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GUIDES PATH TO MORE INFORMATION TO IMPROVED QUALITY
WALES PROJECT OVERVIEW

comment on leadership, etc

Project Goals

The goal of the Wales Project is to improve the quality and quantity of Welsh profiles. To assist with this goal, click on the Genealogy Research tab above for information on researching your family tree and best practices for writing/editing your profiles.

Project Teams

In order to work towards our goal, we organise ourselves into teams which come under the following areas:

County Teams There are 13 historic counties in Wales, and our geographical teams are organised into each of those counties. The Project Coordinator for the County Teams is Hilary Gadsby.

Profile Improvement Teams The various profile improvements teams work on specific types of profile improvement across the whole of Wales. The Project Coordinator for the Profile Improvement Team is Steve Bartlett

Managed Profiles Team The Managed Profiles Team focuses on our Managed, PPP'd, Notables and 5-Star profiles. The goal is assure these profiles are of the highest quality per WikiTree standards. The project coordinator is Todd Gilbert

Topics Teams Topics Teams include teams working on various Welsh thematic subjects including Diaspora, Historic Buildings (including religious, schools, houses) and Disasters. The Project Coordinator is Stuart Awbrey.

Welsh Dragons The Welsh Dragons are a non-competitive team that participate in all WikiTree thons, focusing mainly on Welsh profiles.

THIS PAGE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WALES PROJECT RESOURCES - PROFILE - OVERVIEW.

WP GUIDES PATH TO MORE INFORMATION TO IMPROVED QUALITY
PROFILE OVERVIEW PART 1

An overview of the profile page. Understanding the parts of the profile page and its tools will make your work in WikiTree much more productive.

Profile Name and Related Information

NOTE: Blue colored text pertains only to your personal profile.

Name and Photo Block

Photo - the photo or avatar, if provided, will appear in the upper left.

Name - the person's name for this profile is displayed.

On your profile: your name is shown and below it is the date you signed the Honor Code (Wiki Genealogist) or Family Member status.

Contributions - to the right of the signed date is the total number of contributions you have made on WikiTree displayed as a link. Clicking on it will open a list of your contributions in reverse date and time order.

Thank-yous - next is the number of thank-yous received from members displayed as a link. Clicking on it will open the list of thank-yous with the name of the member and the reason.

Connections- the number of connections is displayed as a link. Clicking on it will open a page titled "My Connections." There are several options available to choose the data desired.

Privacy Symbol - On the far right is a symbol indicating the privacy level set on the profile. (See Privacy under Profile Links below.)

Profile ID Links

To the right of the person's name for the profile are 3 links preceded by a scissors symbol. They are in sequence - ID, Link and URL. Placing the cursor on top of each will:

ID - open a box stating "Copy ID" (also referred to a Wiki ID). Ex: Awbrey-135
Link - open a box stating "Copy Wiki Link." Ex: [[Awbrey-135|Stuart Awbrey]]
URL - open a box stating "Copy URL." Ex: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Awbrey-135

Clicking on the box will copy the item, as shown in the examples above, and the box message will change to "Copied."

The copied item can then be pasted wherever needed.

Menu Bar With Links

Example

Located in the upper right are 5 drop down menus as shown here. Regardless of which profile you are on, the links are related to your personal profile. Hover over a caption to open a list of links.

You should open each link. Study the information and the options most of them provide. Doing so will make it much easier to find the information needed as you work in WikiTree.

Some of the links are repeats of links found elsewhere on the profile.

The links are updated infrequently.

Some examples under My WikiTree:

Nav Home Page (Navigation Home Page - (when you logon to WikiTree you will see this page unless you opted to open with your profile) the page can be customized. Default is a family tree covering 3 generations; how to get started on WikiTree; your badges, a scratch pad similar to a space page; G2G Discussion Feed; Family Activity Feed; Wiki Genealogy Feed and a list of Thank Yous.

Suggestions - a list of Data Doctors Suggestions for profiles you manage.

Surnames (Surname Navigation Page - a list of your first 8 surnames which can be expanded to 64.

Some examples under your Wiki Id (ex: Williams-000):

G2G Profile - there is a table listing your current points and your G2G activity. (See how points are calculated - Help:Badges and Points - G2G Points and Titles.

Suggestions - a list of Data Doctors Suggestions for profiles of people related to you.

Some examples under Add:

New Person - this link opens a page titled "Add an Unrelated Person."

New Thing - the link opens a page on which a free-space page can be created - see Wales Resources - Creating A Free-Space Page for more information.

