User talk:Hanna5974

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Marilynbgardner49 22:57, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Lebanon
Kathi, Why would you put Maronite Churches in the US on a page about Lebanon? I think that needs removed. What do you think? You are doing good work. One other thing, please put a category on each new page you create. If you need help contact me. I like your choice of countries to work on.Sjkennedy 12:38, 11 May 2015 (UTC) Another note: where did you find the Lebanon History information? It should have a footnote or link in case someone wants t learn more.

Lebanon
These pages look good. You also need a source under Languages. Where did those facts come from? Sjkennedy 18:11, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Albania
Hi Hanna,

I think the problems have been corrected. Let me know if you encounter any additional issues. Albania was part of the Ottoman Empire at one time, so that applies. With very best wishes. Murphynw 20:34, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Adding or changing categories
Hi Hanna,

Thanks for all the work. Just one suggestion. Please copy and paste the categories you are adding to pages. Have had to correct many this week because of incorrect spelling or capitalization. Thanks again Sandralpond 02:27, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Also the following are not categories Category:Uploading Images and Category: Research and Methodology. If you want them to be new categories we need to decide what category they go in. Sandralpond 02:46, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Hanna

Thanks again for this work. I was the one that had to do this kind of work alone for almost 4 years. So great to have all of you doing so many things to improve the Wiki. Thanks again. Sandralpond 12:36, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

"Category:Immigration Online Genealogy Records"
Can we delete this blank page? Sjkennedy 11:50, 5 October 2015 (UTC) Yes, seems like immigration records ought to be sorted by where people are immigrating to. When we do the new Articles by topic, we might decide we want it back. But I'd rather restore it if we need it, than have it kicking around and we never notice again that it's empty. Thanks for taking care of that. As far as I'm concerned any time you see an empty category, if it's been sitting empty for a year or so, take it down. Same thing if you find a category with one article, and the article is the same name as the category, bump the article up a level to the parent category, and take that category down. I see a lot of that.Hanna5974 17:45, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Category
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/How_to_use_%22record_hints%22 What category does this get?Sjkennedy 11:48, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Uncategorized categories
Kathi, There are 15 Uncategorized categories showing up today with your name on them. Category:Record Types of Canada Category:Record Types of England Category:Record Types of the United States Category:Record types of Argentina Category:Record types of Austria Category:Record types of France Category:Record types of Germany Category:Record types of Ireland Category:Record types of Italy Category:Record types of Netherlands Category:Record types of Panama Category:Record types of Spain Category:Record types of Switzerland Category:Record types of Wales Go to Special pages, then Uncategorized categories, the top two have been there for a while.Sjkennedy 12:34, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

What category does this get?
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/How_to_use_%22record_hints%22 How to use "record hints" Sorry, I am just afraid to add categories because I know you are working on them and reorganizing the categories. Sorry to be a pest this morning.Sjkennedy 12:48, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Beginning Research Page
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Beginning_Research_in_United_States_Census_Records Here is another one with no category.Sjkennedy 12:53, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Every link on every Jewish Research Page is now messed up
Whatever good you thought you might have been doing by editing links on all the Jewish Research pages did not work out well. Every link now is part of a sentence that ends with "by clicking [URL] her." Links are definitely not feminine :-)

First of all, the "clicking here." link was adequate because every browser reveals the target URL when the mouse is over it.

Second, showing all the lengthy URLs has a very cluttering effect on the page, making it less understandable.

Third, if some Wiki policy has been created to show all the URLs, then those URL need to be modified with some degree of respect for the context. With what you are doing, the entire sentence needs to be reworded.

Lastly, if you don't fix these pages, I think my best option is to just undo all your changes. When and if I get whatever policy you are following, I can go back and intelligently modify the pages to be compliant. This global search and replace business can never do it right.

Kurt Matthia 17:51, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Think before deleting categories
Every state in the United States has a category that has stood for over seven years. Every state page should be assigned such a state category. If you start deleting these long-standing categories it results in widespread chaos because you have to reassign every one of those thousands of state pages. Adding ", United States" to the end of a state category wastes effort by forcing us to type extra keystrokes. It gains us no real additional understanding or clarity--there is only one South Carolina in the world. If we follow this logic through we would be required to add the nation onto every geographical category including cities and counties, for example, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. We would have to add European Union to all the appropriate nations like France, European Union. No, this change is way too much work for almost nothing gained. It creates chaos and confusion, not clarity in the wiki. Please leave the long standing categories be--they have served us well before this new confusion started.

I have returned South Carolina and all associated pages to the previous category, and in time will do so for the rest of the states. DiltsGD 15:28, 23 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Please leave changes to the location categories alone


 * Dear Brother Dilts,


 * I have been authorized by the Governance Council to make the changes I made to the state pages. Earlier this month, they established a policy governing how articles are to be named. If you like I will send you a copy of the policy. You are not authorized to determine unilaterally the rules for category names. I have been assigned by Giuseppe Martinengo and Danielle Batson to organize all the categories of the Wiki according to official policy. If you see my name on a change it is official. If you disagree with the policy, you must discuss it with the Governance Council before undoing the changes.Hanna5974 18:26, 23 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for this explanation. I will immediately cease making changes to your altered categories. I would be grateful if you would send me a copy of the policy you cite.


 * I will consider that policy. I may choose to contest it. Is there a way you could work on something else until after Christmas, so I can have time to consider the policy, and perhaps seek to have it reversed. Then again, it may be perfectly reasonable and I would then welcome you to continue.


 * The Wiki is a community project and I will work in cooperation with ALL Wiki contributors, including you and the Governance Council. However, the concept of "official" authority rather than community authority strikes me as contrary to the Spirit of the Wiki. All Wiki contributors should be treated with equal respect. No contributor should be treated as superior or subordinate. Please consider the value of counseling together, rather than being ordered what one can or cannot do on the Wiki. DiltsGD 18:53, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

KirkBEan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Hi

I keep on wondering why KirkBEan is presented the way it is. The name of the village is Kirkbean. I've studied people who have lived there over the past 200 years and it's always been Kirkbean, nothing special about it. And it is far from being in the Gaelic part of Scotland.

Regards

Pat Jeffs