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== Naming Geographical Wiki Articles == | == Naming Geographical Wiki Articles == | ||
=== Adding "Genealogy" to | === Adding "Genealogy" to Title === | ||
To improve the rankings of wiki articles in Google and other search engines, the word, "Genealogy" is added to the end of all geographical wiki article titles. A geographical topic page, such as Alabama Probate Records, should not have the word, genealogy added to its title. | To improve the rankings of wiki articles in Google and other search engines, the word, "Genealogy" is added to the end of all geographical wiki article titles. A geographical topic page, such as Alabama Probate Records, should not have the word, genealogy added to its title. | ||
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:{{!xt|Montgomery Co., MD Genealogy}} | :{{!xt|Montgomery Co., MD Genealogy}} | ||
=== Ascending | === Ascending Order of Jurisdictions === | ||
All locality page titles are to be structured from the smallest jurisdiction level up to the country level in order, in ascending order (smallest place to largest). <br> | All locality page titles are to be structured from the smallest jurisdiction level up to the country level in order, in ascending order (smallest place to largest). <br> | ||
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:Articles about [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guidelines for FamilySearch Collections pages|FamilySearch Historical Record Collections]] | :Articles about [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guidelines for FamilySearch Collections pages|FamilySearch Historical Record Collections]] | ||
=== Country | === Country Names in English === | ||
Use the form of a current country's name as it appears in the CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ ''World Factbook'']. | Use the form of a current country's name as it appears in the CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ ''World Factbook'']. | ||
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Proper use of the diacritics can be found in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search] of the FamilySearch Catalog. | Proper use of the diacritics can be found in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search] of the FamilySearch Catalog. | ||
===Country Name vs. Nationality === | ===Country Name vs. Nationality === | ||
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It is often the case that the same geographic place-name will apply to more than one place, or to a place and to other things of interest to genealogists such as a tribe or language; in either case a disambiguation page will be necessary and the articles about locations need to be more specific by adding all jurisdictions to the title. See [[FamilySearch Wiki:Disambiguation]]. | It is often the case that the same geographic place-name will apply to more than one place, or to a place and to other things of interest to genealogists such as a tribe or language; in either case a disambiguation page will be necessary and the articles about locations need to be more specific by adding all jurisdictions to the title. See [[FamilySearch Wiki:Disambiguation]]. | ||
== Special Guidelines by Country == | == Special Guidelines by Country == | ||
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