FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Interwiki Links: Difference between revisions

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=== Purpose  ===
== Purpose  ==


We have a new Wiki extension that allows us to move the link indicating if that Wiki is in another language Wiki on the left sidebar. We will be editing the former Language template at the bottom of the page to create this new link.
We have a new Wiki extension that allows us to move the link indicating if that Wiki is in another language Wiki on the left sidebar. We will be editing the former Language template at the bottom of the page to create this new link.




=== Task List ===
== Task List ==
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RSgNveco0sX4h8W2MsmhiIZ3xWw2P4mDsQn9nVfHysI/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RSgNveco0sX4h8W2MsmhiIZ3xWw2P4mDsQn9nVfHysI/edit?usp=sharing Task List]


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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. 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 and Fix 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.<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.<br>
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==== 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:
<nowiki>{{H-langs|en=A Checklist of Compiled Sources and Where to Find Them |fr=Modification de Une liste de collections de ressources avec leur provenance}}</nowiki>
:a. Delete <nowiki>{{H-langs|en=A Checklist of Compiled Sources and Where to Find Them |</nowiki>
:b. Add 2 square brackets before the "fr" like this: <nowiki>[[fr=Modification de Une liste de collections de ressources avec leur provenance</nowiki>
:c. Replace the curly brackets with 2 square brackets <nowiki>}}</nowiki> facing the same way <nowiki>]]</nowiki>
[[es:Estados Unidos - Genealogía]]
[[pt:Estados Unidos]]
==== Step 3  ====
==== Step 3  ====
*Go to: [https://archive.org/web/ https://archive.org/web/]. This website has the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine has a history of what a URL used to contain.  This will help you know what the page contained so you can Google and locate the page more easily.  
*Go to: [https://archive.org/web/ https://archive.org/web/]. This website has the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine has a history of what a URL used to contain.  This will help you know what the page contained so you can Google and locate the page more easily.  
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