diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 92e1a81..c42e4e0 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module.exports.eventFinder = require('./lib/eventFinder');
 module.exports.webhookDriver = require('./lib/webhookDriver');
 module.exports.crawler = require('./lib/crawler');
+module.exports.request = require('./lib/request');
+module.exports.processor = require('./lib/processor');
diff --git a/lib/crawler.js b/lib/crawler.js
index 95656b7..44ece3d 100644
--- a/lib/crawler.js
+++ b/lib/crawler.js
@@ -1,47 +1,84 @@
 const extend = require('extend');
 const moment = require('moment');
-const parse = require('parse-link-header');
+const Processor = require('./processor');
 const Q = require('q');
 const URL = require('url');
 
-const collections = {
-  orgs: 'org', repos: 'repo', issues: 'issue', issue_comments: 'issue_comment', commits: 'commit', teams: 'team', users: 'user'
-};
-
 class Crawler {
   constructor(queue, priorityQueue, store, requestor, config, logger) {
-    this.queue = queue;
+    this.normalQueue = queue;
     this.priorityQueue = priorityQueue;
     this.store = store;
     this.requestor = requestor;
     this.config = config;
     this.logger = logger;
+    this.processor = new Processor();
   }
 
   start() {
-    return this._pop(this.priorityQueue)
-      .then(this._pop.bind(this, this.queue))
-      .then(this._trackStart.bind(this))
+    let requestBox = [];
+
+    return this._getRequest(requestBox)
       .then(this._filter.bind(this))
       .then(this._fetch.bind(this))
       .then(this._convertToDocument.bind(this))
       .then(this._processDocument.bind(this))
       .then(this._storeDocument.bind(this))
-      .then(this._deleteFromQueue.bind(this))
-      .then(this._logOutcome.bind(this))
+      .catch(this._requeueHandler.bind(this, requestBox))
+      .then(this._completeRequest.bind(this))
       .then(this._startNext.bind(this))
       .catch(error => {
-        this.logger.log('error', `${error.message}`);
+        this.logger.log('Error', error);
       });
   }
 
-  _pop(queue, request = null) {
-    return request ? Q(request) : queue.pop();
+  _requeueHandler(requestBox, error) {
+    return requestBox[0].markRequeue(error);
   }
 
-  _trackStart(request) {
-    request.start = Date.now();
-    return Q(request);
+  _getRequest(requestBox) {
+    return this._pop(this.priorityQueue)
+      .then(this._pop.bind(this, this.normalQueue))
+      .then(request => {
+        if (!request) {
+          request = new request('wait', null);
+          request.delay = 1000;
+          request.markSkip('Exhausted queue', `Waiting ${request.delay}ms`);
+        }
+        request.start = Date.now();
+        requestBox[0] = request;
+        return request;
+      });
+  }
+
+  _completeRequest(request) {
+    if (request.shouldRequeue()) {
+      this.logger.log('Info', `Requeuing request ${request.type} for ${request.url}`);
+      this.queue(request, request);
+    }
+    return this._deleteFromQueue(request)
+      .then(this._wait.bind(this))
+      .then(this._logOutcome.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  _wait(request) {
+    if (!request.delay) {
+      return Q(request);
+    }
+    const result = Q.defer();
+    setTimeout(() => { result.resolve(request); }, request.delay);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  _pop(queue, request = null) {
+    const self = this;
+    return (request ? Q(request) : queue.pop()).then(result => {
+      if (result) {
+        result.crawler = self;
+        result.originQueue = queue;
+      }
+      return result;
+    });
   }
 
   _startNext() {
@@ -50,19 +87,19 @@ class Crawler {
 
   _filter(request) {
     if (this._configFilter(request.type, request.url)) {
-      this._markSkip(request, 'Filtered');
+      request.markSkip('Filtered');
     }
     return Q.resolve(request);
   }
 
