Whats the name of that page?

LegacyUser

Donald Allen Soper said: Family search consists of many pages for us to work with. It would be nice if each had its own unique name. So if I had a remark about something in one of the pages I could reference ‘the page name’ and everyone would know what I was talking about. I am looking at the first page that displays when I reference a person in family search. Should it be called ‘the first page’, the ‘main page’ the ‘page that contains all the detail that is known about the person and the family’ or ‘The persons detail page’.
In my very first feedback, the person responded with the following statement:
“You did not mention how you start your search -- whether it was from the Search... Historical records, or from the FamilySearch icon on a person's details page. Given your concern, I suspect it was the latter.”
Can you see my problem?

LegacyUser

Gordon Collett said: Given the large number of pages, the fact that most of them can be identified with a very brief descriptive name now, the fact that often one needs to talk about a specific named element that is found on several pages, I'm doubtful that sticking an "official" name on the top of all pages would do more than waste space.

What is important is to be fully descriptive when talking about a page which for the example you give would be:

John Smith's (ABCD-123) Family Tree page - Details tab.

LegacyUser

Paul said: As raised under another thread, this again shows the problem with terminology in Family Tree. It would be helpful, as suggested, if each page had a heading. Currently, (the user's) Source Box and the Sources section (for each ID) are often confused. Then there is the "summary card" and "person page", commonly known as such but not headed and often leading new users of this forum to ask "What/where is that?" when directed to either feature of Family Tree.

I believe these descriptions do appear in the official (out of date) and "unofficial" users' manuals, but even these are not easily found.

How about some clear indication of exactly where we are on the Family Tree pages? It would be of great help in us all being "on the same page" when it comes to describing exactly where our problem lies.

LegacyUser

Tom Huber said: I haven't done so (looked), but I wonder what terminology The Family History Guide uses https://thefhguide.com/ ?

This gets back to an issue that I have repeatedly brought up. With a number of teams creating and editing the pages in the site, there does not appear to be any "style guide" used for the site. Use of such a guide would get rid of the confusing terminology and make it consistent, plus it could be published as an aid to discussing the various aspects of the site.