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Earlier this year Jun 09, 2009 issue 361 (Remove constituency histories) reported by robertbrook.com - Remove constituency histories Remove constituency histories Mar 05, 2009 issue 236 (Generate better page descriptions) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Mar 04, 2009 issue 236 (Generate better page descriptions) commented on by louise.crow - Added from Bills, Acts, people, offices and divisions. Added from Bills, Acts, people, offices and divisions. Mar 04, 2009 issue 236 (Generate better page descriptions) Status changed by louise.crow - Added richer description for individual constituency pages Status: Started Added richer description for individual constituency pages Status: Started Mar 04, 2009 issue 342 (Constituency Histories index ) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Mar 04, 2009 issue 295 ('Link to this speech' should have more descriptive title) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Mar 04, 2009 issue 230 (sitemap.rb: refactor SiteMap.populate_sitemap) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Mar 04, 2009 issue 231 (sitemap.rb: refactor SiteMap.populate_sitemap_for_model spec...) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Mar 04, 2009 issue 303 ('No search results' page should include help text) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Mar 02, 2009 issue 311 ("On this day" should have title attributes to links) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Mar 02, 2009 hansard_prototype_02_03_09.tar.gz (Hansard Prototype application source code: February 2009 edi...) file uploaded by louise.crow - Labels: Featured Type-Source OpSys-All Labels: Featured Type-Source OpSys-All Feb 25, 2009 issue 360 (Ensure that division parsing failures are caught and that th...) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Feb 19, 2009 issue 360 (Ensure that division parsing failures are caught and that th...) reported by louise.crow - At the moment, there are cases where a division parsing failure causes the sitting to not be loaded. At the moment, there are cases where a division parsing failure causes the sitting to not be loaded. Feb 17, 2009 issue 118 (Try "Mc..." for "M'..." in matching people's names) Status changed by louise.crow - Done. Status: Fixed Done. Status: Fixed Feb 17, 2009 issue 120 (Get data on House of Lords memberships) Status changed by louise.crow - Loaded data from all available sources. Work to complete/correct Lords membership information will be tracked in ticket 321 http://code.google.com/p/hansard/issues/detail?id=321&colspec=ID%20Status%20Priority%20Component%20Summary Status: Fixed Loaded data from all available sources. Work to complete/correct Lords membership information will be tracked in ticket 321 http://code.google.com/p/hansard/issues/detail?id=321&colspec=ID%20Status%20Priority%20Component%20Summary Status: Fixed Feb 16, 2009 issue 359 (Add atom feeds of 10, 100, 200 years ago ) Status changed by louise.crow - Added basic feeds with titles, links to content, for 10, 100, 200 years ago. Autodiscovery links added to the front page. We can open a new ticket for any further refinements. Status: Fixed Added basic feeds with titles, links to content, for 10, 100, 200 years ago. Autodiscovery links added to the front page. We can open a new ticket for any further refinements. Status: Fixed Feb 12, 2009 hansard_prototype_12_02_09.tar.gz (Hansard Prototype application source code: January 2009 edit...) file uploaded by louise.crow - Labels: Featured Type-Source OpSys-All Labels: Featured Type-Source OpSys-All Feb 11, 2009 issue 275 (Search for member name should include questions asked by tha...) Status changed by louise.crow - Changed "People:" on search results page to read "Search for speeches by:" Status: Fixed Changed "People:" on search results page to read "Search for speeches by:" Status: Fixed Feb 11, 2009 issue 273 (Some known missing columns should include details) Status changed by louise.crow - Detailed information now given about what the columns are where there may be data missing, and if there are any missing sittings in the volume. Status: Fixed Detailed information now given about what the columns are where there may be data missing, and if there are any missing sittings in the volume. Status: Fixed Feb 11, 2009 issue 359 (Add atom feeds of 10, 100, 200 years ago ) Labels changed by louise.crow - Labels: Type-Enhancement −Type-Defect Labels: Type-Enhancement −Type-Defect Feb 11, 2009 issue 359 (Add atom feeds of 10, 100, 200 years ago ) reported by louise.crow - To allow subcriptions from feedreaders etc - more engagement with material To allow subcriptions from feedreaders etc - more engagement with material Feb 10, 2009 issue 304 (Generated column numbers should not be zero) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Feb 09, 2009 issue 356 (Resolve IE display problem in search results - names are run...) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Feb 03, 2009 issue 358 (Results list facets spacing) Status changed by louise.crow - This is a duplicate of Issue 356 , so closing. Status: Duplicate This is a duplicate of Issue 356 , so closing. Status: Duplicate Feb 03, 2009 issue 357 (Highlight search results in page text after clicking from se...) Status changed by robertbrook.com - As discussed. Status: WontFix As discussed. Status: WontFix Feb 03, 2009 issue 358 (Results list facets spacing) reported by robertbrook.com - User report: QUOTE Another browser-specific issue possibly: the title runs into the next facet in the results list - see attached. E.G. DischargesLords and PolicyMr ENDS User report: QUOTE Another browser-specific issue possibly: the title runs into the next facet in the results list - see attached. E.G. DischargesLords and PolicyMr ENDS Feb 03, 2009 issue 357 (Highlight search results in page text after clicking from se...) reported by robertbrook.com - User report: "search words are highlighted in the results set but not in the text" - might be doable with Javascript, but we decided against this previously re: cross-browser issues. RB will look into. User report: "search words are highlighted in the results set but not in the text" - might be doable with Javascript, but we decided against this previously re: cross-browser issues. RB will look into. Jan 30, 2009 issue 356 (Resolve IE display problem in search results - names are run...) reported by louise.crow - CSS issue in IE I think CSS issue in IE I think Jan 30, 2009 issue 355 (Ensure search box visible on IE) Status changed by louise.crow - Fixed. Critical fix as all links also not coloured blue. Status: Fixed Fixed. Critical fix as all links also not coloured blue. Status: Fixed Jan 30, 2009 issue 355 (Ensure search box visible on IE) commented on by robertbrook.com - ( Print stylesheet issue? ) ( Print stylesheet issue? ) Jan 30, 2009 issue 278 (Contact the Institute of Historical Research) Status changed by robertbrook.com - Meeting booked for February. Status: Fixed Meeting booked for February. Status: Fixed Jan 30, 2009 issue 341 (Restart CI box) Status changed by robertbrook.com - Status: WontFix Status: WontFix Jan 30, 2009 issue 355 (Ensure search box visible on IE) reported by robertbrook.com - User reports search box not visible on IE. Screenshot to follow. RB to try from Windows VM. User reports search box not visible on IE. Screenshot to follow. RB to try from Windows VM. Jan 27, 2009 issue 346 (Volume number should be included in column references) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Jan 27, 2009 issue 329 (Indicate completeness) commented on by louise.crow - Total coverage is at http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/volumes Total coverage is at http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/volumes Jan 27, 2009 issue 317 (Link to Search help near search input) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: Fixed Status: Fixed Jan 27, 2009 issue 347 (Identify missing volumes) commented on by louise.crow - I think the information requested is in pages like http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/volumes/1 Accessed from the front page by clicking "Volumes" and then one of the Series links. These pages have for each volume a column called 'Sittings found' and one called 'Sittings loaded'. If sittings loaded != sittings found, then the volume is incomplete. When this has been communicated to the user, I think this ticket can be closed. I think the information requested is in pages like http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/volumes/1 Accessed from the front page by clicking "Volumes" and then one of the Series links. These pages have for each volume a column called 'Sittings found' and one called 'Sittings loaded'. If sittings loaded != sittings found, then the volume is incomplete. When this has been communicated to the user, I think this ticket can be closed. Jan 27, 2009 issue 352 (Refine text for static typos page) Status changed by louise.crow - Rolled out as is. Status: Fixed Rolled out as is. Status: Fixed Jan 26, 2009 issue 353 (Match "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply on ..." to date r...) commented on by robertbrook.com - Replied to above noting that no manual intervention is being considered, only automatic. Replied to above noting that no manual intervention is being considered, only automatic. Jan 26, 2009 issue 353 (Match "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply on ..." to date r...) commented on by robertbrook.com - User report - QUOTE One of the "problem" examples you cited was fairly easy to find: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave him on Tuesday 4 June at columns149-150." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jun/06/israeli-foreign-minister#S6CV0080P0-05919 As well as the Hansard reference there is of course People data to help locate the question, which is: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1985/jun/04/engagements#S6CV0080P0-00981 The second "problem" example was relatively easy for this human but trickier for a computer as it was apparently answered by a junior minister rather than the Secretary of State (who on 17.2.81 referred the Honourable Member to the answer "I" gave...): Thus http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/17/manpower-services-commission#S5CV0999P0-05079 probably refers to: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/11/manpower-services-commission-corporate#S5CV0998P0-07038 There may also be examples where a number of questions were asked/answered by the same pair on the antecedent date, making matching difficult for a computer. So the identity of the column and the "asking" Member is necessary but not necessarily sufficient, and the identity of the "answering" Member may be positively misleading! Having a simple method of navigating (as the historical Hansard has) may in fact be a better solution than automatic hyperlinking. I don't think putting the links in manually is a good answer. ENDS User report - QUOTE One of the "problem" examples you cited was fairly easy to find: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave him on Tuesday 4 June at columns149-150." