Talk:Commemorative plaque

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[edit] Should this be added here

"In 2004 a memorial plaque to the victims was erected in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem. The names of the non-Jewish victims were engraved separately from the others. [1]" ??? Zeq 20:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

The newspaper link about separation of names on the memorial belongs in Haredi Judaism, but needs to be handled sensitively. That article currently contains no information about this internal Israeli problem, at least not as it is framed in the Haaretz article. Fred Bauder 12:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nomenclature: a plaque is not free-standing?

In Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate Dictionary (online), definition 2c for plaque is: "a commemorative or identifying inscribed tablet." Regardless of size, material, and purpose: is the designation "[commemorative] plaque" based on its characteristic as not free-standing? If a plaque is designed to be affixed to a larger, flat surface (e.g. a wall, part of a monument, etc.), would there necessarily be a different designation—such as "[memorial] wall"—for one that is free-standing but otherwise serves this purpose and resembles the typical plaque in other features? I did not find a single WP page for memorial wall, though there are numerous pages for particular wall monuments.-- Thanks, Deborahjay (talk) 08:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)