As mentioned in the talk, one of the great features is the ability to categorise profiles of people by many dimensions including place. Other examples of categories are for example voyages where our forebears immigrated - who did they come with? This categorisation allows you to connect people beyond family links and community and place are important to understand the lives of our forebears.
Anne, can we create or add a place category if there’s not a OPS page yet and do you recommend doing that as I am creating profiles on Wikitree? Or do I need to create the OPS page first? I’m sorry if this is a very basic question but I’m trying to learn by asking first (this time!) instead of doing it the hard way and having to go back to fix.
Re "add a place category if there’s not a OPS page yet" there are lots of categories for places that do not yet have a one place study. I think it would be useful to add the place category as you create the profiles associated with that place.
Looking at examples of Texas places because the heirarchy in the US has counties as well as states ... Have a look at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Hurst%2C_Texas as an example. The cemetery is nested underneath the place category. There are 30 people associated with the place so far.
If you would like to use a category but can't find it by searching or browsing click the "request a new category or advice" link that you will see next to the Edit Text box on the edit page of any profile.
Members can create new categories if they fit within an existing hierarchy and use our agreed-upon category naming scheme but if you have any uncertainty, use the link to start a conversation in G2G and you're sure to get help from Categorization Project members and other advanced WikiTreers.
Information about one place studies at Wikitree can be found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:One_Place_Studies . My project on Homebush is at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Homebush%2C_Victoria_One_Place_Study
As mentioned in the talk, one of the great features is the ability to categorise profiles of people by many dimensions including place. Other examples of categories are for example voyages where our forebears immigrated - who did they come with? This categorisation allows you to connect people beyond family links and community and place are important to understand the lives of our forebears.
Fantastic, Anne, and thanks for sharing so generously. This is the level of detail I know this audience appreciates.
Do you have or know of an example voyage page to share?
I use category pages like this one https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Persia%2C_Arrived_20_Mar_1854 The Australian project sets it up if a category is not already in place. Another example is https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Cambodia%2C_Arrived_30_Mar_1852 and it has an associated space page at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Cambodia%2C_Immigrant_Voyage_to_Victoria_1852
Hope this helps
Thank you so very much!!!
Anne, can we create or add a place category if there’s not a OPS page yet and do you recommend doing that as I am creating profiles on Wikitree? Or do I need to create the OPS page first? I’m sorry if this is a very basic question but I’m trying to learn by asking first (this time!) instead of doing it the hard way and having to go back to fix.
Re "add a place category if there’s not a OPS page yet" there are lots of categories for places that do not yet have a one place study. I think it would be useful to add the place category as you create the profiles associated with that place.
Looking at examples of Texas places because the heirarchy in the US has counties as well as states ... Have a look at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Hurst%2C_Texas as an example. The cemetery is nested underneath the place category. There are 30 people associated with the place so far.
If you find a place that does not yet have a category try the suggestion at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Categorization#Adding_New_Categories:
If you would like to use a category but can't find it by searching or browsing click the "request a new category or advice" link that you will see next to the Edit Text box on the edit page of any profile.
Members can create new categories if they fit within an existing hierarchy and use our agreed-upon category naming scheme but if you have any uncertainty, use the link to start a conversation in G2G and you're sure to get help from Categorization Project members and other advanced WikiTreers.
Somebody will help if you are not certain!
A good place to start is this page which sets out the steps to start a one place study on Wikitree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:One_Place_Studies
This was a really interesting chat with Anne and has been a great series so far. Well done Barbara