FamilySearch Wiki:Community Dialogue Chronological

Introduction

This is a month-by-month listing or summary of conversations between Wiki contributors which take place in meetings and forum threads. The purposes of this list include:


 * Help the Community stay informed quickly and easily
 * Document decisions: When they were made, how they were implemented and by whom
 * Keep the guidelines updated. This includes Help content, Manual of Style, Projects, and more
 * Call attention to ideas and concerns not yet decided, allowing the Community to prioritize action

March 2011
Polls: (close Saturday, March 5)


 * Require Adopters to edit a page before Adoption sign is posted?
 * Maximum period of inactivity of Moderators and Adopters
 * "Three strikes" communication policy for moderators and adopters Results: 40% voted 4 weeks. 26% each to 2 weeks and 6 weeks.

February 2011
Polls
 * Proposed: Link from adoption sign to adopter's user page

Forum Threads Started


 * Help vs. FamilySearch Wiki namespace


 * Should we have substantial prerequisities for moderators?
 * Maximum period of inactivity of Moderators and Adopters
 * Require Adopters to edit a page before Adoption sign is posted?
 * Recruiting Moderators
 * "Three strikes" communication policy for moderators and adopters
 * Sandbox category
 * Another advertising question
 * Proposal: Remove sandboxes from search results
 * Maintenance Templates/Policy
 * Creating Video Trainings

January 2011
Note: This is the month the Wiki Contributor's meeting began. It was an outgrowth of the Tech meeting.


 * Proposed: Link from adoption sign to adopter's user page
 * Community Center, Village Pump, or something else?

December 2010
Forum Threads Started

Moderators and Adopters


 * Relative stewardship of moderators and adopters
 * Qualifications of adopters and moderators
 * Encouraging User Participation on Adopted Pages
 * Page Adopter category
 * Moderators and Adopters: level of activity


 * Forum Digest: a plan for reaching decisions, implementing ideas


 * Affiliate links?
 * FamilySearch Wiki Affiliates Logo
 * Record Search Updates Archive
 * How to account for Indexing when writing wiki projects?
 * Welcoming

Display


 * Tennessee page restructure proposal
 * Why the green border and { ?

Technical problems


 * We're going to roll back the database. Recent changes will be lost.
 * Vanishing edits

November 2010
Note: This is the month the Wiki Contributor's Corner forum began.

Forum threads started:

Moderators and adopters

All contributors
 * Should we have separate forums for Moderators, Adopters and contributors?
 * Moderators - Sharing best practices
 * Replacing a moderator or adopter?
 * Technical Volunteer duties
 * Limit number of pages for moderator or adopter?
 * Term limits?


 * Avoiding Redundance while Meeting User Needs
 * Recognition: Adopters, moderators, and contributors
 * The Wiki Audience


 * Is this Advertising

Display


 * Is your image (or map) too wide for a wiki page? Try making a scrolling image!
 * Table too wide on a wiki page? Make a scrolling table!