Definition of terms
User pages
Unlike other pages at WeRelate, user pages are editable only by the user who created them. Their titles begin with the name of the user.
User pages include each user's profile page as well as additional pages, such as personal research notes, that they don't want to be publicly editable.
Help with user pages
Categories
example: "Jackson" surname is a category
Categories are different when it comes to linking to them.
A normal link such as puts the page into that category, with a link to the category appearing at the bottom of the page.
If you just want to link to a category, you can put a colon before the word category, as in Category:page name.
Categories Help
List of Current Categories
--Janiejac 20:50, 14 April 2008 (EDT)
Shared research pages
Formerly known as surname in place pages, Shared Research Pages are articles whose titles contain a surname, followed by the word "in", followed by a place. For example, Jackson in Tennessee.
A Shared Research Page can be used to post, share, and discuss information about people having that surname who lived in that place.
Anyone interested in these surnames and places can watch (monitor for changes) any Shared Research Page. If a change is made, everyone watching the page will be notified.
The changes you make to the Shared Research Page takes effect immediately.
The new Shared Research Page (or the new modified content) will start showing up in Searches the following day. This allows you to be found by others researching the same family lines as you, ask for and offer help, and share research you have gathered for that surname and place with others.
How do I create a shared research page?
- Click on the My Relate tab in the blue bar at the top of the screen and select "Dashboard"
- Click on View your profile, under the heading, Profile & Messages.
- On the Profile Page click Edit under the blue bar at the top of the page.
- Think of a family you're currently researching.
- Under the Surnames and/or places you are researching heading, click on "Add Surname and/or Place".
- In the fields that pop up, enter the surname of that family and the place where they lived.
Limit the Place to a State, Province, or Country to begin with.
Your ancestors may have been related to other families having the same surname in their region, so set the place to the state, province, or country in which the family lived, not the town. For example, if I were researching the John and Mary Smith family living in Boston, Georgia, I would enter "Smith" and "Georgia" into the appropriate boxes.
Make sure to use only one surname and place per page title and to type out the full place name, without abbreviation, so the page can be properly indexed into categories.
--Janiejac 02:42, 19 April 2008 (EDT)
- More detail about shared research pages can be found in the text tutorial [here]--Janiejac 21:49, 2 May 2008 (EDT)
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