User talk:Maureene

New articles

Hi Maureen. Here are those links (so that you can access them quickly):

• Migration Category
• Australia
• Newspapers

Sarahb 08:44, 2 June 2009 (PDT)

Lawrence schools

I thought that you had added enough info now to warrant these having their own page. I have titled it Lawrence Military Asylum with redirects from Lawrence School, Lawrence College etc. Sarah 11:39, 17 November 2009 (PST)

Tibet Expedition

Hi Maureen. Thanks for adding the review of the Charles Allen book to my Tibet Expedition page. Do you think we should have the review in the external links and the book itself under the heading Recommended Reading? If you do, I will be happy to change it.

The expedition was a fascinating saga and the letters of Capt. Mainprise are really vivid. I wish we could find some images to add. The one I found was shot down by Sarah as copyright. There are many war pages which could benefit from a contemporary photo. Regards.--Sy 07:18, 11 December 2009 (PST)

Date/time

Maureen, you can tinker with the time zone settings by going to 'my preferences' (top right of window), then selecting 'Date and time'. Server time is the current UK time. However, I've just noticed from previewing my comment that the time is wrong for me too, so there must be a problem with the wiki setup somewhere (as it is correct in the preferences). I'll forward to Valmay, but I don't if it is an easy fix. Sarah 06:02, 14 December 2009 (PST)

Vets

Well, how funny. I thought it must surely be a copypaste typo! I've reverted, but have left Health off as I do think it seems a bit strange in that category. You can find it in health via the IMS anyway. You should add that info into the article as it is interesting. You've probably noticed I reorganised into sections a bit like the Apothecary article. Sarah 15:48, 16 December 2009 (PST)

Non-Brit Ancestors

Was on my to do list but is now done! Sarah 13:41, 22 December 2009 (PST)

Scholars/Antiq

Please ignore the edit summary I included when restoring the article - I only read your message after doing so there fore didn't know what had happened. I can only guess that what you have done sometimes is view an old version of the article and then save it. If you are looking at a previous version and then click Edit, it will actually edit that old version that you are viewing and so when you save, any subsequent changes are reverted. To return to the current version, click Article and then it is safe to go to the Edit screen. If you are on an old version it should say "WARNING: You are editing an out-of-date revision of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this revision will be lost" at the top of the edit screen.

If this wasn't the problem we'll have to have another think. Sarah 12:35, 5 January 2010 (PST)

3rd Light Dragoons

Sorry Maureen. It seems I have jumped the gun again. I'll have a search to see what I can dig up on a separate regiment.--Sy 02:07, 7 January 2010 (PST)

Please see Talk:3rd Light Dragoons Sarah 12:01, 7 January 2010 (PST)

Historical books online

Hi Maureen. Could you please use the following format/layout when adding historical books online.

• The India List and India Office List 1905 Google Books
• Lives of Indian Officers: Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Service of India Volume 1 by John William Kaye (1867) gives, from page 45, the background to the Civil Service

Many thanks --FIBIS Webmaster 06:32, 11 January 2010 (PST)

I don't think we need add further instructions on how to link or format correctly as most of it is covered in the help section and it hasn't been a problem in the past. If you are unsure on how to add something please feel free to ask me or look at other pages as a guide. If you want a more detailed manual of style then you could try reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style If you think this is a better guide we could add it to our help section. We are always looking for ways to improve and appreciate any feedback. --FIBIS Webmaster 10:07, 23 January 2010 (PST)

Another reminder about linking format please Maureen. When I first started editing wikis I found it useful to visit the Special:Recentchanges page at the start of every visit to see what edits of mine had been altered and why. It's a great way to learn from your mistakes and a reminder what not to do before you start editing again. I still make mistakes, but luckily Sarah notices them for me! ;-) --FIBIS Webmaster 10:07, 23 January 2010 (PST)

If I understand your message correctly, you can't understand why on the Madras Native Infantry page I didn't change the historical books link when I had changed it in two other places? The answer to that is that I missed it, but have amended it now. Many thanks. FIBIS Webmaster 07:46, 26 January 2010 (PST)

22nd Light Dragoons

Well spotted Maureen. The History suggests that this link was put on by Valmay in September 2007. I have substituted the Wikipedia link.--Sy 04:48, 13 January 2010 (PST)

Biographies

I suggest these general biographies could be put on the war pages as well as any special Military Biography page. I have already started adding links to the Dictionary of Indian Biography to war pages.--Sy 06:28, 19 January 2010 (PST)

I agree with Sy that the books can be placed on articles covering topics that the books treat in depth, such as a particular war. Additionally, if they change regiments a lot and therefore have no 'main' regiment, a book could always be placed on the relevant army page (if it appears to be general enough). The Welsh book will be fine on the Madras army page. The Price book clearly belongs on Scholars, but quite a detailed read might be needed to establish another place. I am going to make a Commander-in-Chief page that the Roberts book can also be added to. Sarah 12:31, 20 January 2010 (PST)

Polygar Wars

I've moved the info over to article pages. Sarah 06:03, 21 January 2010 (PST)

Botanists

Hi Maureen. It will be fairly obvious, but I have moved your botanists to their own article as there were so many they seemed to warrant it. Also, most of them certainly seemed to be better known as botanists/naturalists. Sarah 14:47, 2 February 2010 (PST)

Singapore

Hi Maureen, am just wondering about some of the SMJ articles you've added to Singapore. I can't check them myself at the moment as for some reason the pdfs are crashing my browser, but would you think they are all relevant in a family history sense? I can see why some of the hospital articles might be, but smallpox vaccination? Sarah 15:54, 8 February 2010 (PST)

I wonder if it might be an idea to link those you think the most useful and then put a general link to the search feature (is there one?) explaining that there are a number of articles available on medicine/health/hospitals/etc in early Singapore. You have done that elsewhere to good effect. What do you think? Sarah 13:10, 9 February 2010 (PST)

Bacsa Calcutta

Hi Maureen, thanks for letting me know it is a work in progress. Sy often does that by noting something like 'Temporary Save' in the edit summary.

I wonder if, rather than spend a lot of your time adding the BACSA records in, it might be more convenient to link to their Search database. Calcutta starts on India Main List page 5, or here. Sarah 12:26, 14 February 2010 (PST)

I think the BACSA Search is a fairly recent development. The links seem fine to me. Sarah 12:09, 15 February 2010 (PST)

Railway Regts

Hi Maureen. No need to worry about adding that new Railway Regiments category to articles missing it. I am still going through the volunteer regiments so will do that as I go along. Have decided to scrap the category system I started before, now that I understand things better, so have many, many pages to recategorize already! Sarah 14:18, 9 March 2010 (PST)

Apothecary

Hi Maureen - I'm wondering if we should split the Apothecary article as it is getting incredibly long. My initial thought is to remove the individuals section into its own page. What do you think? Sarah 07:08, 19 March 2010 (PDT)