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Key: EXISTING = existing help page; REPLACES = replaces one or more existing help pages; NEW = new help page
Sources in genealogy
- Why use sources and how to pick reliable ones NEW
- REPLACES proposed Help:Why cite sources NEW
- REPLACES parts of Help:Sources
- REPLACES proposed Help:Selecting sources NEW
- REPLACES parts of Help:Sources (such as Types of Sources) and Good Source Use and Documentation Practice
- links to external page(s) on how to find and evaluate the quality of a source;
- discourages personal tree websites
- C: since the content is not WR specific, I thought it might be more suitable outside the WR Help namespace as an article about the virtues of good sourcing in general
Sources in WeRelate
- WeRelate has a database for sources where each source has a unique wiki page that can contain information about the source and the places, years and surnames to which the source is relevant. The database continues to grow with over 1,300,000 pages already established.
- Help:HowTo/Cite a source NEW from the database
- C: the title is not sitting well with me - perhaps it should be Help:Adding a source citation instead, since this page would be about "building" a quality citation on a page? What do you think?
- there may be info in lesson four of Help:Person pages tutorial EXISTING that can be used
- includes Help:HowTo/Add a note NEW
- includes and links to Help:Conventions/Source citations NEW
- REPLACES Help:Good Source Citations on Person and Family Pages (page started by BobC under construction and needs consultation/discussion)
- includes the issue of citing a source at the county level where applicable (see Help:Source page titles)
- (needs consultation/discussion)
- C: do we want to address other methods of citation here, like <ref> tags in text?
- Help:Copyright NEW - citing content from a source
- REPLACES the portion of Help:Licensing EXISTING that relates to copyright and fair use of content a contributor might be citing
- Help:Sources, MySources and Repositories NEW
- REPLACES WeRelate:About source pages EXISTING and parts of Help:Sources EXISTING
- explains the distinction between the 3 types of pages
- see notes in WeRelate Help Pages for distinction between repositories and sources
- includes Help:Conventions/Source pages and MySource pages NEW (when to use each)
- includes and/or links to Help:Conventions/Source pages NEW
- C: Caution: is there a distinction between Help:Conventions/Source pages and MySource pages NEW and Help:Conventions/Source pages NEW ?
- C: Before I do anything here... can you help me understand the thinking behind including Repository pages with the other 2 source pages? I'm not following the logic.
- Help:Source page titles EXISTING
- needs refreshing, including when you would rename a page
- includes Help:HowTo/Rename a page NEW
- includes Help:FAQ/Page titles NEW
- links to or incorporates Help:Source Page Title Examples EXISTING if that proves useful
- C: I've been thinking about the page title Help pages and where they belong in the sequence of most actions. In the case of Source pages, a user is going to have know about the correct format of a title first, before both looking for an existing page or adding a new one. What is the best way to teach them before they get to a point where they need to know it already? ...
- Adding a new Source page NEW
- explains the various ways to add a source page – add menu or from a person or family page in edit mode;
- explains which fields are needed in the “add screen” for various types of sources (to create the page title);
- stops at adding the page – includes a link to Help:Editing a Source page NEW for filling it in
- Editing an existing Source page NEW
- REPLACES Help:Source pages - remember to update the code to point to the new page when editing a source
- incorporates anything of value from the help notes in Portal:Source
- (replace the help notes in the portal page with a link to this help page), needs refreshing;
- include a note not to include web links in the source title (see archived suggestion WeRelate:Suggestions/Fix citations when source titles contain links)
- includes Help:FAQ/Source pages NEW
- includes Help:HowTo/Save a page NEW
- C: do we need a new page or could we just include a line where needed?
- links to Help:HowTo/Format text NEW
- C: what do you envision for formatting on a Source page?
- Adding a new MySource page NEW
- REPLACES WeRelate:About MySources,
- explains the various ways to add a MySource page – add menu or from a person or family page in edit mode or via a GEDCOM
- stops at adding the page – includes a link to Help:Editing a MySource page for filling it in
- Editing an existing MySource page NEW
- REPLACES Help:MySource pages
- incorporates anything of value from the help notes in Portal:MySource
- (replace the help notes in the portal page with a link to this help page), needs refreshing;
- includes Help:FAQ/MySource pages
- Adding a new Repository page NEW
- REPLACES Help:Repository pages and
- incorporates anything of value from the help notes in Portal:Repository
- (replace the help notes in the portal page with a link to this help page),
- includes Help:FAQ/Repository pages
- C: is it intentional to not have a Help:Editing a Repository page NEW ?
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