Forum talk:Organization

Speaking as a new user, I am completely confused by the current organization. Are any of you genealogists?? Have any of you traced your ancestors?

I sent this email to JStanly who said to post it here.

This is what I went through to find the surname 'Stockton';

Hello JSharp. Since you asked, yes, I have another concern. I bookmarked Familypedia, skipping the home page. Now I have concerns about your catagories and lack of "Search". MY comments are marked with ******** http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page  then to; http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Surname [edit] Finding Surnames 1. To find a surname, simply go to the following: Category:Surnames. That page is an index to all the surnames that have been indexed.
 * why did I get a help page instead of "Category: Surnames" ??????
 * Using "search geneaology" for Stockton takes you to a page with a 5 Stockton line, not every Stockton on the site.

http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Surnames Category: Surnames Search people ************not clickable Surnames ***************not clickable Births by year | Births by decade | Births by century Deaths by year | Deaths by decade | Deaths by century Marriages by year | Marriages by decade | Marriages by century Birth place | Birth continent | Birth country Death place | Death continent | Death country Marriage place | Marriage continent | Marriage country
 * none of the below let you search for a person's name
 * NO ONE would search for marriages by decade or century
 * NO ONE would search for any of these by continent!

Continents | Countries Search families ************* stupid link, right back to the above list, by place, continent and country Place | Continent | Country ******* Search places Continents and oceans | Countries | Counties | Cities
 * I cannot conceive of any one searching for a person using the list above. NO place to enter a name! Why would anyone want to get a list of everyone born in 1900?? or on a continent?

Surnames are names given to families or clans. Use the Surname category template for pages of the form "", which will appear as subcategories here if the category link is untouched.
 * What on earth does that mean ??????????

Contents: Top 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Aa Ab Ac Ad Ae Af Ag Ah Ai Aj Ak Al Am An Ao Ap Aq Ar As At Au Av Aw Ax Ay Az • B Ba Bb Bc Bd Be Bf Bg Bh Bi ............................ Subcategories ***** eliminate this mess completely and make a place to SEARCH for a surname******** There are 200 subcategories in this category, which are shown below. More may be shown on subsequent pages. [+] Unknown Surname [+] Surname stubs [+] Surnames by nationality [+] Surnames by location ? [+] ? Surname A [+] Aalberdink Surname [+] Abberbury Surname [+] Abbott Surname [+] Abernethy Surname [+] Abery Surname [+] Abney Surname [+] Accurso Surname..............................
 * eliminate this 2 letter mess leaving the first letter search above it.

Pages in category "Stockton Surname" There are 4 pages in this category. D Davis Stockton (1685-1761) J John Stockton (1565-1630) P Prudence Stockton (1584-1665) S Stockton **************[this is the 5 family line group. No where are the first names searchable. Retrieved from "http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Stockton_Surname" Your searchs sees backward to me. Other websites; First you look for Genealogy, It is a simple matter of first searching the site for a SURNAME; then you refine your search by adding a birthplace, or state, or spouse name, or country. If you want George Washington's lineage, searching for George Washington is simply typing his name. Wikia makes you jump through hoops, click the letter W, find the surname Washington, and hope George is there! Wikipedia has a search box on the home page; type in George Washington and it take you right to him. His entire family and history are right there, with clickable links taking you to his father, siblings, wife. If you're going to copy Wikipedia, copy it exactly or you are wasting everyone's time. The Davis Stockton listing is too long; his children should have clickable links to reach them, and his grandchildren. While I made corrections because someone took my information and posted it here, with errors, I do not know how to fix your website.
 * When I click the letter 'S" all the same junk appears. The Subcatagories change to "S' surnames *******Picking "Stockton"  I get a different listing than the 5 Stockton line I found by using "Seach Geneaology":

Thank you. :)

Thanks for letting us know about the problems with this site. Since the site is tended to by a community not officially related to Wikia (we merely host wiki content) you'll need to let them know directly. You may want to post your advice at the Genealogy forum. Thanks for taking the time to let us know. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I'll be happy to help.

Regards,

JSharp

-- Justin "JSharp" Lynn Wikia Community and Technical Support Team http://www.wikia.com/ Contact us at community@wikia.com or technical@wikia.com Vick jay 05:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)