FamilySearch Wiki talk:Introduction - Revision history

JensenFA: edit link

2011-12-20T16:55:02Z

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	== Move needed ==		== Move needed ==
−	This page needs to be moved to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. --~~[[User:JensenFA\|~~Fran]] 16:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC) Additional information about the need to move this page: The authoring Welcoming Committee message links to this page through the "Introduction" link in the message itself. The Introduction link goes to the page titled: FamilySearch Wiki:Introduction which has a redirect to this page. Consequently, in order to move this page to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace, the move should be made to the redirect page. I have no idea how to accomplish this task because the page already exists. --~~[[User:JensenFA\|~~Fran]] 22:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)	+	This page needs to be moved to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. --Fran 16:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC) Additional information about the need to move this page: The authoring Welcoming Committee message links to this page through the "Introduction" link in the message itself. The Introduction link goes to the page titled: FamilySearch Wiki:Introduction which has a redirect to this page. Consequently, in order to move this page to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace, the move should be made to the redirect page. I have no idea how to accomplish this task because the page already exists. --Fran 22:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

	:The article has been moved. When users with admin rights attempt to move a page to an already existing page, they have the option to delete the existing page at the same time, so that the move can be completed. The only thing that can make it more complicated is if the existing page has a talk page. If that is the case then the talk page would need to be manually deleted first. --[[User:Cottrells\|Steve]] 00:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)		:The article has been moved. When users with admin rights attempt to move a page to an already existing page, they have the option to delete the existing page at the same time, so that the move can be completed. The only thing that can make it more complicated is if the existing page has a talk page. If that is the case then the talk page would need to be manually deleted first. --[[User:Cottrells\|Steve]] 00:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Benrbennett: /* Proposal to revise acceptable content */

2010-05-17T17:49:27Z

Proposal to revise acceptable content

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	:To encourage contributions our Wiki policies need to promote maximum freedom and a minimum of pre-censorship. Only material that is likely to offend, or discourage other readers or contributors should be banned. Rather than broad policies forbidding certain topics, let the community police the content and show contributors how they could make a Wiki page less offensive or more inviting. The only bans I support are against contentiousness, indecency, crass commercialism, or non-genealogy-research related material. Wiki policies banning discussion of Family History Centers, Societies, or FamilySearch products or any other genealogy-related topics discourage contributions and readership unnecessarily. We have been amazingly fortunate in the freedom we have had to discuss so many worthwhile genealogical topics on Wiki. Our community has shown it can be trusted. Now it is time to expand that freedom to allow discussion of FHCs, societies, and FamilySearch tools. Please let freedom ring and reign on Wiki as long as it promotes reading, contributions, and might help someone find an ancestor or two.   [[User:DiltsGD\|DiltsGD]] 15:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)		:To encourage contributions our Wiki policies need to promote maximum freedom and a minimum of pre-censorship. Only material that is likely to offend, or discourage other readers or contributors should be banned. Rather than broad policies forbidding certain topics, let the community police the content and show contributors how they could make a Wiki page less offensive or more inviting. The only bans I support are against contentiousness, indecency, crass commercialism, or non-genealogy-research related material. Wiki policies banning discussion of Family History Centers, Societies, or FamilySearch products or any other genealogy-related topics discourage contributions and readership unnecessarily. We have been amazingly fortunate in the freedom we have had to discuss so many worthwhile genealogical topics on Wiki. Our community has shown it can be trusted. Now it is time to expand that freedom to allow discussion of FHCs, societies, and FamilySearch tools. Please let freedom ring and reign on Wiki as long as it promotes reading, contributions, and might help someone find an ancestor or two.   [[User:DiltsGD\|DiltsGD]] 15:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

−	:I second David's comments completely. I'd rather the list of what is not acceptable be brief and limited to those items that David mentions. I'd love the default to be, if you have something related to genealogy that might be of use to someone else, this is an appropriate place to share it. Let's stop building the list of what isn't allowed and instead focus on helping others find, use and contribute to the wiki. Well said David. ~~[[User:Bbennett\|Bbennett]]~~--[[User:Benrbennett\|Benrbennett]] 17:48, 17 May 2010 (UTC)	+	:I second David's comments completely. I'd rather the list of what is not acceptable be brief and limited to those items that David mentions. I'd love the default to be, if you have something related to genealogy that might be of use to someone else, this is an appropriate place to share it. Let's stop building the list of what isn't allowed and instead focus on helping others find, use and contribute to the wiki. Well said David. --[[User:Benrbennett\|Benrbennett]] 17:48, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Benrbennett: /* Proposal to revise acceptable content */

