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I have a WWI plaque with three soldiers named. The WWI group doesnt allow memorial to specific people, the specific veteran groups doesnt allow memorial to specific wars.

For the WWI it depends on how they are listed.  If it is specifically for them no but if it is for the specific place such as for a county etc and then list them then it is acceptable.  If the memorial in memory of soldier 1, soldier 2, soldier 3 then it is not accepted.  If it is listed that way  then it should be acceptable to the specific veterans category as it does allow memorials to specific veterans without regard to which war. 

Here's the plaque http://img52661.pictiger.com/images/16393102/

This should be able to go in the Specific Veterans Memorial category as it names the veterans without it saying to all veterans from county etc. and then listing them.

Im not sure where to post what I saw today, it was a series of small wataerwheels (each about 6-12 inches tall), about 10 of them in a row that formed a small "waterfall", with a pool at the bottom. I was thinking either man made waterfalls, or working water wheels..

Opinions?

globetrotters.us:

Im not sure where to post what I saw today, it was a series of small wataerwheels (each about 6-12 inches tall), about 10 of them in a row that formed a small "waterfall", with a pool at the bottom. I was thinking either man made waterfalls, or working water wheels..

Opinions?

Was this a fountain?  Man made waterfalls must have to be 5 ft drop.  Working water wheels must power machinery. (things to keep in mind for those categories)

BruceS:

Was this a fountain?  Man made waterfalls must have to be 5 ft drop.  Working water wheels must power machinery. (things to keep in mind for those categories)

I tried to get a short video uploaded, but my connection here isn't stable enough for it, I'll do that when I get home.

The stream would have been a 20 foot waterfall if it were allowed to proceed on it's own. It appears that it was divided into 'steps' to prevent erosion. The water wheels are probibly decorative, but I called them 'working' in that they are slowing down the flow to prevent erosion? They create no power, perhaps the opposite. At no point can you see the 'fall' between each step, as the water flows inside the step box. When I can get the video up, it will make sense. I need to figure out a way to edit out my heavy breathing, though. The trail was on a steep hill walking up to the remains of an old castle.

Leave the volume low for the first few seconds, until I catch my breath..

http://www.gather.com/viewVideo.jsp?id=11821949021870771&nav=Namespace

 

 

Okay, where does this go? Its a giant rock with a circle across the top, Each subdivision of the circle has a place name and the distance to that place.

I was thinking distance and direction arrows, but they aren't arranged in direction order. I was also thinking of a compass rose, because each of the corners give a direction an distance that is appropriate.

 

globetrotters.us:

Okay, where does this go? Its a giant rock with a circle across the top, Each subdivision of the circle has a place name and the distance to that place.

I was thinking distance and direction arrows, but they aren't arranged in direction order. I was also thinking of a compass rose, because each of the corners give a direction an distance that is appropriate.

 

I would try distance and direction arrows.

I've read through the different categories for specific wars and specific vetrans, and I'm having trouble.  Pitt county NC has one memorial for everyone who's been killed in war from this county.  The wars are listed, and the people are named.  This goes from WWI to Iraqi Freedom.  I'm sure this isn't the only memorial designed this way, I just can't tell from the category descriptions where to put it!

Thanks for all your help!

yramc600:

I've read through the different categories for specific wars and specific vetrans, and I'm having trouble.  Pitt county NC has one memorial for everyone who's been killed in war from this county.  The wars are listed, and the people are named.  This goes from WWI to Iraqi Freedom.  I'm sure this isn't the only memorial designed this way, I just can't tell from the category descriptions where to put it!

Thanks for all your help!

I agree that there is no consistency and the war categories are very confusing. Here is what I read:

Non-Specific Veteran Memorials: They accept "The multi-war monuments must be of a kind that are not separatable into separate categories..."

http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=31dfd108-4b51-499f-96b7-ea8b5147c4bf&exp=True

yramc600:

I've read through the different categories for specific wars and specific vetrans, and I'm having trouble.  Pitt county NC has one memorial for everyone who's been killed in war from this county.  The wars are listed, and the people are named.  This goes from WWI to Iraqi Freedom.  I'm sure this isn't the only memorial designed this way, I just can't tell from the category descriptions where to put it!

Thanks for all your help!

Non-Specific Veteran Memorials wants memorials that don't mention names or cover a number of different wars. Memorials that say, "Everybody in the Vietnam War" or "Everybody in Every War Ever." The category also says:

The multi-war monuments must be of a kind that are not separatable into separate categories: a memorial "walk" with bricks for soldiers from various wars would be acceptable, for example, but a memorial park with a separate monument or engraving for each war would not.

This means your waymark would go here because numerous people are mentioned and it's really impossible to divy up the memorial into existing categories.

Non-Specific Veteran Memorials accepted the burden of being non-specific, which requires them to define something that's general and be inclusion of all different forms of non-specific memorials that could possibly be out there.

Specific Veteran Memorials don't care if a specific war is mentioned or how many wars are mentioned. They only care about the person or people who are being memorialised. It's got to say, "Col. Joe Army." Specific Veteran Memorials have the convenience of being specific, which makes the category's requirements easier to understand.

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yramc600:

I've read through the different categories for specific wars and specific vetrans, and I'm having trouble.  Pitt county NC has one memorial for everyone who's been killed in war from this county.  The wars are listed, and the people are named.  This goes from WWI to Iraqi Freedom.  I'm sure this isn't the only memorial designed this way, I just can't tell from the category descriptions where to put it!

Thanks for all your help!

This definately says "Multi war" to me. There is more than one war on it, so it's multi war. My KISS [ Keep Is Simple - Stupid ] method for deciding where to put it. If it has multiple wars mentioned, it goes into non-specific. If it just says all who died from [town] without mention of a specific war, I put it in non-specific. If it just mentions one veteran it goes to specific. If it just mentions one war, and that war has a cat, it goes there.

The ones I'm not really sure of are the multi war memorials that include separete monuments to each war. I do each monument separately, because it allows me to give more focus to each.

Thanks, I knew I was reading too much into it

yramc600:

Thanks, I knew I was reading too much into it

I don't think so because I have has the same problems with these categories that you are describing. That tells me there is a clarity issue with some of the categories.

globetrotters.us:

Okay, where does this go? Its a giant rock with a circle across the top, Each subdivision of the circle has a place name and the distance to that place.

I was thinking distance and direction arrows, but they aren't arranged in direction order. I was also thinking of a compass rose, because each of the corners give a direction an distance that is appropriate.

We'd love to have this in Milestones. 

It's a bit like this one:WM33K5

 

TheBeanTeam:

yramc600:

Thanks, I knew I was reading too much into it

I don't think so because I have has the same problems with these categories that you are describing. That tells me there is a clarity issue with some of the categories.

Hmm, if there's two of us, that makes me feel better, where there's two I bet there's more.

I like this thread...

Where would I put a cantilever bridge?

ODragon:

I like this thread...

Where would I put a cantilever bridge?

It appears that most could be submitted into the truss bridge category (except those built as concrete box construction)

That seemed to work...  it got published...

ODragon:

That seemed to work...  it got published...

Glad I could be of service

Where would you put Sikh temples? We have one nearby.

Would this fit Orientation Tables too?

Are you suggesting the Sikh temple in with Orientation Tables?

Anyways, I don't think there is an appropriate cat for Sikh temples at the moment.  It is a very large religion and Sikh temples would make a great category, in my opinion.

As far as Orientation Tables go... I'm not entirely certain what you are talking about.  If you do mean Sikh temples, then no, it would not go in there.