User:Anne Delong/Genealogy

=Is Your Ancestor Wiki-Notable?=

''' Why Wikipedia? '''
 * 16,000,000,000 views per month
 * high on search engine results
 * sources of information can be included

 Notability 
 * not the same as "important"
 * written about by independent journalists and other authors
 * information published in edited books or periodicals

 Sources and References for Wikipedia 
 * Acceptable:
 * Books - independently edited and published
 * Magazine articles - written by professional journalists
 * News articles - written by professional journalists
 * can be paper or online
 * Not acceptable:
 * User-contributed websites forums, bulletin boards, Wordpress and family tree sites
 * Self-published books and articles without independent fact-checking
 * Material written by friends, relatives, etc.
 * Personal opinions of non-experts, such as blogs, letters to the editor
 * Promotional material - press releases, publishers' blurbs, upcoming event announcements, etc.
 * Personal interviews, letters, emails, personal websites, social media, etc.

 Criteria for people 
 * Notability (people)
 * notability not inherited from famous relatives
 * Extensive published information from several acceptable sources (Edwin C. Guillet)

 If your ancestor doesn't qualify 
 * Add information to an existing article. (e.g., Cream of Barley Mill)
 * must be at least some independent published sources
 * Put information on another website.
 * check Cyndi's List