Animal Finder Volunteer Instructions

Step-by-step Instructions For Entering Data

• Click the "log in" link at the top right of this page. Create an account. Creating a username and password is quick and easy. We WILL NOT give or sell your information to ANYONE.

• Read the Tips on entering pet data and Place Name Tips

• Go to the assignments page. Scroll down to the Ready for claiming list and select one list. Click the link to that list. You'll see link to pages that are marked COMPLETED, claimed, or unclaimed.

• Click the edit tab at the top of the page containing the list, and scroll down to an unclaimed entry. Claim a that page changing "unclaimed" to "claimed." You can do this by selecting(highlighting) the word "unclaimed" and replacing it with "claimed." You do not need to put quotes around the words, but it's OK if you do. Selecting can usually be done by double-clicking on the word. (Note that you'll come back to this same place to change "claimed" to "completed" when you're done.)

• Put four tildes ~~~~ after the word "claimed." The tilde is the shift of the key to the left of the 1 key (top left of keyboard) This will put your username and the date/times.

• Save the changes to the page. The "Save" button is towards the bottom of the page.

• Click on the link for the page you claimed. That will take you to a list with links to data about missing/found persons.

• Enter the data you've claimed into the Data Form (http://www.katrinalist.net/volunteerSubmit.html). The Tip sheet has more information on specific questions Tips on entering data

• When your entry has been saved, a blank form will appear.

• Return to the page where you claimed entries. Mark it "completed," by following step 3.

• Very important - It's okay if you don't complete a set. But come back to the wiki, mark the set as "unfinished", and make clear which was the last entry you completed. That way someone else can pick up where you left off.

• Claim a new set!

Please Note

• If you leave and then come back later to do more work, please be sure to "log in" again.

• When your entry has been saved, a blank form will appear

• You're often going to read partial data (only a name of someone searched for, the person searching, perhaps a neighbourhood, etc.) Go ahead and enter this partial information and submit it.

• Remember to check the threaded replies. Some of them have additional info and many have additional missing persons.

• There are sometimes updates on a person's location where you weren't responsible for the original entry. Add a new entry for the person, post the update. When people search for the name, they'll get all the entries.

• There is currently no way to edit previous entries. If you make a mistake, it's okay to make a new entry to correct it.

• Questions? Send email to katrina-people (at) activist-tech.org.

Animal Finder Directory

1. Animal Rescue Resources Wiki in use by the public
2. Animal Finder Project Wiki in development
   1. Animal Finder Assignments ++
   2. Animal Finder Contributors Pages ++
   3. Animal Finder Coordination ++ Provides a high-level view of the status and activities for the various projects under the Animal Finder Project umbrella
   4. Animal Finder Data Entry Tips ++
   5. Animal Finder Funding Plan ++ A plan to explain the value of this project and pursue funding to build out these tools and services.
   6. Animal Finder Future Developments
   7. Animal Finder Future Users Page
   8. Animal Finder Interchange Format or AFIF
   9. Animal Finder Mission ++
   10. Animal Finder Outreach ++ Outreach/marketing and press information about the project
   11. Animal Finder Outreach Lists ++
   12. Animal Finder Privacy Statement ++
   13. Animal Finder Task List ++
   14. Animal Finder Tech ++ automate data interchange between animal shelter databases
   15. Animal Finder Tech Structured Data Sets
   16. Animal Finder Volunteer ++ volunteer effort to input unstructured data by hand
   17. Animal Finder Volunteer Instructions ++
   18. Animal Shelter Finder ++ project gathering shelters and shelter contact info
   19. Animal Shelter Finder Usability Issues ++
   20. Animal Shelter Local Coordination ++
3. Animal Finder Database Project Application in development
   1. Animal Finder Database ProjectMain Wiki Page
      1. Animal Finder Database Project Charter
   2. Animal Finder Database Project Forums
      1. Technical Forum (http://groups.google.com/group/katrinadev-petfinder)
      2. General Forum (http://groups.google.com/group/DataTrackers-AF) - for community involvement
4. Animal Finder Templates:
   1. Animal Finder Directory (this template)
   2. Animal Finder Menu ++
   3. AnimalFinder-stub
   4. Animal Finder Project Participation

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Notes:

• ++ Major Revisions from PeopleFinder to AnimalFinder are pending
• Redirect Info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect)
• Stub categories (http://www.katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/Category:Stub_categories)
• Source Katrina PeopleFinder Project