Wikipedia:WikiProject Genealogy/newsletter/1

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 * Newsletter Nr 1 for  WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)

  Participation:

This is the very first newsletter sent by mass mail to members in WikiProject Genealogy, to everyone who voted a support for establishing a potential Wikimedia genealogy project on meta, and anyone who during the years showed an interest in genealogy on talk pages and likewise.

(To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, see below)

Progress report:

Since first edit 9 december 2002 by User:Dan Koehl, which eventually became the WikiProject Genealogy, different templates were developed, and the portal Portal:Genealogy was founded by  User:Michael A. White in 2008. Since then of course huge numbers with articles has been written, with more or less association to genealogy. And, very exciting, there is a proposal made by User:Another Believer to found a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, read more at Meta; Wikimedia genealogy project where you also can support the creation with your vote, in case you havnt done so already.

Future:

The future of the Genealogy project, and creation of a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, is something where you can make a an input.

You can 


 * discuss on the projects talk page how the project should be developed
 * sign as member or supporter at the projects member list
 * put the User box on your user page by inserting the Template:User WikiProject Genealogy with the following code:.
 * develop or update the Portal:Genealogy?
 * in case you havnt read Wikimedia genealogy project take a look
 * support that project with your vote.
 * If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list or alternatively to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Opted-out of message delivery to your user talk page.

Cheers from your WikiProject Genealogy coordinators and.

To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery Dan Koehl (talk) 22:28, 6 February 2017 (UTC)