Help:Contributor Help

Learn How to Contribute
This page contains:


 * Beginning Wiki Overview
 * Helpful links for editing the Wiki
 * Step-by-step articles for beginning to advanced users

Getting Started
To get started, register and select your e-mail settings on the Wiki so you can edit and collaborate with community members. If you are new to Family History, start with a few "How To" articles.

A fun and easy way to learn to use the Wiki is with a small group working on a project maintaining or contributing to the Wiki. Find these opportunities at Projects Seeking Contributors or visit a Live Community Meeting and let us know!

The Family Search Wiki is a collaborative community effort. Your contributions are welcome on all pages, including those that have been adopted.


 * Wiki Overview
 * All Demos
 * Change user preferences

Editing

 * Basic editing (see demo)
 * Basic: Copy and paste into a wiki page
 * Help: The Editing Tool
 * Simple edits you can make
 * Advanced editing
 * Advanced editing with Wikitext
 * Advanced: Copy documents into the wiki

Images

 * Basic: Submit images (see demo)
 * Basic: Add images to a page
 * Upload images

Linking

 * Adding Links (see demo)
 * Advanced linking

Creating and Naming Pages

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

Watching Pages

 * Watch page changes

Categorization

 * Categorize a page

Citing Sources

 * How to add citations
 * Sources consulted but not referenced

Templates

 * A quick guide to templates
 * Help: Templates
 * Maintenance templates
 * Contributor userboxes

Tables

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

Join a Project

 * Projects Seeking Contributors

Community Meetings

 * Community Meetings -  Learn about all the meetings currently going on around the Wiki.


 * 1) Genealogists Helping Newbies
 * 2) Genealogists Helping Genealogists
 * 3) Wiki Contributors Meeting

Forums

 * Research -  Ask your general or specific research questions of Family Search genealogists.
 * Contributor's Corner  -  Participate in Wiki decision making, vote in polls concerning policy, format and other issues, and discuss relevant topics.
 * Feedback and Suggestions -  Have a great suggestion to help make the Wiki better ?  Want to give feedback on the Wiki operation, governance or design ?   This is the place to do it.
 * Technical Support -  This is where you ask those "why did this happen" or "why didn't this work" type questions.

Avoiding Disputes

 * How to discuss page changes

Languages

 * Languages

Wiki Governance

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