WikiProject:Washington State Archives Databases Part 2
Purpose[edit | edit source]
Part 1: Add the collection links to each county in Washington
Part 2: Add a specific county collection link to the corresponding county header for Superior Court Records
Part 3: Add a specific county collection link to the corresponding county header for Institution Records
Task List[edit | edit source]
Project Instructions[edit | edit source]
Part 1 - Add Collection Links to Each County[edit | edit source]
1. Click on the task list labeled: Add to Each County.
2. In the Column B, go to the first row available and sign your name.
3. Copy the collection link found in row 2 and the column you are working on, such as Column B.
4. Review the header you will put this link under. It is located directly above the link you copied on the Spreadsheet in Row 1.
5. Click on the county you signed up on the spreadsheet and the Wiki page will appear.
6. From the Contents at the top of the County Wiki page, find the header that was listed for this link and click on it.
7. Beside the Header, click on the Edit Source link and the wikitext will appear.
8. Review any collections that are listed. If the link you are adding is the same as one listed on the Wiki page, remove the old link and add the new one.
9. If the link is not there use the following guidelines:
- Add the link in chronological order with the other links.
- If the other links on the page are not properly formatted according to the Manual of Style, just ignore them. Another project will be fixing them.
- Put any links that don't have dates at the end of the list of links.
- If there are no other links listed, place it directly under either 1) after the intro or 2) after the subheader of "Online Records." If Online Records is not listed, DO NOT ADD IT. It does not belong there.
10. After you add the link, you can delete the "Online Records" subheading.
11. After the link is in the correct place, click "show preview" to see if the link works.
12. If the link works, copy and paste the following:
Added Washington County Archive database
13. Click on Save Page.
14. Go back to the task list to add the date you added the link to the county page.
15. While on the task list, go to the next row to select a new county to add the link.
16. Once you have finished adding the database listed in Column B to all of the counties, you can go to Column C and add that collection to each county using the above instructions.
17. Once you have completed all 9 databases, go to Part 2 below.
Part 2 - Add Superior Court Records[edit | edit source]
1. Click on the task list labeled: Superior Court
2. There is a different database for each corresponding county, so the database will only be added once.
3. On the spreadsheet, click on the link for the first database on Row 3, Column C.
4. The Washington state archives website to the collection will appear.
5. Go to the Washington State Wiki page and locate your county on the list of counties farther down on the page. Click on the link to go to the county Wiki page.
6. On the county Wiki page, review the table of contents and click on Court Records and click, Edit Source.
7. Copy the following wikitext and paste it under the header, Online Court Indexes and Records so it is the first bullet.
*'''DATE-DATE''' [URL NAMEOFDATABASE] at Washington State Archives - index and images
8. If there is no Online Court Indexes and Records header, use the wikitext below and paste it on the page under the template or other description on the page.
''Online Court Indexes and Records''<br>
*'''DATE-DATE''' [URL NAMEOFDATABASE] at Washington State Archives - index and images
9. Format the wikitext code for the database by going back to the tab with the database on it and copy the URL.
10. Paste the URL over the wikitext URL.
11. On the tab with the database on it, copy the name of the database and paste it over NAMEOFDATABASE in the wikitext code.
12. If there is a date in the database name, use that date. If it is not there in the title, scroll down the database page to see the dates listed in graph form below the search fields. Add those dates to the database link replacing the words DATE in the wikitext.
13. Review the other databases listed on the page. Use the following guidelines to edit the list of databases:
- If the same database is already listed on the page, delete it and use your new link.
- If there are other databases under the heading, put the database in chronological order.
- If the other links on the page are not properly formatted according to the Manual of Style, just ignore them. Another project will be fixing them.
- Put any links that don't have dates at the end of the list of links.
14. Review the list of databases by clicking on "Show preview" and make sure the new link works.
15. Make any adjustments as necessary.
16. If it looks correct, copy and paste the following in the Edit Summary field, then save the page.
Added WA State Archives link
17. Return to the task list and put the date you finished by your name and go to the next database.
18. Once the list is complete, go to Part 3 below.
Part 3 - Add Institution Records[edit | edit source]
1. Click on the the task list labeled: Institution Records
2. Use the same instructions as found in Part 2 above but with using the headings listed below.
3. In the table of contents go to "Other Records" and paste the following wikitext code:
'''''Correctional Institutions'''''<br>
*'''DATE-DATE''' [URL NAMEOFDATABASE] at Washington State Archives - index and images
4. Use the above instructions to fill out the database link with the correct information.
5. If there are already additional headers under Other Records, put the Correctional Institutions in Alphabetical order.
6. Once you have checked the link and saved the page, go back to the task list and do the other databases on the spreadsheet.
7. Once those are complete, the project is done.