   _fetch(request) {
-    if (request.skip) {
+    if (request.shouldSkip()) {
       return Q.resolve(request);
     }
     // rewrite the request type for collections remember the collection subType
     // Also setup 'page' as the document type to look up for etags etc.
     let fetchType = request.type;
-    let subType = collections[request.type];
+    let subType = request.getCollectionType();
     if (subType) {
       request.type = 'collection';
       request.subType = subType;
@@ -74,17 +111,19 @@ class Crawler {
       const start = Date.now();
       return self.requestor.get(request.url, options).then(githubResponse => {
         const status = githubResponse.statusCode;
-        this._addMeta(request, { status: status, fetch: Date.now() - start });
+        request.addMeta({ status: status, fetch: Date.now() - start });
         if (status !== 200 && status !== 304) {
-          self._markSkip(request, 'Error', new Error(`Code: ${status} for: ${request.url}`));
-          return request;
+          if (status === 409) {
+            return request.markSkip('Error', new Error(`Code: ${status} for: ${request.url}`));
+          }
+          return request.markRequeue();
         }
 
         if (status === 304 && githubResponse.headers.etag === etag) {
           // We have the content for this element.  If it is immutable, skip.
           // Otherwise get it from the store and process.
           if (!request.force) {
-            return self._markSkip(request, 'Unmodified');
+            return request.markSkip('Unmodified');
           }
           return self.store.get(fetchType, request.url).then(document => {
             request.document = document;
@@ -100,12 +139,12 @@ class Crawler {
       });
     }).catch(error => {
       // TODO can this request be requeued?
-      return this._markSkip(request, 'Error', error);
+      return request.markSkip('Error', error);
     });
   }
 
   _convertToDocument(request) {
-    if (request.skip) {
+    if (request.shouldSkip()) {
       return Q.resolve(request);
     }
 
@@ -125,22 +164,23 @@ class Crawler {
   }
 
   _processDocument(request) {
-    if (request.skip) {
+    if (request.shouldSkip()) {
       return Q.resolve(request);
     }
-    const handler = this[request.type];
+    let handler = this.processor[request.type];
+    handler = handler || this[request.type];
     if (!handler) {
-      this._markSkip(request, 'Warning', `No handler found for request type: ${request.type}`);
+      request.markSkip('Warning', `No handler found for request type: ${request.type}`);
       return request;
     }
 
-    request.document = handler.call(this, request);
+    request.document = handler.call(this.processor, request);
     return Q.resolve(request);
   }
 
   _storeDocument(request) {
     // See if we should skip storing the document.  Test request.store explicitly for false as it may just not be set.
-    if (request.skip || !this.store || !request.document || request.store === false) {
+    if (request.shouldSkip() || !this.store || !request.document || request.store === false) {
       return Q.resolve(request);
     }
 
@@ -154,7 +194,7 @@ class Crawler {
     if (!request.message) {
       return Q.resolve(request);
     }
-    return this.queue.done(request).then(() => { return request; });
+    return this.normalQueue.done(request).then(() => { return request; });
   }
 
   _logOutcome(request) {
@@ -162,416 +202,23 @@ class Crawler {
     if (outcome === 'Error') {
       this.logger.log(outcome, request.message);
     } else {
-      this._addMeta(request, { total: Date.now() - request.start });
+      request.addMeta({ total: Date.now() - request.start });
       this.logger.log('info', `${outcome} ${request.type} [${request.url}] ${request.message || ''}`, request.meta);
     }
     return request;
   }
 
