WikiProject:Fixing FS Catalog Links

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Fixing FS Catalog Links

Purpose

The purpose is to fix old FamilySearch Catalog urls found in the Wiki. The redirects work, but we need to change the link to a FS template.

Contact

Danielle

Task List

Task List

Instructions

1. Go to the Task List and put your name beside a Wiki page.

2. You will be fixing every other line on the spreadsheet (the ones with the links to Wiki pages)

3. Copy the following wikitext.

{{FHL|TITLE NUMBER|item|disp=CALLNUMBER}}

4. Click on the link to the Wiki page and click on "Edit source."

5. Review the Wiki page and do a Control + F to search the Wiki page and search for "show?".

6. Paste the template you copied and paste it just before the square bracket and the URL.



7. Copy the title ID from the URL found at the end of the end of the URL.

Example:

8. Convert the link to the FHL template by pasting the title ID over the words: TITLE NUMBER:

{{FHL|646843|item|disp=CALLNUMBER}}

9. Information after disp= should be the call number information (whether a book or film/fiche) We won’t be standardizing the source, just making sure the link will work. Copy the call number information from the URL link.

Example:


10. The link should now look like this:

{{FHL|646843|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Fiche #6083550}}

11. Delete the old URL link which includes the square brackets.

12. Go down to the bottom of the page and click on "Show preview" and review the link to make sure it the link works.

13. Copy the following Wikitext and paste it in the summary field and click "Save changes"

Fixing Catalog Links Project

FamilySearch Catalog (FS Catalog); formerly called, Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)