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== Task List ==
== Task List ==
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Populated Places/Task List|Task List]]
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Populated Places/Task List|Task List]] Go here to pick the counties you'll be working on.




== Instructions ==
== Instructions ==
=== Step 1: Adding Populated places ===
1. Go to the Populated Places or Places/Locations heading on the page and see if it has already been completed. On some counties this section has not been completed yet. If this is so, then go to the section where, alphabetically it should fall, and type in ==Populated Places== and then save it. This will create a new section that you can now click on.<br>
NOTE: If the county has a large city or has anything strange about its populated places, then send a Yammer message to Janae. You may need special and unique instructions for this particular county before you begin working.<br>


=== Step 1: Adding Populated places ===
2. Copy the following paragraph and template and paste them on the page below the section header:
1. Go to the Populated Places heading on the page and see if it has already been completed. If the county has a large city or has anything strange about its populated places, then send a Yammer message to Carly. You may need special and unique instructions for this particular county before you work on this county.<br>


<pre>For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [HOMETOWN URL HomeTown Locator]. 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>


2. Whether it has been completed or not, go to [https://wikipedia.org Wikipedia] to either double check the list and add the localities.<br>
{{Populated places
<!--cities column------------------->
| cities-col1=<div></div>
| cities-col2=<div></div>
| cities-col3=<div></div>
<!--boroughs column------------------->
| boroughs-col1=<div></div>
| boroughs-col2=<div></div>
| boroughs-col3=<div></div>
<!--towns column------------------->
| towns-col1=<div></div>
| towns-col2=<div></div>
| towns-col3=<div></div>
<!--villages column------------------->
| villages-col1=<div></div>
| villages-col2=<div></div>
| villages-col3=<div></div>
<!--hamlets column------------------->
| hamlets-col1=<div></div>
| hamlets-col2=<div></div>
| hamlets-col3=<div></div>
<!--unincorp column------------------->
| unincorp-col1=<div></div>
| unincorp-col2=<div></div>
| unincorp-col3=<div></div>
<!--native american column------------------->
| native-col1=<div></div>
| native-col2=<div></div>
| native-col3=<div></div>
<!--census column------------------->
| census-col1=<div></div>
| census-col2=<div></div>
| census-col3=<div></div>
<!--townships column------------------->
| townships-col1=<div></div>
| townships-col2=<div></div>
| townships-col3=<div></div>
<!--historic communities column------------------->
| historic-communities-col1=<div></div>
| historic-communities-col2=<div></div>
| historic-communities-col3=<div></div>
<!--historic African American communities column------------------->
| historic-AA communities-col1=<div></div>
| historic-AA communities-col2=<div></div>
| historic-AA communities-col3=<div></div>
<!--unorganized territories column------------------->
| unorgan-col1=<div></div>
| unorgan-col2=<div></div>
| unorgan-col3=<div></div>
<!--ghost towns column------------------->
| ghost-col1=<div></div>
| ghost-col2=<div></div>
| ghost-col3=<div></div>
}}</pre>


==Adding Home Town Locator Link==
1. After copying the above information onto the page, go to [https://www.hometownlocator.com HomeTownLocator.com]<br>


3. Copy the following template and paste it on the page before the information that may already be there.
2. Scroll down the page until you see a blue box with a list of states. Select the state you are working in.<br>


<nowiki>{{Populated places</nowiki><br>
3. After 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>
<nowiki><!--cities column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| cities-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| cities-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| cities-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--boroughs column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| boroughs-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| boroughs-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| boroughs-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--towns column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| towns-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| towns-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| towns-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--villages column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| villages-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| villages-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| villages-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--hamlets column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| hamlets-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| hamlets-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| hamlets-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--unincorp column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| unincorp-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| unincorp-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| unincorp-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--native american column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| native-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| native-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| native-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--census column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| census-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| census-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| census-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--townships column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| townships-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| townships-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| townships-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--historic communities column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| historic-communities-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| historic-communities-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| historic-communities-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--historic African American communities column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| historic-AA communities-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| historic-AA communities-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| historic-AA communities-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--unorganized territories column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| unorgan-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| unorgan-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| unorgan-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--ghost towns column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| ghost-col1=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| ghost-col2=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| ghost-col3=<div></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>}}</nowiki><br>


