Dear fellow Wikimedians, on the Meta page "Wikimedia genealogy project" is now only 6 votes lacking, in order to get 100 supporting votes. Please try to get some more guys voting so we reach 100 before the end of the year.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_genealogy_project&...
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.
Finally, I think its time to make a new newsletter, and ask you all kindly fr some ideas suggestions, or even read text to submit in the newsletter.
A merry christmas and a happy new year
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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/
Agree, all records should be sourced, at least upto such extenct that is relevant, and normal for most genealogical wesbites.
dan
----------------------------------------------------------- Kontor/Office: Ljusterö Information Box 75, 184 03 Ljusterö Tel: +46 (0)8-542 424 01 Mobil telefon 1 (Comviq): 0767 15 45 70 Mobil telefon 2 (Telia): 0739 17 17 89 Skype: DanKoehl ICQ: 40467 87 ------------------------------------------------------------
2017-12-22 2:44 GMT+01:00 Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au:
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/
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