FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ontario Tasks - Correcting Website Titles

WikiProject Ontario Wiki Project Ontario Tasks – Locate Broken Links

Description
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.

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Questions about editing this project?


 * See Wiki Project Ontario Objectives and Guiding Principles.
 * See Wiki Project Ontario Style and Guidelines.

You may wish to print these instructions before you begin editing.

To Print:


 * Go to the top right-hand corner of the page within the the white area.
 * Locate the word Print or the icon of a printer. Click on the icon.
 * Print.

Instructions
1. Check the Assignment Chart below to choose an Ontario topic to edit.

2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart.

3. For each topic page:


 * a. Read the page and click on all blue links.
 * b. Confirm that each link goes to the correct website.
 * c. If the link does not go to the correct website, this problem will be taken care of in the broken links task. Ignore this problem link.
 * d. If the link goes to a page with the correct information, but the title of the page has changed, you will need to change the title. Follow the instructions below for editing in wikitext.
 * d. E-mail for any title you are not able to change:

[mailto:HardestyPN@familysearch.org HardestyPN@familysearch.org]

4. Mark the Assignment Chart to indicate you have finished the task.

Assignment Chart
If you are accepting this task:


 * 1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password.
 * 2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box at the right opposite the Assignment Table heading.
 * 3. Place your cursor in the box under the heading Name/Date Task Accepted and opposite your topic of choice.
 * 4. Not all topics are included in the chart below. If your topic is not listed, this task is not yet ready for editing.
 * 5. Type 4 tildes (~). This symbol is located on the upper left-hand part of your keyboard, next to the number 1. The ~ is an electronic signature and will leave your user name and date when you signed.
 * 6. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Selected Census."
 * 7. Click on the box "Save Page".
 * 8. You are now signed up to complete this task.

Return to Top of Page If you are completing this task:


 * Follow the same instructions as accepting the task, except place your cursor in the correct county box under the heading Date Completed. Change your summary sentence to something like, "Completed Census."