User:Blamonica

=Proposed Categorization Help=

The proposed wiki categorization tool allows article editors to add categories from a standardized taxonomy of terms in four different category areas. This will make it easier to find available categories and prevent mis-spellings when adding categories to the articles. This will also allow for a more consistent search and browse experience for patron's searching for specific information.

This process only augments the existing categorization abilities of the wiki, and you will still be able to add categories to articles using the old method. However, we strongly encourage you to use the new method for categorization as the community will receive the above mentioned benefits.

Common Navigation
The categorization tool has several buttons that do similar things depending on what pane you are looking at.


 * Add button - Will add the category that is selected or in the search text box to the article
 * Remove button - Will remove the category highlighted in the list box on the right from the article
 * Browse link - Will bring up the tree view for hierarchical categories (languages and subjects).

Location
Type the name of the location that the article refers to into the Location text box. This will query the FamilySearch Place Authority and return possible matches. If you don't see the place that you want, try to be more specific.

For example, if you are categorizing an article about Washington, Kansas, United States and you type in "Washington", the Place Authority will return the state of "Washington, United States". You will need to type "Washington, Kansas" to have it return a listing of options that would work for this category.

You can add more than one location to the article, but please always pick the most specific location that applies to the article.

Searching Subjects
If you know the subject that you want to pick, you can type in a word into the search box and it will show the subjects that match. It will also show the children of the matching subjects so that you can pick a more specific subject than the search term.

Browsing Subjects
To browse all of the subjects:


 * 1) Click on the "Browse Subjects" link
 * 2) Click on the arrows to expand the tree
 * 3) Click on the subject that you want to add
 * 4) Click the add button.

Click the close button when you are finished browsing subjects.

Time Period
Adding a time period to an article will allow users to search for items that pertain to information in a specific date range. To categorize by time period, type a range of years into the From and To boxes and click the "Add" button.