User:Amberannelarsen/sandbox/247

Instructions
1. Open the Google Sheet, and pick a letter of the alphabet (in the tabs at the bottom). 2. Put your name in column A "2nd Pass editor" to sign up for the towns you want to fix. 3. Go to the respective alphabet letter page on Guided Research, and View History. Look for any edits by "Mckennacooper", and check to see what she added/changed. If there are any changes by her, add those changes to the Google Sheet. (the edits may be lost in the View History inbetween a bunch of Amber's... so do a Ctrl+F for "Mckenna" just to be sure) 4. Open the following links in your browser (either in the same window or a separate window... I prefer a separate window so I can see both at the same time) 5. For a., b., and c., use Ctrl+F on the page to look for both the Town Name and Alternate Town Name spellings. If you don't find it on a., then try b., etc. 6. For d., search Czech Wikipedia for both versions of the town name. If there is an article about that town, check the article for the alternate spelling (usually preceded by the word "německy").  7. For e., search for the Czech spelling (usually ones that use "v" instead of "f", or end in "ice" instead of "itz", etc.). These search results can give you the correct Czech spelling for the town. On the page for that individual town, scroll down until you find the section called "Also Known As". In that section, look for "German", and see if there is an alternate spelling that pertains to that locality. That can give you the correct German name for the Alternate Town Name. 8. If you find that the spelling in the "1st Pass Spelling" cell (for either the Town Name or the Alternate Town Name) is correct, then mark the correct cell green. If you find the spelling in that column is incorrect, change the spelling in that "1st Pass Spelling" cell, and mark it green. 9. If you still cannot find the correct spelling for the Town Name or the Alternate Town Name, mark the cell orange, and move on to the next town name.
 * Note: If the name in the "Original editor" column is any Wiki staff, Mckenna, or if it says "Dennis Bretz" and is marked in green, we don't need to double-check it.
 * a. Seznam německých názvů obcí a osad v Česku (in Czech... do not translate) - navigate to your respective letter of the alphabet
 * b. List of German names for places in the Czech Republic
 * c. List of German exonyms for places in the Czech Republic
 * d. Czech Wikipedia
 * e. Mapcarta
 * f. Seznam zaniklých sídel v Česku (List of defunct settlements in Czechia - in Czech) - do not translate
 * g. Former Eastern Territories
 * h. Territorial administrative units of Czech lands
 * i. FS Places
 * For towns that are duplicates (i.e., if there is more than one town with that spelling), it may be a good idea to use the Parish Name and Judicial District to see if you can tell the difference between them.
 * If you are having a hard time finding results, try searching Czech Wikipedia for both the Town Name and the Alternate Town Name in the same search. That often helps pull up better results.
 * Occasionally, there may not be an official article in the results list, but at the bottom of the screen, there may be a suggested spelling including the correct diacritics. Make sure to check for that hint if you are searching Czech Wikipedia.
 * For towns that are duplicates, check each entry in the search results and Ctrl+F on each town page for Parish Name or Judicial District for hints as to which result would be the correct match you're looking for.