Community projects?

[keysersoze]

Originally Posted by gap

The spreadsheet that I am currently working on, will in fact help us generating quickly the above numbers on the base of few inputs. What do you think guys? Any suggestion?

Looks great

One minor suggestion would be to only use the commander's last name, rather than his full name and rank. BdU alternated addressing U-boats by the boat name (e.g. U47), the commander's last name (e.g. Prien), or the, rarely, a code (usually a random assortment of numbers like 006453). From the messages I have read from the database linked below, the last name was the most common method, especially in the later war. The link below is an example of one such message (an ULTRA decrypt). Anything contained with the double parentheses is an addition by British intelligence so the Admiralty could track which boats had which captains.

http://www.wwiiarchives.net/servlet/...intercept/1775

[gap]

Originally Posted by keysersoze

Looks great

One minor suggestion would be to only use the commander's last name, rather than his full name and rank. BdU alternated addressing U-boats by the boat name (e.g. U47), the commander's last name (e.g. Prien), or the, rarely, a code (usually a random assortment of numbers like 006453). From the messages I have read from the database linked below, the last name was the most common method, especially in the later war. The link below is an example of one such message (an ULTRA decrypt). Anything contained with the double parentheses is an addition by British intelligence so the Admiralty could track which boats had which captains.

http://www.wwiiarchives.net/servlet/...intercept/1775

Yes, I thought about it. As far as we mantain rank, name and surname as three different blocks, separated by two spaces, it shouldn't be difficult for TDW to isolate the desired element, or even to recombine the three of them at wish

[keysersoze]

Originally Posted by gap

Yes, I thought about it. As far as we mantain rank, name and surname as three different blocks, separated by two spaces, it shouldn't be difficult for TDW to isolate the desired element, or even to recombine the three of them at wish

Sounds good to me

As we go along, I can also cross-reference our data with the special operations information I have. Many of these missions are listed on uboat.net, but there are a lot of notable exceptions.

[gap]

Originally Posted by keysersoze

Sounds good to me

As we go along, I can also cross-reference our data with the special operations information I have. Many of these missions are listed on uboat.net, but there are a lot of notable exceptions.

Yes, many. I have just mentioned uboat.net in my previous post because I didn't want to discourage people willing to help but not wanting to turn themselves in historians. Provided that our little team will grow up, maybe we can create two sub teams, one taking care of dates/coordinates, and another one dealing with the "magic numbers"

[keysersoze]

Originally Posted by gap

Yes, many. I have just mentioned uboat.net in my previous post because I didn't want to discourage people willing to help but not wanting to turn themselves in historians. Provided that our little team will grow up, maybe we can create two sub teams, one taking care of dates/coordinates, and another one dealing with the "magic numbers"

Yes, I think uboat.net is the best place to start. It is accessible and straightforward. We can tackle more complex tasks later if all goes well. Again, the possibilities with a collaborative approach are almost limitless, as long as there are volunteers.

I would suggest, though, that we deliberately aim for an easily-achievable goal for the first installment of this project. That way, the project won't seem too daunting, we will have a nice sense of accomplishment after having finished the first portion, and it will allow us to check our work to see if any modifications are needed.

EDIT: what did you mean by "magic numbers?"

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

Yes, I think uboat.net is the best place to start. It is accessible and straightforward. We can tackle more complex tasks later if all goes well. Again, the possibilities with a collaborative approach are almost limitless, as long as there are volunteers.

I would suggest, though, that we deliberately aim for an easily-achievable goal for the first installment of this project. That way, the project won't seem too daunting, we will have a nice sense of accomplishment after having finished the first portion, and it will allow us to check our work to see if any modifications are needed.

I agree

Originally Posted by keysersoze

EDIT: what did you mean by "magic numbers?"

[gap]

Originally Posted by keysersoze

Yes, I think uboat.net is the best place to start. It is accessible and straightforward. We can tackle more complex tasks later if all goes well. Again, the possibilities with a collaborative approach are almost limitless, as long as there are volunteers.

I would suggest, though, that we deliberately aim for an easily-achievable goal for the first installment of this project. That way, the project won't seem too daunting, we will have a nice sense of accomplishment after having finished the first portion, and it will allow us to check our work to see if any modifications are needed.

I fully agree with you

Originally Posted by keysersoze

EDIT: what did you mean by "magic numbers?"

2/001/026/00/007/3/1

[keysersoze]

2/001/026/00/007/3/1 [/QUOTE]

Got it, and I agree