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==To do list==
 
==To do list==
  
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* import and test Wikipedia citation templates: imported and seem to be working. No performance problems even with 40 instances of {{tl|Cite book}} per page. Changed documentation pages to link to Wikipedia so we don't have to maintain documentation here and don't have to import all required templates and modules. Still need to:
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* fields and categories to track completeness of pages eg are names/relationships complete, with exact dates and citations?
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** update other [[:Category:Citation templates|Citation templates]] to pass data to Wikipedia templates. Done {{tl|Cite James}}. Still to do:
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* once the above are settled:
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*** {{tl|Cite Becke}}
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** Australian CMF/PF units need linking to Army List and names confirming
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*** {{tl|Cite Hart}}
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** AIF battalions need full names adding from Monthly Army List
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*** {{tl|Cite OB US}}
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** pals battalions need cat, redirects and name checks (got early official name histories from ACIs but still need source for nicknames)
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*** {{tl|Cite OH Australian}}
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** easy name checks for British infantry:
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*** {{tl|Cite TLLT}}
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*** pre-war regular infantry battalions
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** find unit pages that have published unit histories, personal narratives etc and put them into citation templates
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*** Special Reserve battalions
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* add embarkation lists and various operational records to [[Official unit diaries and histories]]
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*** regular cavalry should already have correct names but will need confirming
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* create pages for British divisional machine gun units
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*** divisions from Becke (probably already done but will need confirming)
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* British and Indian division pages:
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** name checks for Indian Army (got Indian Army List)
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** WO 95 sub-series for non-WF theatres
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* suggested changes to branch names + pages for branches
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** WO 157 if any
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* British page name conventions (see [[Talk:Naming conventions for British units]]). Once this is settled:
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* create/expand definition pages for types and specific types. Specific types still needed:
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** import British VTC/VF battalions and regiments (got name histories from AOs)
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** [[cavalry squadron]]
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** look for and import missing British infantry brigades from Becke and James
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** [[mounted division]]
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** redirects for British Army infantry battalions that omit the word 'Battalion' (will make search suggestions easier)
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** [[mounted infantry regiment]]
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* other things that don't depend on the above:
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** [[record office]]
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** import other American units from Order of Battle:
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** [[cyclist battalion]]
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*** AEF GHQ/army/corps troops from vol 1
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** [[cyclist company]]
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*** home divisions, departments and camps from vol 3.2
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** [[horse artillery battery]]
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*** all other home units from vol 3.3
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** [[horse artillery brigade]]
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** import Indian Volunteers and Defence Force
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** [[horse artillery ammunition column]]
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** import NZTF and see if any NZEF battalions or brigades are missing
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** [[field artillery brigade]]
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** import Canadian militia infantry and cavalry
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** [[light mortar battery]]
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** check Quarterly Army List for obscure colonial units
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** [[medium mortar battery]]
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** [[heavy mortar battery]]
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Once above things are done we should have more or less all infantry and cavalry units from the British Empire and all US Army units.
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** [[field ambulance]]
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** [[mounted field ambulance]]
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Other things for the future:
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** [[expeditionary force]]
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** [[army]]
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* look into using APIs to extract batches of personal narratives and media from major collections
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** [[corps troops]]
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* see how many IWM Lives communities need to be added to unit pages
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* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
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* decide which tasks most need to be added to [[How you can help]] (too many/too complicated could be overwhelming)
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** highland, rifle, cyclist and pals battalions
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* should AIF field artillery batteries be merged with parent brigades? [http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/1aif/artillery.htm List of relationships at Digger History].
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** division-corps relationships
 
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** regimental museums and archives
 
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** IWM Lives communities
 
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** yeomanry regiments converted to infantry or machine gun battalions
 
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** improve type definition pages
 
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** British Territorial battalions needing further disambiguation:
 
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*** [[6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK]]
 
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*** [[4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, UK]]
 
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*** [[7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, UK]]
 
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*** [[5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, UK]]
 
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*** [[9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, UK]]
 
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*** [[5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, UK]]
 
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* AOs/Royal Warrants for MGC and Tank Corps:
 
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** 1915/413 and 414
 
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** 1916/253
 
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** 1917/239 and 240
 
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* look into replacing {{tl|RefLives}} with a more general template to represent a person, link to any canonical source for their identity, and possibly insert microformats
 
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* make some notes on how to represent ships
 

Revision as of 11:06, 8 May 2017

Historian and palaeographer. I run Different Hand Ltd, doing manuscript transcription, XML markup, research assistance and related services. My PhD thesis and published work are on horses and cavalry in the English Civil War. I got into First World War research through tracing my great-grandad, who was in 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. I was a moderator at Your Archives and used to blog at Investigations of a Dog.

To do list

  • fields and categories to track completeness of pages eg are names/relationships complete, with exact dates and citations?
  • once the above are settled:
    • Australian CMF/PF units need linking to Army List and names confirming
    • AIF battalions need full names adding from Monthly Army List
    • pals battalions need cat, redirects and name checks (got early official name histories from ACIs but still need source for nicknames)
    • easy name checks for British infantry:
      • pre-war regular infantry battalions
      • Special Reserve battalions
      • regular cavalry should already have correct names but will need confirming
      • divisions from Becke (probably already done but will need confirming)
    • name checks for Indian Army (got Indian Army List)
  • suggested changes to branch names + pages for branches
  • British page name conventions (see Talk:Naming conventions for British units). Once this is settled:
    • import British VTC/VF battalions and regiments (got name histories from AOs)
    • look for and import missing British infantry brigades from Becke and James
    • redirects for British Army infantry battalions that omit the word 'Battalion' (will make search suggestions easier)
  • other things that don't depend on the above:
    • import other American units from Order of Battle:
      • AEF GHQ/army/corps troops from vol 1
      • home divisions, departments and camps from vol 3.2
      • all other home units from vol 3.3
    • import Indian Volunteers and Defence Force
    • import NZTF and see if any NZEF battalions or brigades are missing
    • import Canadian militia infantry and cavalry
    • check Quarterly Army List for obscure colonial units

Once above things are done we should have more or less all infantry and cavalry units from the British Empire and all US Army units.

Other things for the future:

  • look into using APIs to extract batches of personal narratives and media from major collections
  • see how many IWM Lives communities need to be added to unit pages
  • decide which tasks most need to be added to How you can help (too many/too complicated could be overwhelming)
  • should AIF field artillery batteries be merged with parent brigades? List of relationships at Digger History.
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