@jeff -<br>they do share metadata, but only, i think, because they don't map very much right now. none of the political aspects are mapped.<br>1) cause- wars are caused, battles inherit their cause from their war- - '<a class="CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wars_of_independence">War of independence</a> ' etc<br>
see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wars_by_type">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wars_by_type</a><br><br>2) detailed military stuff - id like to see '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal" title="Battle of Guadalcanal" class="mw-redirect">Battle of Guadalcanal</a>' linked with '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amphibious_assault&redirect=no" title="Amphibious assault">Amphibious assault</a>' etc<br>
see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Warfare_by_type">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Warfare_by_type</a><br><br>3)their conclusions - battles are won/lost differently than wars. wars have treaties, political consequences that battles dont, that we could (eventually) map<br>
like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Treaties_by_war">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Treaties_by_war</a><br><br>itd be nice to be able to map 'cold war' with something. maybe we need an 'international dispute' type. i get your point, and understand if it stays like it is. If it does stay, maybe we need a bot that adds 'person involved in conflict' to the parent conflict?<br>
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