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| ====== Welcome ====== | ====== Welcome ====== | ||
| - | **Welcome to the BCW Project regimental wiki.** This wiki is intended to facilitate research into English, Scottish and Irish regiments of the mid-17th Century, encompassing the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Commonwealth and Protectorate era of the 1650s. Anyone with an interest in the military history of this period is welcome to participate. | + | **Welcome to the BCW Project regimental wiki.** This wiki is intended to facilitate research into English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish regiments of the mid-17th Century, encompassing the Wars of the Three Kingdoms including the Bishops' Wars, the Irish Confederate War, the First, Second and Third English Civil Wars and the Commonwealth and Protectorate era of the 1650s. Anyone with an interest in the military history of this period is welcome to participate. |
| The articles can be viewed by everyone, but if you want to contribute you will need to register an account to gain editing rights. You can register by clicking the Login link on the top right of this page and following the Register link. | The articles can be viewed by everyone, but if you want to contribute you will need to register an account to gain editing rights. You can register by clicking the Login link on the top right of this page and following the Register link. | ||
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| ===== Project Structure ===== | ===== Project Structure ===== | ||
| - | The regiments are currently organised under ten broad categories: | + | The regiments are currently organised under eleven broad categories: |
| * [[bishops-wars:|Bishops Wars]] - English regiments of the Bishops' Wars (1639-40) | * [[bishops-wars:|Bishops Wars]] - English regiments of the Bishops' Wars (1639-40) | ||
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| * [[confederate:|Confederate]] - regiments of the Catholic Confederacy of Ireland | * [[confederate:|Confederate]] - regiments of the Catholic Confederacy of Ireland | ||
| * [[protestant:|Protestant]] (Ireland) - British forces in Ireland and their allies | * [[protestant:|Protestant]] (Ireland) - British forces in Ireland and their allies | ||
| + | * [[foreign:|Foreign Service]] - British and Irish forces in the service of Foreign Countries | ||
| + | Categories are sub-divided into Foot, Horse and (where relevant) Dragoon branches, which give links to the regiment articles. There is also a section for more general articles, notes and FAQs. | ||
| - | Categories are sub-divided into Foot, Horse and (where relevant) Dragoon branches, which give links to the regiment articles. | + | * [[notes:Articles, Notes and FAQ]] |
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| + | ===== What's New? ===== | ||
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| + | *July 2017: New BCW wiki user black-watch-1745 has found a list of the [[trained-band:devon:devon-trained-bands-in-1633|Devon Trained Bands in 1633]] and descriptions of one of the regiment's flags. | ||
| + | *July 2017: News of a very interesting online resource, [[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/cromwell-army-officers|The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers]] by Tim Wales and Stephen Roberts, hosted by [[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/|British History Online]]. This lists 4000 Parliamentarian officers of the First Civil War and gives brief biographies. | ||
| + | *May 2017: In our [[notes:articles:|Articles Section]] we are very fortunate to bring you a series on standards of the ECW, originally published in Military Modelling magazine by Charles Kightly and Anthony Barton. | ||
| + | *May 2017: Ivor Carr discovers a paylist for the [[parliamentarian:parliamentarian-lists:eastern-association-army-at-marston-moor|Eastern Association Army at Marston Moor]] | ||
| ===== Getting Around ===== | ===== Getting Around ===== | ||
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| ===== Getting Started ===== | ===== Getting Started ===== | ||
| - | To join in the fun, please click the login button at the top right of the page and register an account. You will be asked for a username, real name and email address. This data is securely stored and is never passed on to a third party under any circumstances. (See [[http://bcw-project.org/privacy|BCW Project privacy policy]] for further details.) | + | To join in the fun, please click the login button at the top right of the page and register an account. You will be asked for a username, real name and email address. This data is securely stored and is never passed on to a third party under any circumstances. (See [[http://bcw-project.org/privacy|BCW Project privacy policy]] for further details.) A password will be sent to your email address, allowing you to log in as a registered user. Once logged in, you can change the password by clicking Update Profile on the top right. |
| - | This wiki is powered by [[http://dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]], which uses a simple toolbar interface similar to a standard word processor for editing. Registered users can edit articles by clicking on the Edit button on the toolbar near the top right (you must be logged in to see the button). | + | This wiki is powered by [[http://dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]], which uses a simple toolbar interface similar to a standard word processor for editing. Registered users can edit articles by clicking on the Edit button on the toolbar near the top right (you must be logged in to see the button). Users can also add comments and discussion to articles. Please read the [[notes:faqs|FAQ page]] for full details of registering and editing. |
| DokuWiki articles are saved as text (.txt) files. A simple markup language is used to format text directly in the editing window. The [[wiki:syntax|syntax page]] gives full details of all available markup. You can use the [[playground:playground|playground section]] for practice and testing. | DokuWiki articles are saved as text (.txt) files. A simple markup language is used to format text directly in the editing window. The [[wiki:syntax|syntax page]] gives full details of all available markup. You can use the [[playground:playground|playground section]] for practice and testing. | ||
| Please note that HTML and PHP embedding functions are currently disabled on this wiki. | Please note that HTML and PHP embedding functions are currently disabled on this wiki. | ||
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