War Diaries Talk

Would like to mention a query on pages 42/43/44 of the diary 1 Btn Northamptonshire Regiment. regarding Tagging.

  • marie.eklidvirginmedia.com by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

    I commented that this diary page is a typewritten #duplicate of 1-10th Aug 1917 but marked as an Appendix. I tagged pages as diary pages but with the commented remarks.

    Page 42 (on profile 266) https://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/subjects/AWD0003mtv

    Page 43 dated 10-22nd August 1917. https://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/subjects/AWD0003mua

    This is where the query occurred on Page 44 dated 23-30 August 1917 https://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/subjects/AWD0003mtl because of the remarks at the bottom of the page, which were not included on the diary for this date. I remarked in the comment box: “Diary page is a typewritten #duplicate of 1-10th Aug 1917 marked as an Appendix. Although remarks smart march past-4th Army No. G.S. 843.”

    Page 45 mentions messages be conveyed from General H Rawlinson Commanding 4th Army Link: https://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/subjects/AWD0003mu0
    I made the following comment on page 45. “Tagged this 4th Appendix page as order page to include names and Ref to Numbers quoted but Reported to Moderator”.

    I report this as I have never come across entries like this in the diaries before. I am not sure whether I have tagged these 4 pages correctly. What would be your views on this query?

    As page 46 continues in the same way as page 45, I will leave this diary for the time being and start tagging a new one, then come back and continue tagging the diary with the query on it.

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Marie, you're right to tag these as diary pages. However, there's no need to tag duplicate information, just things which are new.

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  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    Didn't know it was possible to start a new dairy and than return to the "old" one. How does that work?

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  • marie.eklidvirginmedia.com by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

    It means I am waiting for an answer to the query on the diary I am doing so until I receive an answer before continuing it , I have chosen another diary to start - then when I receive an answer to the query I can go back to the one I was tagging previously by bringing it back up again to tag.

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  • marie.eklidvirginmedia.com by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

    Thanks for your answer Ral, I did not tag the Appendix diary pages - I just commented they were duplicate because the Appendix pages were typewritten duplicates of the diary pages - which I had already tagged.

    The appendix pages with JUST the messages on the bottom of pages 44 and page 45 of the appendix pages had not appeared.

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  • marie.eklidvirginmedia.com by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

    It means I am waiting for an answer to the query on the diary I am doing so until I receive an answer before continuing it , I have chosen another diary to start - then when I receive an answer to the query I can go back to the diary I was tagging with the query on it, by going to the 'Pick a Diary Page' and bringing it back up again to tag.

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator in response to erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be's comment.

    Erik, it is possible to switch to a different diary and then return to a previous one, just as Marie says. Often you will be able to pick up the old diary where you left off. However, I think if you wait too long, other people who are tagging your old diary may move it beyond the page you last worked on and even finish it up entirely.

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