Request - WikiTree Sourcer support Australian BDM

Question

Feature request - Victoria BDM

Start from: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

On the search result you can click a row and it gives you a screen for a single record; that screen would be great if Wikitree Sourcer could capture it.

For NSW BDM the start page is: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search

and this time on each search result you can tick a checkbox, so WT Sourcer could capture the checked row.

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If it helps, these are both supported by WikiTree BEE. I mean, if you go to a record page on one of these sites and hit the BEE icon, you should get a good citation. The BEE also supports Tasmania and I've just added Western Australia, Queensland, and ACT to the Preview version, so they should be on the regular version soon.

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Are you likely to add New Zealand BDM as well?

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I'll take a look and see what I can do.

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Gary: I've added NZ BDM to BEE.  It will be live in BEE Preview soon and then the regular one after that.

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thanks, wasn't aware the BEE had source citation as well. (Probably knew this at one point in the past, and forgot...)

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Matt: it was actually the original purpose of the extension.

Answer 1

I have it on the request for Sourcer new sites list here. I do plan to get to it - in fact the Australian BDM sites are probably next on my list for new sites to support. Currently I am working on some new features, small improvements and bug fixes. But I may be able to get to working on new sites in a few weeks time.

Do you have any examples on how you would like citations to look for these sites? Are there example citation templates that the Australia project uses? 

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I have a vague memory of hearing that some of these sites were in danger of losing government funding and closing down? Is that the case for any of these ones?

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It was Trove that had funding issues.  

The AP does have a page for example citations.  They are only examples, not set in stone requirements.  Each member may still use their own preferred method of citing sources.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Australia%2C_Sources_and_Citation_Examples

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Thanks Melanie.

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My personal preference is something succinct (as opposed to taking up a whole page on the sources section) . These two registries don't support permalinks so we have to scrape and transcribe the data shown.

Answer 2

Great idea - I love WikiTree Sourcer, this improvement would help me too