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#1 User is offline   Debbie Kennett 

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Posted 30 July 2010 - 15:51 PM


We are pleased to announce the launch of the new ISOGG Wiki:

http://www.isogg.org/wiki

A Wiki is a collaborative website which anyone can edit. It will serve as a repository for the shared knowledge of the genetic genealogy community and we hope that over time it will prove to be a valuable resource. In order to maintain the quality and integrity of the ISOGG Wiki it is intended to restrict editing rights to ISOGG members. If you are not a member of ISOGG – the International Society of Genetic Genealogy – you can join here:

http://www.isogg.org.

A number of experienced DNA project administrators have volunteered to serve as administrators of the new Wiki to oversee the content and to assist new editors. ISOGG members who wish to edit the Wiki will be required to create an account first. You'll need to click on "Create account" in the top right-hand corner of the welcome page. Once your ISOGG membership has been checked and your account request has been approved you'll receive a confirmatory e-mail and you will be able to start editing.

The intention of the ISOGG Wiki is to provide a range of practical articles on genetic genealogy. There seems little point in duplicating well referenced articles on haplogroups on Wikipedia for instance. Instead we hope to focus on more practical matters such as factual comparisons of different tests, lists of useful resources such as blogs, books, databases and videos, and articles on the different DNA testing companies. ISOGG members can create their own user pages and also create pages for their DNA projects. We hope that in due course the Wiki will be able to provide a comprehensive listing of all known DNA projects so that everyone will easily be able to check to see whether or not a project exists for their particular haplogroup, surname or geographical area.

One of the advantages of the Wiki is that it is very easy to upload pictures and screenshots, making it much easier to demonstrate the features of different tests. As an example, you might like to check out some of the pages on the Relative Finder and Family Finder tests.

It will take time to build up the pages, but the possibilities are endless. The more people who collaborate and contribute the better the resource will be. We hope you will take a look and let us know what you think.

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Posted 30 July 2010 - 17:53 PM

very nice!!
congrats to all involved..I took a quick look and it seems like your off to an excellent start!

Mike


View PostDebbie Kennett, on 30 July 2010 - 11:51 AM, said:

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new ISOGG Wiki:

http://www.isogg.org/wiki

A Wiki is a collaborative website which anyone can edit. It will serve as a repository for the shared knowledge of the genetic genealogy community and we hope that over time it will prove to be a valuable resource. In order to maintain the quality and integrity of the ISOGG Wiki it is intended to restrict editing rights to ISOGG members. If you are not a member of ISOGG – the International Society of Genetic Genealogy – you can join here:

http://www.isogg.org.

A number of experienced DNA project administrators have volunteered to serve as administrators of the new Wiki to oversee the content and to assist new editors. ISOGG members who wish to edit the Wiki will be required to create an account first. You'll need to click on "Create account" in the top right-hand corner of the welcome page. Once your ISOGG membership has been checked and your account request has been approved you'll receive a confirmatory e-mail and you will be able to start editing.

The intention of the ISOGG Wiki is to provide a range of practical articles on genetic genealogy. There seems little point in duplicating well referenced articles on haplogroups on Wikipedia for instance. Instead we hope to focus on more practical matters such as factual comparisons of different tests, lists of useful resources such as blogs, books, databases and videos, and articles on the different DNA testing companies. ISOGG members can create their own user pages and also create pages for their DNA projects. We hope that in due course the Wiki will be able to provide a comprehensive listing of all known DNA projects so that everyone will easily be able to check to see whether or not a project exists for their particular haplogroup, surname or geographical area.

One of the advantages of the Wiki is that it is very easy to upload pictures and screenshots, making it much easier to demonstrate the features of different tests. As an example, you might like to check out some of the pages on the Relative Finder and Family Finder tests.

It will take time to build up the pages, but the possibilities are endless. The more people who collaborate and contribute the better the resource will be. We hope you will take a look and let us know what you think.

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Posted 02 August 2010 - 16:53 PM


Yeah, it looks good.
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