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<div style="font-size:2em; font-weight:bold; color:#2c5f8a;">Welcome to the Family Commonplace Wiki</div> | |||
<div style="font-size:1.1em; color:#555; margin-top:0.5em;">A living encyclopedia of our family — our people, our stories, our traditions.</div> | |||
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'''This wiki belongs to everyone in the family.''' It is a place to record the stories, recipes, people, and memories that make our family who we are — in an open format that will outlast any single platform or person. Anyone in the family can create an account and contribute. | |||
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=== [[Category:People|👥 People]] === | |||
Pages about family members — bios, photos, key dates, and the connections between us. | |||
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=== [[Category:Events and Milestones|🎉 Events & Milestones]] === | |||
Weddings, births, reunions, holidays, and any moment worth remembering. | |||
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=== [[Category:Recipes and Traditions|🍲 Recipes & Traditions]] === | |||
Family recipes, holiday customs, and the traditions that define us. | |||
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=== [[Category:Family History and Genealogy|📜 Family History]] === | |||
Where we come from — genealogy, immigration stories, oral history, and historical documents. | |||
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=== [[Category:Places|📍 Places]] === | |||
Hometowns, houses, vacation spots, and the places that shaped our family. | |||
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=== [[Special:RecentChanges|🕐 Recent Changes]] === | |||
See what's been added or updated lately. | |||
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== Getting started == | == Getting started == | ||
New to the wiki? See the [[Help:Getting Started]] page for a friendly guide on how to create an account, add a new page, and upload photos. | |||
If you want to add someone in the family, start with [[Help:Getting Started#Adding a person|adding a person]]. If you have a recipe to share, see [[Help:Getting Started#Adding a recipe|adding a recipe]]. | |||
== A note on this wiki == | |||
This wiki is built on [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] — the same open-source software that powers Wikipedia. It is stored in open formats that any family member or future steward can take over. There is no subscription, no platform lock-in, and no risk of a company shutting it down and taking our stories with it. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 23 May 2026
This wiki belongs to everyone in the family. It is a place to record the stories, recipes, people, and memories that make our family who we are — in an open format that will outlast any single platform or person. Anyone in the family can create an account and contribute.
Pages about family members — bios, photos, key dates, and the connections between us.
Weddings, births, reunions, holidays, and any moment worth remembering.
Family recipes, holiday customs, and the traditions that define us.
Where we come from — genealogy, immigration stories, oral history, and historical documents.
Hometowns, houses, vacation spots, and the places that shaped our family.
See what's been added or updated lately.
Getting started
New to the wiki? See the Help:Getting Started page for a friendly guide on how to create an account, add a new page, and upload photos.
If you want to add someone in the family, start with adding a person. If you have a recipe to share, see adding a recipe.
A note on this wiki
This wiki is built on MediaWiki — the same open-source software that powers Wikipedia. It is stored in open formats that any family member or future steward can take over. There is no subscription, no platform lock-in, and no risk of a company shutting it down and taking our stories with it.