FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Adding Courthouse Pictures

Current Projects page Adding Courthouse Pictures

Purpose

This will complete the process of adding courthouse pictures to county pages in the U.S. The pictures will be added to infoboxes.

Contact

Jane Colmenares

Instructions

• Video instructions on the project

1. Go to the Task List and sign out group of counties to work on.

Part 1 - Add the Courthouse Image to the Infobox

1. Go to the state wiki page of the state you are going to work on.

2. Open the first county on your list in a new tab by right clicking the county link and choosing, "Open Link in New Tab."

3. Edit the page in wikitext by clicking on the "Edit source" tab.

4. Locate the Infobox U.S. County template on the county page. The infobox wikitext looks like this:

5. You will be adding the image after the county seat and before the building address in the info box.

6. You are now ready to locate the county courthouse image. Go to Part 2.

Part 2 - Locate the Image on the Wiki

1. Go to the task list and locate the link to the category containing all the courthouse images. It is the last row of the table.

2. Open the category containing the courthouse pictures for your state by right clicking on the link and choosing, "Open Link in New Tab."

3. Find the correct courthouse file and click on the image.

4. Copy the title of the image. Do not copy "File:".

5. Go back to the county infobox and locate paste the name of the image after the = sign.

• Example in wikitext:

| building image = TexasAndersonCourthouse.jpg

6. When you have done all of the pictures for your counties, go back to the Task Page and indicated the date completed. You are then ready to sign out another set of counties.