FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 24 Jan 2012

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Updates and follow up

 * Business Card - Carol and Darris
 * Darris, Janell, Jan - Widget box status
 * Troy, New York is an example of a page where the top of the table of contents and the top of the county infobox align. (In response to a question raised 1/17/12.) Murphynw 20:42, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Business/Announcements

 * RootsTech next week - ideas for unconferencing sessions? Perhaps with societeis -- janellv
 * RootsTech - breakfast? -- janellv

Style Guide Discussions

 * Invitation to Utah Experimental County page - Wilma
 * Some press releases have been copied into the wiki verbatim. Finding and updating/integrating press release content might be a good project. - Lise

Project Help Requests

 * Need help with your project? See a project that needs to be done? Add it here:
 * The Utah Wiki project is moving forward. Wednesday morning meetings (starting Feb 1) at 9:00 a.m. to pique interest, gather ideas and opinions, report accomplishments.

Improve the Wiki

 * Training - instructional videos timing out excessively. Has this been a concern addressed in earlier sessions?  Patience &amp; frustration factor especially in early intro to wiki process.  Caroline
 * Archiving wiki forums and even community past meetings [i.e. 2011 links]. Do we have a system in place to archive wiki items as part of cleanup? Caroline

Forums Overview

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