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dh76513 -> Biographies for Union Generals: let’s get to work! (9/22/2006 9:30:37 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ericbabe
We have about 1,000 generals altogether. If we had 20 people each volunteer to do 50 biographies each we might get it done. Our other biographies are typically only a few sentences long, one or two sentences to give the basic facts and one or two sentences to give an interesting anecdote or unusual bit of information. If anybody's interested, just reply on this thread. If we get 20 interested people then I'll try to organize something.
I think it is time to stop talking, roll up our sleeves, and get to work! Why wait until after the game comes out. Let’s get as many in there as possible without delaying the release date. I have noted many who claim to be motivated to write biographies on these generals so they can be included in the game. I think this is a wonderful idea that would add a great deal to the game. As such, I have opened two threads to accomplish this task: one thread for the Union and one for the Confederate generals.
By completing the work on a thread, others can check the data while maintaining greater consistency in the biographies. These biographies can all be cut and pasted making it easier for those actually working on including this information in the game. Next, we can clearly see those biographies that have been completed as not to waste our collective efforts through redundancy. Finally, this will equally be an impressive and interesting thread just to read – even for those not working on the biographies.
Here are a few rules for those many who volunteered to participate in this task. 1) Use the abbreviation of ranks adopted by the U.S. Army: BG – brigadier general (one star); MG – major general (two stars); LTG – lieutenant general (three stars); and GEN – general (4 stars). On the website below, the other U.S. Army rank abbreviations are noted in parenthesis:
http://www.military-quotes.com/ranks/army-rank-insignia.htm
2) Please limit the characters with spaces to less than 1000 words. 3) Include a picture of the general in the post. Pictures of all 1008 generals can be found alphabetically below:
http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/
4) Run spell and grammar check. 5) Follow the format of the first biography posted as a general guide for consistency.
I will start my work, following the above rules, and post the first biography in the next post on this thread.
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