FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 16 May 2013

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Introduce new members

 * Updating the discussions and proposals page

Community Council Report
Tom Jones thinks the Wiki will become one of the most important tools genealogists will use.
 * Discussed the council minutes
 * David talked about the Wiki in 2 presentation - immigration topics where Wiki was used.

Business/Announcements

 * New design for US state &amp; country pages? -- janellv 18:16, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * When people come to state/country pages, they don't pay attention to the topics column: redesign so it is organized differently -- the entire page becomes more of a table of contents
 * Questioned that the premise was accurate. Personal experience in teaching people to use the Wiki. Others have not experienced the problem
 * eye tracking - people who are used to the Wiki use the topics list; what about first-time users. Can we integrate the links into sections on the page --
 * User testing -- they would look for birth, marriage, and death -- (and parents)
 * Screen space (above the fold) is precious.
 * Wiki is not for beginner to genealogy, but a Wiki beginner
 * Navigation box at the top of state pages: so much on it would be intimidating
 * Concerned that we sacrifice the usefulness for wiki users for the new wiki users.
 * Idea: when researching for a certain record type
 * Most-used records would be above the fold. Really useful ones first. Pull those out is helpful.
 * Careful with most usable. Most success under other topics. Researchers probably have already exhausted the commonly-used. It's the records that are not common and explanations
 * horizontal layout is more intimidating.
 * Play with it and have it user tested
 * Program called Balsamig was used to mock up.
 * Mock up and test various ways
 * Citation coding removed from Historical Records pages. Coverage tables added to HR pages. Dorothy Horan, User Guidance Supervisor 18:54, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Citation bibdesc coding has been removed for automated citations. Now they are created by Dorothy's group, and loaded manually. There is a generic default that appears until. They are "divorced" so the citation in the Wiki does not always agree. Working on it.
 * When click copy, it starts right out with the url -- which is not the most important thing to the genealogist
 * 21 coverage tables have been added to indexed collections. Have heard more comments about content of the table than the look of it. How generated: data that collection ops sent to Dorothy's team which they upload to the Wiki; Nathan did his manually. Gaps discovered. Feedback through FS or email HoranDM@FamilySearch.org
 * The new link on the right Submit Wiki Content. Allows people to type content in, and someone will submit it.
 * Kudos to Jane for the idea - finally it is on. Volunteers have been submitting. When Janell is ready with enough volunteers, have Nathan do a blog to advertise this.

Priority items for this meeting:

 * Item: Collapsible Nav Boxes  See Example on Mike Kehoe's Sandbox 


 * Goal for this item: Do we want to use them on the wiki?


 * Steps to achieve this goal:


 * Assignments and dates of completion:


 * Evaluation date: