FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 22 May 2012

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Kudos go to ...

 * Michael McCormick has a great user page. Terrific example.
 * Lise Embley - for all her contributions to the Wiki.

Updates and follow up

 * Linkpendium discussion from last week - Nathan was going to write up something about links to this site and others like it. (Linkpendium page has been created)
 * Has there been approach made to Linkpendium regarding their 1,000 edit limit? (Nathan or Danielle?)
 * More discussion regarding "ethical" versus "legal"?

Business/Announcements

 * Reporting on WikiProjects - is the "WikiProject" category added to all pages that are part of that WikiProject? If so, we can develop reporting around that. -- janellv 17:19, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Statistical reporting on changes on a project
 * When pages are set up in a project, do all the pages in the project get categorized under the "WikiProject" category?
 * Would statistical reporting be useful? Traffic to the pages would be valuable.
 * Promotional ideas for projects - universal message on Wiki, Blogs, Facebook
 * NY project will be promoted in the near future - waiting on completion of 1940 census.

Style Guide Discussions

 * Mentioning and linking to other web sites - ideas, challenges, best practices. Lembley 16:46, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Example: Macon County, Illinois page
 * It would be nice to have a uniform way of showing where the external link comes from (at) (on) before the name of the site, for instance.
 * "Courtesy" should only be used unless the site has given permission.
 * Make multiple links easily read - good example, Beaver County, Utah page (newspapers)
 * Using commas for separation
 * Visual clues to what's on the site that's being linked to - Font, wingdings is a possibility. Would we need to set up as a style guide for consistency.
 * Should we distinguish sites that are free? Perhaps a $ in a circle with a line through it?  Not a universal sign for British, etc.  Will someone volunteer to find a universal symbol for pay or free that would be recongnizable?
 * Would words "pay" and "free" be the best?
 * Style guide should be updated to reflect this conversation - who? (Lise?)

Project Help Requests

 * Need help with your project? See a project that needs to be done? Add it here:
 * Barn raising when there's a new project - have one task that a person could do. If even 10 people had one task, it would get the project off to a good start.
 * People would be willing to help if given an assignment with good instructions.
 * "Project task force"
 * Utah project has a page with "things to do"
 * Jane has created generic pages that can be used as a template for a new project and they will be added to the Wiki, under Templates.
 * Link to these from the project if needed and from the Projects page.

Forums Overview

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