Talk:Victoria Cross (Canada)

message: Did this award happen as predicted? The article is now out of date and needs updating by someone who knows. Loganberry (Talk) 01:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vimy Ridge VC? 

message: I'm putting the article on hold, for the following reasons :
*No references in the opening paragraphs
*Origin Section needs more information
-FlubecaTalk 00:59, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA Candidate

message: This article has passed the GA noms. A few suggestions to improve this article would be to add a few more references, and add more information to various sections. If you disagree with this statement feel free to take it to WP:GA/R. Tarret 01:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: and  need a WP:FURG.  I don't see how it passed with this. Giggy UCP 01:53, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the coin image, since it wasn't discussed in the article. I am planning on replacing the lead image photo with a image of the Canadian medal. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 02:39, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

text: According to WP:WIAGA the images only need to comply with WP:FUC and have a proper license tag. From the looks of it they do. Also I don't see WP:WIAGA mention WP:FURG anywhere. Although this issue may come up in a WP:FAC; this is GA which is supposed to be a less strict process. Finally if you still disagree feel free to take this to WP:GA/R. Tarret 02:41, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:FURG is part of WP:FUC.  And to quote from WP:FURG, Non-free images that do not include both a fair use tag and a detailed fair use rationale may be deleted after seven days, so it's way above the GA criteria ;) Giggy UCP 03:32, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In case your wondering why I passed it after you put it on hold well in my opinion it was good enough for GA and there isn't anything saying (though there should be something about it) that another user can't pass an article that was put on hold earlier. Tarret 21:46, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Passed

message: Wow, look at those internet drama. First put on hold by Flubeca, then passed by Tarret after 43 mins, 9 mins later Giggy spotted FUR problem, couple of days later Tarret replied why he took over the review. Anyways, back to topic, Flubeca's points are valid, I am concerned about no reference on the lead section "receipent gets $3000 per year". Since nobody improved it drammatically for over a month, I'm going to delist it now. OhanaUnitedTalk page 14:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The point about the "$3000 per year" is referenced later in the article. Gimmetrow 04:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, i have notified User:OhanaUnited about it on User talk:OhanaUnited#Victoria Cross (Canada) her talk page. I have asked for clarification on the specific reasons why it was delisted. Woodym555 09:50, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The fair use issue was taken care of a while ago. 13:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Delisted GA

message: Due to the rather ignominious circumstances of its promotion and subsequent delisting i have put it up for GA review. Woodym555 10:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:GA/R#Victoria Cross (Canada)|Good article review]]

message: This page was recently moved from Victoria Cross (Canada). The move was obviously made for the sensible reason of wanting it to be similar to Victoria Cross for Australia and Victoria Cross for New Zealand, however, I think the move was ill-advised. In a discussion here the correct naming convention for the VC for which Canadian service personnel are eligible was discussed. The only official reference available was the Medals Yearbook 2005 which called the New Zealand VC the Victoria Cross for New Zealand, the Australian one the Victoria Cross for Australia, and the Canadian one the Victoria Cross (Canada). I suggested that the Canadian VC was in fact merely called the Victoria Cross, but that (it differing from the British Original) it has been noted as Victoria Cross (Canada) to avoid confusion - i.e. the Australians award the Victoria Cross for Australia, New Zealand awards the Victoria Cross for New Zealand, and both Canada and the UK award something called the Victoria Cross. Calling the page Victoria Cross (Canada) is therefore most likely accurate - the (Canada) bit is for disambiguation.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Quadparty (talk • contribs) 
:When I made the article in 2005, I had no idea if articles were made about the other VC's for NZ and AU. Plus, since there was an article on the Victoria Cross already, I pretty much had to put it at Victoria Cross (Canada) so people will not be confused. Plus, as the poster above said, this VC is different from the other ones in minor ways, including how it is awarded (it can be awarded during peace time). I support the move it to the original name I put this article at. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 09:01, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposing Move 