Some examples under Find:

Projects - a help page will open listing all the WikiTree projects.

Search - a page is opened providing options to search for WikiTree profiles.

Unconnected People - opens a list of unconnected profile on your Watchlist.

Some examples under Help:

Forum G2G - opens G2G to "recent questions and answers." (ADD LINK IF PAGE IS CREATED EXPLAINING G2G).

Help - opens a page listing all the WikiTree Help pages.

Problems w/Members - opens a Help page describing the procedure to follow when there is a problem with a member.

Style Guide - opens "Category: Styles and Standards page which describes formatting standards and style conventions.

WikiTree Team - opens a page with a photo of the WikiTree Team and their bios.

Followed Tags Box

Followed tags appear only on your personal profile and are a way for members to:

# follow activity in the topics that interest them, and # connect with other genealogists who share the same interests.

The tags in the top section, shown in black, are automatically entered here based on your posted DNA information. Clicking on the black boxes reveals additional information.

The tags in the middle section, shown in green, are entered by you. These are referred to a "followed tags." Examples are surnames and subjects you are interested in. If you are a member of a project, its tag should be added. Clicking on a tag will provide a list of other members involved.

The bottom list of tags, shown in gold, are automatically added base on your activity. Clicking on a surname box will generate a list of the changes made on profiles with that surname.

Badges Box

This is a display of the badges assigned to you and those you have earned through contributions. Clicking on a badge will provide a list of all members who hold that badge.

Profile Links

Profile (public view) - this is the view seen when not logged in to WikiTree

Edit - this link opens the profile for editing several parts of the profile

Images - this link opens the page used to upload images - see xx for procedure

Family Tree & Tools - this link opens a page full of information and links:

it begins with a family tree of ancestors

Changes - this link opens the page which lists all the changes made to the profile

Privacy - this link opens the page where the various levels of privacy can be set - see xx

Profile (private view) - this is the view seen when logged in to WikiTree

If displayed:

Categories - this link moves to the section of the profile listing its categories

Comments - this link moves to the Comments section

Matches - this link moves to the place where pre-loaded matches to other profiles may be listed and links used to find matches

Sources - this link moves to the Sources section

History Box

The first line of this profile section contains the name of the profile's manager in the form of a link. Following are 2 symbols which are links - 1st is to the Relationship Finder; 2nd is a link to send the manager a private message. Next is a second link to send a private message.

The 2nd link begins with the Wiki ID for the profile followed by its creation date. Next on the line is the date it was last modified. The last link "Last tracked change:" opens the Changes page for the profile.

The 3rd & 4th lines may describe the last change, who made it, what was changed and the date.

The 5th line states how many times the profile has been accessed.

Biography Formatting and Writing

Page for Profile Biography Writing

'Profile Biography Writing

Biography Sections:

NOTE: see Wales Project Training Program - Profiles for a description of profile sections.

==Biography== - This is the primary heading which is always at the top of the profile..

The following sub-headings are suggested. Actual title in these headings can vary.

===Early Life===

===Family===

===Occupation===

===Death & Legacy===

===Timeline===

==Research Notes==

Sources

add info and or link to a page - will need to do over info on Resources page and coord w/Jutta

DNA Connections

DNA Connections on the right side of the page is automatically populated from input at a different location.

Images

Images appear to the right of the Biography. (add info here and/or link to a page)

FOR ADDITIONAL PAGES

IMAGES

EDITING

Edit Data Section

Edit Text Box

Sections and Format

At the minimum a profile should have these sections/heading:

== Biography ==

== Sources ==
<references />

Sections and headings of a profile in the order they should appear:

[[Categories]] - There is a Wales Project Training Lesson on categorization. (add link to page)

{{Research Note Boxes}} examples (see also Research Notes below):

{{Conflated}} - For use when a profile has information on two or more people that has been combined and confused. See Template:Conflated for more information.

{{Estimated Date}} - For use whenever a rough estimate is used for a birth, death, and/or marriage date. See Estimated Dates and Template:Estimated Date for more information.

{{Uncertain Existence}} - For use on a profile of a person who probably never existed. See Template:Uncertain Existence for more information.

{{Disproven Existence}} - For use on a profile of a person that research has shown never existed. See Template:Disproven Existence for more information and Disproven Existence for additional details. Use of this Research Note Box must be approved by the Disproven Existence project.

{{Uncertain Family}} - For use when a person's position in a family group is highly uncertain. See Template:Uncertain Family for more information.

