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* RND and RMLI battalions need war diaries
 
* RND and RMLI battalions need war diaries
* create/expand definition pages for types and specific types. Specific types still needed:
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* Australian CMF/PF units need linking to Army List
** [[expeditionary force]]
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* finish and import US divisional troops
** [[corps troops]]
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* start US and French divisions, corps and armies
** [[motor machine gun battery]]
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* look for missing British infantry brigades in Becke and James
** [[motor machine gun brigade]]
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* look for missing Indian infantry in Army List and Wikipedia
** see also red links on [[infantry division]], [[mounted division]], [[mounted brigade]]
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* clear backlog of Australian personal narratives at [[Lists of personal diaries, letters, memoirs]] and [[Talk:Australian units in World War I]] (pages should now exist for most relevant units but check for and create any missing ones)
* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
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* VTC/VF battalions and regiments (need more AOs first)
** pals battalions
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* TF name histories (need more ACIs first)
** division-corps relationships
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* look for more Provisional Battalions in Monthly Army List
** regimental museums and archives
 
** IWM Lives communities
 
** improve type definition pages
 
 
* 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
 
* 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
* make some notes on how to represent ships
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* look into using APIs to extract batches of personal narratives and media from major collections
* categories for events
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* pals battalions need cat, redirects and name checks
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* see how many IWM Lives communities need to be added to unit pages
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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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* possible changes to infoboxes:
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** moving refs into separate fields would make cleaner data, more future proof and maybe easier to use
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** fields and categories to track completeness of pages eg are names/relationships complete, with exact dates and citations?

Revision as of 10:21, 11 June 2016

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

  • RND and RMLI battalions need war diaries
  • Australian CMF/PF units need linking to Army List
  • finish and import US divisional troops
  • start US and French divisions, corps and armies
  • look for missing British infantry brigades in Becke and James
  • look for missing Indian infantry in Army List and Wikipedia
  • clear backlog of Australian personal narratives at Lists of personal diaries, letters, memoirs and Talk:Australian units in World War I (pages should now exist for most relevant units but check for and create any missing ones)
  • VTC/VF battalions and regiments (need more AOs first)
  • TF name histories (need more ACIs first)
  • look for more Provisional Battalions in Monthly Army List
  • look into replacing {{RefLives}} with a more general template to represent a person, link to any canonical source for their identity, and possibly insert microformats
  • look into using APIs to extract batches of personal narratives and media from major collections
  • pals battalions need cat, redirects and name checks
  • 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)
  • possible changes to infoboxes:
    • moving refs into separate fields would make cleaner data, more future proof and maybe easier to use
    • fields and categories to track completeness of pages eg are names/relationships complete, with exact dates and citations?