-  _addMeta(request, data) {
-    request.meta = extend({}, request.meta, data);
-    return request;
-  }
-
-  // ===============  Entity Processors  ============
-
-  collection(request) {
-    // if there are additional pages, queue them up to be processed.  Note that these go
-    // on the high priority queue so they are loaded before they change much.
-    const linkHeader = request.response.headers.link;
-    if (linkHeader) {
-      const links = parse(linkHeader);
-      for (let i = 2; i <= links.last.page; i++) {
-        const url = request.url + `?page=${i}&per_page=100`;
-        const context = { qualifier: request.context.qualifier };
-        this._queueBase(request, { type: 'page', url: url, subType: request.subType, page: i, force: request.force, context: context }, this.priorityQueue);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Rewrite the request and document to be a 'page' and then process.
-    request.page = 1;
-    request.document._metadata.type = 'page';
-    return this.page(request);
-  }
-
-  page(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const type = request.subType;
-    const first = document.elements[0];
-    const qualifier = request.context.qualifier;
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'self', `${qualifier}:${type}:pages:${request.page}`);
-    document.elements.forEach(item => {
-      this._queueChild(request, type, item.url, qualifier);
-    });
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  org(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    this._addSelfLink(request, 'urn:');
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'repos', `urn:org:${document.id}:repos`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', 'urn:org');
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'repos', document.repos_url);
-    // TODO is this "logins"
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'users', document.members_url.replace('{/member}', ''));
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  user(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    this._addSelfLink(request, 'urn:');
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'repos', `urn:user:${document.id}:repos`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', 'urn:user');
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'repos', document.repos_url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  repo(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    this._addSelfLink(request, 'urn:');
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'owner', `urn:login:${document.owner.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'parent', `urn:login:${document.owner.id}`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', `urn:login:${document.owner.id}:repos`);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'login', document.owner.url);
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'issues', document.issues_url.replace('{/number}', ''), { repo: document.id });
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'commits', document.commits_url.replace('{/sha}', ''), { repo: document.id });
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  commit(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    this._addSelfLink(request, null, 'sha');
-
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'repo', `urn:repo:${context.repo}`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:commits`);
-    // TODO not sure what the following line does
-    // document._metadata.links.parent = document._metadata.links.parent;
-    if (document.author) {
-      this._linkSelf(request, 'author', `urn:login:${document.author.id}`);
-      this._queueRoot(request, 'login', document.author.url);
-    }
-    if (document.committer) {
-      this._linkSelf(request, 'committer', `urn:login:${document.committer.id}`);
-      this._queueRoot(request, 'login', document.committer.url);
-    }
-    if (document.files) {
-      document.files.forEach(file => {
-        delete file.patch;
-      });
-    }
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  login(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    this._addSelfLink(request, 'urn:');
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'self', `urn:login:${document.id}`);
-    // TODO should we do repos here and in the user/org?
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'repos', `urn:login:${document.id}:repos`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', 'urn:login');
-    if (document.type === 'Organization') {
-      this._queueRoot(request, 'org', `https://api.github.com/orgs/${document.login}`);
-    } else if (document.type === 'User') {
-      this._queueRoot(request, 'user', `https://api.github.com/users/${document.login}`);
-    }
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'repos', document.repos_url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  issue(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    this._addSelfLink(request);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'assignees', document.assignees.map(assignee => { return `urn:login:${assignee.id}`; }));
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'repo', `urn:repo:${context.repo}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'parent', `urn:repo:${context.repo}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'user', `urn:login:${document.user.id}`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issues`);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'login', document.user.url);
-    if (document.assignee) {
-      this._linkSelf(request, 'assignee', `urn:login:${document.assignee.id}`);
-      this._queueRoot(request, 'login', document.assignee.url);
-    }
-    if (document.closed_by) {
-      this._linkSelf(request, 'closed_by', `urn:login:${document.closed_by.id}`);
-      this._queueRoot(request, 'login', document.closed_by.url);
-    }
-
-    // milestone
-    // pull request
-    // events
-    // labels
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'issue_comments', document.comments_url, { issue: document.id, repo: context.repo });
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  issue_comment(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    this._addSelfLink(request);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'user', `urn:login:${document.user.id}`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issue:${context.issue}:comments`);
-    this._queue(request, 'login', document.user.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  team(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    this._addSelfLink(request, `urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'org', `urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'login', `urn:login:${document.organization.id}`);
-    this._linkSiblings(request, 'siblings', `urn:org:${document.organization.id}:teams`);
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'team_members', document.members_url);
-    this._queueChildren(request, 'team_repos', document.repositories_url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  team_members(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    this._addSelfLink(request, `urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  team_repos(request) {
-    this._addSelfLink(request, `urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  // ===============  Event Processors  ============
-  CommitCommentEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(request);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'comment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:comment:${payload.comment.id}`);
-    // TODO siblings?
-    this._queue(request, 'comment', payload.comment.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  CreateEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  DeleteEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    // TODO do something for interesting deletions e.g.,  where ref-type === 'repository'
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  DeploymentEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'deployment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:deployment:${payload.deployment.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'deployment', payload.deployment.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  DeploymentStatusEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'deployment_status', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:deployment:${payload.deployment.id}:status:${payload.deployment_status.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'deployment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:deployment:${payload.deployment.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'deployment', payload.deployment.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  ForkEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    // TODO figure out what else to do
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  GollumEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  IssueCommentEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'issue', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issue:${payload.issue.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'comment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:comment:${payload.comment.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'comment', payload.comment.url);
-    this._queue(request, 'issue', payload.issue.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  IssuesEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'issue', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issue:${payload.issue.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'issue', payload.issue.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  LabelEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  MemberEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'member', `urn:login:${payload.member.id}`);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'login', payload.member.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  MembershipEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'self', `urn:team:${payload.team.id}:membership_event:${document.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'member', `urn:login:${payload.member.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'team', `urn:team:${payload.team.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'org', `urn:org:${payload.organization.id}`);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'login', payload.member.url);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'org', payload.organization.url);
-    this._queue(request, 'team', payload.team.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  MilestoneEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'milestone', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:milestone:${payload.milestone.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'milestone', payload.milestone.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  PageBuildEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'page_build', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:page_builds:${payload.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'page_build', payload.build.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  PublicEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  PullRequestEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'pull', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'pull', payload.pull_request.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  PullRequestReviewEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'review', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}:review:${payload.review.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'pull', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}`);
-    this._queue(request, 'pull_review', payload.pull_request.review_comment_url.replace('{/number}', `/${payload.review.id}`));
-    this._queue(request, 'pull', payload.pull_request.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  PullRequestReviewCommentEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'comment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}:comment:${payload.comment.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'pull', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}`);
-    // TODO see if all the various comments can be the same type
-    this._queue(request, 'pull_comment', payload.comment.url);
-    this._queue(request, 'pull', payload.pull_request.url);
-    return document;
-  }
-
-  PushEvent(request) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    const context = request.context;
-    const payload = this._eventHelper(document);
-    // TODO figure out what to do with the commits
-    return document;
-  }
-
   // ===============  Helpers  ============
 