2010-05-17T17:48:50Z

Proposal to revise acceptable content

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	:To encourage contributions our Wiki policies need to promote maximum freedom and a minimum of pre-censorship. Only material that is likely to offend, or discourage other readers or contributors should be banned. Rather than broad policies forbidding certain topics, let the community police the content and show contributors how they could make a Wiki page less offensive or more inviting. The only bans I support are against contentiousness, indecency, crass commercialism, or non-genealogy-research related material. Wiki policies banning discussion of Family History Centers, Societies, or FamilySearch products or any other genealogy-related topics discourage contributions and readership unnecessarily. We have been amazingly fortunate in the freedom we have had to discuss so many worthwhile genealogical topics on Wiki. Our community has shown it can be trusted. Now it is time to expand that freedom to allow discussion of FHCs, societies, and FamilySearch tools. Please let freedom ring and reign on Wiki as long as it promotes reading, contributions, and might help someone find an ancestor or two.   [[User:DiltsGD\|DiltsGD]] 15:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)		:To encourage contributions our Wiki policies need to promote maximum freedom and a minimum of pre-censorship. Only material that is likely to offend, or discourage other readers or contributors should be banned. Rather than broad policies forbidding certain topics, let the community police the content and show contributors how they could make a Wiki page less offensive or more inviting. The only bans I support are against contentiousness, indecency, crass commercialism, or non-genealogy-research related material. Wiki policies banning discussion of Family History Centers, Societies, or FamilySearch products or any other genealogy-related topics discourage contributions and readership unnecessarily. We have been amazingly fortunate in the freedom we have had to discuss so many worthwhile genealogical topics on Wiki. Our community has shown it can be trusted. Now it is time to expand that freedom to allow discussion of FHCs, societies, and FamilySearch tools. Please let freedom ring and reign on Wiki as long as it promotes reading, contributions, and might help someone find an ancestor or two.   [[User:DiltsGD\|DiltsGD]] 15:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

−	I second David's comments completely. I'd rather the list of what is not acceptable be brief and limited to those items that David mentions. I'd love the default to be, if you have something related to genealogy that might be of use to someone else, this is an appropriate place to share it. Let's stop building the list of what isn't allowed and instead focus on helping others find, use and contribute to the wiki. Well said David. [[User:Bbennett\|Bbennett]]	+	:I second David's comments completely. I'd rather the list of what is not acceptable be brief and limited to those items that David mentions. I'd love the default to be, if you have something related to genealogy that might be of use to someone else, this is an appropriate place to share it. Let's stop building the list of what isn't allowed and instead focus on helping others find, use and contribute to the wiki. Well said David. [[User:Bbennett\|Bbennett]]--[[User:Benrbennett\|Benrbennett]] 17:48, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Benrbennett: /* Proposal to revise acceptable content */

