Help:Contributor Help

Learn how to contribute
This page contains:


 * Helpful links
 * Step-by-step articles
 * Tutorials

These articles will help you learn how to search the Wiki to aid your personal research. They will also teach you how to be a FamilySearch Research Wiki Contributor.

To get started, register and select your email settings.

If you would like to learn to use the Wiki with a group practicing on a project, go to Projects Seeking Contributors or visit a Live Community Meeting and let us know!

How To Topics
Get Started


 * How to register and set email preferences (see demo)
 * Wiki Overview
 * All Demos
 * Change user preferences

Searches


 * Basic searches (see demo)
 * Advanced searches (see demo)
 * Search tips

Editing


 * Basic editing
 * Basic: Copy and paste into a wiki page
 * Intermediate editing
 * Simple edits you can make
 * Advanced editing
 * Advanced: Copy documents into the wiki

Linking


 * Adding Links
 * Basic internal linking
 * Basic external linking
 * Advanced linking
 * Creating a new linked page

Creating and Naming Pages

Images
 * Basic page naming
 * Renaming a page
 * Adding a page to the correct namespace
 * Creating a page
 * Creating a new linked page
 * Creating an un-portal page
 * Redirecting a page
 * Splitting articles


 * Basic: Submit images
 * Basic: Add images to a page
 * Upload images

Tables


 * Basic tables
 * Advanced tables
 * Copy spreadsheets into the wiki

Watching Pages


 * Watch page changes

Join a Project


 * Projects Seeking Contributors

Avoiding Disputes


 * How to discuss page changes

Categorization


 * Categorize a page

Citing Sources


 * How to add citations
 * Sources consulted but not referenced

Languages


 * Languages

 Wiki Governance


 * Contributor Guidelines
 * Volunteer as a Wiki moderator
 * Wiki Teaching Aids

Related Pages

 * Topics Needed by New Wiki Contributors