-  _addSelfLink(request, base = null, key = 'id') {
-    let qualifier = base ? base : request.context.qualifier;
-    qualifier = qualifier.endsWith(':') ? qualifier : qualifier + ':';
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'self', `${qualifier}${request.type}:${request.document[key]}`);
-  }
-
-  _linkSelf(request, name, value) {
-    const links = request.document._metadata.links;
-    const key = Array.isArray(value) ? 'hrefs' : 'href';
-    links[name] = { type: 'self' };
-    links[name][key] = value;
-  }
-
-  _linkSiblings(request, name, href) {
-    const links = request.document._metadata.links;
-    links[name] = { type: 'siblings', href: href };
-  }
-
-  _queue(request, type, url, context, queue = null) {
-    const newRequest = { type: type, url: url };
-    newRequest.context = context;
-    this._queueBase(request, newRequest, queue);
-  }
-
-  _queueRoot(request, type, url) {
-    this._queueBase(request, { type: type, url: url });
-  }
-
-  _queueChild(request, type, url, qualifier) {
-    const newRequest = { type: type, url: url };
-    newRequest.context = request.context || {};
-    newRequest.context.qualifier = qualifier;
-    if (request.force) {
-      newRequest.force = request.force;
-    }
-    this._queueBase(request, newRequest);
-  }
-
-  _queueChildren(request, type, url, context = null) {
-    const newRequest = { type: type, url: url };
-    const newContext = extend(request.context || {}, context);
-    newRequest.context = newContext;
-    newContext.qualifier = request.document._metadata.links.self.href;
-    if (request.force) {
-      newRequest.force = request.force;
-    }
-    this._queueBase(request, newRequest);
-  }
-
   // TODO make a queue all and add promises (then) to the code below
-  _queueBase(request, newRequest, queue = null) {
+  queue(request, newRequest, queue = null) {
     if (this._configFilter(newRequest.type, newRequest.url)) {
       this.logger.log('info', `Skipped queuing ${newRequest.type} [${newRequest.url}]`);
       return;
     }
-    queue = queue || this.queue;
+    queue = queue || this.normalQueue;
     request.promises.push(queue.push(newRequest));
+    return request;
   }
 
