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Welcome to the FamilySearch Wiki community page. This is the place to find what is happening on the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Come here to find what a list of things you can do to help the Research Wiki to grow. Join a user group or start one in your own area. Check out the ongoing discussions and join in on the discussions!

Tip of the day...

 * Help expand the knowledge in the Research Wiki by adding content to stub articles. The stub articles are identified as stubs because they are just the beginning of a full article about a specific subject. There are a lot of Stub articles to choose from. Just pick from the list of stub articles the one that interests you and have fun adding to what's already there.

Notices

 * List of changes to the Research Wiki skin
 * The Research Outlines on FamilySearch.org were added to the Wiki several months ago. There is a current effort to make sure all the remaining Research Guidance and Research Helps content on FamilySearch.org is successful copied to the FamilySearch Research Wiki. You can help with this effort by joining the discussion efforts on the project page at: Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content.

Project pages seeking contributors

 * Denmark

Discussions
Discussions that are asking for wider attention include:
 * There is an ongoing discussion about the development of record-type articles. The two discussion points include: (1) The headings that should be used in record-type articles, and (2) The pros and cons of having long article or short articles with multiple links between them. This discussion is taking place within the context of the Maryland Newspapers article. Join the discussion on the talk page at: Talk:Maryland Newspapers.

Things to do
Idea #1 There are several articles throughout FamilySearch Wiki that refer to the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). Help improve the content by linking all the articles that discuss PERSI to the complete Periodical Source Index (PERSI) article that already exists in the Wiki. To find all the articles that discuss PERSI, type the term "persi" in the search box and click the Search button.

Idea #2 Help build the Danish content by participating in one of the following projects:
 * FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Articles Needing Revision
 * FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Directories
 * FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Jurisdictions
 * FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Lægd Numbers after 1869
 * FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Newspapers
 * FamilySearch Wikiproject: Danish Orphanages

Fix-up projects

 * Add external links to articles
 * Add internal links to articles
 * Categorize articles
 * Disambiguation
 * Expand an article or short page
 * Double redirects need fixing - 14 pages as of 18 Dec 2008 have double redirects. Each case needs to be fixed.
 * Link dead end pages in FamilySearch Wiki to other pages as needed - 2161 pages as of (20080903) that do not link to other pages in FamilySearchWiki.
 * Special:Uncategorizedcategories - 18 uncatted! categories as of (20080903)(cat if possible)
 * Special:Uncategorizedpages - 1480 pages as of (20080903)(find the correct cat)
 * Special:Unusedcategories - 121 categories unused as of (20080903){delete ? or redirect to correct cat)
 * Special:Wantedcategories - 357 categories wanted as of (20080903)(check for existing cat first)
 * Wanted Pages - There are over 5,000 wanted pages. Find one of interest and add some content to the page.

Article Collaboration
Submit an article that needs a group effort to improve and expand the content. Every month, beginning January 2009, a new article will be featured here for collaborative improvement.

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