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manystates 1.0.3

Package

  • Improved README to reveal generated state names

Functions

  • Fixed generate_states() to avoid generation failure on rare edge cases
  • Improved generate_states() to avoid preposition repetitions, prepositions beginning or ending state names, and other issues
  • Note that generate_states() no longer uses the Markov chain approach advertised in the previous version, but generates more realistic names overall
  • Improved generate_states() to include modifying prefixes according to real-world distributions

manystates 1.0.2

Package

  • Fixed DESCRIPTION Description

Functions

  • Fixed lack of return documentation for code_states()

manystates 1.0.1

Package

  • Fixed README and DESCRIPTION issues

manystates 1.0.0

Package

  • Dropped unnecessary dependencies for CRAN submission
  • Added more description of included data and functions to the README (closed #78)
  • Added funding details to the README
  • Package still under development but considered stable (closed #76)
  • Fixed code coverage
  • Updated CITATION

Data

  • Improved states$GW
    • Fixed GW preparation script so that $stateID is coded correctly
    • Added $StateNameAlt from secondary labels in parentheses
  • Improved states$ISD
    • Updated ISD to version 2.2
    • Fixed ISD preparation script so that $Begin and $End are coded correctly
  • Improved states$GGO
    • Renamed from states$HUGGO to reflect new name of the dataset
    • Simplified GGO preparation script by exporting and working on clean csv
    • Fixed current states ending as 9999-12-31 (closed #85)
    • Removed ~64 duplicated or overlapping records (closed #84)
    • Added details on many states (closed #83, thanks @myevrard)
    • Added a codebook vignette for states$GGO (closed #87)

Functions

  • Improved code_states()
    • Now uses {stringi} exclusively
    • Fixed Burgundy (BOU) identification in code_states() (fixed #79)
    • Fixed various negative lookup bugs in regex patterns for e.g. Korea
    • Added 172 new regex patterns to code_states()
    • Added tests for code_states() that cover all datasets in states
    • Added tests to make sure that no ISO reserved codes assigned
    • Added tests to make sure that all states identified uniquely
  • Improved generate_states()
    • Now uses {stringi} exclusively
    • Added syllabise_states() for splitting state names into syllables
    • Improved state name generation algorithm to be based off of a Markov chain of syllables
    • Improved state name generation algorithm to better match the length distribution of real state names
    • Added checks to avoid generating existing, duplicate, or awkward state names
    • Added tests for generate_states()
  • Added filter_datacube() in {manydata} to filter the state system by a given year (closed #77)

manystates 0.3.1

Package

  • Moved code_states() function from {manypkgs} to be user-facing
  • Added code_states() to website
  • Improved regex matches for code_states()
  • Added tests for code_states()

Data

  • Closed #72 by adding version 2 of states$ISD
  • Closed #64 by filling in missing state names in states$HUGGO

manystates 0.3.0

Package

  • Added package startup message
  • Updated references from database to datacube
  • Updated website, linking to manytreaties and manyigos
  • Updated github workflows

Data

  • Updated states
    • Renamed states$HUGGO_STATES to states$HUGGO
    • Improved states$HUGGO by adding missing state names
    • Improved states$HUGGO by adding missing latitude/longitudes, where possible
    • Improved country coding in states$ICOW
    • Added stateID for datasets without this variable using manypkgs::code_states() (closes #71)
    • Renamed Beg variable Begin in all datasets (closes #67)
    • Fixed RATRULES citation
    • Dropped economic freedom dataset (closes #66)
    • Reordered variables so that shared variables lead datasets
  • Updated contiguity
    • Rearranged contiguity variables
    • Renamed contiguity$HUGGO_CONT to contiguity$HUGGO
    • Renamed contiguity$COW_DIRCONT to contiguity$COW
    • Dropped additional variables in contiguity$HUGGO as duplicates of states$HUGGO
  • Updated related tests
  • Improved variable mapping explanation (closes #68)
  • Improved dataset documentation by making it computational
  • Dropped leaders and regimes

Functions

  • Dropped extract_cshapes()
  • Dropped extract_vdem()

manystates 0.2.0

Package

  • Closed #61 by updating functions to import Varieties of Democracy data from the Github package with standardised variable names.
  • Updated import_vdem(), import_vparty(), and import_cshapes() function by fixing CMD warnings and notes.
  • Closed #54 by moving code_states() to {manypkgs} for consistency across packages.
  • Added first draft of vignette to publicize {manystates} data.
  • Updated pkgdown.yml file