{{Uncertain Spouse}} - For when a marriage (not just a marriage date or location) is highly uncertain. See Template:Uncertain Spouse for more information.

{{Unsourced}} - For use on any profile with no sources, or no source citations that clearly identify the source. See Template:Unsourced and Help:Sources FAQ for more information.

{{Project Boxes}}

== Biography == There is a Wales Project Training Lesson on writing biographies. (add link to page)

{{Profile Stickers}}

== Research Notes ==

== Sources == - There is a Wales Project Training Lesson on sourcing. (add link to page)

== Acknowledgements ==

Profile Coding

[[ ... ]] - categories and links to profile id's

{{ ... }} - research note boxes, project boxes, stickers

== ... == - section headings

=== ... === - section sub-headings

: indents a line

# adds number to the line in sequence added

There are other similar codes used additional formatting options

How to Edit

- Bold text; select text and click on symbol

- Italicize text; select text and click on symbol

NOTE: to bold and italicize; click on both symbols while text is selected

- Link to Another Person Profile - enter the profile ID followed by a pipe, |, and then the persons name. Select the text and click on the tree symbol. This adds double brackets on each side to create the link.

Example: [[Awbrey-135|Stuart Awbrey]] will appears Stuart Awbrey

- External Link to an URL - enter the URL; select it and click on the chain link symbol. This adds a single bracket on each side to create the link.

Example: [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales]

Note: a variation is to include the name of the page separated from the URL with 2 spaces.
Example: [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales Wales Project] which appears as Wales Project

- Creates a level 3 headline - enter headline wording; select the text and click on symbol.
:Example: ===Sample Level 3 Headline===

- Cancels Wiki formatting, or coding, for display purposes; enter and code the text, select text and click on symbol.

Example:<nowiki>[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales]</nowiki> which appears as [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales] in edit mode

- Inserts a horizontal line

Image:Wales Project Training Program Categorization.png

- Code a Category - click on symbol which opens a text box; enter information such as a location. Suggested categories will appear which can be selected with coding.

Example:

Image:Wales Project Training Program Categorization-3.png

- Creates an inline source citation used within biographies.

Example: <ref>My Brother's Book</ref> will appear numerically under the section Sources as: * My Brother's Book.

THIS PAGE IS A WORKSPACE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WALES PROJECT TRAINING PROGRAM.

Welcome to the Wales Project 'The Dragon Road' Training Program (not necessarily final name)

Membership Coordinator: Stuart Awbrey

New Member Goals

The goal is for Wales Project members to be able create and revise profiles which are well written and sourced.

Applicants for Wales Project membership will need to complete this program to receive the Wales Project badge.

Training Program For Membership Applicants

It is a self-study program with an open book exam to conclude. The program relies on the Wiki Genealogist Honor Code. To summarize:

We collaborate
We care about accuracy
We know mistakes are inevitable
We know misunderstandings are inevitable
We respect privacy
We respect copyrights
We give credit
We cite sources
We are united in a mission to increase the world's common store of knowledge

The program is designed to assist membership applicants who are in these categories:

Length of time a WikiTree member
The number and quality of your contributions
Experienced WikiTree member who only needs to learn about the Wales Project

Exception: applicants who have completed an England or Scotland Orphan Trail program will only need to complete the Wales portion.

There are two parts to the program - general knowledge of WikiTree and specific knowledge of Wales Project.

Subjects:

Review the New Member How To

From England OT - Part 1: Sources: what sources are available for each time period and where to find them. Critical analysis: have I found a fact about the correct person? Citations: how to present your sources. Biography writing. How to correctly fill in the profile's data fields. The use of research notes to leave information for yourself and future researchers. How to access the Rootsearch app from a profile to research that profile. Formatting: The use of headings and lists to make the profile easier to read. Linking to other Wikitree profiles in the biography. Categories and how to categorise your profiles Stickers, for example how to add the England County sticker to a profile (finishing touches)

From England OT - Part 2:

Stuart's Training Guides-1

Contents

Project Goals

Project Teams

Profile Name and Related Information

Name and Photo Block

Profile ID Links

Menu Bar With Links

Followed Tags Box

Badges Box

Profile Links

History Box

Biography Formatting and Writing

Sources

DNA Connections

Images

FOR ADDITIONAL PAGES

IMAGES

EDITING

Edit Data Section

Edit Text Box

Sections and Format

Profile Coding

How to Edit

New Member Goals

Training Program For Membership Applicants