4. Referring back to the Wikipedia page for the county, add the populated places to the above template. You will have to count up and separate the places to make even columns.  For example, if there are 12 townships, put 4 townships in alphabetical order in <nowiki>| townships-col1=</nowiki> but put them between the div tags (example: <nowiki><div></div></nowiki>
4. After you are redirected to your county page, select the ''tan'' “Cities” tab ('''NOT''' the ''red'' Cities one).<br>


5. You will then be redirected to a page with a list of populated places. Copy the page's URL and replace HOMETOWN URL in your template with that URL. It should look something like the following:<br>
<pre>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].</pre>
You will need to change your Hometown Locator link for every county you work on. <br>
<br>


5. If there is a Wikipedia article to any of the populate places, add the URL to Wikipedia. <br>  
==Adding the Wikipedia Reference Link==
Example:<BR>
1. It's important to always reference information we add to the Wiki. Look up the county on Wikipedia and copy the URL on the top of the page. NOTE: You'll be using this Wikipedia page again, so just pull it up on a separate tab on your web browser and don't close it.
<nowiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Township,_Adams_County,_North_Dakota Cedar]</nowiki> <br>
<br>
2. After the Home Town Locator link you should see the reference: <pre><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "NAME OF ARTICLE," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', URL, accessed DATE.</ref> </pre>
Fill in the NAME OF ARTICLE, paste the Wikipedia county page URL in the URL section, and fill in the DATE with today's date.<br>
3. Save your work.<br><br>
This section should look something like this now:<br>
<pre>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></pre>


=== Adding Links to Populated Places===
1. Make sure you've copied and pasted the template in the populated places section.<br>
2. In the template, there are invisible tables for different types of municipalities (ex. cities, towns, villages, etc.). They look like this:
<pre>{{Populated places
<!--cities column------------------->
| cities-col1=<div></div>
| cities-col2=<div></div>
| cities-col3=<div></div>
<!--boroughs column------------------->
| boroughs-col1=<div></div>
| boroughs-col2=<div></div>
| boroughs-col3=<div></div>
<!--towns column------------------->
| towns-col1=<div></div>
| towns-col2=<div></div>
| towns-col3=<div></div>
<!--villages column------------------->
| villages-col1=<div></div>
| villages-col2=<div></div>
| villages-col3=<div></div>
<!--hamlets column------------------->
| hamlets-col1=<div></div>
| hamlets-col2=<div></div>
| hamlets-col3=<div></div>
<!--unincorp column------------------->
| unincorp-col1=<div></div>
| unincorp-col2=<div></div>
| unincorp-col3=<div></div>
<!--native american column------------------->
| native-col1=<div></div>
| native-col2=<div></div>
| native-col3=<div></div>
<!--census column------------------->
| census-col1=<div></div>
| census-col2=<div></div>
| census-col3=<div></div>
<!--townships column------------------->
| townships-col1=<div></div>
| townships-col2=<div></div>
| townships-col3=<div></div>
<!--historic communities column------------------->
| historic-communities-col1=<div></div>
| historic-communities-col2=<div></div>
| historic-communities-col3=<div></div>
<!--historic African American communities column------------------->
| historic-AA communities-col1=<div></div>
| historic-AA communities-col2=<div></div>
| historic-AA communities-col3=<div></div>
<!--unorganized territories column------------------->
| unorgan-col1=<div></div>
| unorgan-col2=<div></div>
| unorgan-col3=<div></div>
<!--ghost towns column------------------->
| ghost-col1=<div></div>
| ghost-col2=<div></div>
| ghost-col3=<div></div>
}}</pre>


6. If no wikipedia page exists, just put in the place name.<br>


7. For localities already listed on the county page but not in Wikipedia, do a Google search to make sure the place is in the county you are working on. If it appears to exist, place the locality in the correct position in the table to the best of your ability.<br>
3. Go to the county Wikipedia page and look for the section with the names the municipalities in that county. NOTE: Sometimes a list of populated places is already on the FamilySearch Wiki page. Whether a list of populated places has been completed or not on the page already, go to [https://wikipedia.org Wikipedia] and search for the county. Wikipedia should have a list of the populated places. Even if there is already a list of populated places on the FamilySearch Wiki county page, it is good to see if they are the same ones as listed on Wikipedia.<br>
4. On the Wikipedia page, count how many of each type of municipalities there are for each type (just pick one at a time) and for each subsequent type of municipality repeat the steps below).<br>
5. In the template, there are only three columns that we can put all of the "cities" in. these means you have to be strategic with how you put them in. For example, if there are 13 cities in the county, we would put the first 5 cities in column 1, 4 in column 2, and 4 in column 3. We want to try to distribute them evenly.  <br>
6. Once you've figured out how many "cities" should be in each column you're ready for the next step. We are going to add the name of the "cities" between the <pre><div></div></pre> in the template. It should look like this:<br>


