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Historian and palaeographer. I run [http://www.differenthand.ltd.uk Different Hand Ltd], doing manuscript transcription, XML markup, research assistance and related services.
 
Historian and palaeographer. I run [http://www.differenthand.ltd.uk Different Hand Ltd], doing manuscript transcription, XML markup, research assistance and related services.
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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, UK|1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment]]. I was a moderator at Your Archives and used to blog at Investigations of a Dog.
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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, British Army|1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment]]. I was a moderator at Your Archives and used to blog at Investigations of a Dog.
  
 
==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. Still need to:
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* try to clear list of individual narratives as far as possible
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** find and import any missing templates required by Wikipedia documentation, or remove calls to templates that aren't needed here. Or just change doc subpages to link to Wikipedia so we don't have to maintain documentation here, then delete unnecessary templates imported so far.
 
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** categorise citation templates
 
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** add links to [[FAQ and help]]
 
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** update other [[:Category:Citation templates|Citation templates]] to pass data to Wikipedia templates
 
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* add embarkation lists and various operational records to [[Official unit diaries and histories]]
 
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* create pages for British divisional machine gun units
 
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* British and Indian division pages:
 
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** WO 95 sub-series for non-WF theatres
 
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** WO 157 if any
 
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* create/expand definition pages for types and specific types. Specific types still needed:
 
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** [[cavalry squadron]]
 
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** [[mounted division]]
 
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** [[mounted infantry regiment]]
 
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** [[record office]]
 
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** [[cyclist battalion]]
 
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** [[cyclist company]]
 
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** [[horse artillery battery]]
 
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** [[horse artillery brigade]]
 
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** [[horse artillery ammunition column]]
 
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** [[field artillery brigade]]
 
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** [[light mortar battery]]
 
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** [[medium mortar battery]]
 
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** [[heavy mortar battery]]
 
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** [[field ambulance]]
 
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** [[mounted field ambulance]]
 
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** [[expeditionary force]]
 
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** [[army]]
 
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** [[corps troops]]
 
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* add more tasks to [[How you can help]]:
 
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** highland, rifle, cyclist and pals battalions
 
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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
 

Latest revision as of 09:44, 14 November 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

  • try to clear list of individual narratives as far as possible
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