Louisiana Tasks

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Suggested Tasks

Here is a short list of things that you can do for the Louisiana profiles you manage or contribute to, regardless of which Team you decide to join, or even if you aren't a member of the project.

As you work on Louisiana profiles, please keep these items in mind.

1. Identify Unsourced profiles by adding the {{Unsourced|Louisiana}} template. (See When should the Unsourced Template be used?) If the template already exists for another location, modify it by adding Louisiana like this: {{Unsourced|Texas|Louisiana}}.
   Don't add a third location to the Unsourced template. It will be ignored. If a template already has the maximum of two locations, then add the category [[Category:Louisiana, Unsourced Profiles]].
2. Correct abbreviated or misspelled state or parish names in the birth, death, or marriage location fields. WikiTree policy states that all locations should be spelled out rather than abbreviated. This helps in many areas, but especially when working with WikiTree's computer-generated lists. These corrections could be made in the biography as well. Please note that "USA" is an exception to the rule and is an acceptable location abbreviation.
3. Add a Research Notes section when a profile has major unresolved issues, especially when you can't or don't have time to work on them. This is particularly useful for "red flag" alerts that come up when a profile is saved, to highlight issues that may not otherwise be noticed. The section should be located just before the Sources section with the heading "== Research Notes ==", and should include an outline of the issues and relevant research. Also add [[Category:Louisiana, Needs Research]] or other relevant maintenance categories. This will bring it to the attention of one of our teams for further review and assistance.
4. Add location categories for each place in Louisiana the person lived. Use the lowest level category you can -- if not the city, then the parish. If you don't know any specific parish, use "[[Category:Unknown parish, Louisiana]]." It's very easy to do using the category picker while you're in edit mode. These categories are important to the Regional teams. Please do not add a profile to the main "Louisiana" category, which is a top-level umbrella category only.
5. Add Maintenance categories to your profiles as needed. This is one way of getting help on chores that you might rather not spend the time on, such as converting citations to in-line, or hunting down census records. One person's tedium is another person's joy! Our Profile Improvement teams will be looking for profiles in these categories that need their help. If you need something done that doesn't have a category yet, you can request one.
6. Add other categories to Louisiana profiles as appropriate. Check with the Louisiana Categories Team if you can't find the category you need. They can help you find one, or create one using WikiTree standards for categorization. Examples:
   • Cemetery - see Category: Louisiana, Cemeteries
   • Veteran - see Help:Stickers for Veterans
   • Civil War unit - see categories Louisiana, United States Civil War and Louisiana (Union), United States Civil War
7. Find the Last Name at Birth (LNAB) for Minnesota Unknowns using the Profile Improvement Project Unknowns Team Process
8. Add profiles with the US Black Heritage 1880 Project Teams

Please also review the various Team pages for additional tasks specific to each Team.

Thanks!