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What it says on the tin.

Plymouth memorials

Testing links for articles on Plymouth war memorials.

Plymouth Naval War Memorial

Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth Sound, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, World War I, World War II, Royal Navy, naval memorials to the missing: Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth. Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, Portland stone, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Sir Edward Maufe, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

RAF and Allied Air Forces Monument

Royal Air Force, Allies of World War II, Second World War, Don Bennett, Sir John Curtiss, granite, RAF Bomber Command.

National Armada Memorial

Spanish Armada, Herbert Gribble, Britannia, Tercentenary, Queen Victoria, granite, bronze, Francis Drake, England expects that every man will do his duty, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, He blew with His winds, and they were scattered, John Hawkins, Lord Henry Seymour, Battle of Trafalgar, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Second Boer War Memorial

Second Boer War, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Redvers Buller, granite, Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler), William Francis Butler. Battles mentioned: Wagon Hill*, Ladysmith, Bergendal, Colenso, Spion Kop, Monte Christo* (also spelt 'Monte Cristo'), Vaalkrantz* (Vaal Krantz), Pieter's Hill* (Peter's Hill), Laing's Nek, Belfast, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, Wittebergen*, Buteaville (?), Lombard's Kop*, Tugela Heights*, Kimberley, Elandslaagte, Rietfontein*, Driefontein*, Paardeberg*. (See here for list of battles, sieges and incidents in the Second Boer War - red-links with an * are there).

Norwegian churches

Great Sheffield Flood

Gondor

  • General notes - 3,240 years old at the time of the War of the Ring;
  • Tolkien Encyclopedia: Stone-land references (examples of monumental architecture - quote from book); names involving stone as seen in the Rohirrim and the Woses; identification of Isildur, Anarion and Elendil with the three main cities (heraldic symbols); White Tree and palantiri; songs (rhyme of lore and "between the mountains and the sea"; Kin-strife and Ruling Stewards and the Return of the King. Real world analogues: Normams, Byzantium, Egypt, Rome (Aeneas-Elendil).

Eddington experiment

The best account on-wiki seems to be Tests of general relativity#Deflection of light by the Sun. The article mentioned there, Kepler problem in general relativity, turns out to be a general article about the mathematics of the general problem. I'm wondering what the best title for the experiment would be. Category:Physics experiments has articles closest to what I'm thinking of (though the Category:Experiments looks like it needs re-organising). I'm thinking either "experiment" or "expedition". We have Category:Scientific expeditions. The article could also focus on the eclipse, though that distracts from the expedition and experiments. Seeing as the article should cover the results and the impact and the later history, it should be "experiment". Maybe Eddington experiment and/or 1919 Solar Eclipse Expeditions? There are also (though less widespread) the names Dyson-Eddington experiment and Dyson-Eddington-Davidson experiment. People: Arthur Stanley Eddington, Frank Watson Dyson, Charles Rundle Davidson [1]. Paper: "F. W. Dyson, A. S. Eddington, and C. Davidson, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London. Series A 220 (1920) 291-333".

Zoological Society of London awards

Marsh Award for Conservation Biology

Could add to Marsh Award for Conservation Biology. [2]

Frink Medal for British Zoologists

Section blanked, see Frink Medal.

Stamford Raffles Award

Section blanked, see Stamford Raffles Award.

Silver Medal

Section blanked, see Silver Medal (Zoological Society of London).

Zoological Record Award

[3]

Honorary Fellows

Section blanked, see Zoological Society of London#Honorary Fellows.

Environmental book prizes

Natural World Book of the Year

Only a few scattered references:

http://www.studentbookworld.com/browse/the-student-book-awards.html

BP Natural World Book Prize

http://home.comcast.net/~netaylor1/naturalworld.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/six-line-up-for-lesserspotted-booker-prize-1188261.html

http://www.thisishoop.com/work/238

National war graves agencies

If the memorial commemorates a large number, and the designer, date of unveiling, and who unveiled it, are known, then that should be enough for an article on it. Smaller memorials can be noted in the article on the battles.

