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== Project Instructions  ==
== Project Instructions  ==


==== Step 1 - Sign up for a page to fix  ====
=== Step 1 - Sign up for a page to fix  ===


1. Go to the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RSgNveco0sX4h8W2MsmhiIZ3xWw2P4mDsQn9nVfHysI/edit?usp=sharing Task List] and put your name next to a Wiki page link in column A.  
1. Go to the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RSgNveco0sX4h8W2MsmhiIZ3xWw2P4mDsQn9nVfHysI/edit?usp=sharing Task List] and put your name in column A next to a Wiki page link.  


2. Click on the link to go to that Wiki page. On a google sheet, after you click on the link, a small dialogue box with the URL will appear. You must click that link to open the Wiki page you will work on.  
2. From the task list, click on the link to go to that Wiki page. On a google sheet, after you click on the link, a small dialogue box with the URL will appear. You must click that link to open the Wiki page you will work on.  


==== Step 2 - Find the Language Link====
=== Step 2 - Find the Language Link===


1. Once on the Wiki page, make sure you are logged into the Wiki. You will know if you are logged into the Wiki, if you can see your FamilySearch username in the top right hand corner of the screen, as seen below with the username, Batsondl.<br><br>
1. Once on the Wiki page, make sure you are logged into the Wiki. You will know if you are logged into the Wiki if you can see your FamilySearch username in the top right hand corner of the screen, as seen below with the username, Batsondl.<br><br>


[[File:Sign in.PNG|500px]]<br><br>
[[File:Sign in.PNG|500px]]<br><br>


2. Once you are logged in, you will see a tab in the top right corner of the screen, labeled, Edit Source. Click on that tab and you will now see the wikitext code for the page.
2. Once you are logged in, you will see a tab in the top right corner of the screen, labeled, "Edit Source." Click on that tab and you will now see the wikitext code for the page.


3. Use the scroll bar on the wikitext box and go to the bottom of the page. You will see some wikitext code that looks something like this:
3. Use the scroll bar on the wikitext box and go to the bottom of the page. You will see some wikitext code that looks something like this:
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[[File:Language old link.PNG|350px]]<br><br>
[[File:Language old link.PNG|350px]]<br><br>


==== Step 3 - Fix the Language Link ====
=== Step 3 - Fix the Language Link ===
4. Once you locate the code at the bottom of the page, you will now alter it to match the coding for an Interwiki link by doing the following:
1. Once you locate the code at the bottom of the page, you will now alter it to match the coding for an Interwiki link by doing the following:


  <nowiki>{{H-langs|en=United States Genealogy|es=Estados Unidos - Genealogía|pt=Estados Unidos}}</nowiki>
  <nowiki>{{H-langs|en=United States Genealogy|es=Estados Unidos - Genealogía|pt=Estados Unidos}}</nowiki>
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==== Step 4 - Preview and Save the page ====
=== Step 4 - Preview and Save the page ===
1. Now that the Interwiki templates for both Spanish and Portuguese are made, let's check to make sure it will appear on the page correctly.<br>  
1. Now that the Interwiki templates for both Spanish and Portuguese are made, let's check to make sure it will appear on the page correctly.<br>  
2. At the bottom of the page, you should see a "Show Preview" button. Click on it.<br>
2. At the bottom of the page, you should see a "Show Preview" button. Click on it.<br>
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