2010-05-17T17:47:54Z

Proposal to revise acceptable content

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	:To encourage contributions our Wiki policies need to promote maximum freedom and a minimum of pre-censorship. Only material that is likely to offend, or discourage other readers or contributors should be banned. Rather than broad policies forbidding certain topics, let the community police the content and show contributors how they could make a Wiki page less offensive or more inviting. The only bans I support are against contentiousness, indecency, crass commercialism, or non-genealogy-research related material. Wiki policies banning discussion of Family History Centers, Societies, or FamilySearch products or any other genealogy-related topics discourage contributions and readership unnecessarily. We have been amazingly fortunate in the freedom we have had to discuss so many worthwhile genealogical topics on Wiki. Our community has shown it can be trusted. Now it is time to expand that freedom to allow discussion of FHCs, societies, and FamilySearch tools. Please let freedom ring and reign on Wiki as long as it promotes reading, contributions, and might help someone find an ancestor or two.   [[User:DiltsGD\|DiltsGD]] 15:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)		:To encourage contributions our Wiki policies need to promote maximum freedom and a minimum of pre-censorship. Only material that is likely to offend, or discourage other readers or contributors should be banned. Rather than broad policies forbidding certain topics, let the community police the content and show contributors how they could make a Wiki page less offensive or more inviting. The only bans I support are against contentiousness, indecency, crass commercialism, or non-genealogy-research related material. Wiki policies banning discussion of Family History Centers, Societies, or FamilySearch products or any other genealogy-related topics discourage contributions and readership unnecessarily. We have been amazingly fortunate in the freedom we have had to discuss so many worthwhile genealogical topics on Wiki. Our community has shown it can be trusted. Now it is time to expand that freedom to allow discussion of FHCs, societies, and FamilySearch tools. Please let freedom ring and reign on Wiki as long as it promotes reading, contributions, and might help someone find an ancestor or two.   [[User:DiltsGD\|DiltsGD]] 15:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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		+	I second David's comments completely. I'd rather the list of what is not acceptable be brief and limited to those items that David mentions. I'd love the default to be, if you have something related to genealogy that might be of use to someone else, this is an appropriate place to share it. Let's stop building the list of what isn't allowed and instead focus on helping others find, use and contribute to the wiki. Well said David. [[User:Bbennett\|Bbennett]]

DiltsGD: comment

2010-05-17T15:30:35Z

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	:The [[USGenWeb\|USGenWeb Project]] has a short page about it. How is it affected even the information is sufficent? I would expect as in every society or association if they choose, to maintain simple information, not too deep and invite to visit their own websites if available. [[User:Dsammy\|dsammy]] 05:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)		:The [[USGenWeb\|USGenWeb Project]] has a short page about it. How is it affected even the information is sufficent? I would expect as in every society or association if they choose, to maintain simple information, not too deep and invite to visit their own websites if available. [[User:Dsammy\|dsammy]] 05:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
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		+	:To encourage contributions our Wiki policies need to promote maximum freedom and a minimum of pre-censorship. Only material that is likely to offend, or discourage other readers or contributors should be banned. Rather than broad policies forbidding certain topics, let the community police the content and show contributors how they could make a Wiki page less offensive or more inviting. The only bans I support are against contentiousness, indecency, crass commercialism, or non-genealogy-research related material. Wiki policies banning discussion of Family History Centers, Societies, or FamilySearch products or any other genealogy-related topics discourage contributions and readership unnecessarily. We have been amazingly fortunate in the freedom we have had to discuss so many worthwhile genealogical topics on Wiki. Our community has shown it can be trusted. Now it is time to expand that freedom to allow discussion of FHCs, societies, and FamilySearch tools. Please let freedom ring and reign on Wiki as long as it promotes reading, contributions, and might help someone find an ancestor or two.   [[User:DiltsGD\|DiltsGD]] 15:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Dsammy at 05:03, 15 May 2010

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	Before those who were in from the start are gone or their memories fade, it would be nice to capture it.[[User:MannAE\|MannAE]] 23:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)		Before those who were in from the start are gone or their memories fade, it would be nice to capture it.[[User:MannAE\|MannAE]] 23:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

−	== Proposal to revise acceptable content ==	+	== Proposal to revise acceptable content ==

−	This article has a statement regarding the content that is included in the scope of the wiki (See section "Subjects outside the wiki's scope".) The scope does not include pages related to family history centers or FamilySearch Libraries, like the new [[Riverton FamilySearch Library]]. Due to this limitation in scope a [[Template:FHCpage]] was created to identify the center pages that needed reviewing for further development needs.	+	This article has a statement regarding the content that is included in the scope of the wiki (See section "Subjects outside the wiki's scope".) The scope does not include pages related to family history centers or FamilySearch Libraries, like the new [[Riverton FamilySearch Library]]. Due to this limitation in scope a [[Template:FHCpage]] was created to identify the center pages that needed reviewing for further development needs.