message: Dear fellow contributors
MOSNUM no longer encourages date autoformatting, having evolved over the past year or so from the mandatory to the optional after much discussion there and elsewhere of the disadvantages of the system. Related to this, MOSNUM prescribes rules for the raw formatting, irrespective of whether or not dates are autoformatted. MOSLINK and CONTEXT are consistent with this. 
There are at least six disadvantages in using date-autoformatting, which I've capped here:
Removal has generally been met with positive responses by editors. I'm seeking feedback about this proposal to remove it from the main text (using a script) in about a week's time on a trial basis/ The original input formatting would be seen by all WPians, not just the huge number of visitors; it would be plain, unobtrusive text, which would give greater prominence to the high-value links. Tony (talk) 08:51, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think anyone is saying that you're not allowed to talk about this.  What we are saying is that you are discussing this in absolutely the wrong venue(s), and you know it.  Trying to assume good faith here, but you're making it very difficult. Prince of Canada t | c 17:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Direct all future comments to Talk:Victoria Cross, which given that this is part of a Featured Topic, should be more appropriate than here. Either that or MOS/MOSNUM if you dare. Woody (talk) 18:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree with that recommendation. Discussions about changes to Victoria Cross (Canada) should take place on this page. General discussion about date wikilinking should take place on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). DoubleBlue (Talk) 00:10, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to remove date-autoformatting 

message: This article needs a creation and a design section, as I know for a fact that the Canadian VC was designed differently, and created with different metals than the Great Britian VC. I can provide some images if that is what is required, or maybe some references, but this is needed. -- Cheers mate! CYCLONICWHIRLWIND talk 03:18, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well if you've got the references and such... be bold, no? Prince of Canada t | c 04:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a design section, it is at Victoria_Cross_(Canada)#Appearance. You can add more about the original of the Canadian VC at Victoria_Cross_(Canada)#Origin. You can do this as long as you have sources and citations to back it up. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, as Zscout says, the sections are already there. Since I wrote this a while ago, I know they have released an actual medal, the makeup of the metals wasn't known when I wrote it. If you don't want to write it, can you give us the sources? Regards. Woody (talk) 09:47, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creation 

message: Aren't Newfies Canadians by definition? ColDickPeters (talk) 15:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not prior to 1947, no. Prince of Canada t | c 16:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Canadians & Newfoundlanders

message: I've retitled the notes and footnotes sections as per WP:REFNOTE, which states, in particular, that "A separate section containing references is usually given the title 'References', while the explanatory notes section retains the 'Notes' title." As for the bibliography, as I explained in my edit summary, its contents are not, as far as I can tell, references for the article, but are instead there for further reading on the subject; I removed from that section books that are already present in the references. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 11:48, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: While this wasn't one of the recent changes, is there any reason why all the refs and notes are enclosed in "small" html tags. I don't know of any other article that does this, it makes them quite hard to read on my monitor.  David Underdown (talk) 09:24, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In terms of the footnotes, Miesianiacal and I had a VC discussion on his talkpage about it. In terms of "small" that is part of ;  use large font. Reflist seems to have become the standard use due to the sheer size of the references if they are in large font on articles such as Victoria Cross where there are over 80 references. Regards, Woody (talk) 12:03, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think we're slightly at cross-purposes, the first time a reference appears, looking in edit mode I see  every other usage of the ref tag also seems to be enclosed in small tags.  This makes the [1] and so on you get for each reference exceedingly small and difficult to read.  David Underdown (talk) 16:19, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, Oui, Je comprends, so I have removed them. I could see no reason for them and I think they go against WP:ACCESSIBILITY. Regards, Woody (talk) 16:34, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not seeing how it's so small as to be difficult to read; in fact, as I noted at my talkpage, it's the present arragement, wherein baseline spacing is uneven - a rather big no-no in print typesetting - depending on the presence or absence of an inline reference tag, that makes the article(s) difficult for me to read. This appears as such on all screens I use. I'll try to get some screenshots later (this is a somewhat new computer I'm using). --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 13:26, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If there's an issue with the standard ref tags, it would be better to get them fixed at source, project wide.  Adopting ad hoc fixes for individual articles simply makes editing harder.  You may find it OK, but I was struggling, and though I routinely wear glasses, my sight only needs minimal correction.  David Underdown (talk) 13:54, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I attempted that, but received no assistance. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 18:52, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notes (of the foot type and others) 

