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==To do list==
 
==To do list==
  
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* create/expand definition pages for types and specific types. Specific types still needed:
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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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** [[cavalry squadron]]
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* once the above are settled:
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** [[mounted division]]
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** Australian CMF/PF units need linking to Army List and names confirming
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** [[mounted infantry regiment]]
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** AIF battalions need full names adding from Monthly Army List
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** [[record office]]
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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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** [[cyclist battalion]]
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** easy name checks for British infantry:
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** [[cyclist company]]
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*** pre-war regular infantry battalions
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** [[horse artillery battery]]
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*** Special Reserve battalions
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** [[horse artillery brigade]]
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*** regular cavalry should already have correct names but will need confirming
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** [[horse artillery ammunition column]]
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*** divisions from Becke (probably already done but will need confirming)
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** [[field artillery brigade]]
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** name checks for Indian Army (got Indian Army List)
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** [[light mortar battery]]
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* suggested changes to branch names + pages for branches
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** [[medium mortar battery]]
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* British page name conventions (see [[Talk:Naming conventions for British units]]). Once this is settled:
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** [[heavy mortar battery]]
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** import British VTC/VF battalions and regiments (got name histories from AOs)
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** [[field ambulance]]
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** look for and import missing British infantry brigades from Becke and James
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** [[mounted field ambulance]]
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** redirects for British Army infantry battalions that omit the word 'Battalion' (will make search suggestions easier)
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** [[expeditionary force]]
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* other things that don't depend on the above:
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** [[army]]
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** import other American units from Order of Battle:
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** [[corps troops]]
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*** AEF GHQ/army/corps troops from vol 1
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* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
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*** home divisions, departments and camps from vol 3.2
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** highland, rifle, cyclist and pals battalions
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*** all other home units from vol 3.3
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** division-corps relationships
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** import Indian Volunteers and Defence Force
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** regimental museums and archives
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** import NZTF and see if any NZEF battalions or brigades are missing
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** IWM Lives communities
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** import Canadian militia infantry and cavalry
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** yeomanry regiments converted to infantry or machine gun battalions
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** check Quarterly Army List for obscure colonial units
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** improve type definition pages
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** British Territorial battalions needing further disambiguation:
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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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*** [[6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK]]
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*** [[4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, UK]]
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Other things for the future:
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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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* look into using APIs to extract batches of personal narratives and media from major collections
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*** [[9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, UK]]
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* see how many IWM Lives communities need to be added to unit pages
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*** [[5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, UK]]
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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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* 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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* 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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* make some notes on how to represent ships
 
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* categories for events
 

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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