User:Sbmeirow/RecommendedChangesToArticlesFor2010Census

'''Recommended Changes To Articles For 2010 Census by Steve Meirowsky (User:Sbmeirow)

Warning
Please do not throw rocks at me, since this article is located in my user space. I welcome useful edits and constructive input.

Introduction
I'm doing the following modifications to city and county articles in the state of Kansas. Please consider the following edits to cities that you are editing. Thanks!

After Editing - Remove From This List
After you edit per my instructions, please DELETE the city names from the following article:
 * List Of Cities In Kansas To Be Edited For 2010 Census

Example City

 * Peabody, Kansas

Get 2010 Census

 * Look up the 2010 Census for the City.
 * http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table

Modify InfoBox
Respect the location of the pipe character "|" and keep it in the same side as the existing article, otherwise you will need to change the location for the entire InfoBox. See the Template:Infobox settlement article for additional information.

1) Replace these lines,

with these lines, change TBD to 2010 census count, change accessdate value to todays date.

2) Some larger cities may have the following density parameters, and the code for each appears to support the auto ability.

4) Some larger cities may have metro population parameters, but I haven't determined what to do with them yet since they require an additional CENSUS SEARCH and REFERENCE. See Template:Infobox_settlement for some of the other infobox population parameters.

Modify Top Paragraph
Modify the top paragraph by replacing the current sentence with the following sentence, and change TBD to 2010 census count, and make sure you add a comma at the thousands location, such as 123456 would be 123,456. Some cities may have additional census years and metro census, so you will have to determine how best to clean it up.

Modify Census Table
Modify the census table at the top of the Demographics section, and replace the TBD with 2010 census count. The align parameter needs to match the best location of the article, and the left side is best for most tiny city articles, which means that value left need to be added, otherwise right is assumed by default.

If a city doesn't have a census table, then use the following as a starting point.

Use the Population Finder to do a quick lookup of the census for 1990 and 2000, and 2010, otherwise you will have to download the large PDF files for each decade from:
 * http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_submenuId=population_0&_sse=on
 * http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table
 * http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html

Add link in "See also" section
Add the following under the See also section. If it messes up the layout of the article, then move it to the "External links section" after the "Commons category" template.

Add link in "External links" section
Add the following under the External links section.

Add Footers
Locate the footers near the bottom of the article. If either the county or state footer is missing, then add it, similar to this example.

Cleanup
Do a quick scan of the article for:
 * Remove vandalism.
 * Fix obvious mistakes.
 * Add citation requests, such as

2015 CHANGES
Everyone should quit adding the reference after the year on the "pop_est_as_of" field in the infobox of city articles, because of layout problems in the infobox. Instead put only the YEAR in that field and add another field called "pop_est_footnotes", see the following.

This is how I'm now reordering the fields as I clean up articles as of mid-2015.

I need to consider these ideas, from other authors, for future updates to the census table. At this moment, treat this section as ideas and nothing more.


 * footnote = U.S. Decennial Census 2014 Estimate


 * footnote = U.S. Decennial Census Kansas Population Data

http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2014/SUB-EST2014-3.html

Example County

 * Marion County, Kansas

Get 2010 Census

 * Look up the 2010 Census for the County.
 * http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST05&prodType=table

Modify InfoBox
Respect the location of the pipe character "|" and keep it in the same side as the existing article, otherwise you will need to change the location for the entire InfoBox. See the Template:Infobox settlement article for additional information.

1) Replace these lines,

with these lines, and change TBD to 2010 census count.

Modify Top Paragraph
Modify the top paragraph by replacing the current sentence with the following sentence, and change TBD to 2010 census count, and make sure you add a comma at the thousands location, such as 123456 would be 123,456. Some cities may have additional census years and metro census, so you will have to determine how best to clean it up.

Modify Census Table
Modify the census table at the top of the Demographics section, and replace the TBD with 2010 census count. The align parameter needs to match the best location of the article, and the left side is best for most tiny city articles, which means that value left need to be added, otherwise right is assumed by default.

If a city doesn't have a census table, then use the following as a starting point.

Use the Population Finder to do a quick lookup of the census for 1990 and 2010, otherwise you will have to download the large PDF files for each decade from:
 * http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_submenuId=population_0&_sse=on
 * http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html

Add link in "See also" section
Add the following under the See also section. If it messes up the layout of the article, then move it to the "External links section" after the "Commons category" template.

Add link in "External links" section
Add the following under the External links section.

Add Footers
Locate the footers near the bottom of the article. If either the county or state footer is missing, then add it, similar to this example.

Cleanup
Do a quick scan of the article for:
 * Remove vandalism.
 * Fix obvious mistakes.
 * Add citation requests, such as