message: Canada doesn't have and never has had Marines.  Admittedly, there is some confusion as the Navy is often referred to as "Marine" in French, but if one is speak of a detached body of sailors, in English, they are referred to as "sailors", and not "marines".
I think the idea of the example is valid (ie. to explain a detached body), but the terminology would lead to confusion.
Anyone have any better ways to phrase it?
CyprianH (talk) 03:08, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  criteria: detached body of individuals 

message: Surely by far the most important point is that nobody has ever been awarded the medal?  That it can be awarded more than once is surely an academic point that doesn't belong in the lede, let alone as a non-sequitur introduction to the key point.  I have deleted the "may be awarded twice" bit from the lede: if frequent editors believe it is a critical inclusion then at least reword it so that it follows the key point, not introduces it! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:12, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original lede: "The Canadian medal may be awarded more than once, however nobody has received it since its inception".  Cart before the horse? 

message: The first two sentences should be amended:
Delete ‘military decoration’ an inaccurate contrived Wikipedia definition
Delete ‘modelled on the original British Victoria Cross’ since the name Canadian Victoria Cross makes that obvious.
Delete ‘several small changes’ which is an understated description for a significant design change and complete production change. (The inclusion of Canadian flora is subtle but the inscription on the scroll was a major change.)
Delete ‘and the original are the’ and add ‘is’ since the last Canadian Victoria Cross recipient has died and the Victoria Cross instituted by Queen Victoria is not listed in the Canadian Honours System publication Wearing of orders, decorations and medals at http://www.gg.ca/honours/pdf/wearing_e.pdf
The opening would then read ‘The Canadian Victoria Cross (French: Croix de Victoria), created in 1993, is the highest award of the Canadian honours system taking precedence over all other orders, decorations, and medals.’ Anthony Staunton (talk) 02:53, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening paragraph 

message: The anon who's persistently reverting should explain his/her objections here. --₪ MIESIANIACAL 02:22, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: My change was a compromise. It would be best if you both would accept it & move on. Seriously, why spat over something (her vs the) so minute. GoodDay (talk) 15:54, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverting 

message: The second criteria paragraph deals with elected British Victoria Cross awards which are still in the warrant but have been unused since 1918. If there is a similar provision for the Canadian VC then reference can be made to the British Warrant but it does not need the whole section 13 from the original 1856 warrant repeated in a note since the clause was modified and expanded in 1920. If there is no such provision then the paragraph should be deleted. Anthony Staunton (talk) 03:56, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criteria 

message: The references used all seem to be secondary sources. Is there any government document or regulation that outlines the criteria for the Canadian VC? Anthony Staunton (talk) 02:59, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canadian VC Regulations 

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message: Is the name of the decoration Victoria Cross (Canada) or the Canadian Victoria Cross? 
The first sentence should be about the Canadian VC and then mention that it was named in honour of the British VC which was awarded to the Canadian military between 1900 and 1946.
I suggest the Canadian VC will be ‘presented’ rather than ‘awarded’ by either the Canadian monarch or the Governor General of Canada.
Citation needed for the statement that it can, unlike the British VC, be awarded to allies.
The phrase ‘many other Commonwealth countries’ suggests more than two or three if Britain is counted.
By defining the term enemy, the Canadian government has limited rather than broadened the term. The British VC Warrant does not define the term enemy. Other than the aberration of the two world wars, most wars and many VCs have been awarded without war being officially declared.
There were 16 posthumous awards between 1857 and 1902 before policy changed in 1907 to explicitly allow posthumous awards in future although the warrant was not amended until 1920.
The last clause of the sub heading Origin, ‘thereby ceasing Canadian dependence on the British honours system’ should be dropped. Except for a short period in the thirties there were no Canadian honours from 1918 except for the Second World War and Korea. The last British gallantry awards recommended by Canada were gazetted in 1968. Anthony Staunton (talk) 15:28, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Canadian Victoria Cross