FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 21 February 2013

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Updates and follow up

 * The page for discussions from this meeting that are unresolved is Community Discussions and Proposals.
 * Links to FamilySearch databases and digitized books. Can Wiki be forced to open a new tab. Steve looked at creating a template but it is more complicated than we thought. Links are not persistent links.
 * SEO testing is still ongoing. Nathan is getting necessary information for comparisons.

Community Council Report

 * See their minutes from Feb. 6, 2013

Business/Announcements
Rootstech breakfast - 7:15 AM at Family History Library (back door, third floor break room). Thursday, March 21st. Details will be posted.

Priority items for this meeting:

 * Item:
 * News and Events
 * Other channels, blogs, Facebook better as sources
 * Council decided that the wiki should direct users to these better sources rather than add "news" content directly in the wiki
 * Next steps - recommend change to wiki policy and advise others via the FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting


 * Goal for this item: Remove the "News" box from locality pages, since they are not usually maintained and links would better serve the public.


 * Steps to achieve this goal:


 * Danielle could talk to Marilyn Markham about taking out the News &amp; Events sections on the locality pages, by missionaries. They would have to know how to manage the templates.
 * Steve Cottrell could use the "replace text" function to expedite this process, especially for blank boxes.
 * Per David Dilts, this could be complicated.
 * Charles can check with foreign wiki managers to see if this would be a problem for them.
 * Danielle will talk to GSWAC and report back on their position on this change.




 * Assignments and dates of completion:


 * Evaluation date: 28 Feb. 2013