User:SvareJM/Sandbox/Creating a New Sandbox Article

These instructions will guide you through creating a new article in a sandbox. You will receive an email from a staff member requesting you to create a new article. The email will identify the PPQ and/or the CID for the collection.

Getting the Project Information
The information you need to create a new article will be sent to you by a full-time team member.

Creating the Sandbox Article
1. Go to your Sandbox or the Sandbox of the person you have been asked to create the article for. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/User:NelsonKC/Sandbox
 * If it is your Sandbox, click on the Personal Sandbox link on the left side menu in the Wiki.
 * If it is someone else’s Sandbox, go to Jeff’s Sandbox and find the username of the person you are writing the article for listed in the Table of Contents under Subpages.
 * Select the Subpage /Sandbox
 * If the article is for Ken, you would select NelsonKC/Sandbox
 * The URL in the address bar will display as:

2. In the address bar go to the end of the URL and add a forward slash (/) followed by the name of the article. Please note: with the following two exceptions dates are not usually included in article titles:
 * 1) census collections
 * 2) separate collections with a similar title

For example, if you were creating an article with the publishable title United States, Slave Birth Records, 1780-1846 you would enter the following in the URL after the base text string: /United States, Slave Birth Records – FamilySearch Historical Records The URL would then look like this: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/User:NelsonKC/Sandbox/United States, Slave Birth Records – FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Then press Enter on your keyboard
 * This will display a new page showing the title. If the title is correct, click the link create this page.

3.	Using the information on the Document Template page to add breadcrumbs, Infobox, and headers to the article. DO NOT COPY THEM FROM AN EXISTING ARTICLE.

4.	Populate the article with as much information as you can from what information was provided to you.

5.	Remove any sections that are not needed.
 * For example, if the collection does not have a browse these sections are not needed: To Browse This Collection, View the Images, and Image Citation.

6.	Preview the article, check for any red links (which indicates an article does not exist), and make any necessary corrections.

7.	If any images are needed for the Infobox check first to see if they are already in the wiki. If they are not, notify Jeff to have them made.

8.	If image samples are needed, add them using the instructions in the article Uploading Files to the FamilySearch Wiki.

9.	Add the new article to the appropriate Omnitable spreadsheet found at the Wiki User Guidance OneDrive and create a link to the article.

Wrapping Up
13.	Notify the person who asked you to create the article you are finished.