  • Arras Memorial (created)
  • Loos Memorial (created from a redirect)
  • Pozieres Memorial (created)
  • Le Touret Memorial (created from a redirect)
  • Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (created)
  • Vis-en-Artois Memorial (created from a redirect)
  • Soissons Memorial (created)
  • Delville Wood Memorial (created)
  • Beaumont-Hamel Memorial (already written)
  • Messines Ridge Memorial
  • Arras Flying Services Memorial
  • Sir Gilbert Dyett (created) (1891-1964), an Australian Victorian-born Gallipoli veteran, founder and President of the Returned Services League 1919 to 1946 ([4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11]).
  • Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Vaughan (created) (1875-1942). Nicknamed 'Father', Louis Ridley Vaughan was chief of staff to General Sir Julian Byng, commander of the Third Army from May 1917 until the end of the war (this army fought at the Battle of Cambrai), and was Byng's representative at the unveiling of the Cambrai Memorial ([12], 'Byng of Vimy: An Appreciation', Army Quarterly, LXXI (October 1935), pp. 11–16 by Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Vaughan, [13], [14], "The best known photo of Louis Vaughan (5th from the left in the back row - Cambrai, 11/11/18)", "Obituary from the The Times, Tuesday, Dec 08, 1942; pg. 6; Issue 49413; col E".).
  • If we have an article on Cross of Sacrifice, we can have one on Stone of Remembrance (created) as well. See the Commonwealth War Graves Commission#Cemetery design section.
  • A fascinating overlap between war poetry and commemoration is The King's Pilgrimage (created), a poem and book about the trip undertaken by King George V in 1922, touring the war cemeteries and memorials in France and Belgium.
  • American Battle Monuments Commission - they have excellent details on their website of the WWI memorials they are responsible for. And there are a number of redlinks that can be filled in (11 redlinks for WWI monuments), and articles expanded (the eight WWI cemeteries and memorials are articles already, but some may only be stubs). Examples: Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial ([15]), and Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial ([16]).
  • The CWGC produced a massive set of registers of the dead, and published and still do publish updates as well. For an example, see here. For a big listing of them, see here. These can be used to describe the memorials (the area of the battlefields they covered, the time period, and the forces inscribed on them), and can be used for consistent and reliable descriptions. An example of the later CWGC updates and corrections is here.
  • An additional CWGC resource is here, though note that the CWGC provide a lot of documentation freely through their website, and that will be more up-to-date.
  • It may be possible to find some of the inscriptions on Flickr, and then search for the text online to confirm and find a source. For examples, see here and here.
  • There is a heart-rending story here about a German set of statues known as 'The Mourning Parents'. We have an article an picture already, but possibly could be expanded a bit.
  • A very nice introduction here to the series of articles from 'Your Archives'.
  • The Times Digital Archive - search for "La Ferte sous Jouarre" brought up 20 hits, of which several are excellent articles on that memorial and the WWI memorials in general.

Other World War I ideas

Some ideas here for other WWI article and image and sound work.

Sounds

File:Bombers of WW1.ogg (featured), File:Pershing - Address from France.ogg, File:Watson - The German Peril.ogg, File:AlbertFarrington-ItsaLongLongWaytoTipperary1915a.ogg, File:HelenClark-PackUpYourTroublesInYourOldKitBagAndSmileSmileSmile1917edisonCylinder.ogg, File:It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (1915).ogg, File:American's Choice and Opportunity (Newton D. Baker).ogg, File:The American Soldier (Warren G. Harding).ogg, File:Nl-Eerste Wereldoorlog inleiding-article.ogg (in category World War I, but don't know what it is), File:Tanks of WWI.ogg (featured).

Artworks

World War I in art and literature#Art; Commons:Category:World War I in art; File:NashOverTheTop.jpg, File:Arthur Streeton portrait (George Lambert).jpg, File:Amiens the key of the west.jpg, File:Gassed.jpg, File:Ghosts of Vimy Ridge.jpeg.

Photography

Commons:Category:The War Illustrated; File:Returning from World War I.jpg, File:Villa Giusti Gemälde.jpg, File:Prussian soldier 155th IR.jpg, File:Marie-Eugène Debeney.jpg, File:Manifesti su Vienna.jpg, File:JWLevett.jpeg, File:Donmartin France Soldiers Mass in a bombed chapel WWI.jpg, File:Armistice Day, Wall Street.JPG, File:Bayonet.jpg, File:Bundesarchiv Bild 136-B1356, Kasernenhof - Fechten.jpg, File:Bundesarchiv Bild 105-DOA3049, Deutsch-Ostafrika, Askari beim Übungsschießen.jpg, File:12inchRailwayHowitzerShell444SiegeBatteryAndKitten19July1918.jpg.

Video

Don't forget the online archive of Pathe News. Some amazing clips there.

Articles
Lists
Alerts

Journals ideas

  • Pick 6-8 major sciences, and the most prestigious current journals for those sciences.
  • Do the same, but for countries and going back in time, to get idea of how this has changed over time.
  • For the same 6-8 major sciences, pick out the oldest journals, with the longest history.

Major sciences

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Earth science
  • Astronomy
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Biochemistry
  • Medicine
  • Mathematics

The above is a bit subjective, of course.

Royal Geographical Society lists

A new mini-list, from April 2015:

Lists of Oxford professors

See List of professorships at the University of Oxford.

Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy

See Category:Dr Lee's Professors of Experimental Philosophy and Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy

Previously just 'Professor of Experimental Philosophy' and before that a Readership. The transition between 'reader' and 'professor' took place in the time of Robert Walker, FRS. More on the early history here.

"The duties (very much part-time) of a Readership in Experimental Philosophy, founded in the eighteenth century, were carried out mainly by the professors of Astronomy. From 1839 it became a full-time post..."[59]

The post is associated with a fellowship at Wadham College and is formally called 'Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy'.

Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry

See Category:Dr Lee's Professors of Chemistry and Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry

Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy

See Category:Dr Lee's Professors of Anatomy and Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy

Wykeham Professor of Physics

See Category:Wykeham Professors of Physics and Wykeham Professor of Physics

Professorship associated with New College, Oxford. According to the New College website, "[the] appointment of the next Wykeham Professor of Physics, replacing Professor David Sherrington FRS, is in progress."[60]

Some redlinks from Frink Medal:

From several lists of Oxford professorships.

Malacological Society of London

Presidents of the Malacological Society of London:

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