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Revision as of 18:12, 13 September 2011
Getting Started as a New Contributor
The following will help you get started (click the links to learn more about each item):
- Register for an account (you may already have one if you use other FamilySearch.org or LDS.org web sites)
- Take the Wiki Tour or visit a New Wiki Contributors Training Meeting to learn more about ways you can contribute
- Edit your first page by:
- Sharing something you know about where you live
- Adding information about a place you are currently researching
- Joining an ongoing project
(The links below will help you get started)
- Edit your user page to tell others a little about yourself.
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Questions? Visit the Wiki Contributor Help Forum to receive help with contributing to the Wiki. |
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The Family Search Wiki is a collaborative community effort. Your contributions are welcome on every page.
Getting Started - Wiki Lessons
These lessons belong to a course about the wiki and each contains:
- A basic explanation of how to perform a task.
- A video demonstration (the same demonstrations listed in the Video Demonstrations section below)
- Practice exercises
- Handouts with step-by-step instructions and pictures
- Check Your Learning quizzes
Click a link below to view the lesson, or view the entire course here.
- Wiki Overview
- Searching for and Creating Articles
- Editing Articles
- Adding Links and Citations
- Inserting Images and Using Templates
- Watching Articles and Using History
Getting Started - Video Demonstrations
Review individual contributor videos:
- Editing a Wiki Article
- Adding Links
- Adding Images
- Adding Citations
- Creating a Wiki Article
- Watching Wiki Articles
- Using Templates
- Webinar: Leveraging the Power of We: a Watershed Event in Discovering Where to Find Your Ancestors by FamilySearch's Michael Ritchey
Getting Started - Contributor Help Articles
Editing
- Basic editing (see demo)
- Basic: Copy and paste into a wiki page
- Help: The Editing Tool
- Simple edits you can make
- Basic Wikitext
Citing Sources
Linking
Wiki Guidelines
Images
Creating and Naming Pages
Watching Pages
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Questions? Visit the Wiki Contributor Help Forum to receive help with contributing to the Wiki. |
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Join the Community
Community Links
Community Projects
Community Support
Community Meetings
- Community Meetings - Learn about all the meetings currently going on around the Wiki.
Intermediate/Advanced - Help Articles
Advanced Editing
- Advanced editing
- Advanced editing with Wikitext
- Advanced: Copy documents into the wiki
- Uploading images (for Reviewers and Moderators)
Categorization
- How to categorize pages (see last part of this demo)
- Guided practice for adding categories
- Advanced categorization
- Browse existing categories
Naming, Renaming, and Redirecting Pages
- Renaming a page (see last part of this demo)
- Redirecting a page
- Adding a page to the correct namespace
- Creating an un-portal page
- Splitting articles
Templates
Tables
Additional Guidance
Forums
- Research - Ask your general or specific research questions of Family Search genealogists.
- Contributor Help - This is where you can ask "how to" questions you cannot find answers for.
- 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.
Avoiding Disputes
Wiki Governance
New to the Research Wiki?
In the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others.
Learn More