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+=== Overall Objectives  ===
-Notes about cemetery area: Meeting 9/4/2013
+The purpose of the Cemeteries (U.S.) Wiki project is to create a consistent look to cemetery tables placed on county pages. This will help readers easily find cemetery records and use them effectively.
-Suggestion from Jane: create a cemetery table project.
-*defines colors, format, headings,
+==== Guiding Principles  ====
-*criteria for being included on the chart
-*Updating the State Cems page to match (so people can see the same names and get search information.)
-*County info come first
+'''The project will:'''
-*Creation of a table
+*Provide a "master table" to be copied to counties
-**how to keep columns narrow: Number the columns with a legend
+**Decide on format (color, heading names, placement on the county page,
-*Create a State alpha list, by county -- link to the county section from the county page - rather than a separate page for each county.
+**Create guidelines (criteria for inclusion, matching both site name and order of appearance with the state cemeteries page—which can also give needed explanations,
-*Create an instruction page - for adding the table to a county page, adding new resources, for correcting existing links.
+**Write easy-to-follow tasks (add a table to a county, add a resource to a chart, correct existing links,
+***Site-specific instructions will be needed for those that:
+****Identify counties by numbers rather than by name. We need to tell contributors the key. Also, some cities in a state may have a separate #, requiring both links to be on the chart.
+****Those that identify counties by name: how do they treat counties such as San Juan (two words). Also, are larger cities included, or will they only be found by city/town name?
+**This needs to be specific to the sites used: some just change the county name—which may work differently for counties with two names. Others use a number or other ID for a specific county.
+*Create a state page listing cemeteries county by county. The county pages will then link to that section of the state page, rather than creating a separate page for each county. Makes linking more predictable, also.
+**The county sections will have a list of cemeteries, with columns identifying where transcriptions are found: online, such as Find A Grave, state sites, etc. Also identifying publications or even specific periodicals over time.
+***The county sections should be in sortable tables - alpha by cemetery or by town or other area of the county.