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Projects that are currently being developed by the administrator.

To-do list

For The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction page:

Write piece for A different kind of Service Battalion section.
Write a piece for The man that started it all section.
Write a piece for A very quick history of the Battalion section.
Re-write old Battalion history (1914-1916).
Write a continuation of the Battalion history (1916-1918).
Add selected images from the image gallery using the <gallery> tag.
Add a bulleted list of publications to the Further reading section.
Add a bulleted list of links to other sites of interest in the External links section.

~~Add old war diary transcripts from 1915–1918~~ ✔ (completed 8-7-2016)

For The Lonsdale Battalion on this day... page:

~~Add all the pre-existing on this day pages for the entire year~~ ✔ (completed 21-7-2016)
Go through war diary transcripts from November 1915 and double check events for each day of the year.
Add new events from the war diary transcripts that have not yet been included.
Add references and notes for each event where possible.

Transfer all newspaper articles from old the site and use the Quote-news template.
Add each article to the corresponding date in The Lonsdale Battalion on this day... project.

Transfer the Lonsdale Battalion British Army Listing from the old site using simple wikitable format.

Create a remembrance page for every Lonsdale soldier.

Upload all Lonsdale related images to the various image galleries from archives.

For the Lonsdale Battalion quotes page:

Find and add Quotes by Percy Wilfred Machell
Find and add Quotes by P. G. W. Diggle
Find and add Quotes by J. H. Cowie
Find and add Quotes by H.C. Wylly

Using special pages for other tasks:

Check the wanted pages listing and create new pages for every

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 ==To-do list==
-*For [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction]] page:
+For [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction]] page:
-**Write piece for [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#A different kind of Service Battalion|A different kind of Service Battalion]] section.
+*Write piece for [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#A different kind of Service Battalion|A different kind of Service Battalion]] section.
-**Write a piece for [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#The man that started it all|The man that started it all]] section.
+*Write a piece for [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#The man that started it all|The man that started it all]] section.
-**Write a piece for [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#A very quick history of the Battalion|A very quick history of the Battalion]] section.
+*Write a piece for [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#A very quick history of the Battalion|A very quick history of the Battalion]] section.
-**Re-write old Battalion history (1914-1916).
+*Re-write old Battalion history (1914-1916).
-**Write a continuation of the Battalion history (1916-1918).
+*Write a continuation of the Battalion history (1916-1918).
-**Add selected images from the [[Lonsdale Battalion image gallery|image gallery]] using the <code><nowiki><gallery></nowiki></code> tag.
+*Add selected images from the [[Lonsdale Battalion image gallery|image gallery]] using the <code><nowiki><gallery></nowiki></code> tag.
-**Add a bulleted list of publications to the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#Further reading|Further reading]] section.
+*Add a bulleted list of publications to the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#Further reading|Further reading]] section.
-**Add a bulleted list of links to other sites of interest in the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#External links|External links]] section.
+*Add a bulleted list of links to other sites of interest in the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#External links|External links]] section.
 <hr>
 *<s>Add old war diary transcripts from 1915&ndash;1918</s> {{Done|date=8-7-2016}}
 <hr>
-*For [[The Lonsdale Battalion on this day...]] page:
+For [[The Lonsdale Battalion on this day...]] page:
-**<s>Add all the pre-existing [[Lonsdale Battalion on this day...|on this day]] pages for the entire year</s> {{Done|date=21-7-2016}}
+*<s>Add all the pre-existing [[Lonsdale Battalion on this day...|on this day]] pages for the entire year</s> {{Done|date=21-7-2016}}
-**Go through war diary transcripts from November 1915 and double check events for each day of the year.
+*Go through war diary transcripts from November 1915 and double check events for each day of the year.
-**Add new events from the war diary transcripts that have not yet been included.
+*Add new events from the war diary transcripts that have not yet been included.
-**Add references and notes for each event where possible.
+*Add references and notes for each event where possible.
 <hr>
+*Transfer all newspaper articles from old the site and use the [[:Template:Quote-news|Quote-news]] template.
-*Add the British Army Listing of the Lonsdale Battalion in table format.
+*Add each article to the corresponding date in [[The Lonsdale Battalion on this day...]] project.
+<hr>
+*Transfer the Lonsdale Battalion British Army Listing from the old site using simple wikitable format.
 <hr>
 *Create a remembrance page for every Lonsdale soldier.
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 *Upload all Lonsdale related images to the various [[Lonsdale Battalion image gallery|image galleries]] from archives.
 <hr>
-*For the [[Lonsdale Battalion quotes]] page:
+For the [[Lonsdale Battalion quotes]] page:
-**Find and add [[Quotes by Percy Wilfred Machell]]
+*Find and add [[Quotes by Percy Wilfred Machell]]
-**Find and add [[Quotes by P. G. W. Diggle]]
+*Find and add [[Quotes by P. G. W. Diggle]]
-**Find and add [[Quotes by J. H. Cowie]]
+*Find and add [[Quotes by J. H. Cowie]]
-**Find and add [[Quotes by H.C. Wylly]]
+*Find and add [[Quotes by H.C. Wylly]]
 <hr>
-*Using [[Special:SpecialPages|special pages]] for other tasks:
+Using [[Special:SpecialPages|special pages]] for other tasks:
-**Check the [[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]] listing and create new pages for every
+*Check the [[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]] listing and create new pages for every