User:Adsellers/Sandbox FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Town History and Wikipedia link

Purpose

 * The purpose of this project is to add the Wikipedia Town page link in the Brief History section

Contact

 * Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task List

 * The tabs of these Task Lists are labeled Part 34
 * Connecticut Task List
 * Maine Task List
 * Massachusetts Task List
 * New Hampshire Task List
 * Rhode Island Task List
 * Vermont Task List

Part One

 * Choose a New England State, click on the Task List, and put your name by the Town you want to work on
 * Next open the main Wikipedia page:
 * Wikipedia Main Page



Part Two

 * From the Task List click to open the Town you have chosen
 * For these instructions Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy was used


 * Next copy the place name of the Town page and paste it into the Search Wikipedia box on the right top corner of the Wikipedia page
 * This is the Bethel, Connecticut page

Part Three

 * On the Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy page, from the Contents box find Brief History and click on it
 * If there is no Brief History in the Contents Box, click on Edit source at the top of the page, and add it after the breadcrumbs section
 * Then click on Save changes at the bottom of the Edit Source page

[URL WIKIPEDIA PAGE NAME] at Wikipedia
 * This is what the Town page will look like with the Brief History in the Contents box
 * In the Brief History section click on Edit Source and copy and paste this WikiText below Brief History

Part Four
==Town History==
 * Steps to adding the Wikipedia link
 * Change Brief to Town History
 * Copy the URL from the Wikipedia page and paste where the URL is in the WikiText


 * Next copy the name of the Wikipedia page and paste it in where the WIKIPEDIA PAGE NAME is
 * Remember to have a space between the URL and the page name


 * This is what it will look like in the Edit Source Preview page

Part Five
Project/*Brief History*/ Adding Wikipedia link
 * Next add the WikiText below in the Summary box


 * Then click on Save changes

Part Six

 * This is what it will look like on the Town page
 * You have now finished the instructions for this Town
 * Go to the task List to click on the next Town link and start over on Part One