My To Do List

(in no particular order of importance)

Music

update instrument pages (write pages for instruments that are not entered yet)

Computers

American Military History

Why is it the USAF is considered a second-class military force? There's plenty of information and structure for the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, Reserves, and probably Boy Scouts. There's precious little contiguity - even just information - on the Air Force? I joined up in the Air Force after being offered some pretty choice jobs from the other forces. Why? Because I believed (and still do) that the US Air Force is the most technologically advanced military force in the world.

All this being said, in this technological forum called Wikipedia, there's scarce little information about the foundations of the Air force, and how this fledgling Army Air Corps grew from flying biplanes in a field to launching missles in the middle of the great Northern prairie! I just hope I find others with a desire for a neutral-point-of-view (the great NPOV……) addition to this encyclopedia for all the Air Force notable things. I'm going to begin with the organizational structure, then move on from there. We'll just have to see if I survive! :-)~

~~make SAC userbox~~
make separate pages for each USAF MAJCOM, both historic and current
make separate pages for each USAF NAF (Numbered Air Force), both historic and current
separate USAF divisions from long list page (see Strategic Air Command divisions), make separate entries for each division (ALL divisions, including those not listed)
make separate pages for each USAF Operational Command, both historic and current
separate USAF wings from long list page (see Strategic Air Command wings}, make separate entries for each wing (ALL wings...)
make separate pages for each USAF group, both historic and current
POSSIBLY make separate pages for each USAF squadron (not sure if it would be appropriate to go to this level of detail, but this IS an "unlimited by paper" encyclopedia after all....)
format all USAF units to be approximately the same (consistency of layout and design)
~~organize a USAF portal (somthing akin to the USMC and USN portals already in existence)~~
POSSIBLY organize a USAF task force under the project US Military History. (kind of a sub-task force kind of thing....)
organize the Wikimedia images of the Air Force and expand where needed (there's very little there!)

After I finish, or during the work process (if I need a diversion), I want to work on the following also:

~~US Army portal....~~
USMC organizational structure (vested interest because of close family friend, and she can help too!)
expand and work on USMC and USAF band articles
- for instance, the USMC band article is just about the "President's Own" Marine band. What about the other Marine bands that are out there playing their lips off?
- history of the music the military bands play (admittedly mostly JP Sousa, but there's others too)
NDARNG
NDANG

NDCompuGeek 23:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Automobiles

expand on Chrysler Canada
- explain and notate differences between US and Canadian cars (ref. 1946 D25C, D25, P15)
Ramchargers (Dad's team for the hi-perf R&D)
"Hemi Under Glass" rear-engine Barracuda
different types of Mopar engines (413 Max Wedge, 426 Hemi, LA family, B, RB, etc.)
different types of Mopar transmissions (727, 904, 999, etc.)
Document EVERY year the Dodge Coronet was manufactured, with pictures (pet project...)

Cats

North Dakota

~~make "lives in ND but is from MI" userbox~~
update and expand articles of cities in and around Des Lacs North Dakota (where I am living now)
update and expand articles of "sites of interest" in and around Des Lacs (Trestle Valley RR bridge comes to mind immediately....)

Michigan

update and expand articles of local townships and cities in and around Farmington Hills Michigan(where I grew up)
add a "human touch" to the Farmington Hills Michigan article (sounds too much like a 'cut and paste' job - there just for the statistics, not enough prose)

↑ THANK YOU LOOPER!!

update and expand articles of local townships and cities in and around Alpena Michigan
update and expand articles of "places of interest" in and around Farmington Hills AND Alpena (3-Mile Dam in Alpena comes to mind immediately...)

Christianity

~~make "born again Baptist" userbox~~
write articles of local churches in North Dakota
- maybe Catholic hierarchy in ND?
- independent fundamental Baptist churches
  - Dakota Baptist
  - Minot Baptist
  - (the one that the Meindl's came from on US2....) AARGH! -the name escapes me now-
write articles of local churches in Michigan
- Temple Baptist as 'large church'
- First Baptist Farmington as one of the oldest (if not THE oldest)
- Cathro Community as 'rural "farm- and farmer-centric"'
expand Independent Fundamental Baptist Association of Michigan article