<pre>| cities-col1=<div>
*Aurora
*Belford
*Bristol
*Center
*Cooper
*Crystal Lake
*Dudley
</div>
| cities-col2=<div>
*Eureka
*Firesteel
*Gales
*Hopper
*Lake
*Palatine
*Patten
</div>
| cities-col3=<div>
*Plankinton
*Pleasant Lake
*Plasant Valley
*Truro
*Washington
*White Lake
</div></pre><br>
7. If there is a Wikipedia article for the populated places, add the URL to the FamilySearch Wiki.  <br>
It should look like this:<br>
<pre>| cities-col1 =<div>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absecon,_New_Jersey Absecon]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey Atlantic City]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigantine,_New_Jersey Brigantine]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbin_City,_New_Jersey Corbin City]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_Harbor_City,_New_Jersey Egg Harbor City]</div>
| cities-col2=<div>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estell_Manor,_New_Jersey Estell Manor]
<br></pre>


8. After you fill in all localities and there is no place listed under a specific type of locality (such as Ghost Town), remove the heading from the page.<br>
8. If no Wikipedia page exists for the "city", just type the name in the place name with an asterisk and don't add the brackets or a link.<br>


9. For localities already listed on the county page but not in Wikipedia, do a Google search to make sure the place is in the county you are working on.  If it appears to exist, place the locality in the correct position in the table to the best of your ability.<br>


9. Review the following wikitext code for Aurora County, South Dakota to make sure you fill out the template correctly:<br>
10. After you fill in all localities and there is no place listed under a specific type of locality (such as Ghost Town), remove that specific section from the page. NOTE: Only remove the "Ghost Town" section if there are none listed. If there is at least one "Ghost Town" listed, you have to keep the empty other two columns.<br>


11. Review the following wikitext code for Aurora County, South Dakota to make sure you fill out the template correctly:


<nowiki>{{populated places</nowiki><br>
<pre>{{populated places</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--cities column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><!--cities column-------------------></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| cities-col1=<div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| cities-col1=<div></nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>*White Lake</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>*White Lake</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></div></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>}}</pre><br>
 
12. Put '''Adding Links to Populated Places''' in the summary box and select '''Save changes'''.


'''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 Hometown Locator Link and Wikipedia Reference===
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>For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [HOMETOWN URL HomeTown Locator].</nowiki><br>
<br>
2. After copying the above information onto the page, go to [https://www.hometownlocator.com HomeTownLocator.com]<br>
3. Scroll down the page until you see a blue box with a list of states. Select the state you are working in.<br>
4. After 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>
5. After you are redirected to your county page, select the ''tan'' “Cities” tab ('''NOT''' the ''red'' Cities one).<br>
6. You will then be redirected to a page with a list of populated places. Copy the page's URL and replace HOMETOWN URL in your template with that URL. It should look something 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>
You will need to change your Hometown Locator link for every county you work on. <br>
<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> 
<br>
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>
<br>
7. The citation should now look like this:<br>
<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>
<br>
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>
<br>
9. Replace the URL with the actual URL of the Wikipedia article.<br>
<br>
10. Replace DATE with the day you looked at the Wikipedia article, such as 31 July 2016.<br>
'''COMPLETED EXAMPLE OF LINK AND CITATION:'''<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]. 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 ===
1. Once you have added all the places, preview the page by clicking on, Show Preview at the bottom of the page. Check your work to make sure it looks like it should. Make any necessary adjustments.<br>
<br>
2. Go to the bottom of the page and enter "added populated places list" in the edit summary box and save the page.<br>
<br>
3. Once you have saved the page, check your work to be sure it looks right.<br>
<br>
4. You are now done with the task. Go to the next County on your list.<br>
<br>
=== Example ===
For an example of what this heading should look like when it is complete, [[User:Evancol/Sandbox/Barnes#Populated_Places|click here]].
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