FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks- Neighboring Counties

WikiProject Ohio Wiki Project Ohio Tasks - County Headings, Neighboring Counties

Description
The purpose of this task is to verify the already-posted neighboring counties for each county. The list of neighboring counties is found under the Historical Facts heading and the county heading box.

NOTE: Please read Wiki Project Ohio Style and Guidelines before beginning to edit.

All instructions are for work done in Wikitext. If at any time you save your work, you will need to return to Wikitext as described in step 2a or 3b-c.

Instructions
1. Search to see if the county page already has neighboring counties listed under the heading "Places and Localities". If so, continue to step 2. If not, continue to step 3.

2. Open the county page for editing by clicking on the button "Edit this page".


 * a. Click on the word 'Wikitext' in the top left corner of the toolbar.


 * b. Scroll to the heading ===Neighboring Counties===.


 * c. Copy all information under the heading Neighboring Counties, except for the heading itself.


 * d. While still in wikitext, scroll to the top of the page.


 * e. Find the sentence * residents may also have records in Neighboring Counties.


 * f. Type  after the sentence.


 * g. Paste the neighboring county information copied in step "c".


 * h. Remove any * symbols in the text and any breaks between county names.


 * i. Go to *Wikipedia. Find the heading "adjacent counties" listed under "Geography".


 * j. Add the geographical information (i.e. north, south, etc.) to the Wiki county page after each county name. See the example below.


 * k. Add the Wikipedia citation.
 * 1. Return to wikitext as described in step 2a.
 * 2. Find the sentence * residents may also have records in Neighboring Counties.
 * 3. After the word "in" add the following text:
 * 4. Replace "County name" with your county name.
 * 5. Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia.
 * 5. Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia.


 * l. Copy and add · after the geographical information for each county.


 * m. Scroll back to the heading "Places:Neighboring Counties ".


 * n. Delete he information you copied and the heading "Neighboring Counties".


 * o. Add a summary sentence "Adding neighboring counties to heading box".


 * p. Click on the box "Save Page".

3. Go to Wikipedia Find the heading "adjacent counties" listed under "Geography".


 * a. Copy the names and geographic information about the neighboring counties.


 * b. Open the county page for editing by clicking on the button "Edit this page".


 * c. Click on the word 'Wikitext' in the top left corner of the toolbar.


 * d. Scroll to the heading ===Neighboring Counties===.


 * e. Add the information from Wikipedia, putting a  after each county name.
 * f. Link each county name to the correct county Wiki page by:
 * 1. Type (county name already copied from Wikipedia).
 * 2. Example: Mahoning northeast.
 * g. Add the Wikipedia citation.
 * 1. Return to wikitext as described in steps 3b and 3c.
 * 2. Find the sentence * residents may also have records in Neighboring Counties.
 * 3. After the word "in" add the following text:
 * 4. Replace "County name" with your county name.
 * 5. Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia.
 * 5. Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia.


 * h. Copy and add · after the geographical information for each county.


 * i. Scroll back to the heading "Places:Neighboring Counties ".


 * j. Delete he information you copied and the heading "Neighboring Counties".
 * k. Add a summary sentence "Adding neighboring counties to heading box".


 * l. Click on the box "Save Page".

Example

 * Neighboring Counties: Mahoning County residents may also have records in Columbiana (south)·Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (east)·Mercer County, Pennsylvania (northesast)·Portage(northwest)·Stark (southwest)·Trumbull(north)

