Holloway-6014 Census Formatting
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This is a free-space page for testing various table layouts for census record formatting to make it easier to transcribe them into biographies. The downside of this is that it adds significant complexity to the typical WikiTree markup which should be accessible to non-technical content publishers. One essentially has to be proficient in HTML to make the translation between MediaWiki format and HTML. The "enhanced" editor, for example, doesn't recognize the MediaWiki table markup.
I could see something like this possibly being wrapped in a more user-friendly set of Templates that allow the user to just pass the raw data and generate the table or whatever presentation should happen to gain consensus among the community. That way this esoteric markup isn't copied everywhere and community consensus could drive changes to the formatting over time w/o requiring individual profile managers to keep up.
Despite its "slickness", it may present accessibility concerns. Is it legible by screen readers? Is it responsive to mobile devices of varying screen dimensions? If coloring is added, are the colors accessible to colorblind users? Etc. A simple name-value list might cover accessibility better than a stylized table.
The profile of Samuel Holloway (abt.1766-1857) demonstrates what this looks like in the context of a fairly well-established profile.
1810 US Federal Census
| Free White Males | Free White Females | Other | Enslaved | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 10 | 10 to 15 | 16 to 25 | 26 to 44 | 45 + | < 10 | 10 to 15 | 16 to 25 | 26 to 44 | 45 + | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More info:
- https://www.archives.gov/files/research/genealogy/charts-forms/1810-census.pdf
- Category:1810_United_States_Federal_Census
1820 US Federal Census
| Free White Males | Free White Females | Foreign | In Agri | In Comm | In Mfg | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 10 | 10 to 15 | 16 to 17 | 16* to 25 | 26 to 44 | 45 + | < 10 | 10 to 15 | 16 to 25 | 26 to 44 | 45 + | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Enslaved | Free Colored Persons | Other | |||||||||||||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||||||||||||||
| < 14 | to 26 | to 45 | 45 + | < 14 | to 26 | to 45 | 45 + | < 14 | to 26 | to 45 | 45 + | < 14 | to 26 | to 45 | 45 + | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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