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'''Example of this template on the [[Aurora_County,_South_Dakota_Genealogy#Populated_Places|Aurora County, South Dakota page]]'''<br> | '''Example of this template on the [[Aurora_County,_South_Dakota_Genealogy#Populated_Places|Aurora County, South Dakota page]]'''<br> | ||
=== Step 2: Add Reference === | === Step 2: Add Hometown Locator Link and Wikipedia Reference=== | ||
1. It's important to always give a reference to where we obtained the information we add to the wiki. Add the following directly | 1. Because Wikipedia may not include every single populated place for a county, you will need to add a link to Hometown Locator. Select "edit source" next to the Populated Places heading and add the following directly underneath the Populated Places heading:<br> | ||
:<nowiki>The following are | |||
:<nowiki>For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [HOMETOWN URL HomeTown Locator].</nowiki><br> | |||
2. After copying the above information onto the page, go to [https://www.hometownlocator.com HomeTownLocator.com] Select the state you are working in.<br> | |||
3. When you are redirected to your state page, scroll down the page until you see a list of the state’s counties. Select the county you are working on.<br> | |||
4. When you are redirected to your county page, select the ''tan'' “Cities” tab ('''NOT''' the ''red'' one). Copy the page's URL and replace HOMETOWN URL with that URL. It should look like the following:<br> | |||
:<nowiki> For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://northdakota.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,097,c,traill.cfm HomeTown Locator].:</nowiki><br> | |||
5. It's important to always give a reference to where we obtained the information we add to the wiki. Add the following directly after Hometown Locator:<br> | |||
:<nowiki>The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:</nowiki><br> | |||
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6. Then copy the following wikitext for the reference and place it directly after the colon in the above phrase: | |||
<nowiki><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "NAME OF ARTICLE," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', URL, accessed DATE.</ref></nowiki><br> | <nowiki><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "NAME OF ARTICLE," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', URL, accessed DATE.</ref></nowiki><br> | ||
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7. The citation should now look like this:<br> | |||
<nowiki>The following are | <nowiki>The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "NAME OF ARTICLE," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', URL, accessed DATE.</ref> </nowiki><br> | ||
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8. Replace the NAME OF ARTICLE, with the actual name of the Wikipedia article. If you got the information from Adams County article, you would put in, Adams County, Nebraska.<br> | |||
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9. Replace the URL with the actual URL of the Wikipedia article.<br> | |||
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10. Replace DATE with the day you looked at the Wikipedia article, such as 31 July 2016.<br> | |||
'''COMPLETED EXAMPLE OF CITATION:'''<br> | '''COMPLETED EXAMPLE OF LINK AND CITATION:'''<br> | ||
<nowiki>The following are | <nowiki>For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://northdakota.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,097,c,traill.cfm HomeTown Locator]. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Traill County, North Dakota," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traill_County,_North_Dakota, accessed 1 August 2016.</ref></nowiki><br> | ||
=== Step 3: Saving the page === | === Step 3: Saving the page === | ||