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==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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* update [[Naming conventions for British units]] with TF rules from AOs/WOIs
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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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* branches and services for WAFF
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*** {{tl|Cite Becke}}
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* services/branches for strictly colonial forces: try to find out what they were actually called. Try Quarterly Army List, and combine this with finding missing colonial units.
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*** {{tl|Cite Hart}}
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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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*** {{tl|Cite OB US}}
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* once the above are settled:
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*** {{tl|Cite OH Australian}}
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** Australian CMF/PF units need linking to Army List and names confirming
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*** {{tl|Cite TLLT}}
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** AIF battalions need full names adding from Monthly Army List
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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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** 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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* add embarkation lists and various operational records to [[Official unit diaries and histories]]
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** easy name checks for British infantry:
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* create pages for British divisional machine gun units
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*** pre-war regular infantry battalions
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* British and Indian division pages:
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*** Special Reserve battalions
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** WO 95 sub-series for non-WF theatres
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*** regular cavalry should already have correct names but will need confirming
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** WO 157 if any
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*** divisions from Becke (probably already done but will need confirming)
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* create/expand definition pages for types and specific types. Specific types still needed:
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*** 1st line TF (AOs confirm go straight from old names to 1/, but things are much more complicated for 2nd and 3rd lines)
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** [[cavalry squadron]]
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** name checks for Indian Army (got Indian Army List)
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** [[mounted division]]
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* British page name conventions (see [[Talk:Naming conventions for British units]]). Once this is settled:
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** [[mounted infantry regiment]]
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** import British VTC/VF battalions and regiments (got name histories from AOs)
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** [[record office]]
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** look for and import missing British infantry brigades from Becke and James
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** [[cyclist battalion]]
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** redirects for British Army infantry battalions that omit the word 'Battalion' (will make search suggestions easier)
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** [[cyclist company]]
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* other things that don't depend on the above:
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** [[horse artillery battery]]
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** pages for national Red Cross societies, ICRC, YMCA then add narratives from waiting list
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** [[horse artillery brigade]]
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** import other American units from Order of Battle:
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** [[horse artillery ammunition column]]
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*** AEF GHQ/army/corps troops from vol 1
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** [[field artillery brigade]]
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*** home divisions, departments and camps from vol 3.2
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** [[light mortar battery]]
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*** all other home units from vol 3.3
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** [[medium mortar battery]]
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** import Indian Volunteers and Defence Force
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** [[heavy mortar battery]]
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** import NZTF and see if any NZEF battalions or brigades are missing
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** [[field ambulance]]
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** import Canadian militia infantry and cavalry
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** [[mounted field ambulance]]
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** check Quarterly Army List for obscure colonial units
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** [[expeditionary force]]
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** [[army]]
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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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** [[corps troops]]
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* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
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Other things for the future:
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** highland, rifle, cyclist and pals battalions
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** division-corps relationships
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* look into using APIs to extract batches of personal narratives and media from major collections
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** regimental museums and archives
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* see how many IWM Lives communities need to be added to unit pages
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** IWM Lives communities
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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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** yeomanry regiments converted to infantry or machine gun 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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** 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 13:07, 17 June 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

  • update Naming conventions for British units with TF rules from AOs/WOIs
  • branches and services for WAFF
  • services/branches for strictly colonial forces: try to find out what they were actually called. Try Quarterly Army List, and combine this with finding missing colonial units.
  • 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)
      • 1st line TF (AOs confirm go straight from old names to 1/, but things are much more complicated for 2nd and 3rd lines)
    • name checks for Indian Army (got Indian Army List)
  • 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:
    • pages for national Red Cross societies, ICRC, YMCA then add narratives from waiting list
    • 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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