Fall 2023

Richard M. Venable

• [x] Reformat name (last name, first name)
• [x] Separate the employers under employed by into separate entries
• [x] Add something to the learn more about this subject
• [x] Add an image

John Peter Mettauer Award

• [x] Reformat title to match scholarship/prize template
• [x] Remove physical description— this is not a mandatory field for non-physical memorials
• [x] Remove memorial inscription— this is not a mandatory field for non-physical memorials
• [ ] Add a more specific creator/participating person— who funds the award, chooses the award winners, and/or established the award?
• [x] Add a more specific funded by (It’s an award given by the College so not sure what else to add)— okay that fine

John Peter Mettauer

• [x] Reformat name (last name, first name)
• [x] Separate organization under related organization into separate entries
• [x] Remove related persons— this field is only for you to link other people this person might have worked with or were related to that are also in the database
• [x] Separate the employers under employed by into separate entries (I don’t see Hampden-Sydney College as a related item which I think it should be? Maybe I didn’t do the search correctly.)

Burial Site of Robert Lewis Dabney

• If this is a headstone then it needs to be recategorized as a sculptural memorial. If it is a plaque/marker then you can keep it as it is.
  • [x] Reformat title to match the title structure either for sculptural memorial or plaque/marker
  • [x] Add more to background and context
  • [x] Add more to physical description
  • [x] Add something to the learn more about this subject
  • [x] Add images (I could’ve sworn the students sent me pictures of the headstone but I cannot seem to find it. I can go take another, or grab one off Find a Grave if that’s acceptable. I’d rather use the student ones so will keep looking.)
  • [x] Map memorial (It is the Union Theological Seminary Cemetery. I am not sure how to add that.)

Robert Lewis Dabney

• [x] Separate the related organizations into separate entries
• [x] Delete the related persons— this field is only to tag people they may have been related to or worked with who are also in the database
• [x] Separate the employed by into separate entries
• [x] Delete the Wikipedia link in the wikidata field— this is only for wikidata links not for Wikipedia pages
• [x] Change the wiki tree link in the learn more about this field into a URI

Hugh Garland

nothing needed 🙂

Venable Hall

• [x] Reformat title to match the title structure for named building
• Why is the year 2024 added as a date modified? You need to include that information into your background and context for the item.
• [x] Delete the wikipedia page for the wikidata field— this section is only for wikidata pages not wikipedia pages
• [x] Add a label to the link in the learn more about this field
• [x] Add images
• [x] Map memorial
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