On Thu, 21 Dec 2017, at 7:36 PM, Dan Koehl wrote:
I would also like to encourrage you all to join the demo wiki at:
https://tools.wmflabs.org/genealogy/wiki/Special:ListUsers
You can already now submit genealogies, I have so far submitted the Pharaes from the 18th
dynasty in Egypt, and some generations from the house of Wasa in Sweden. I think the more
users who involve in this demo wiki, the more arguments to start it as a wikimedia
project.
One thing I've been thinking about with regard to wiki genealogy is the actual
*process* of genealogical research. I think we need to set up a really good framework of
how contributors should *do* research: e.g. start by setting up pages for individual
sources; and then next to those have pages that list the notes that people make about them
(more subjective and individual perhaps); and then link into the individual biographies
about people.
Lots of the objections to a Wikimedia Genealogy Project are around the possibilities of
poorly-researched information being added. I think we must make sure that our standards
are as high as Wikipedia — in basically every regard other than notability.
—Sam.
PS if anyone finds any issue with the demo website, please lodge it on our Phabricator
board:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/genealogy/