User:Amberannelarsen/sandbox/267

Purpose
We will be adding content to the Geography and History headings on some locality pages in Switzerland.

Project Leader
Amber Larsen

Task List
Task List

Instructions
1. Open the Task List, and add your name to the Name column for the Locality you want to sign up for.

2. Go to the Wiki page for the Locality.

Part 1 - Wikipedia.org
3. In a separate window, open Wikipedia.org, and search for your locality.
 * Example: to search for Betschwanden, I would type "Betschwanden, Switzerland" into the Wikipedia search bar, and usually the matching page is the first one in the search results (or the one Wikipedia takes you to directly).

4. Read through the "History" and the "Geography" headings of the Wikipedia page. There are pieces of information in those sections that we will be extracting to put in our own FS Wiki locality page "History" and "Geography" headings.

5. Anything you find pertaining to ONLY the following pieces of information is going to go under the Geography heading on our own FS Wiki locality page: 
 * square mileage/km
 * elevation
 * nearby cities/landmarks
 * percentage agriculture/settlement

6. Anything you find pertaining to ONLY the following pieces of information is going to go under the History heading on our own FS Wiki locality page:
 * when the locality was first created
 * the original name (or first mention) of the locality
 * the population of the locality
 * up to 2 sentences of brief history pre-1870
 * construction/reconstruction dates of any churches
 * which parishes/municipalities the locality belonged to
 * any boundary or jurisdiction changes/adjustments (e.g. if a municipality merged or recombined with another, or was split)



7. With any of the information you find on the Wikipedia page, rephrase it, and add it to the respective heading on our own FS Wiki locality page. See the example below for some Wikipedia text, and a possible way to rephrase the text for addition to the FS Wiki. 
 * Example:

8. When you have extracted and rephrased any necessary pieces of information and added them to the "Geography" and "History" headings, we need to add a reference. See step 9.

9. Copy the following code, and paste it at the end of the paragraph you created in the "Geography" heading, AND at the end of the paragraph you created in the "History" heading: 

10. Replace everything in all CAPS with the respective information from Wikipedia. An example of the completed code for the Betschwanden locality is shown below:





11. Add "Project adding Wikipedia History" to the Summary box, and Save the page.

Part 2 - Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
12. In another window or tab (whatever your preference), open The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, and in the left-hand search box, type in the name of your locality.

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