−	Several community members have expressed the need to revise the scope of the wiki statement to include pages related to:	+	Several community members have expressed the need to revise the scope of the wiki statement to include pages related to:

−	*Family history centers	+	*Family history centers
−	*FamilySearch Libraries	+	*FamilySearch Libraries
	*Societies and organizations		*Societies and organizations

−	We invite your comments regarding this proposed change. Please feel free to comment on this proposal either here or in the [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/showthread.php?p=10433#post10433 Forum thread].	+	We invite your comments regarding this proposed change. Please feel free to comment on this proposal either here or in the [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/showthread.php?p=10433#post10433 Forum thread].
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		+	:The [[USGenWeb\|USGenWeb Project]] has a short page about it. How is it affected even the information is sufficent? I would expect as in every society or association if they choose, to maintain simple information, not too deep and invite to visit their own websites if available. [[User:Dsammy\|dsammy]] 05:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

JensenFA: /* Proposal to revise acceptable content */ new section

2010-05-14T23:15:08Z

Proposal to revise acceptable content: new section

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	Before those who were in from the start are gone or their memories fade, it would be nice to capture it.[[User:MannAE\|MannAE]] 23:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)		Before those who were in from the start are gone or their memories fade, it would be nice to capture it.[[User:MannAE\|MannAE]] 23:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
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		+	== Proposal to revise acceptable content ==
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		+	This article has a statement regarding the content that is included in the scope of the wiki (See section "Subjects outside the wiki's scope".) The scope does not include pages related to family history centers or FamilySearch Libraries, like the new [[Riverton FamilySearch Library]]. Due to this limitation in scope a [[Template:FHCpage]] was created to identify the center pages that needed reviewing for further development needs.
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		+	Several community members have expressed the need to revise the scope of the wiki statement to include pages related to:
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		+	*Family history centers
		+	*FamilySearch Libraries
		+	*Societies and organizations
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		+	We invite your comments regarding this proposed change. Please feel free to comment on this proposal either here or in the [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/showthread.php?p=10433#post10433 Forum thread].

Cottrells: /* Move needed */ reply and explanation

2010-04-08T00:41:55Z

Move needed: reply and explanation

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	== Move needed ==		== Move needed ==
−	~~{{ToDo\|move this page to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace (see notes below)}}~~
	This page needs to be moved to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. --[[User:JensenFA\|Fran]] 16:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC) Additional information about the need to move this page: The authoring Welcoming Committee message links to this page through the "Introduction" link in the message itself. The Introduction link goes to the page titled: FamilySearch Wiki:Introduction which has a redirect to this page. Consequently, in order to move this page to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace, the move should be made to the redirect page. I have no idea how to accomplish this task because the page already exists. --[[User:JensenFA\|Fran]] 22:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)		This page needs to be moved to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. --[[User:JensenFA\|Fran]] 16:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC) Additional information about the need to move this page: The authoring Welcoming Committee message links to this page through the "Introduction" link in the message itself. The Introduction link goes to the page titled: FamilySearch Wiki:Introduction which has a redirect to this page. Consequently, in order to move this page to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace, the move should be made to the redirect page. I have no idea how to accomplish this task because the page already exists. --[[User:JensenFA\|Fran]] 22:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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		+	:The article has been moved. When users with admin rights attempt to move a page to an already existing page, they have the option to delete the existing page at the same time, so that the move can be completed. The only thing that can make it more complicated is if the existing page has a talk page. If that is the case then the talk page would need to be manually deleted first. --[[User:Cottrells\|Steve]] 00:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

	== History lacking ==		== History lacking ==

Cottrells: moved Talk:The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki to FamilySearch Wiki talk:Introduction: move page as requested

2010-04-08T00:35:50Z

moved Talk:The Vision: Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki to FamilySearch Wiki talk:Introduction: move page as requested

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JensenFA: /* Move needed */ add'l notes about moving this page

2010-04-07T22:28:27Z

Move needed: add'l notes about moving this page

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	== Move needed ==		== Move needed ==
−		+	{{ToDo\|move this page to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace (see notes below)}}
−	This page needs to be moved to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. --[[User:JensenFA\|Fran]] 16:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC)	+	This page needs to be moved to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. --[[User:JensenFA\|Fran]] 16:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC) Additional information about the need to move this page: The authoring Welcoming Committee message links to this page through the "Introduction" link in the message itself. The Introduction link goes to the page titled: FamilySearch Wiki:Introduction which has a redirect to this page. Consequently, in order to move this page to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace, the move should be made to the redirect page. I have no idea how to accomplish this task because the page already exists. --[[User:JensenFA\|Fran]] 22:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

	== History lacking ==		== History lacking ==