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jun/06/israeli-foreign-minister#S6CV0080P0-05919 As well as the Hansard reference there is of course People data to help locate the question, which is: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1985/jun/04/engagements#S6CV0080P0-00981 The second "problem" example was relatively easy for this human but trickier for a computer as it was apparently answered by a junior minister rather than the Secretary of State (who on 17.2.81 referred the Honourable Member to the answer "I" gave...): Thus http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/17/manpower-services-commission#S5CV0999P0-05079 probably refers to: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/11/manpower-services-commission-corporate#S5CV0998P0-07038 There may also be examples where a number of questions were asked/answered by the same pair on the antecedent date, making matching difficult for a computer. So the identity of the column and the "asking" Member is necessary but not necessarily sufficient, and the identity of the "answering" Member may be positively misleading! Having a simple method of navigating (as the historical Hansard has) may in fact be a better solution than automatic hyperlinking. I don't think putting the links in manually is a good answer. ENDS Jan 26, 2009 issue 353 (Match "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply on ..." to date r...) reported by robertbrook.com - User reports text at http://hp3k13m.parliament.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090121/text/90121w0001.htm%2309012147000018: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 23 July 2007, Official Report, column 721W." to be linked to the appropriate location. Examples for possible matches: "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend the Minister gave him on 20 November 1985." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/dec/19/common-agricultural-policy#S6CV0089P0-07088 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 13 February 1984 at c.65–67." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1984/feb/16/personal-financial-statistics#S6CV0054P0-06519 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 22 January 1986, at column225." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1986/feb/19/council-house-sales#S6CV0092P0-06539 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to him on 31 July 1980.—[Vol. 989, c. 837.]" http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/apr/30/second-world-war-hangars#S6CV0003P0-07676 Examples where matches are expected not to be possible, with not enough detail for a match: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my hon. Friend gave to him on 11 February." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/17/manpower-services-commission#S5CV0999P0-05079 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave him on Tuesday 4 June at columns149–150." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jun/06/israeli-foreign-minister#S6CV0080P0-05919 User reports text at http://hp3k13m.parliament.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090121/text/90121w0001.htm%2309012147000018: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 23 July 2007, Official Report, column 721W." to be linked to the appropriate location. Examples for possible matches: "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend the Minister gave him on 20 November 1985." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/dec/19/common-agricultural-policy#S6CV0089P0-07088 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 13 February 1984 at c.65–67." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1984/feb/16/personal-financial-statistics#S6CV0054P0-06519 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 22 January 1986, at column225." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1986/feb/19/council-house-sales#S6CV0092P0-06539 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to him on 31 July 1980.—[Vol. 989, c. 837.]" http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/apr/30/second-world-war-hangars#S6CV0003P0-07676 Examples where matches are expected not to be possible, with not enough detail for a match: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my hon. Friend gave to him on 11 February." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/17/manpower-services-commission#S5CV0999P0-05079 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave him on Tuesday 4 June at columns149–150." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jun/06/israeli-foreign-minister#S6CV0080P0-05919 Jan 21, 2009 issue 352 (Refine text for static typos page) reported by louise.crow - We need some good text for the page that the "Found a typo?" link points to. We need some good text for the page that the "Found a typo?" link points to. Jan 21, 2009 issue 351 (Missing sitting days should have link to relevant Volumes pa...) Status changed by louise.crow - Status: WontFix Status: WontFix Jan 16, 2009 issue 351 (Missing sitting days should have link to relevant Volumes pa...) commented on by louise.crow - It's not obvious to me how we would know what volume a missing sitting day belongs to if we don't have that volume. Without the volume, I don't think we can even tell which days are sitting days. We could flag when we know there are missing volumes between one existing sitting day and the next if that would be useful. It's not obvious to me how we would know what volume a missing sitting day belongs to if we don't have that volume. Without the