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.

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. Find the neighboring counties listed under the heading Historical Facts and under the county heading box.

2. Scroll to the heading Neighboring Counties.

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

4. Compare the Wikipedia page with the FamilySearch county page for correct neighboring county names and the geographical information (i.e. north, south, etc.). If changes are needed, you may make those changes by editing in rich text or wikitext. Rich text instructions are under heading 5. Wikitext instructions are under heading 6.

5. Rich text editing instructions


 * a. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password.


 * b. Open the county page for editing by clicking on the button "Edit this page" near the upper right-hand corner of the page, opposite the county page title.


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


 * d. Scroll to the section *Neighboring Counties.


 * e. Each county name is linked to the correct county wiki page by the wikitext as follows: (county name) . When linked correctly, after the page is saved, the county name will be blue. This link takes the reader directly to the named county page.


 * f. Make any changes to the geographic description as needed.


 * g. The · after the geographical information for each county is called a template. You only see this template when editing in wikitext. It is a dot to separate the counties.


 * h. The Wikipedia reference looks as follows.
 * Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia.
 * Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia.


 * k. Add a summary sentence near the bottom of the page in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited neighboring counties information".


 * 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)

