On Thu, 21 Dec 2017, at 7:36 PM, Dan Koehl wrote:
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> I would also like to encourrage you all to join the demo wiki at:
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> https://tools.wmflabs.org/genealogy/wiki/Special:ListUsers
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> 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.
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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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