FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Standardizing County Info

Purpose
The purpose of the project is to standardize sections in the County Information section of county pages

Contact
Danielle Batson

Task List

 * South Dakota: Task List

Instructions
There are various instructions and additional instructions for each state and their county pages in the wiki. Please only follow the instructions for the appropriate state:
 * South Dakota
 * North Dakota
 * Montana

Instructions For South Dakota County pages
1. Go to the Task List and sign up for a span of counties in South Dakota to work on.

2. Go to Boundary Changes heading under County Information at the top of the page.

3. For the first date in the list, make the date it was created a bullet and take off the first date and replace it with “Parent County:” in bold. Make sure the date is somewhere else in the bullet - add if need be.

4. If there is an additional bullet with a date, change it to bold and make sure a bullet is in front of it.

5. Put a bullet in front of County seat:

6. Fix any space issues in the sentences – like a space after the colon

Example: *Parent County: Perkins County was created 3 November 1908 from Butte County. *County seat: Bison

12. In the Edit Summary field, type in: Fixed formatting and save the page.

13. Return to the task list and go to the next wiki page on your list.

Examples
County page: Perkins County, South Dakota page

Instructions For Montana County pages
There two steps in this project:

Step 1 - Fix County Courthouse
1. Bold the county courthouse name by adding 3 apostrophes around the courthouse name 2. Remove the bold from the Website link (remove the 3 apostrophes) and make sure there is a space between the link and the name of the county so the link still works. 3. Add or confirm there are two spaces (example: ) after the website link. 4. Fix any space issues you see.

Example: of correct wikitext code: Roosevelt County Courthouse 400 2nd Ave South Wolf Point, MT 59201 Phone: 406.653.6250 Roosevelt County Website

12. Preview the page to make sure it looks correct. Make any necessary corrections.

13. In the Edit Summary field, type in: Fixed Courthouse section and save the page.

14. Go to Step 2 below.

Step 2 - Fix Boundary Changes
1. Go to the Task List and sign up for a span of counties in Montana to work on.

2. Go to the Boundary Changes heading under County Information at the top of the page.

3. Move the Parent County and County seat info to be just above the two links for the Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Montana. Example in wikitext: === Boundary Changes ===

4. Change Parent County from italics to bold by adding an apostrophe (you need 3) and put a bullet in front of it.

5. Add the name of the county directly behind "Parent County:" making it a complete sentence. For example, “Roosevelt County was created on”

6. If there is an additional date listed with information, change the date to bold and make sure a bullet is in front of it.

7. Change County seat from italics to bold by adding an apostrophe (you need 3) and put a bullet in front of it

8. Fix any space issues in the sentences – like a space after the colon and before the next word

Example: *Parent County: Perkins County was created 3 November 1908 from Butte County. *County seat: Bison

12. Preview the page to make sure it looks correct. Make any necessary corrections.

13. In the Edit Summary field, type in: Fixed boundary changes formatting and save the page.

14. Return to the task list and go to the next county page on your list.

Examples
County page: