WikiProject:Gather Information from Wales Wiki Parish Pages

Purpose

We need to restructure the Wales parish pages. To do that, we need to preserve the good information that is already on the page. This project will consist of copying some of the information on the parish page, and pasting the information into the respective fields on a Google Form survey to help us gather the data.

Project Leader

Virginia Pratt

Video Instructions

Recording

Task List

Instructions

1. Open the task list, and add your name to the Name column for the parishes you want to sign up for.

2. Open the Google Form.

3. Click on the link for the parish on the Task List to open the page.

Page Title

4. Copy the full Wiki page title, and paste it into the "Full Page Title" field in the Google Form.

Guide to...

5. Click "edit source" at the top of the page and copy the sentence that starts with the words "Guide to"

Note: If there is no "Guide to" information, put SKIP in the "Guide To" field on the Google Form.

Image Code

6. Some parishes have an image of a church or of a map on their Wiki parish page, usually somewhere above the "History" heading. Look for an image code similar to the following examples (click on the photo to enlarge if needed):

7. If there is an image, copy the image code from the beginning "[[" code to the ending "]]".

If there are 2 or more images (like the second example above), copy just the image code of each image and paste each one in the same field in the Google Form.

8. Paste the image code into the "Image Code" field on the Google Form.

Note: If there is no image on the parish page, put SKIP in the "Image Code" field on the Google Form.

History

9. Locate the "History" heading on the Wiki parish page.

10.Copy the content under the "History" heading all the way until the beginning of the "Infobox Wales Parishes" template (do not include the "History" heading or the infobox template code in the content you copy). An example of what you should copy is shown below:

11. Paste the content you copied into the "History" field of the Google Form.

Note: If there is no information in the "History" field, put SKIP in the "History" field on the Google Form.

Infobox Template

12. Copy the entire "Infobox Wales Parishes" template code (usually located under the "History" heading). Make sure to get the entire template, from the beginning "{{" to the ending "}}". An example of what you should copy is shown below:

13. Paste the Infobox template into the "Infobox Template" field on the Google Form.

Note: If there is no infobox template, put SKIP in the "Infobox Template" field on the Google Form.

Historical Populations Template

14.Copy the entire "Historical Populations" template code. Make sure to get the entire template, from the beginning "{{" to the ending "}}". An example of what you should copy is shown below:

15. Paste the "Historical Populations" template into the "Historical Populations Template" field on the Google Form.

Note: If there is no "Historical Populations" template, put SKIP in the "Historical Populations Template" field on the Google Form.

Administration

16. Copy the information found under the "Administration" heading.

Note: Many pages may not have an "Administration" heading and/or information under the heading. If there is no information, put SKIP in the "Administration" field on the Google Form and go to step 18.

17. Paste the information (including any templates) into the "Administration" field of the Google Form.

Cemeteries

18. Copy the information found under the "Cemeteries" heading.

19. Paste the "Cemeteries" content into the "Cemeteries" field in the Google Form.

Note: If there is no "Cemeteries" content, put SKIP in the "Cemeteries" field on the Google Form.

Census Records

20. Locate the heading for "Census Records" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Census Records" field of the Google Form.

Note: The content may be a template that looks like this {{British Census|104272}}. This content needs to be copied and pasted into the appropriate field on the Google Form.

21. If there isn't a "Census Records" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Church Records

22. "Copy" the information found under the "Church Records" heading on the parish page. Below are two examples of the types of church record information that can be found and should be copied.

23. Paste the "Church Records" content into the "Church Records" field in the Google Form.

Note: If there is no "Church Records" content, put SKIP in the "Church Records" field on the Google Form.

Parish Registers

24. Copy the entire "Parish Registers" template code. Make sure to get the entire template, from the beginning "{{" to the ending "}}".

Note: If there is no "Parish Registers" content, put SKIP in the "Parish Registers" field on the Google Form.

Parish Chest

25. Locate the heading for "Parish Chest" on the parish page. If there is any content, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Parish Chest" field of the Google Form.

Note: If there is an empty template, or empty place holder information, etc. under any of the headings please copy and paste the information onto the Google Form in the correct fields.

26. If there isn't a "Parish Chest" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Tithe Records

27. Locate the heading for "Tithe Records" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Tithe Records" field of the Google Form.

28. If there isn't a "Tithe Records" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Nonconformist Chapel Records

29. Copy the entire "Nonconformist Chapel Records" template code. Make sure to get the entire template, from the beginning "{{" to the ending "}}".

Note: If there is no "Nonconformist Chapel Records" content, put SKIP in the "Nonconformist Chapel Records" field on the Google Form.

Civil Registration

30. Locate the heading for "Civil Registration" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the Civil Registration field of the Google Form.

31. If there isn't a "Civil Registration" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Estates

32. Locate the heading for "Estates" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Estates" field of the Google Form.

33. If there isn't an "Estates" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Genealogies

34. Locate the heading for "Genealogies" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Genealogies" field of the Google Form.

35. If there isn't a "Genealogies" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Medieval Community Trees

36. Locate the heading for "Medieval Community Trees" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Medieval Community Trees" field of the Google Form.

37. If there isn't a "Medieval Community Trees" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Poor Law Unions

38. Locate the heading for "Poor Law Unions" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Poor Law Unions" field of the Google Form.

39. If there isn't a "Poor Law Unions" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Published Sources

40. Locate the heading for "Published Sources" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Published Sources" field of the Google Form.

41. If there isn't a "Published Sources" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Record Compilations

42. Locate the heading for "Record Compilations" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Record Compilations" field of the Google Form.

43. If there isn't a "Record Compilations" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Libraries

46. Locate the heading for "Libraries" (or equivalent) on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Libraries" field of the Google Form.

47. If there isn't a "Libraries" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Maps and Gazetteers

48. Locate the heading for "Maps and Gazetteers" (or equivalent) on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Map and Gazetteers" field of the Google Form.

49. If there isn't a "Maps and Gazetteers" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Websites

50. Locate the heading for "Websites" (or equivalent) on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "Websites" field of the Google Form.

51. If there isn't a "Websites" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

References

52. Locate the heading for "References" on the parish page. If there is any content in that heading, copy the content under that heading and paste it into the "References" field of the Google Form.

Note: If the only information under "References" is this code: {{reflist}} do not copy it. This is automatically added to the page when it is created.
Note: When you see this category code: [[Category:Ceredigion Communities]] just ignore it. It is the category assigned to the Wiki page and we do not need to capture it for this project.

53. If there isn't a "References" heading or that heading has no content, put "SKIP" in the field in the Google Form.

Any other headings/records

54. Look at the wiki parish page and identify if there is any content for other record types not already listed above (such as taxation, probate, etc.). If there is additional heading/record content, copy the Heading and the Content, and paste it into the field in the Google Form.

Two fields labeled "Any other headings/records" are provided in the Google Form in case there is more than one additional heading/record type you need to add.

55. If there is not any additional relevant content, put "SKIP" in both fields in the Google Form.

56. Review every field of the Google Form and make sure that no fields were left empty. Each field should contain either the respective code from the Wiki page, or it should say "SKIP" if there was no corresponding code.

57. If the fields of the Google Form all look correct, press "Submit", add the date to the "Date Completed" column of the Task List, and continue on to the next parish in the Task List.