User talk:Lembley

Thanks, Sister Embley, for continually contributing to the Virginia portion of the Wiki. As the moderator for this section, I hope that you will continue your efforts. Wouldn't it be great if the Wiki could become the most comprehensive starting point for researchers?Gregorybean 04:23, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Where should wikiproject contributors communicate?
People who work on writing projects on the wiki are asking for an online venue they can use to talk about...


 * how to organize projects,
 * how and where to recruit contributors
 * how to motivate project members
 * how to track progress on projects
 * Manual of Style issues that we need to settle to avoid rework
 * ...and other stuff.

Could you go to the wiki feedback forum and give your opinion as to what tool(s) we should choose to communicate? The thread where we will discuss this is Which tools for wikiproject contributors to communicate? Ritcheymt 16:24, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Please vote on new name for Reviewer role
The wiki community is voting on a proposed renaming of the Reviewer role so that we can give the role to anyone we trust to upload their own images without review. If you care about the name of this role, please discuss the issue and cast your vote at FamilySearch Wiki talk:Reviewer. Ritcheymt 16:47, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome...

Hello, Lembley, and welcome to FamilySearch Wiki! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Introduction The Guiding Principles of FamilySearch Wiki Get started with this site Search for Articles Help:Edit and Contribute Manual of Style

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What are the implications of copy and pasting text via wikitext versus using FCK editor?
Bhrushforth wrote a great little piece on primary sources, and put it on his talk page. I copied the text, searched for the words "What is a Primary Source?" and then clicked on the red result "What is a Primary Source?" to create the page. I switched to wiki text editor and pasted the full article and clicked on "save." The article appears to be saved, but when I click "edit" it just spins and then comes back "done." I opened another tab and another session of fs wiki, and searched for "What is a Primary Source" and nothing comes back. Help! --Lise 16:41, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The page is here: What is a Primary Source?, but I experienced the same thing when I clicked the "edit" button. It will not allow me to edit. I don't think copying and pasting from into the Wikitext editor is a problem when you are copying plain text. The problem comes when you have headings, pictures, etc. It appears that a heading got mixed up in the transfer, but I can't tell since I can't look at the html. Sorry! --Gregorybean 08:22, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * When you copy and paste from the Wikitext option, all headings, external links, and internal links remain in tack. If you copy and paste through the FCK editor, only the raw text will copy, not the formatting or linkages. I looked at the page in question and clicked on the Edit option. Nothing happened. The page never loaded into the edit mode, but I noticed that the URL changed to the edit URL. I also noticed the question mark in the page title does not show up as a question mark in the URL. Perhaps this is the problem. I will create another page, with a title that does not have a question mark and let you know the results. Fran 20:59, 30 November 2009 (UTC) I finished creating the new page at Primary sources and tried to edit the page - this time the edit process was a success. I noticed there are several * symbols throughout the text in the second section of the article. The * symbol is the wiki text code for a bullet point. With the * symbol buried in paragraph text, it may cause a problem when it comes to editing. I don't have all the answers to this issue, but I still think the problem of not being able to open a page in edit mode is due to the content on the page, not a problem with the Wiki itself. Further investigation is needed. Fran 21:19, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

 

Weigh in on FamilySearch Wiki talk:Naming a Project?
Project pages are getting hard to find because people are putting them in multiple namespaces and using all kinds of naming conventions. Would you mind weighing in on FamilySearch Wiki talk:Naming a Project? Thanks! Ritcheymt 00:13, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Please vote on search result title link color
Some users have reported that the red color of the article title links in search results are confusing because in a Mediawiki site, a red link means a link to a page that has no content. There is a poll on the forums as to whether to make the links blue instead, which would also conform to what Google and Bing do. Please read the thread/explanation and vote. RitcheyMT 16:25, 24 January 2010 (UTC)