volume, I don't think we can even tell which days are sitting days. We could flag when we know there are missing volumes between one existing sitting day and the next if that would be useful. Jan 15, 2009 issue 339 (Sorting search results buttons not giving expected results) Status changed by louise.crow - Confirmed that the buttons with links wrapped around them don't work in IE7. Switched back to simple links. Status: Fixed Confirmed that the buttons with links wrapped around them don't work in IE7. Switched back to simple links. Status: Fixed Jan 14, 2009 issue 345 (Name matching failure for Sidney Herbert's maiden speech) Status changed by louise.crow - Fixed name matching issue - was a problem with the regular expression used to identify "Captain" as an honorific, not a first name Status: Fixed Fixed name matching issue - was a problem with the regular expression used to identify "Captain" as an honorific, not a first name Status: Fixed Jan 14, 2009 issue 331 (Explanatory text for members with no contributions) Status changed by louise.crow - Updated people indexes to show individuals who have at least one membership (this will be a superset of people with contributions) Status: Fixed Updated people indexes to show individuals who have at least one membership (this will be a superset of people with contributions) Status: Fixed Jan 13, 2009 issue 345 (Name matching failure for Sidney Herbert's maiden speech) Summary changed by louise.crow - Summary: Name matching failure for Sidney Herbert's maiden speech Summary: Name matching failure for Sidney Herbert's maiden speech Jan 13, 2009 issue 345 (Volume 170 missing?) changed by louise.crow - This looks like a name matching issue. The speech does not appear as a contribution for the person because the name has not been matched. Will look at what's going on. Status: Accepted Owner: louise.crow This looks like a name matching issue. The speech does not appear as a contribution for the person because the name has not been matched. Will look at what's going on. Status: Accepted Owner: louise.crow Jan 13, 2009 issue 344 (Remove constituency histories) Status changed by louise.crow - Not currently requested. Status: WontFix Not currently requested. Status: WontFix

issue 353 (Match "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply on ..." to date r...) reported by robertbrook.com - User reports text at http://hp3k13m.parliament.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090121/text/90121w0001.htm%2309012147000018: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 23 July 2007, Official Report, column 721W." to be linked to the appropriate location. Examples for possible matches: "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend the Minister gave him on 20 November 1985." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/dec/19/common-agricultural-policy#S6CV0089P0-07088 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 13 February 1984 at c.65–67." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1984/feb/16/personal-financial-statistics#S6CV0054P0-06519 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 22 January 1986, at column225." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1986/feb/19/council-house-sales#S6CV0092P0-06539 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to him on 31 July 1980.—[Vol. 989, c. 837.]" http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/apr/30/second-world-war-hangars#S6CV0003P0-07676 Examples where matches are expected not to be possible, with not enough detail for a match: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my hon. Friend gave to him on 11 February." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/17/manpower-services-commission#S5CV0999P0-05079 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave him on Tuesday 4 June at columns149–150." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jun/06/israeli-foreign-minister#S6CV0080P0-05919

User reports text at http://hp3k13m.parliament.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090121/text/90121w0001.htm%2309012147000018: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 23 July 2007, Official Report, column 721W." to be linked to the appropriate location. Examples for possible matches: "I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend the Minister gave him on 20 November 1985." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/dec/19/common-agricultural-policy#S6CV0089P0-07088 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 13 February 1984 at c.65–67." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1984/feb/16/personal-financial-statistics#S6CV0054P0-06519 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 22 January 1986, at column225." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1986/feb/19/council-house-sales#S6CV0092P0-06539 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to him on 31 July 1980.—[Vol. 989, c. 837.]" http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/apr/30/second-world-war-hangars#S6CV0003P0-07676 Examples where matches are expected not to be possible, with not enough detail for a match: "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my hon. Friend gave to him on 11 February." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1981/feb/17/manpower-services-commission#S5CV0999P0-05079 "I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave him on Tuesday 4 June at columns149–150." http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jun/06/israeli-foreign-minister#S6CV0080P0-05919

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