User talk:Lianne.kruger

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your note on Wikipedia talk:Contribution Month in Canada 2017‎ concerning a 'genealogical wiki contribution event', but as a newcomer I just want to make sure that you are aware of some of Wikipedia's policies. The decision about creating new articles is based on notability rather than whether a topic is 'interesting'. In general, Wikipedia does not do genealogy. There is however a group of Wikipedians who are organized as a 'project' to work on genealogical topics that are notable. They sum up the situation well by saying ''While Wikipedia is not and never was intended as a genealogy software, this area may still be further improved. Nearly all royalty articles include a section of brief ancestry, as well as a list of spouse(s) and issue. This practice may possibly be extended outside the bounds of royalty and aristocracy where encyclopedically relevant.'' I point this out not to discourage you from working on this encyclopaedia, but to save you from wasting any time creating material that is likely to be deleted. You might of course like to join WikiProject Genealogy, post any questions you may have on their talk page, or check out some of the outstanding tasks on their cleanup listing. And of course I will be happy to try and answer any questions you may have here. Derek Andrews (talk) 20:44, 1 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Great information!
 * Question: I thought that you could create pages that were "private" wikipages? My idea was family private pages with stories of ancestors - not lineage - for only other family members could see. I know the cost of servers and such so I understand if that is not possible. User: Lianne.Kruger


 * No, on two counts. Whilst there are User Pages such as User:Lianne.kruger, they are for use related to development of the encyclopedia, not for personal use as a webhost, see UP. Second, there is very little that is private on Wikipedia; nearly everything that you do is archived and can be seen by anyone. Comparison of wiki hosting services might help you find a website that will suit your purpose.
 * Having said all that, I do hope you will stay and find other ways to contribute. Community portal lists lots of tasks that need working on. Derek Andrews (talk) 10:37, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Great explanation. I will definitely look into the WikiProject: genealogy and the Community portal for the lists of tasks. Thanks