Familypedia:Things that Need To Be Done for the Wiki

This is the start of a listing of specific tasks that need to be accomplished to improve the functionality of the Wiki.

1. The main "Category" page at http://genealogy.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Categories&limit=500&offset=0 contains several thousand entries, all listed one after the other in alphanumeric order. Scrolling through them to find a specific category is not time effective. What's needed is a grouping method that would allow an end user to call up all cateogories beginning with, for example, the letter 'A'. An appropriate model would that be used at the Category:template page http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Templates. This requires Admin authority. Bill 16:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

2. Addition of the Create a Page link in the sidebar is a significant advance toward making page creation easier, especially for newbies. A link needs to be added to the page called up from the "create a page" sidebar link, that would direct the user to a page where they could select from various templates to create a page matching their needs. This might be a page that would create a person article using the standard template format, or other template formats as seems appropriate. This is something that can be done without Admin authority, and I plan on adding this functionality shortly. However, Reservations have been expressed about making page creation "too easy" for newbies, as that might lead to problems in terms of nameing conventions, duplication of articles, etc.Bill 16:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)