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EDanaII
8/29/2009 6:34:13 PM | While working on my father's book, I decided to do a little research and visited Wikipedia's RAF Deenethorpe (401st) page. While I was there, I noticed that there link to the 401st web site was broken, so I fixed it. Now I'm thinking that it's time we took responsibility for their that page.
I will now continue to monitor that page and update it and correct it as I see fit, but as I'm not the most knowledgeable person here with regards to the 401st, I'm posting to suggest that others visit and maintain the Wiki page as well. It's about history; our history. Let's make sure we get it right.
This should include those of you who are members of the Historical Society too. 🙂
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donaldbyers
8/29/2009 9:17:11 PM | Good deal ED I had not been their in quite a while to check out that site.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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win-win
8/31/2009 11:32:35 AM | Hi Ed & Don:
Interesting Website - Hadn't visited that one before.
And I agree, it 'needs some work'. The 2-items I noticed (but don't know how to correct) are:
- - 'Worst accident' narrative:
a) The Wiki describes the Dec.5, 1943 crash into Deene Village (northwest of the main runway) as 'worst' - and it was 'bad', the only casualty reported was 1-cow; but
😎 The BlueBook's 'worst' was cited as the June 12,1944 frag bomb explosion killing 7 and injuring 11 others; and
c) The crash of 'Rosie's Sweat Box' A/C 957 (off the south-end of the main runway) Sept. 11, 1944 killed the Lt. F.E. Cook Crew - certainly a 'worst'.
- - links: When I tried to go to the 'Deenethorpe then' photo-site, I was taken to some goofy 'travel/dating' site instead (with no path to 'Deenethorpe photos' evident.
So how do you (or I) fix a 'wicked' wiki? Or is this one of those 'don't try this at home' things?
Win
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donaldbyers
8/31/2009 11:41:42 AM | Win,
I think you have to think of what the criteria was for "worst" was. Off Base and on Base then we would add the others for on Base. And not destroying a village.
Believe the plane in question for the unloading bombs and killed 7 was The Preacher.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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EDanaII
9/1/2009 7:47:01 PM | Win,
Simple edits to Wikipedia are not difficult at all. If you can enter a post on this forum, you can edit a page on Wikipedia.
All you need to do is click on the "Edit this Page" tab, and then enter text in a text box just like the one you use when you post.
That said, adding links and referencing other pages requires a little more knowledge, but is still not terribly difficult. There are specific codes and tags you can embed in the text that control what displays on the page.
That said, here's the How to edit a Wikipedia page.
Ed.
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win-win
9/2/2009 9:58:11 AM | Hi Ed:
Thanks for the mini-lessons, again:
- - Looks like I can handle the 'edit', but
- - Links, however, have 'codes and tags', which is 'code' to me to "don't try this at home".
Thanks again,
Win
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EDanaII
9/2/2009 10:28:06 PM | Don't sell yourself short, Win. 🙂 Updating a wiki really isn't that difficult.
That said, what to fix first? Those broken links? That "worst accident" narrative? The worst accident would require a reference, presumably from the bluebook. I don't have it.
Those links might be easier to fix. Two options there, if the links have moved, we need to find to where. If they're just flat gone, then we can simply remove them.
Any other thoughts on what to fix?
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donaldbyers
9/3/2009 8:17:22 AM | There is nothing to find on the two links for historic photos and they should be removed or could be built into the 401st BG Web Site.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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EDanaII
9/4/2009 7:37:58 AM | The thought had occurred, Don. 🙂
A quick search of the web reveals:
Control Towers - Deenethorpe
And a little "mischief" from someone we know: 😃
Control Towers UK
Of course, I think he's posted something similar here, hasn't he?
Ed.
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donaldbyers
9/4/2009 8:58:43 AM | He has posted on the old forum but not on the new forum as far as I know.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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