Data

  • Closed #57 by replacing GNEVAR datasets with HUGGO datasets for handcoded data in states, leaders, and contiguity databases.
  • Added some missing state names (StateName variable) and regions (Region variable) in HUGGO_STATES dataset.

manystates 0.1.1

Functions

  • Added generate_states() for generating lists of fictional state names

manystates 0.1.0

Package

  • Updated regex for code_states() to more accurately match and translate states' names.
  • Updated workflow files to include package caching.
  • Re-rendered documentation using messydates::mreport().
  • Added {cshapes} and {vdemdata} dependencies

Data

  • Added data across databases
    • Closed #9 by adding ICOW datasets to states database.
    • Closed #24 by adding Economic Freedom datasets to economics database.
    • Closed #25 by adding Freedom House data to regimes database.
    • Closed #48 by adding data on states' ratification rules to ratrules database.
    • Closed #49 by adding Colonial Relations data from ICOW dataset to colsrels database.
    • Closed #50 by adding self-coded data on the latitude and longitude of state capitals as GNEVAR_STATES dataset in states database.
    • Closed #51 by adding contiguity and regions data from FAO and ICOW in contiguity database.
  • Changed class for date variables (Beg and End) from messydt to mdate using messydates::as_messydate() in preparation scripts across databases.

manystates 0.0.6

Package

  • Fixed #43 by extending the regex pattern matching process of code_states()
  • Changed the package name from {qStates} to {manystates}

qStates 0.0.5

Package

  • Fixed #38 by fixing a bug preventing data_contrast("qStates") from being run while {qStates} is also loaded in the environment.
  • Updated the CSS in the package to make it consistent with other packages in the qVerse

Data

  • Closed #29 by adding the ARCHIGOS database
  • Closed #23 by adding import_vdem() to automatically import and consistently format the V-Dem dataset
  • Closed #22 by adding import_vparty() to automatically import and consistently format the V-Party dataset
  • Closed #37 by improving the way we deal with special categorical values (-66, -77, -88) in the Polity-V dataset
  • Closed #36 by completing the regex table for improved text matching

qStates 0.0.4

Package

  • Fixed #26 by updating list of states for code_states() function
  • Fixed #30 by transforming date columns in qStates datasets to messydt class
  • Closed #31 by creating qStates website
  • Added vignette for working with {CShapes} and historical maps

Data

  • Closed #1 by adding the Polity5 dataset
  • Integrated {CShapes}
    • Closed #10 by integrating datasets on distances from {CShapes}
    • Added import_cshapes() function to import {CShapes} data
    • Added import_distlist() function to import {CShapes} distances
    • Added import_distmatrix() function to import {CShapes} distance matrices

qStates 0.0.3

Package

  • Updated README to align it with other qPackages
  • Added a new package logo similar to other qPackages
  • Added new pull request template consistent with {qData}

Data

  • Re-exported package data to reflect new testing, templates and argument changes with export_data() function in {qData}

qStates 0.0.2

Data

  • Closes #17 by rerunning the new export_data() function on the states database which adds new metadata(source link and source bibliography) as well as setting the bibliography at the correct database level instead of the dataset level.
  • Added .bib files in each data-raw folder with the original datasets to provide citation information.
  • Added link arguments to each dataset-prepare script.

qStates 0.0.1

Package

  • Created the package structure and files using qData::setup_package()
  • Closed #2 by adding and updating initial documentation as CONTRIBUTING, COC, LICENSE, issue and PR templates
  • Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package
  • Added a README document that outlines main characteristics of the data package
  • Fixed #15 by removing ^data$ from .RBuildignore

Data

  • Closed #13 by using qData::export_data() and other functions from {qData} to form the states database from:
    • Added the Correlates of War (COW) dataset and preparations scripts, documentation
    • Closed #6 by adding the International Systems Dataset (ISD) dataset and preparations scripts
    • Closed #7 by adding the Gleditsch & Ward dataset (GW) dataset and preparations scripts
  • Closed #12 by adding tests for all these datasets

Functions

  • Added code_states() to extract state IDs from a character vector