http://www.wikitree.com/blog Progress reports and discussion on the new tool for easy family history collaboration Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:14:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can now view a nested list of anyone's children, and children's children, and children's children's children ... . It's like the inverse of a family tree. Instead of climbing up through ancestors you're digging down through descendants. If you have children, click here to view your descendants page. You can see ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=50 In addition to being a great platform for recreating family history, WikiTree is also a brilliant resource for collaborating with others on special community projects. Two such projects currently in the works are for Twins and another for Centenarians. Our reigning Queen of WikiTree, Joanna Tolson, took the initiative to ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=49 We've been making improvements to the category system thanks to input and experimentation by C-G Magnussen and his Italians in Sweden project. Phentermine effects Proscar effects Biaxin effects Lexapro effects Soma effects Xenical effects Adipex effects Zoloft effects Propecia effects Paxil ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=48 Top WikiTreer Joanna and I have been talking about the issue of what to do with Catholic confirmation names on WikiTree. She has this whole line of French ancestors deep in her family tree named Joseph and Marie. This has caused her great consternation when it comes to navigating between them. ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=47 A-1 awesome WikiTreer C-G Magnussen has been pioneering the use of categories on WikiTree. Those of you familiar with Wikipedia or another wiki may know how categories work. Anyone can instantly connect pages under the umbrella of any category they choose. For example, I could create a category called "Whittens from ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=46 WikiTree finally has its own search engine for people. This should make it much easier for new users to quickly see if someone is already on the worldwide wiki family tree. It will also make it easier for WikiTreers to quickly jump to one of their own family members. Instead of ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=45 Joanna Tolson and I have been talking about the under-utilized Memories sections. This is the area on every profile page for personal messages and stories related to the person. She wrote, "Perhaps we can start a discussion on how to make the Memories field more attractive to WikiTreers. I know I ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=44 Here's another interesting issue that Fay and Joanna brought up. At the risk of sounding insensitive, Fay asked about what would happen "if some 80 year old comes in here and makes a massive tree then kicks the bucket?" First, some background for new WikiTreers who might be reading this. WikiTree's unique ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=43 Fay and Joanna brought up a bunch of issues in their comments to my "Upload pdf files as images" post. I don't have good answers to some of them and decided I should try talking them out with you. Here's one that I puzzle over. Joanna wrote, "I’ve come across bunches ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=42 Progress continues, thanks to constant feedback from WikiTreers. One new addition that might interest you: you can now upload Adobe pdf files to your profiles of family members, places, things, etc. They function just like images. Simply click "upload image" on any page. You can then associate the pdf with as ... http://www.wikitree.com/blog/?p=41