of Contents or even better hide them in comment tags, for example  (with or without the level 6 headers), so that they are hidden from readers (or is it important that they be seen?). From my point of view, unknown factors about this issue are; What is the process by which the Record Search links to the wiki aricticle? What are the requirements for the process to find the CID in the article?

On a secondary related issue, these articles include or will include, links back to Record Search. These links are currently pointing at  I have created a template CID (see England Vital Records Index for an example of it being used), that can be used to link to Record Search and would mean that if/when the URL changes in the future, just the template would need amending and not each article. If others agree, then I hope the benefits of using the template can be put to the Record Search developers so that the effort in maintaining these links can be minimised. --Steve 14:15, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

WorldCat
At the end of the 08Sep2009 meeting, we came up with a proposed solution for the question on Worldwide vs. Regional libraries. I believe we wanted Dsammy's input to make sure it satisfies his needs. I have posted to his talk page, but maybe it should be discussed here. The proposed solution may be viewed at this link. Thomas Lerman 18:38, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * MEETING NOTES from 29Sep: We briefly discussed this, but Sammy asked for it to be moved to next week. Password 17:48, 2 October 2009 (UTC)