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== Finding and reviewing pages with broken links to the old FamilySearch.org  ==
== Finding and reviewing pages with broken links to the old FamilySearch.org  ==


*'''Go to the Report - Pages with broken links'''
*'''Go to the Report '''


::#Go to the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Maintenance|Wiki Maintenance]] page
::#Go to [[Category:BrokenLinks|Pages with Broken Links]].
::#Click on "How to" after "Dead Links"
::#Click on a page to work on.
::#Go down to #8 and click "Pages with Broken Links"
::#Right click on the link of the page you will work on and open it up in a new window.
::#Select a page you will work on
::#Evaluate the external links on the page. See below for specific instructions.
::#Sign your name to the "By whom" column (three tildes) in the first spot and add that you will do the entire page (if you can't do the entire page, you'll have to sign your name to each spot as you do them.)
::#On this page, after you evaluate the links, sign your name to the "By whom" column and add the "Status" of what you did on the page.<br>
::#Right click on the link of the page you will work on and open it up in a new window


*'''Find and evaluate the "old" link on the page'''
*'''Find and evaluate the "old" links on the page'''


::#'''Review '''the '''external '''links, one section at a time (external links are those links with the box/arrow after them)  
::#'''Review '''the '''external '''links, one section at a time (external links are those links with the box/arrow after them)  
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