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== Become a FamilySearch Research Wiki Contributor ==
The FamilySearch Research Wiki is a free, online genealogical guide that lists websites, explains records, gives research strategies, and suggests other resources to help you find your ancestors from countries around the world. The Research Wiki is a community project, and we welcome all of those interested in sharing their genealogical knowledge to add to the Wiki.

== Share your knowledge ==
You can help us by adding content to the Research Wiki to help others.  This can be done through fixing broken URLs, adding content about a record type, listing new resources available or giving strategies for locating records. <br>
<br>There are different ways you can add this information:

=== Submit Wiki Content ===
If you would like to submit a resource, URL, or even a paragraph on a topic in the Research Wiki, you can use our [[FamilySearch Wiki:Content Submission Form|online form]].  A volunteer will add the information to the Research Wiki in the appropriate place. 

=== Report a Problem ===
Found some incorrect information on the Wiki? You can either [[FamilySearch:Contributing to the Wiki#Edit Directly to the Wiki|edit the Wiki]] yourself as listed below or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhFHS21uSFf6MjdS17ApKW03CQtFcXgmeNdRRwBYNMy9YSPA/viewform?c=0&w=1 fill out this form]. A Wiki volunteer will fix the information for you. 

=== Edit Directly to the Wiki ===
To edit the wiki, you must be assigned the wiki role of editor and page creator. You need only request this once. Once you are an editor and page creator, you will remain so as long as you follow Wiki Guidelines and Policies. To request to be an editor of the Wiki, click [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerHi0w9a0wRla8104bwH4oLHFYXu2f1ytNafRdRw8umoTWHg/viewform here].  Once your FamilySearch account is verified and the role of editor and page creator is granted, you should receive an email within 48 hours confirming your editing status.

== More Information About Editing the Wiki ==
There are many Wiki Help articles teaching you how to edit the Wiki:
*[[Help:Editing a Page|Edit a Wiki Page]]
*[[Help:VisualEditor|Editing a Wiki Page using VisualEditor]]
*[[Help:Links|Adding Website Links]]
*[[Help:Editing the Wiki|More editing wiki articles]]
*[[Help:Guiding Principles and Policies|Wiki Guiding Principles and Policies]]

=== Wiki University ===
The [[Help:Wiki_University_Tutorial|Wiki University]] contains a series of lessons on how to edit the Wiki using either [[Help:Wiki University VisualEditor -- Tutorial|VisualEditor]], a simplified way to edit the Wiki or [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tutorial|Wikitext]], using simplified html code.


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