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==== Wikitext Editing Instructions ==== | ==== Wikitext Editing Instructions ==== | ||
:a. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password. | |||
:b. Open the county page for editing by clicking on the button "Edit this page" near the upper right-hand corner of the page, opposite the county page title. | |||
:c. Click on the word 'Wikitext' in the top left corner of the toolbar. | |||
:d. Scroll to the section <nowiki>*'''Parent Counties'''</nowiki> . | |||
:e. Each county name is linked to the correct county wiki page by the wikitext as follows: <nowiki> [[(county name) County, Ohio|(county name)]]</nowiki>. When linked correctly, after the page is saved, the county name will be blue. This link takes the reader directly to the named county page. | |||
:f. If county names need to be changed: | |||
::1. Edit as you would in any word processing program. | |||
::2. Delete the incorrect county name by placing your cursor at the end of the word which needs editing. Backspace to remove any incorrect words or letters. | |||
::3. Copy the following sentence and paste where the correct county name should appear: | |||
:::<nowiki> [[(county name) County, Ohio|(county name)]]</nowiki> | |||
::4. Replace the words '''county name''' with the correct parent county name (do this twice, at both places within the sentence where the county name appears). | |||
:g. If county formation date needs to be changed: | |||
::1. Edit as you would in any word processing program. | |||
::2. Place your cursor at the end of the numbers which need editing. | |||
::3. Backspace to remove any incorrect numbers. | |||
::4. Type in the correct numbers. | |||
:h. After the county formation date add a reference as follows: | |||
::1. Place your cursor after the county formation date. | |||
::2. Copy and past the following sentence: | |||
:::<nowiki><ref>Ancestry.com wiki contributors, "Adams County, Ohio" in Ancestry.com: Wiki at http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Ohio (accessed 3 August 2012). </ref></nowiki> | |||
:::a. Within the citation, change the county name "Adams" to your county name in both places it is used. | |||
:::b. Change the accessed date to the date you viewed the information. | |||
:::c. Click OK. | |||
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:i. Add a summary sentence near the bottom of the page in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited parent counties information". | |||
:j. Click on the box "Save Page". | |||
:k. Your task is complete. | |||
:l. Mark the table below to indicate you have finished the task. | |||
=== Section Example === | === Section Example === | ||