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Hi dear dev's.[:)]
Could you say that what is/was your reference in creation of DB for CMO/CMANO?
(Jane's books,Wikipedia,...)

One presumes the sources are not limited to a single publication.

Also, wikipedia is a secondary source and has variable provenance. It is not itself a source of data if you know what I mean, but sometimes its a good place to find links to primary sources.

I think if you look in the Help/About dialog, the references to a lot of the models are listed. Otherwise the sources are all open source, including web and numerous reference books, as well as input from the community over the years. That's as far as I know.

ORIGINAL: Theokarl1980

Hi dear dev's.[:)]
Could you say that what is/was your reference in creation of DB for CMO/CMANO?
(Jane's books,Wikipedia,...)

Jane's, Combat Fleets, web, and a lot of Twitter accounts of reputable sources. The key piece in my day was verifying with photos, secondary sources and sometimes what makes sense. I'm sure whoever does it now has their own way. There is format to follow now as using xml/JSON process to suck things in. Smart move. Try and help him by following it.

Mike

Hi Theokarl1980,

We use a variety of sources and cross reference them. Generally if it's a community request the first port of call is the references provided by the requester. If it's something we need for another reason, then the data comes from unclassified, open sources.

The criteria for references is that they must be open-source and unclassified, and reputable. That's it really; the real 'skill' of DB maintenance for Command is picking the wheat from the chaff with references, and prioritising requests based on their broad usefulness and ease of addition.

On a side note, you can tell an awful lot from even a bad photo with the right tools. Photoshop has some quite powerful image analysis tools, including a very good tool for measuring distances in photographs.