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User-specific links[edit | edit source]
Immediately below the FamilySearch Login/Logout section is a row of links associated with User-specific options:
Your User Name
Talk
Sandbox
Preferences
Watchlist
Contributions
The following is a description of these User-specific options:
Your User Name | Your FamilySearch user name will appear here after you have logged in. |
| Clicking on this icon will show a list of alerts that relate to this page. |
| Clicking on this icon will show a list of notices that relate to this page. |
Talk | Clicking on "Talk" will show you all past messages sent to you by others. |
Sandbox | Clicking on "Sandbox" will take you to your sandbox home page (User:yourusername/sandbox) and should display a table of contents of all your sandboxes. |
Preferences | Clicking on "Preferences" will bring up a page where you can chose how you want pages to display on your monitor and others preferences you may want in place. Study this page carefully as there is a lot of material to consider. Get help from Wiki leaders if you have questions. |
Watchlist | Clicking on "Watchlist" will show a list of all pages you are watching to keep track of any changes others may make to them. |
Contributions | Clicking on "Contributions" will show a list of all contributions you have made to the wiki over time. |
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Below the row of User-specific links is a row of page-specific navigation tabs:
| Page | Talk | Read | Edit | Edit source | View history |
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Search FamilySearch Wiki |
Tool bar in detail[edit | edit source]
Page[edit | edit source]
- This tab is white when on any page.
- If you are on a help page the words "Help page" appear in this tab instead of "Page."
Talk[edit | edit source]
- This is where comments about the page are entered.
- If comments have been made in the past, the word "Talk" is blue.
- If no comments have been made, "Talk" is in red.
- To learn how to post comments on talk pages, click here
Read[edit | edit source]
- This tab is white when on any page.
- If on another tab, you can click on this tab and it will take you to the page itself.
Edit[edit | edit source]
- This takes you to the VisualEditor.
Edit source[edit | edit source]
- This takes you to the Wikitext editor.
View history[edit | edit source]
- You will see a list of edits made to this page.
Star[edit | edit source]
- This little star is normally white.
- By clicking on this star a "watch" is placed on the page and it turns blue.
- If anyone makes a change, you will be notified.
More[edit | edit source]
- Clicking on the arrow causes a drop down menu to appear.
- Delete - Means if you have rights, you can delete the page.
- Move - Click here to change the name of the page.
- Change protection - This allows you to protect the page and keep others from making changes.
Search FamilySearch Wiki Box[edit | edit source]
Here is where you enter the topic or subject you want to search for information. For advanced techniques for searching the Wiki click here
Try these out[edit | edit source]
Quick Quiz
- To use the VisualEditor you click on what tab in the toolbar?
- A. Edit source.
- B. The down arrow.
- C. Page.
- D. None of the above.
- What is the star used for?
- A. To give a star to someone for their good work.
- B. Place a "watch" on a page.
- C. Allows you to rename a page.
- D. All of the above.
- What is View history tab for?
- A. See who has made changes to the page over time.
- B. See who created the page.
- C. See who may have messed up a page.
- D. All of the above