   _configFilter(type, target) {
@@ -585,32 +232,6 @@ class Crawler {
     }
     return false;
   }
-
-  _markSkip(request, outcome, message) {
-    request.skip = true;
-    request.outcome = request.outcome || outcome;
-    request.message = request.message || message;
-    return request;
-  }
-
-  _eventHelper(request, references) {
-    const document = request.document;
-    // TODO understand if the actor is typically the same as the creator or pusher in the payload
-    const repo = document.repo ? document.repo.id : null;
-    const urn = repo ? `urn:repo:${repo}` : `urn:org:${document.org.id}`;
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'self', `${urn}:${request.type}:${document.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'actor', `urn:login:${document.actor.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'repo', `urn:repo:${document.repo.id}`);
-    this._linkSelf(request, 'org', `urn:org:${document.org.id}`);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'login', document.actor.url);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'repo', document.repo.url);
-    this._queueRoot(request, 'org', document.org.url);
-    return document.payload;
-  }
-
-  _isCollectionRequest(request) {
-    return collections.hasOwnProperty(request.type);
-  }
 }
 
 module.exports = Crawler;
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diff --git a/lib/processor.js b/lib/processor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df930d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/processor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+const parse = require('parse-link-header');
+const Request = require('./request');
+
+class Processor {
+  constructor() {
+  }
+
+  collection(request) {
+    // if there are additional pages, queue them up to be processed.  Note that these go
+    // on the high priority queue so they are loaded before they change much.
+    const linkHeader = request.response.headers.link;
+    if (linkHeader) {
+      const links = parse(linkHeader);
+      for (let i = 2; i <= links.last.page; i++) {
+        const url = request.url + `?page=${i}&per_page=100`;
+        const newRequest = Request.create('page', url);
+        newRequest.force = request.force;
+        newRequest.page = i;
+        newRequest.subType = request.subType;
+        newRequest.context = { qualifier: request.context.qualifier };
+        request.crawler.queue(request, newRequest, request.crawler.priorityQueue);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Rewrite the request and document to be a 'page' and then process.
+    request.page = 1;
+    request.document._metadata.type = 'page';
+    return this.page(request);
+  }
+
+  page(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const type = request.subType;
+    const first = document.elements[0];
+    const qualifier = request.context.qualifier;
+    request.linkSelf('self', `${qualifier}:${type}:pages:${request.page}`);
+    document.elements.forEach(item => {
+      request.queueChild(type, item.url, qualifier);
+    });
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  org(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    request.addSelfLink('urn:');
+    request.linkSiblings('repos', `urn:org:${document.id}:repos`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', 'urn:org');
+    request.queueChildren('repos', document.repos_url);
+    // TODO is this "logins"
+    request.queueChildren('users', document.members_url.replace('{/member}', ''));
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  user(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    request.addSelfLink('urn:');
+    request.linkSiblings('repos', `urn:user:${document.id}:repos`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', 'urn:user');
+    request.queueChildren('repos', document.repos_url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  repo(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    request.addSelfLink('urn:');
+    request.linkSelf('owner', `urn:login:${document.owner.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('parent', `urn:login:${document.owner.id}`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', `urn:login:${document.owner.id}:repos`);
+    request.queueRoot('login', document.owner.url);
+    request.queueChildren('issues', document.issues_url.replace('{/number}', ''), { repo: document.id });
+    request.queueChildren('commits', document.commits_url.replace('{/sha}', ''), { repo: document.id });
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  commit(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    request.addSelfLink(null, 'sha');
+
+    request.linkSelf('repo', `urn:repo:${context.repo}`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:commits`);
+    // TODO not sure what the following line does
+    // document._metadata.links.parent = document._metadata.links.parent;
+    if (document.author) {
+      request.linkSelf('author', `urn:login:${document.author.id}`);
+      request.queueRoot('login', document.author.url);
+    }
+    if (document.committer) {
+      request.linkSelf('committer', `urn:login:${document.committer.id}`);
+      request.queueRoot('login', document.committer.url);
+    }
+    if (document.files) {
+      document.files.forEach(file => {
+        delete file.patch;
+      });
+    }
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  login(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    request.addSelfLink('urn:');
+    request.linkSelf('self', `urn:login:${document.id}`);
+    // TODO should we do repos here and in the user/org?
+    request.linkSiblings('repos', `urn:login:${document.id}:repos`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', 'urn:login');
