02-11-2012, 11:30 PM
Lapa Wrote:I'm back with my suggestion that there should be a "Paper Item" thread for every country. Since we are at it, why not have a standard set up for each country:
Titles
Orders
Medals
Badges
Award Groups
Paper Items
Uniforms
After all, all countries had armed forces whose members usually did not go bare naked (Uniforms), issued more or less important quantities of more or less official documents (Paper Items), rarely had a strict one-award-per-person policy (Orders/Medals/Badges/Groups). The only "optional" category might be the "Title" one when a country did not have such a thing (by the way, Czechoslovakia had titles). And for the average Forum user, it simplifies both posting and browsing since this structure would be standard throughout the Forum.
I also agree with Ed that the Tuvan Republic has nothing to do here, it was part of the RSFSR and is now a part of the Russian Federation. As such, it should be included with the other components of the USSR.
Marc
Your points are well taken. And there is probably no reason that these categories could not be set up for all countries (that is so much less work than moving existing posts which is, trust me, a real drag -- I have done it on two fora and then seen all work on one of those destroyed by new absentee management = unhappy camper). However, finding a PDRA uniform or Myanmar documents (not related to awards) will be a bit of a trick. But "build it and they will come", maybe?
