War Diaries Talk

Three recurring questions I have on tagging

  • Nahameb by Nahameb

    I have three of questions that keep coming up:

    1. What do I tag 'on fatigue' as?
    2. What do I tag things like cleaning weapons and salvage work as?
    3. I know how to tag Other Ranks who depart through illness etc but how do I tag when Other Ranks join from depot?
      Thank you!

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  • wildcatjenny by wildcatjenny moderator in response to Nahameb's comment.

    Hi Nahameb,

    "On fatigue" would best be described by the Unit Activity tag "Working party". I do not see a good tag for cleaning weapons or salvage work. I am sure that they cleaned weapons regularly, so this is probably a detail that does not need to be tagged. You may want to make a comment about the salvage work.

    Other ranks join on a regular basis. There is a lot of movement between units. This is covered in the periodic reports of unit strength. If a larger number (30 or more?) join we have been asked to make a comment and use the hashtag #draft followed by the number of persons who joined.

    Thanks for all your hard work!

    wildcatjenny

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  • Nahameb by Nahameb

    Thank you!

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  • HeatherC by HeatherC moderator

    I think the salvage stuff is quite interesting. Until I got involved here I had no idea about the huge amounts of equipment and clothing that were salvaged from the battlefield (mainly by the Labour Corps as the war went on). I certainly think salvage is worth a hashtag.

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  • wildcatjenny by wildcatjenny moderator in response to HeatherC's comment.

    Agreed, HeatherC

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