+    if (document.type === 'Organization') {
+      request.queueRoot('org', `https://api.github.com/orgs/${document.login}`);
+    } else if (document.type === 'User') {
+      request.queueRoot('user', `https://api.github.com/users/${document.login}`);
+    }
+    request.queueChildren('repos', document.repos_url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  issue(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    request.addSelfLink(request);
+    request.linkSelf('assignees', document.assignees.map(assignee => { return `urn:login:${assignee.id}`; }));
+    request.linkSelf('repo', `urn:repo:${context.repo}`);
+    request.linkSelf('parent', `urn:repo:${context.repo}`);
+    request.linkSelf('user', `urn:login:${document.user.id}`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issues`);
+    request.queueRoot('login', document.user.url);
+    if (document.assignee) {
+      request.linkSelf('assignee', `urn:login:${document.assignee.id}`);
+      request.queueRoot('login', document.assignee.url);
+    }
+    if (document.closed_by) {
+      request.linkSelf('closed_by', `urn:login:${document.closed_by.id}`);
+      request.queueRoot('login', document.closed_by.url);
+    }
+
+    // milestone
+    // pull request
+    // events
+    // labels
+    request.queueChildren('issue_comments', document.comments_url, { issue: document.id, repo: context.repo });
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  issue_comment(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    request.addSelfLink(request);
+    request.linkSelf('user', `urn:login:${document.user.id}`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issue:${context.issue}:comments`);
+    request.queue('login', document.user.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  team(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    request.addSelfLink(`urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('org', `urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('login', `urn:login:${document.organization.id}`);
+    request.linkSiblings('siblings', `urn:org:${document.organization.id}:teams`);
+    request.queueChildren('team_members', document.members_url);
+    request.queueChildren('team_repos', document.repositories_url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  team_members(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    request.addSelfLink(`urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  team_repos(request) {
+    request.addSelfLink(`urn:org:${document.organization.id}`);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  // ===============  Event Processors  ============
+  CommitCommentEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(request);
+    request.linkSelf('comment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:comment:${payload.comment.id}`);
+    // TODO siblings?
+    request.queue('comment', payload.comment.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  CreateEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  DeleteEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    // TODO do something for interesting deletions e.g.,  where ref-type === 'repository'
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  DeploymentEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('deployment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:deployment:${payload.deployment.id}`);
+    request.queue('deployment', payload.deployment.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  DeploymentStatusEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('deployment_status', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:deployment:${payload.deployment.id}:status:${payload.deployment_status.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('deployment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:deployment:${payload.deployment.id}`);
+    request.queue('deployment', payload.deployment.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  ForkEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    // TODO figure out what else to do
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  GollumEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  IssueCommentEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('issue', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issue:${payload.issue.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('comment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:comment:${payload.comment.id}`);
+    request.queue('comment', payload.comment.url);
+    request.queue('issue', payload.issue.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  IssuesEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('issue', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:issue:${payload.issue.id}`);
+    request.queue('issue', payload.issue.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  LabelEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  MemberEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('member', `urn:login:${payload.member.id}`);
+    request.queueRoot('login', payload.member.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  MembershipEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('self', `urn:team:${payload.team.id}:membership_event:${document.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('member', `urn:login:${payload.member.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('team', `urn:team:${payload.team.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('org', `urn:org:${payload.organization.id}`);
+    request.queueRoot('login', payload.member.url);
+    request.queueRoot('org', payload.organization.url);
