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

Project Instructions

 * Part One
 * Pick one County from the task list and put your name in all of the Towns there
 * The first item to be fixed is updating or adding the Brief History section on the Town page
 * Next add the Wikipedia Massachusetts Town page link to the Brief History section of each Town on the Task list
 * Finish all of the Towns in the County on the Task List before going to Part Two


 * '''Part Two
 * Fixing Cities and Town links on the County page

Step One
Open these two links:
 * Massachusetts Task List
 * Massachusetts, United States Genealogy
 * From the Massachusetts Task List, choose a Massachusetts County, then click on the first Town link to 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

Step Two

 * 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

Step 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
 * This page has all the information you will need to make the Wikipedia link
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 5.JPG


 * From the Task List Barnstable Town page that was opened, at the top of the Contents section, there should be a Brief History section
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 6.JPG


 * If there is not a Brief History section then one needs to be added

Step Four

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

=== Brief History === Project/* Brief History */ Adding and updating Brief History Section
 * This is an example of what it would look like on the Edit Source page
 * Save the page in the Summary with
 * This is an example of what the Contents section looks like with the Brief History section in it
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 8.JPG

Step Five

 * Steps to adding the Wikipedia link to the Massachusetts Town page
 * Go to the Brief History section and click on Edit Source
 * Copy and paste this WikiText below right after 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 in the WikiText that is above
 *  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
 * This is what the Wikipedia Link should look like on the Town page in the Brief History section:
 * Please do not copy
 * '''This is an example of what the WikiText looks like before saving the edit
 * Make sure there is a space between the URL and Name of Page
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 7.JPG


 * Saving the edit
 * Copy and paste this in the Summary

Project/* Brief History */ Adding and updating Brief History Section
 * This is an example of what your edit will look like in Show Preview
 * This is an example of what the Brief History section looks like with the Wikipedia link
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 9.JPG

Step Six

 * Please finish all of the Brief Histories for each Town before going on to Part Two
 * Keep these two links open:
 * Massachusetts Task List
 * Massachusetts, United States Genealogy

Part Two

 * Fixing the Massachusetts Cities and Town Links on the County Page
 * This image is an example of the wrong links for the Cities and Towns
 * Notice a box and arrow after each of the Cities or Towns
 * These links need to be changed from the Wikipedia page to the Cities or Town WIKI page
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 10.JPG


 * This image shows the right link for Barnstable City and goes to the Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy page
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 11a.JPG

Step One

 * Fixing the links
 * On the Massachusetts State page scroll down to the clickable map and choose a County
 * Barnstable County was chosen
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 1.JPG


 * 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


 * Click on Edit Source by Populated Places and keep this open
 * All of the links for the Cities and Towns need to be fixed which have the Wikipedia link


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


 * Copy and Paste the WikiText below over the Wikipedia link for the Town

*TOWN
 * From the Massachusetts Task List click on the Town you want to fix
 * Copy and Paste the name of the Town page into the WikiText


 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 6.JPG
 * Please do not copy

*TOWN
 * Next copy the name of the city or town and paste it over TOWN part
 * Please do not copy

*Barnstable
 * '''This is what the Town Link should look like on the County page:
 * Notice there is no box or arrow
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 13.JPG

Step Two

 * Keep this Edit Source page open on the County page, Populated Places
 * From the Task List click on each Town to get the Page Name
 * Keep going down the Cities and Town links that have the Wikipedia link in them and replace
 * MA Fixing Town Links Update Brief History Part 13a.JPG

Step Three
Project/*Populated Places*/ Fixing Cities and Town links
 * Once all of the Cities and Towns are fixed, save the page with:
 *  Once finished with the County go to the next County on the Task List
 * Start over with Part One in adding the Wikipedia link to the Brief Histories on the Town page