FamilySearch Wiki:Help wanted on the Massachusetts pages
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== '''Pages & Projects That Need Your Help''' == | == '''Pages & Projects That Need Your Help''' == | ||
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::*[[Help:Categorization|Adding Categories]] | ::*[[Help:Categorization|Adding Categories]] | ||
| − | ::*[ | + | ::*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Maintenance/General Cleanup|Repair Broken Links]] |
::*Add information to your county and/or city pages. | ::*Add information to your county and/or city pages. | ||
::*Prepare county histories - county section of each state. | ::*Prepare county histories - county section of each state. | ||
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::*[[Acton, Massachusetts|Acton, Massachusetts]] | ::*[[Acton, Massachusetts|Acton, Massachusetts]] | ||
::*[[Acushnet, Massachusetts|Acushnet, Massachusetts]] | ::*[[Acushnet, Massachusetts|Acushnet, Massachusetts]] | ||
| − | ::*[[Adams, Massachusetts|Adams, Massachusetts]] | + | ::*[[Adams, Massachusetts|Adams, Massachusetts]] |
::*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:Massachusetts_stubs Link to all Massachusetts Stub pages] | ::*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:Massachusetts_stubs Link to all Massachusetts Stub pages] | ||
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:Follow the red links below to create a requested Wanted page: | :Follow the red links below to create a requested Wanted page: | ||
| − | ::*[[Palmer, | + | ::*[[Palmer, Massachusetts|Palmer, Massachusetts]] |
| − | ::*[[Rudolph, | + | ::*[[Rudolph, Massachusetts|Rudolph, Massachusetts]] |
| − | ::*[[Brimfield, | + | ::*[[Brimfield, Massachusetts|Brimfield, Massachusetts]] |
| − | ::*[[Springfield, | + | ::*[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield, Massachusetts]] |
| − | ::*[[Wilbraham, | + | ::*[[Wilbraham, Massachusetts|Wilbraham, Massachusetts]] |
::*Look through the [[Special:WantedPages|list of wanted pages]] | ::*Look through the [[Special:WantedPages|list of wanted pages]] | ||
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::Check and fix broken links | ::Check and fix broken links | ||
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::*[[Categorization|Add Catagories to pages]] | ::*[[Categorization|Add Catagories to pages]] | ||
::*[[Share your knowledge by adding to the Wiki|How to Make Your First Edit]] | ::*[[Share your knowledge by adding to the Wiki|How to Make Your First Edit]] | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 3 March 2013
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Pages & Projects That Need Your Help
Beginner Projects
- Some examples of beginner projects might be checking for broken links or adding categories to pages.
- Adding Categories
- Repair Broken Links
- Add information to your county and/or city pages.
- Prepare county histories - county section of each state.
- Repositories - what's in a repository of genealogical interest ... U.S. Canada.
- Write about Migration Trails - Which Counties and Towns they went through in both the U.S. & Canada.
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