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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. Updated other [[:Category:Citation templates|Citation templates]] to pass data to Wikipedia templates. Still need to:
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* update [[Naming conventions for British units]] with TF rules from AOs/WOIs
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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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* branches and services for WAFF
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* add embarkation lists and various operational records to [[Official unit diaries and histories]]
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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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* create pages for British divisional machine gun units
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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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* British and Indian division pages:
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* once the above are settled:
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** WO 95 sub-series for non-WF theatres
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** Australian CMF/PF units need linking to Army List and names confirming
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** WO 157 if any
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** AIF battalions need full names adding from Monthly Army List
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* create/expand definition pages for types and specific types. Specific types still needed:
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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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** [[cavalry squadron]]
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** easy name checks for British infantry:
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** [[mounted division]]
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*** pre-war regular infantry battalions
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** [[mounted infantry regiment]]
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*** Special Reserve battalions
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** [[record office]]
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*** regular cavalry should already have correct names but will need confirming
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** [[cyclist battalion]]
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*** divisions from Becke (probably already done but will need confirming)
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** [[cyclist company]]
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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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** [[horse artillery battery]]
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** name checks for Indian Army (got Indian Army List)
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** [[horse artillery brigade]]
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* British page name conventions (see [[Talk:Naming conventions for British units]]). Once this is settled:
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** [[horse artillery ammunition column]]
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** import British VTC/VF battalions and regiments (got name histories from AOs)
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** [[field artillery brigade]]
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** look for and import missing British infantry brigades from Becke and James
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** [[light mortar battery]]
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** redirects for British Army infantry battalions that omit the word 'Battalion' (will make search suggestions easier)
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** [[medium mortar battery]]
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* other things that don't depend on the above:
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** [[heavy mortar battery]]
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** pages for national Red Cross societies, ICRC, YMCA then add narratives from waiting list
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** [[field ambulance]]
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** import other American units from Order of Battle:
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** [[mounted field ambulance]]
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*** AEF GHQ/army/corps troops from vol 1
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** [[expeditionary force]]
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*** home divisions, departments and camps from vol 3.2
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** [[army]]
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*** all other home units from vol 3.3
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** [[corps troops]]
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** import Indian Volunteers and Defence Force
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* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
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** import NZTF and see if any NZEF battalions or brigades are missing
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** highland, rifle, cyclist and pals battalions
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** import Canadian militia infantry and cavalry
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** division-corps relationships
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** check Quarterly Army List for obscure colonial units
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** regimental museums and archives
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** IWM Lives communities
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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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** yeomanry regiments converted to infantry or machine gun battalions
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** improve type definition pages
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Other things for the future:
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** British Territorial battalions needing further disambiguation:
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*** [[6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK]]
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* look into using APIs to extract batches of personal narratives and media from major collections
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*** [[4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, UK]]
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* see how many IWM Lives communities need to be added to unit pages
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*** [[7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, 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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*** [[5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, UK]]
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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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*** [[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
 
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* dismbiguate British New Army divisions that changed number (see Becke 3B)
 

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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