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=== Automated and AI-assisted work ===

Parts of the site use software—and, in places, AI-assisted tools—to draft opening summaries, merge duplicate fields, link names of other Ritchie Boys in text, clean up imported Facebook prose, and suggest infobox values from biography text. In some cases, AI tools ~~generate~~ short biographies ~~based only on~~ '''information already ~~present in~~ the ~~individual’s~~ profile'''; ~~no external sources~~ are ~~used~~. These tools are intended to save editor time, not to certify accuracy. AI-generated and script-generated text may contain errors or misinterpretations. While we review output when issues are noticed, we cannot guarantee that every AI-generated sentence has been checked by a human expert.

Parts of the site use software—and, in places, AI-assisted tools—to draft opening summaries, merge duplicate fields, link names of other Ritchie Boys in text, clean up imported Facebook prose, and suggest infobox values from biography text. In some cases, AI tools also draft or rewrite short biographies for an individual soldier.

Those drafts are built from '''curated material already gathered for that person'''—for example information already on the profile, plus sources editors have collected and screened, such as newspaper articles, obituaries, family packets, and research notes. The AI tools do '''not''' search the open web or discover new sources on their own; they only rearrange and present what they are given. Editors intend that fed material to be accurate for the named individual, but curation is not the same as independent verification of every claim.

These tools are intended to save editor time, not to certify accuracy. AI-generated and script-generated text may contain errors or misinterpretations. While we review output when issues are noticed, we cannot guarantee that every AI-generated sentence has been checked by a human expert.

=== Document OCR (contributor uploads) ===

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=== Camp Ritchie faculty notes (Dan Gross) ===

A separate Dan Gross working spreadsheet lists early '''staff and faculty''' at Camp Ritchie (sometimes labeled the faculty “first 13”), with ranks, section assignments (Terrain Intelligence through Enemy Order of Battle), and related notes. It is '''not''' the First Class student photo roster and is '''not''' uploaded to this wiki. Clear identity-matched fields are published on soldier profiles with a descriptive Sources credit (for example: Dan Gross research archive … ''FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls'').

A separate Dan Gross working spreadsheet lists early '''staff and faculty''' at Camp Ritchie (sometimes labeled the faculty “first 13”), with ranks, section assignments (Terrain Intelligence through Enemy Order of Battle), and related notes. It is '''not''' the First Class student photo roster and is '''not''' uploaded to this wiki. Clear identity-matched fields are published on soldier profiles with a descriptive Sources credit (for example: Dan Gross research archive … ''FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls''). Browse the published names on [[Camp Ritchie Faculty]].

=== WAC roster (Dan Gross and Beverley Driver Eddy) ===

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== See also ==

* [[~~For families~~]] — ~~short start-here path (~~find name, roster fields, photo or obituary)

* [[Start here#Looking for a relative|Start here]] — find a name, understand roster fields, add a photo or obituary

* [[Ritchie WACs]] — working roster of Women's Army Corps profiles

* [[About]]

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 === Automated and AI-assisted work ===
-Parts of the site use software—and, in places, AI-assisted tools—to draft opening summaries, merge duplicate fields, link names of other Ritchie Boys in text, clean up imported Facebook prose, and suggest infobox values from biography text. In some cases, AI tools generate short biographies based only on '''information already present in the individual’s profile'''; no external sources are used. These tools are intended to save editor time, not to certify accuracy. AI-generated and script-generated text may contain errors or misinterpretations. While we review output when issues are noticed, we cannot guarantee that every AI-generated sentence has been checked by a human expert.
+Parts of the site use software—and, in places, AI-assisted tools—to draft opening summaries, merge duplicate fields, link names of other Ritchie Boys in text, clean up imported Facebook prose, and suggest infobox values from biography text. In some cases, AI tools also draft or rewrite short biographies for an individual soldier.
+Those drafts are built from '''curated material already gathered for that person'''—for example information already on the profile, plus sources editors have collected and screened, such as newspaper articles, obituaries, family packets, and research notes. The AI tools do '''not''' search the open web or discover new sources on their own; they only rearrange and present what they are given. Editors intend that fed material to be accurate for the named individual, but curation is not the same as independent verification of every claim.
+These tools are intended to save editor time, not to certify accuracy. AI-generated and script-generated text may contain errors or misinterpretations. While we review output when issues are noticed, we cannot guarantee that every AI-generated sentence has been checked by a human expert.
 === Document OCR (contributor uploads) ===
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 === Camp Ritchie faculty notes (Dan Gross) ===
-A separate Dan Gross working spreadsheet lists early '''staff and faculty''' at Camp Ritchie (sometimes labeled the faculty “first 13”), with ranks, section assignments (Terrain Intelligence through Enemy Order of Battle), and related notes. It is '''not''' the First Class student photo roster and is '''not''' uploaded to this wiki. Clear identity-matched fields are published on soldier profiles with a descriptive Sources credit (for example: Dan Gross research archive … ''FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls'').
+A separate Dan Gross working spreadsheet lists early '''staff and faculty''' at Camp Ritchie (sometimes labeled the faculty “first 13”), with ranks, section assignments (Terrain Intelligence through Enemy Order of Battle), and related notes. It is '''not''' the First Class student photo roster and is '''not''' uploaded to this wiki. Clear identity-matched fields are published on soldier profiles with a descriptive Sources credit (for example: Dan Gross research archive … ''FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls''). Browse the published names on [[Camp Ritchie Faculty]].
 === WAC roster (Dan Gross and Beverley Driver Eddy) ===
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 == See also ==
-* [[For families]] — short start-here path (find name, roster fields, photo or obituary)
+* [[Start here#Looking for a relative|Start here]] — find a name, understand roster fields, add a photo or obituary
 * [[Ritchie WACs]] — working roster of Women's Army Corps profiles
 * [[About]]