+    request.queue('team', payload.team.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  MilestoneEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('milestone', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:milestone:${payload.milestone.id}`);
+    request.queue('milestone', payload.milestone.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  PageBuildEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('page_build', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:page_builds:${payload.id}`);
+    request.queue('page_build', payload.build.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  PublicEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  PullRequestEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('pull', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}`);
+    request.queue('pull', payload.pull_request.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  PullRequestReviewEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('review', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}:review:${payload.review.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('pull', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}`);
+    request.queue('pull_review', payload.pull_request.review_comment_url.replace('{/number}', `/${payload.review.id}`));
+    request.queue('pull', payload.pull_request.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  PullRequestReviewCommentEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    request.linkSelf('comment', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}:comment:${payload.comment.id}`);
+    request.linkSelf('pull', `urn:repo:${context.repo}:pull:${payload.pull_request.id}`);
+    // TODO see if all the various comments can be the same type
+    request.queue('pull_comment', payload.comment.url);
+    request.queue('pull', payload.pull_request.url);
+    return document;
+  }
+
+  PushEvent(request) {
+    const document = request.document;
+    const context = request.context;
+    const payload = request.eventHelper(document);
+    // TODO figure out what to do with the commits
+    return document;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = Processor;
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diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d560fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+const extend = require('extend');
+
+class Request {
+  static create(type, url) {
+    const result = new Request();
+    result.type = type;
+    result.url = url;
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  addMeta(data) {
+    this.meta = extend({}, this.meta, data);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  addSelfLink(base = null, key = 'id') {
+    let qualifier = base ? base : this.context.qualifier;
+    qualifier = qualifier.endsWith(':') ? qualifier : qualifier + ':';
+    this.linkSelf('self', `${qualifier}${this.type}:${this.document[key]}`);
+  }
+
+  linkSelf(name, value) {
+    const links = this.document._metadata.links;
+    const key = Array.isArray(value) ? 'hrefs' : 'href';
+    links[name] = { type: 'self' };
+    links[name][key] = value;
+  }
+
+  linkSiblings(name, href) {
+    const links = this.document._metadata.links;
+    links[name] = { type: 'siblings', href: href };
+  }
+
+  queue(type, url, context, queue = null) {
+    const newRequest = Request.create(type, url);
+    newRequest.context = context;
+    this.crawler.queue(this, newRequest, queue);
+  }
+
+  queueRoot(type, url) {
+    this.crawler.queue(this, Request.create(type, url));
+  }
+
+  queueChild(type, url, qualifier) {
+    const newRequest = Request.create(type, url);
+    newRequest.context = this.context || {};
+    newRequest.context.qualifier = qualifier;
+    if (this.force) {
+      newRequest.force = this.force;
+    }
+    this.crawler.queue(this, newRequest);
+  }
+
+  queueChildren(type, url, context = null) {
+    const newRequest = Request.create(type, url);
+    const newContext = extend(this.context || {}, context);
+    newRequest.context = newContext;
+    newContext.qualifier = this.document._metadata.links.self.href;
+    if (this.force) {
+      newRequest.force = this.force;
+    }
+    this.crawler.queue(this, newRequest);
+  }
+
+  markSkip(outcome, message) {
+    this.processControl = 'skip';
+    this.outcome = this.outcome || outcome;
+    this.message = this.message || message;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  markRequeue(message) {
+    this.processControl = 'requeue';
+    this.message = this.message || message;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  shouldSkip() {
+    return this.processControl;
+  }
+
+  shouldRequeue() {
+    return this.processControl === 'requeue';
+  }
+
+  eventHelper(references) {
+    const document = this.document;
+    // TODO understand if the actor is typically the same as the creator or pusher in the payload
+    const repo = document.repo ? document.repo.id : null;
+    const urn = repo ? `urn:repo:${repo}` : `urn:org:${document.org.id}`;
+    this.linkSelf('self', `${urn}:${this.type}:${document.id}`);
+    this.linkSelf('actor', `urn:login:${document.actor.id}`);
+    this.linkSelf('repo', `urn:repo:${document.repo.id}`);
+    this.linkSelf('org', `urn:org:${document.org.id}`);
+    this.queueRoot('login', document.actor.url);
+    this.queueRoot('repo', document.repo.url);
+    this.queueRoot('org', document.org.url);
+    return document.payload;
+  }
+
+  getCollectionType() {
+    const collections = {
+      orgs: 'org', repos: 'repo', issues: 'issue', issue_comments: 'issue_comment', commits: 'commit', teams: 'team', users: 'user'
+    };
+    return collections[this.type];
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = Request;
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