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== Instructions == | == Instructions == | ||
=== Part 1: Organizing === | === Part 1: Organizing === | ||
1. | 1. Before you start organizing this page, look at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Malta_Colonial_Records this example]. Each of these topic pages will be organized by the imperialist countries that occupied your country. So, these topic pages may have anywhere between 1 to 7 sections.<br> | ||
2. Go to [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jIw0b3uchj0IMks3gH2FpL7RnwxEZEARAfj7_sfTiTQ/edit#gid=1292132485 this spreadsheet].<br> | |||
3. Find your country in the "Colonized" list. Click on it's name.<br> | |||
4. It will take you to the main landing page for that country on the Research Wiki. Select '''Colonial Records''' from the sidebar on the right (it should be a red link).<br> | |||
5. Add the sidebar and breadcrumb templates for this page. Add this code: | |||
<pre>{{COUNTRY-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | <pre>{{COUNTRY-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | ||
| link1=[[COUNTRY Genealogy|COUNTRY]] | | link1=[[COUNTRY Genealogy|COUNTRY]] | ||
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| link5=[[COUNTRY Colonial Records|Colonial Records]] | | link5=[[COUNTRY Colonial Records|Colonial Records]] | ||
}}</pre> | }}</pre> | ||
6. Replace COUNTRY with the country's name. Select '''Save changes'''.<br> | |||
7. Refer back to [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jIw0b3uchj0IMks3gH2FpL7RnwxEZEARAfj7_sfTiTQ/edit#gid=1292132485 this spreadsheet]. Find your country and look to the right cell in the dark blue "Colonizers" column. This cell lists the country/countries that colonized this area. | 7. Refer back to [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jIw0b3uchj0IMks3gH2FpL7RnwxEZEARAfj7_sfTiTQ/edit#gid=1292132485 this spreadsheet]. Find your country and look to the right cell in the dark blue "Colonizers" column. This cell lists the country/countries that colonized this area. | ||
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Find your country in the very left column under the heading "Wiki Page".<br> | Find your country in the very left column under the heading "Wiki Page".<br> | ||
10. Use the years under the "Years of Colonization" column for your heading.<br> | 10. Use the years under the "Years of Colonization" column for your heading.<br> | ||
11. Make sure you organize your sections by chronological order. (Note: there may be overlapping colonization years or you might have just a rough estimate of when they were there.) Make adjustments if needed.<br> | 11. Make sure you organize your sections by chronological start date order. (Note: there may be overlapping colonization years or you might have just a rough estimate of when they were there.) Make adjustments if needed.<br> | ||
12. Underneath each heading for each section, post the following code: | 12. Underneath each heading for each section, post the following code: | ||
<pre>{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | <pre>{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ||