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== Belwar Fort ==
There is a page for Belwar in Locations as well as Belwar Fort. Should they be linked/amalgamated?--[[User:Symorsebrown|Sy]] 04:23, 28 March 2009 (PDT)
== Madras Infantry Regiments ==
I am trying to get a grip on the chronology of the Punjabi Regiments and this has led me to the antecedents of some who were the Madras Infantry. I have created two Articles: Madras European Infantry and Madras Native Infantry which I have put in a category of Madras Infantry which is a subcategory of Madras Infantry Regiments. I have now had doubts about the hierarchy. Should the order be Madras Infantry with subcategories European and Native with articles for the regiments? Please advise and recast as you think fit.--[[User:Symorsebrown|Sy]] 08:30, 29 March 2009 (PDT)
== 30 March ==
*'''[[Belwar]] & [[Belwar (Fort)]]'''
My page for Battle of Belwar Fort now has the link to the gazetteer entry describing Belwar/Bilwa as 20 miles southeast of Gorakhpur in 1857. Whether it exists as a place now I don't know. Meanwhile separate articles is fine by me.
*'''Madras infantry matters'''
It is all very confusing because the names of regiments changed so often. If you have a look at 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry you will see that they were once 7th Regiment of Madras Infantry. Both names appear in the various infantry regiment lists and as they refer to the same unit I have put a redirect for 7th Regiment of Madras Infantry.<br>
European regiments were amalgamated with the British Army in 1860. 'Native' regiments continued until the abolition of the Presidency Armies in the 1890s. So I think the logical approach is to put the full chronology under the Presidency Army and, where the regiment survived the Mutiny, put the later title under the Indian Army with a redirection. Therefore the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry is listed under Madras Infantry Regiments and the 7th Regiment of Madras Infantry is listed under the Indian Army Infantry Regiments. Do you think that is OK?<br>
The same thing will apply to the European regiments. 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers will appear under Madras Infantry Regiments and its later incarnation the 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers) Regiment should be listed under Indian Army Infantry Regiments.<br>
I have got Peter's book and it has some useful detail about the structure of the armies but of course doesn't address these issues of cataloguing.<br>
Thanks for sorting my muddle over where to put the two articles on Madras Infantry. I have only just realised how you format titles so they are at the top of the list and not buried alphabetically/numerically.<br>
*'''Wars/battles dates in categories'''
I do like the idea of chronological lists. Is there an easy way we can set this up so it can be done as we edit each event rather than going laboriously back through the whole list?
*'''Recent edits'''
I see you have been changing my ==== Known as 22nd Punjabis ==== to '''Known as 22nd Punjabis'''. I assume this is because of the problem I had earlier with the title appearing in the index box. Ideally I was hoping to have the title a bit bigger than you get using the '''Bold''' tool. Any suggestions?<br>--[[User:Symorsebrown|Sy]] 01:42, 30 March 2009 (PDT)
