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Tools for Moderators

The moderator user box added to your user page will communicate to other wiki users that you are the moderator for the content. Add the box by typing {{User Moderator}} to your user page. You might want to add the name of the localities and/or subjects you are moderating to your user page along with the user box.

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What is a moderator?

Moderators are volunteer administrators of the FamilySearch Wiki who encourage contribution within a subject area on the wiki, monitor its content, and guide contributors.

We are currently suspending the Moderator program and no longer taking applicants to moderate Wiki pages. More information will follow. If you have any further questions, please contact: [email protected]

Responsibilities

The Moderator Job Description includes the following items:

• Build Community - Help build an active, vibrant community of contributors in a locality or topic.
  
• Recognize Contributions - Introduce themselves to new contributors to that locality, potentially recognizing those contributors whose work is particularly valuable.
• Help Resolve Problems - Generally a very minor part of these responsibilities, it will be important to respond when Wiki Guidelines and Policies are not observed by contributors, and assist when two or more contributors have an editing dispute by supporting the Dispute Resolution guidelines.
• For more detailed information on the responsibilities, see the Moderator Responsibilities page.

Who are the Moderators?

Our current moderators include:

Countries Austria Genealogy ........................................................ SugdenHG Belgium....................................... Daniel Jones Brazil Genealogy ......................................................... Giuseppe Martinengo Canada British Columbia, Canada Genealogy........................ MDianeRogers Canada, Quebec, Canada Genealogy, New Brunswick, Canada Genealogy, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Genealogy, Prince Edward Island, Canada Genealogy, Nova Scotia, Canada Genealogy .........................................................Baird Central America (Belize Genealogy, Costa Rica Genealogy, El Salvador Genealogy, Guatemala Genealogy, Honduras Genealogy, Mexico Genealogy, Nicaragua Genealogy, Panama Genealogy) ...........Dwsmith2 Chinese Genealogy.................................Twlisa and Chincm Czechia Genealogy .........................................Pysnaks France Genealogy .........................................................SugdenHG Germany Genealogy ..........................................................Baerbel Iceland Genealogy .............................................................Baird Italy Genealogy Luxembourg Genealogy The Netherlands................................... Daniel Jones Norway ....................User:SteuartRC and/or SteuartRC Panama Genealogy ................................................ Anelson Poland Genealogy ..................................Pysnaks Singapore Genealogy ......................................................Chincm South Africa.............................. Daniel Jones Sweden Genealogy ......................................MorrisGF and Larson Switzerland Genealogy Chinese Genealogy ...............................................................Chincm Wales Genealogy

United States Alabama, United States Genealogy .......................................................Dwsmith2 Alaska, United States Genealogy Arizona, United States Genealogy ................................................James Tanner Arkansas, United States Genealogy California, United States Genealogy.............................................jamiemayhew Colorado, United States Genealogy Connecticut, United States Genealogy Delaware, United States Genealogy District of Columbia, United States Genealogy Florida, United States Genealogy Georgia, United States Genealogy Hawaii, United States Genealogy Idaho, United States Genealogy ..................................................................jenson1 Illinois, United States Genealogy ................................................................Lembley Indiana Iowa, United States Genealogy .................................................Familyjournals Kansas, United States Genealogy Kentucky, United States Genealogy Louisiana, United States Genealogy Maine..................................................................Beverly Repouille Maryland, United States Genealogy Massachusetts, United States Genealogy:..........................................................Ldrew Michigan, United States Genealogy Minnesota, United States Genealogy Mississippi, United States Genealogy Missouri, United States Genealogy Montana, United States Genealogy Nebraska, United States Genealogy Nevada, United States Genealogy New Hampshire, United States Genealogy ....................................Jabhammons New Jersey, United States Genealogy-----------------------------------GoAncestry New Mexico, United States Genealogy .........................................James Tanner New York, United States Genealogy North Carolina, United States Genealogy North Dakota, United States Genealogy Ohio..................................................Familyjournals Oklahoma, United States Genealogy Oregon, United States Genealogy..................................................Delvin Bunton Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy--------------------------------GoAncestry Rhode Island, United States Genealogy South Carolina, United States Genealogy ........................................SavingStories South Dakota, United States Genealogy Tennessee, United States Genealogy ............................................................Evancol Texas, United States Genealogy.................................................................OldNews Utah, United States Genealogy......................................................James Tanner Vermont, United States Genealogy Virginia, United States Genealogy....................................................Heather Van Hise Washington (disambiguation) ....................................................AdkinsWH West Virginia, United States Genealogy Wisconsin, United States Genealogy Wyoming, United States Genealogy

Focused Research African American Genealogy .................SavingStories Germans from Russia Genealogy Indigenous Peoples of North America Latter-day Saint Research ............................................cbb United States Emigration and Immigration United States Military Records .....................User:Mcbridelw

Historical Records

• FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FamilySearch Historical Records................................HoranDM chickitalie rashby3 robertmcall TimothyNB hardybe

Things you can do

The following items are things that a moderator can do to help improve the content in their area of expertise and also grow the community of volunteers authors and editors:

• Review and edit content as needed
• Populate the "Help Wanted" page for your locality
• Upload images
• Encourage the creation of new pages
• Encourage users to clarify ambiguous page titles
• Discuss, approve, interpret, and clarify policies
• Get good ideas from other moderators and areas of the wiki and assist contributors in your area to implement them
• Communicate important issues to other contributors in your subject area
• Organize and lead WikiProjects
• Identify and invite knowledgeable people to help with the wiki

See also

• FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator/Getting Started