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[[Category:Help]]
(Text below this line is for organizing purposes only. It will be removed before final release.)
Key: EXISTING = existing help page; REPLACES = replaces one or more existing help pages; NEW = new help page
No background color = Updates have not been made.
Yellow = C has made updates and is requesting D's review before releasing page. See page itself for details.
Blue = D has made updates and is requesting C's review before releasing page. See page itself for details.
Green = both have reviewed and page is ready for release.
Navigating WeRelate
What is WeRelate?
- A free public-service wiki for genealogy where you work with others to develop and share research NEW
- includes WeRelate:About EXISTING
- C: needs refinement and partial archiving
- includes WeRelate:A Unified Tree which REPLACES WeRelate:Pando for genealogy
- D: needs consultation and refinement
- C: agree, and if replaced, we will need to fix all references to Pando across site - quick search shows 7 Articles, 3 Help, 18 WeRelate
- C: agree on move away from Pando focus ; like the idea of stating vision/mission/approach ; don't like title "A Unified Tree" - suggest making content a protected template (titled something like "WeRelate Vision" or "Mission" or "Concept") and transcluding onto WeRelate:Introduction above or elsewhere, where needed
- Watch a video EXISTING
- Take a tour EXISTING
- C: outdated screenshots will confuse new users, consider ARCHIVING
- Why work with others and share research? NEW
- includes Help: Why share your genealogy video EXISTING
- includes Help: Why share your genealogy on WeRelate.org video EXISTING
- includes text listing benefits
- Quick list of words used at WeRelate EXISTING
- D: needs refreshing
How does it work? - Getting around
Basic navigation for everyone
- Account not required.
- Navigating NEW - what is on every page
- C: includes very simple explanation of how we are using a wiki format for genealogy research, i.e. our basic concept - every person/family/place/source/image gets one (and only one) WR page; we show connections (aka relationships) between WR pages and other web pages, both in WR and elsewhere, via links; links are blue; etc.
- C: includes basic explanation of page layout, i.e. blue WR menu links on top and left, search box, blue WR Category page links and last update info on bottom, external ad links on top and right (take you away from WR), WR page specific content in center contains information and blue page links blue connected page links to other connected pages
- Browsing NEW - peruse what exists now
- D: describes using facets (see label Browse)
- D: might incorporate material from Help:Research tutorial
- C: includes explanation of "What links here"
- Browsing pedigrees NEW
- D: shows traversing a family tree from a person or family page (straight-forward, but should be mentioned)
- D: explains the
Family tree proposed Pedigree icon on each person and family page and how to navigate beyond what is currently displayed
- Browsing charts and maps NEW
- REPLACES Help:Pedigree charts, WeRelate:About pedigree charts, Help:Pedigree-maps, WeRelate:About pedi-maps and Help:Pedigree maps video
- includes Help:FAQ/Pedigree features
- Searching NEW - find something specific
- REPLACES Help:Search EXISTING
- D: needs refreshing, might incorporate material from Help:Research tutorial
- D: includes a link to Help:Glossary#Namespace
- Quick Search from any page by entering keyword(s) in search box on top right
- Quick jump to full Search screen from any page by clicking magnifying glass in search box
- Monitoring - Basic NEW - view changes to any page
- REPLACES Help:Monitoring recent changes
- includes History
- includes Diff
Advanced navigation for members
- Get an account and sign in to use these features
- Help:My Trees NEW (created Dec 2020) - add, navigate and manage pages in a tree
- D: if the help does not already explain that the pages within your tree are shared pages, it needs to be added
- Monitoring - Advanced NEW - see specific changes
- link is to same Help:Monitoring NEW as above
- Follow edits to specific pages in a Watchlist EXISTING
- D: the “features” section needs work to explain concept better
- D: incorporates anything useful from [WeRelate:About watchlist]], which should then be deleted
- D: mentions MyRelate menu item to show all items on watchlist as well as List > People which also shows the watchlist in a different format, also Dashboard, since it gives stats
- D: mentions where to find watchers
- includes Help:HowTo/Watch a page and Help:FAQ/Watchlist
- Network NEW with others who share common research interests
- View pages that interest you in a Dashboard EXISTING, including your personal editing statistics
- D: needs work and links to topics it covers
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