FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Collection Dates

Purpose
To keep the dates on collections current on the wiki.

Contact
Jane Colmenares

Instructions
1. You will receive a copy of the e-mail that includes a list of updated collections (found under "Collection Changed"). You can ignore the list that says "new collections added."

2. Copy and place each updated collection name on the Google doc. Using the collection name from the e-mail, go to the collection on Historical Records and get the collection number from the URL

Example:  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2063710

The collection number would be 2063710.

3. Place the collection number on the Google doc as well.

4. Once you have finished reviewing the e-mail, go to the Google doc. Try to find each of the collections listed on the wiki by checking state pages, county pages, online records pages and topic pages for the collection would be listed if it was on the wiki.

5. When you find a collection link on a wiki page you think matches, click on it and verify that the collection number is the same as the one on the Google doc.

6. If the collection number matches, review the link on the wiki page to see if it matches the Google Doc.

7. If the google doc matches the range of years, it is correct on the wiki and you can skip to the next collection on the google sheet.

8. If the google doc has a different range of years than the wiki page, you have collection link that needs to be changed.

9. Edit the dates of the collection to match the google doc.

10. Once you have fixed the dates put "changed collection dates" in the edit summary box and save your work.

11. Check to make sure the link still works.

12. Now search for every instance of this collection in the wiki and change it on each wiki page. Such as, if you find it on a county page, you will need to check each county page in that state for the collection.

13. You can double check to make sure you found all the links but doing a search of the wiki using quotes around the old collection name and date range.

14. Once you have corrected all the collection links, move to the next collection on the Google sheet.

NOTE ABOUT GOOGLE SHEET: The Google sheet is to help keep track of collections. Often FamilySearch will add images and index names to existing collections. Instead of searching the same collection over and over, this Google sheet it to keep you from doing extra work and helping you track when you have already searched for a collection and changed it in the wiki.