FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ontario

Overall Objectives
The purpose of the Ontario Wiki Project is to help readers find and use Ontario resources and records for genealogy and family history. The project will update and improve:


 * Ontario main page.
 * Province wide topic pages. Example Vital Records
 * Other Ontario-related pages

Guiding Principles

 * Task Difficulty Tasks are rated for difficulty. Within each phase task table look for 1, 2, or 3, with 1 being the least difficult and 3 being the most difficult.


 * Highlight important and relevant items. Long lists of every website or every publication would bury, rather than highlight, what's important.


 * Tell readers what to expect when they follow a link or search a suggested record.


 * Balance content with these four factors in mind:


 * a. Genealogical Value. Does this help Wiki users further their research?
 * b. Clarity. Make sure everyone understands your meaning and the purpose of your words.
 * c. Brevity. Be succinct as possible without sacrificing purpose or clarity.
 * d. Documentation. Use footnote(s) to identify the source(s) of the content you are creating.

For each section containing information regarding resources and records, the following should be included:


 * Links to online resources: indexes and/or images of records or how to use those records.
 * Links to catalogs such as the Google books, WorldCat, Family History Library Catalogamong others.

For more style and guidelines for the Ontario Wiki Project.

Ontario Wiki Project Phases - Explanation

 * Task Difficulty Tasks are rated for difficulty. Within each phase task table look for 1, 2, or 3, with 1 being the least difficult and 3 being the most difficult.

Locate Broken Links
The purpose of this task is to find any broken links on Ontario Province topic pages and then to report the broken links to the Ontario WikiProject director.

Standardize FHL Links
The purpose of this task is to find and repair Family History Library links on Ontario Province topic pages. These links include FHL films and books, online digital books and records found in the FamilySearch Record Search collection. This task is beginner task and requires intermediate experience with opening, reading, editing and reporting about linked FHL resources.

Correcting Website Titles
The purpose of this task is to find any websites with incorrect titles or title descriptions on Ontario Province topic pages and to repair or report the incorrect titles. This task is an intermediate task and requires basic experience with opening, reading, and editing of linked websites.

Ontario Province Topics Tasks Chart
Before beginning any tasks please review the Ontario Project guidelines.

FIRST TIME WIKI USERS: For instructions on how to edit the wiki use the following:


 * Online and Video Instructions;
 * Editing on the Wiki written instructions

The following are tasks to be accomplished for the Ontario Wiki Project. Each task has step-by-step instructions to accomplish it.