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List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page. The closing editor's comments were: 12 days, 4 support, 0 oppose. Promote. Scorpion0422 17:58, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, just as a change from my usual football related articles i have updated this list as part of my workthrough of all Victoria Cross related topics on Wikipedia. I think this list meets the criteria and displays all you would want to know about the recipients. Any suggestions/improvements would be appreciated. Thanks. Woodym555 23:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment. Everything is correct and in order. The one thing I will criticize is the introduction section which gives much more weight detailing the award rather than connecting it to the recipients. Also, what is the pattern of wikilinking in the "Conflict" column? --maclean 07:26, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I will have a go at cleaning up the Lead, i see you point completely. With regards to the conflict column, i wikilinked all campaigns on all instances because of the sorting. I made an exception for WWI and WWII because i didn't think we needed 60 wikilinks of WWII. I am open to changing it though. Woodym555 10:13, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have added some more information to the Lead and i have removed some. Is this what you were thinking? Woodym555 21:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Support. That is what I was thinking. --maclean 22:45, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support very nicely put together list. I do have one thought, though wouldn't withhold my support based on it, and it's the linkages. You link to every person connected with the second boer war, yet only occasionally with WWI and WWII etc. I would suggest linking to none of these and discussing in the section's lead what each conflict that has yeilded people winning the awards (perhaps a current count for each conflict?) and link there, leaving plain non-linked text for the table/list? Without this, you have my support, but this is just a little thing I think would tidy up this tiny gripe I have. --lincalinca 02:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, it is always a trade-off with sortable lists. The first instance will not always be the same. My thinking was that people could easily find a WW1 and WW2 link but not Boer War or Civil war links. I have amended the lead to reflect your concerns and i have removed the wikilinks. Even when i added them i thought it strange. I did want to wikilink the actual battles in the place column, but for many they were for multiple actions over a series of days, so it would be inaccurate. I hope this assuages your concerns. Woodym555 12:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The conflict column 'sort' does not sort correctly. Try to sort so the highest alphabet characters appear first. I get Russian, then Second, only then Vietnam! Hmains 01:43, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Umm, it sorts alphabetically for me. q,r,s,t,u,v,w, i.e.Russian, second Boer, Vietnam, World War One, World War Two. Am i missing something? Woodym555 07:50, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • You are correct. It is working correctly. Hmains 23:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        • Any other problems with it? Thanks. Woodym555 15:11, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I can support this, it looks good. -- Scorpion0422 17:50, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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