User:LibraryGeek/Creating a new country


 * 1) On the article page, click "Edit source" and scroll to the bottom of the edit window.
 * 2) Add  and add country name.
 * 3) Hit "Show preview" and scroll to bottom of the page.
 * 4) Right click on the red link and open in new tab.
 * 5) In the new tab, add  and add country name.
 * 6) Hit "Show preview". Open the links to Wikipedia, Commons and Portal in new tabs.
 * 7) If the Wikipedia article gives a different name, change the country name to match.
 * 8) Review the article to determine continent. Contries in Central America and the Carribean are classed as  .  Countires spanning across the Eurasian border are classed as  .  Add the continent name.
 * 9) If the country name takes the form of "Republic of Blah", add  after the continent.
 * 10) If the Commons link reports no page exists, add  after the last parameter.
 * 11) Verify the portal link goes to an active page. Smaller countries may have a redirect to a larger covered area.
 * 12) Hit "Show preview" again, to update the page and scroll to the bottom of the page.
 * 13) Verify the category links are all valid. If there are red links, the country or continent links might not be correct.
 * 14) If all's well, enter your Edit summary:  and hit "Publish page".
 * 15) Click on "Talk" and enter .  In Edit summary, enter:    Hit "Publish page".
 * 16) Return to the original article and hit "Show preview". Scroll to the bottom of the page and verify the red link is now valid.
 * 17) Enter your Edit summary:   Hit "Publish changes".
 * 18) That's it! Links to the new subcategory to the appropriate higher level categories have already been built by the template.