User:Qst/SSSI help

Hi Ryan. I'm heading out on a Wikibreak starting later today, and I haven't had a chance to catch you on IRC, so here are some instructions to help you if you want to work on a Site of Special Scientific Interest list when I'm gone:


 * You'll need to pick a certain list to work on, so for example List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, for example
 * Use this website. Type the name of the SSSI in, and click on it when it shows search results. It will show you a map of the site. Click on the map, and it will take you to a resulting screen with a purple background. Click the second "more..." link, and it will open a new tab.
 * Before you move on to use the information from the tab that has just opened, click on Geological Sites Map on the left navigation bar. This will tell you if the site is geological and, if it is, it will be shaded in red (you can see this from the key.)
 * Right, bearing in mind if its not a geological SSSI, it can only be Biological, as there are only two categories.
 * Next, move on to the new tab which the website opened when you clicked "more..."
 * Click the "View Citation" link, and that will take you through to a PDF file, with all the information about the SSSI (area, year notified, grid reference, etc).
 * If you find an SSSI to be geological via the map, you will have to figure out using the PDF whether it is biological too, or just geological. Basically, if its Biological, it will take about plants, trees, and have a lot of stuff in italics, and you can infer from that
 * You need to cite the PDF on the main SSSI list for the county you're working on using the Cite web template
 * Once you have added the relevant information in to the fields of the table, go back to the page where it had the link to open the citation. There, you will see another link which says "view map", and this will open a map of the SSSI in a new window, which you need to copy the URL of in to the table. Unfortunately, you have to do it this way, as the website is one of those where the URL stays the same as you navigate around, so you have to obtain the map link via this process.

For an example of how its done, see List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex. By the time I get back, I can help you further to create some of the SSSI articles, but I recommend you work on a smaller list as this is your first, just to make it easy on yourself. I'll be around until the evening today, then I'm heading off to de-stress a little from Wikipedia. If you need any help, Daniel or Rudget should be able to help. Have fun. :-)

Qst (talk) 09:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC)