WikiProject Adding Asterisk to County Pages

Project

Snapshot of the task list

The purpose of this project is to delete extra "*" that are in the county information boxes on county pages.

• Task List
• Project Leader: Janae Brown

Step 1

Go to the task list and pick a state that needs to be worked on. At the bottom of the spreadsheet are different tabs. Each of these tabs takes you to a spreadsheet that lists all the counties. You can move to different states by clicking the arrows next to the tabs (the states are listed alphabetically).
Sign up for a county by typing your name in the "name" column.

County Record Dates box

Step 2

Click on the county name in the spreadsheet. This link will take you to the wiki page for the specific county. Once on the Wiki page scroll down to the box that includes the beginning county record dates.
Look to see if there is a "*" by the sentence stating when the state began keeping records (in the image to the right the arrow is pointing at where the * should be). If there is an "*" then put NA in the "Date Completed" column of the spreadsheet and move on to the next county. If there is not an "*" (as in the example image) then this is what we will be adding.

editing the page

Step 3

If there wasn't an "*" in the information box (as in the example image above), then click the "edit source" above the box. It will take you to code similar to the image on the right. Find the sentence stating when the state began keeping records (it should be near the bottom of the table) and add an "*" after the

"| colspan="7" | <center>"

but before the sentence begins. It should look like this (also see highlighted text in the image to the right for example)

'''| colspan="7" | <center>*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1905. General compliance by 1920.</center>'''

NOTE: the text will be slightly different from county to county.

Finished look with the added asterisk

Step 4

Once you have added the "*" click "show preview". Check the box to make sure the "*" has been correctly added. If it all looks good then click "Save", put the date completed in the spreadsheet and move on to the next county.