FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Fixing Foreign Language FHC pages in English wiki

Current Projects page Fixing Foreign Language FHC pages in English wiki

Purpose
The purpose of this project is update and fix Spanish speaking Family History Center wiki pages located on the English wiki and link them to their corresponding pages in the Spanish wiki.

Project Contact
Jane Colmenares

Task List
Task List

Project Instructions
1. Go to the Task List and sign up for Family History Center (FHC) that needs to be fixed.

2. Go to the FHC wiki page. If it appears the FHC wiki page has been edited and additional information beyond the contact information is listed on the page, do not edit the page. Go back to the task page and write, "Edited by Director" in the Date Completed field. Then, go to the next FHC. If only the contact information or NO contact information is found on the page, go to Part 1.

Part 1 - Delete portions of the page
3. Edit the FHC wiki page by clicking on the tab, "Edit source". You are now in wikitext.

4. Delete everything BUT the category at the bottom of the page. The category will look something like:

Part 2 - Add information to the page
5. Paste the following wikitext onto the wiki page before the category:

{| style="margin: 0 10%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-left: 10px solid #5178AC;"  |-   | rowspan="2" style="padding: 0.25em 0.5em; vertical-align:middle;" |    | See [ADD URL LINK resources available] for this Family History Center in its native language, a branch of the Family History Library.

|-  | Ver [ADD URL LINK recursos disponibles] para este Centro de Historia Familiar en su lengua materna, una rama de la Biblioteca de Historia Familiar   |}

*Language: Spanish

*Address:

*Phone:

*E-mail:

6. Your page should now look like this with the category at the bottom of the page:



Part 3 - Add and Format Contact information
7. Use the link on the Task List to get to the spreadsheet of location addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses for the FHC you are working on. The link to the spreadsheet is in column B of the task list.

8. Copy each piece of information from the spreadsheet and add it to the correct heading on the wiki page. If information is missing on the spreadsheet, just leave it blank on the wiki page.

9. Address: Add commas in the address to make it more understandable. A comma always goes between two sets of numbers in an address. For example, if the address is: Eflein 573 8400 Bariloche RÃ­o Negro Argentina, it should be formatted to: Eflein 573, 8400 Bariloche RÃ­o, Negro, Argentina (The second number in the address is like a zip code.)

10. Telephone number: Replace the spaces or dashes in the phone number with periods to increase readability. Example:


 * Before: 54 011-47344464
 * After: 54.011.4734.4464

NOTE: There should always be 4 digits together on the end of a phone number. The digits before the last 4 can be either 3 or 4 digits depending on the location in the country.

11. Email: If there is an e-mail address for the society, make the e-mail address into a clickable link. Use the following wiki text to make it clickable:


 * E-mail: [mailto:askarchives@autaugahistory.org askarchives@autaugahistory.org]

Part 4 - Add URL Link to template
The purpose of Part 4 is to find the FHC in the Spanish wiki and copy the URL to add it to the template on the English FHC wiki page.

12. Go to the Latin America Family History Center Category in the Spanish wiki.

13. Locate the country category the FHC is located in. Click on the category.

14. You will see a list of all the FHC wiki pages in the Spanish wiki for this country. Scan the list to see if you can locate the correct FHC name. If you cannot locate the correct FHC, go back to the Task List and type in "Yes" in Column E and go to Part 5. If you locate the correct FHC, click on the link in the wiki and go to number 15 directly below.

15. Copy the URL in the address bar of the browser for the Spanish FHC wiki page and go back to the English FHC wiki page.NOTE: do not try to link to the page using the name of the wiki article.

16. Replace the words, ADD URL LINK with the full URL link in BOTH places in the Template. Use the following examples to make the change:


 * Before: [ADD URL LINK resources available]
 * After: resources available

Example of Completed Template (yellow highlight added to identify url link and verbiage for the link):

Part 5 - Save the page
17. Check Your Work: you have now finished the task. Copy and paste in the Summary field at the bottom of the page, Added FHC contact info and save the page. Once you have saved the page, check the following:


 * 1) the links in the template to make sure they work and go to the Spanish wiki
 * 2) the contact information is correctly formatted and make any necessary adjustments


 * An example of a completed FHC page: Cayo Belize Family History Centre

18. Go back to the task list: Return to the Task List and edit the page by listing the date you finished the FHC page. You are now done with the task!