[Freebase-discuss] Draft definition of /military/military_unit

[Lis Pardi]

I'd change that to the following
> "top level military extensions of a country or political, religious or
> ethnic group"
>

That sounds good. I've made that change.


> Should the example "Teams within a militia" rather be "Teams within a
> military unit"?  The example is also poor: Minutemen is a general type
> of group, akin to Bomber squadron or Paratroop brigade.  We're looking
> at specific military units only - a better example is Easy Company
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Company
>

Thank you for pointing out the problem with using the Minutemen. I've
swapped out that example for the Green Mountain Boys (
http://www.freebase.com/view/en/green_mountain_boys).


> Actually that should be added to the definition - specific named
> units, rather than general types of unit.
>

That sounds good, too. I've added the sentence "This type includes specific
named units, rather than general types of units." to the end of the
definition.



> Iain
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Lis Pardi <lispardi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I should mention that though the new definition is nearly identical to
> the
> > current one, the link below includes a list of things that should and
> should
> > not be typed as a Military Unit.
> >
> > Please share any comments you have.
> > Thank you!
> > -Lis
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Lis Pardi <lispardi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey there,
> >>
> >> I've posted a type definition for /military/military_unit at
> >> http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Commons/military/military_unit
> >>
> >> Old definition:
> >> A military unit is any division of an armed force (where an armed force
> is
> >> one of the top level military extensions of a country or group). Common
> >> terms for military units include (but are by no means limited to)
> division,
> >> battalion, brigade, regiment, unit, fleet, wing, squadron, and company.
> >>
> >> New definition:
> >> A military unit is any division of an armed force (where an armed force
> is
> >> a branch or the top level military extensions of a country or group).
> Common
> >> terms for military units include (but are not limited to) division,
> >> battalion, brigade, regiment, unit, fleet, wing, squadron, company, and
> >> field army.
> >>
> >> I welcome your comments.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Lis
> >
> >
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