FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 17 Jan 2012

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Kudos go to ...

 * Janell for being on the FGS radio broadcast chat, fielding questions. I saw Steve there, too.  Not sure who else was there.  Thanks!  Lise 18:10, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sandra Pond and the Wiki support team for bringing broken links down from over 4,000 to 30!

Updates and follow up

 * Thomas MacEntee has requested help developing a "getting started with the FamilySearch wiki" page for the FGS web site. I think it's a great opportunity to help facilitate societies' contributions to the wiki.  He already has the link to the Contributor Help page.  I'd love to brainstorm ideas for a page for FGS.  Lise 17:54, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Business Card - Carol and Darris [[Image:Moderator business card.jpg|thumb|center]]
 * Report from James and Lise on their presentations this past week
 * Report from Nathan - Brainstorm ideas for a Widget/Button/Badge for libraries, societies, organizations to include on their pages that identifes them as being mentioned/featured in the FamilySearch wiki. See Maureen Taylor's blog for a Wikipedia example. Thanks to Fran Jensen for pointing this out. (Did we ever finish this discussion?)

Business/Announcements

 * Live Chat is up and running and we've received a few. Jane has added a template to some pages to make people more aware.
 * UGA - 3rd Thursday meeting on the 19th will be about the Wiki

Project Help Requests

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Improve the Wiki

 * User_talk:TrostLZ Would someone from Historical Records be able to look at this page and address the question from the contributor?

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