1823 Letters with Issues

[ebeshero]

Letters with significant problems (more than minor, easily correctible white space problems) that are currently posted on Digital Mitford site for the year 1823. @brookestewart

Common Issues:

• handnotes are not treated consistently with the <handNote> element. (Sometimes people are using <note> elements instead.)
• <place> used instead of <placeName>
• Hey, why is Charles Kemble still a stub in the SI? Let's fix that now(!)
• NOTE problem of site index entries NOT showing when the entry points to more than one referent.
• Address lineation isn't consistent: Sometimes big/multiple(?) spaces between lines, and sometimes single-spaced. The multiple spaces are generated by coders (incorrectly) using <lb/> in addition to <addrLine>. 2018-01-24 REPAIRED: We had an <lb/> element inside <addrLine> in the DMTEI letter template file
• Random periods after extensive space at the ends of letters--what's generating these? (Jan 13 and Feb 28 1823)
• Pen Annotator notes are not appearing distinctly from other kinds of notes. Address this in XSLT and CSS so we clearly distinguish who's leaving these notes. <add hand="somebody"> needs to be accounted for.
• Change the XSLT so that metamark elements are output BEFORE the <span class="add"> which elevates the text above the line.
• Deleted names, even though si-referenced, do not generate pop-up notes. See 24 August 1823, Mr. Bewick.
• Deleted sic-reg words are BOTH showing together like this: shewnshown . See Jan 13 1823, where the output HTML looks like this:

<span class="del"> (remember that this is in strict confidence &amp; must not be shewnshownto any human being.)</span>

• Work on the XQuery to ensure that letters really are sortable by date. Currently the sort isn't working reliably (see 1823). Is this a datatype issue?

[ebeshero]

Problematic 1823 Letters List:

13 January 1823
28 February 1823
01 October 1823
26 April 1823

[brookestewart]

Letters that need to be proofread:
04-26
08-21 (support section only)
06-14 (stamps only)
08-24 (support only)
10-01
05-13
04-09
01-13 (started, needs to be finished)
02-28 (started, needs to be finished)

[ebeshero]

1823 Letters that @brookestewart coded that require proofreading:
02-28
04-26
05-13