User:Adsellers/Sandbox FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Fixing MA Town Links on County Pages

Purpose
updating the Brief History section by adding the Wikipedia page link
 * The purpose of this project is fixing the Massachusetts Town Links on the County Pages, and

Contact

 * Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task List

 * The tab of the Massachusetts Task List is labeled Part 33
 * Massachusetts Task List

Part One
Open these two links:
 * Massachusetts Task List
 * Massachusetts, United States Genealogy
 * From the Massachusetts Task List, choose a Massachusetts Town, click on the link, and open the Town page
 * For these instructions Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts was chosen


 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 2.JPG
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 2a.JPG


 * From the Massachusetts, United States Genealogy link, open up the State page


 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 1a.JPG

Part Two

 * The first item to be fixed is adding the Wikipedia link to the Massachusetts Town page, Brief History section
 * On the Massachusetts State page, scroll down to the Massachusetts Clickable Map and click on the County that goes with the Town you chose


 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 1.JPG


 * For these instructions Barnstable County was clicked on


 * On the County page click on 1.6 Populated Places to get to the List of Cities and Towns
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 3.JPG

Part Three

 * Click on Barnstable in the Cities section


 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 4.JPG


 * This will take you to the Wikipedia page for Barnstable
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 5.JPG


 * Also have Barnstable Town page open and at the top of Contents should be a Brief History section
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 6.JPG

=== Brief History ===
 * If there is not a Brief History section then add one

Steps to adding the Wikipedia link to the Massachusetts Town page

 * Go to the top of the Town page and click on Edit Source
 * Add === Brief History === after the the Map section and before the Town Section
 * Copy and paste this WikiText in the Brief History section

*[URL NAME OF PAGE] at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
 * From the Wikipedia page copy the URL and paste it where the URL is
 *  Then copy the name of the page and paste it after the URL
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 14.JPG

*Barnstable, Massachusetts at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
 * '''What the Wikipedia Link should look like on the Town page in the Brief History section:
 * Please do not copy
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 7.JPG


 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 8.JPG


 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 9.JPG

Step
*Barnstable
 * '''What the Town Link should look like on the County page:
 * Please do not copy