Thanks for the heads-up. Nichola’s problem is a combination of incomplete date from icasualties.org, and a problem with my scraper. Often, when detailed are not available at the time of the initial incident report, I don’t think that the data is frequently updated later. Hence the “Not reported yet” location, and the missing summary.

Also, when parsing all the names from icasualties, I have to parse each name to separate it into first, middle, last, etc. I don’t yet have filters for less common military ranks/honors (like MSM), which is why that slipped in. And when I can’t properly parse a soldier’s name, I can’t pull in their information for other resources (like afghanistan.pigstye.net for non-US photos and guestbooks).

For better or worse, icasualties is the only single source of non-US casualties… writing scrapers for the best resource from each country wasn’t really realistic.

Ultimately, the solution here to for me to finish the corrections submission form, where people can quickly submit the proper information. Then, I can make that the information available to the other memorials sites, to help with corrections.

The main trick there is that all this information should be verified with the submitters/families (unless other documentation exists on the web). This certainly means that I will need volunteers willing to make phone calls to verify information and the identities of the submitters.

Once the correction form is live, I would love it if you’d be willing to make corrections for some of your fallen Canadian soldiers.

Thanks!
Sean Askay