Talk:List of surviving veterans of World War I

message: Jozef Kowalski is 112 years old as of last Thursday. How is he doing?108.132.12.51 (talk) 00:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: He's still alive . Hut 8.5 11:22, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That's good to know. It's great that a news outlet in his homeland gives him the credit he's due as well. Burbridge92 (talk) 07:59, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep and for all 112 of those he hasn't been a veteran of World War I. He probably knows that even better than us because he would remember the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and Treaty of Versailles which wrapped it up allowing the Polish-Soviet war to be pursued, from start to finish, as something outside it and its causes and its original combatants and participant nations (of which Poland simply didn't exist prior to the end thereof).Wataana (talk) 18:00, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jozef Kowalski 

message: Per the discussion above, I would like to propose that we turn this page into something such as "Last 50 surviving veterans of World War I" or something that re-incorporates all that have been lost. Ideally, this would allow it to be re-nominated and pass a Featured List Review, and continue to provide a vital piece of information for people who might not know much about the war. Ideally, going back and taking the information which was removed and placing it back onto the page along with death information would be the way to do it, but I really do not think redirecting an article that was once a great article is a good way to remember these veterans. This idea has been brought up before, but I do not have time at the moment to find it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think having a "Last xx..." not only lends itself to endless disagreement about who qualifies and who deson't but serves no useful encyclopedic purpose. Previous discussions are here, here, here and here. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 19:36, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

text: Then arbitrary limits will work. I would hate to see a page with such historical value being redirected into another article. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:12, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There's already a last veterans by country page, and the last veterans are already listed under the years of their deaths. I really think a last XX veterans list would not add anything. Czolgolz (talk) 05:19, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it would serve a great purpose, for instance Claude Choules was the 2nd to last verified veteran of the war (and the last combat veteran) yet he is not listed at all on the last veterans by country page since the last veteran of the war was from the same country.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.19.20 (talk) 16:39, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: But he IS listed on the 'veterans who died in 20XX' page. We have the last thousand or so vets listed on those pages already. Czolgolz (talk) 02:25, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

text: The inclusion of Claude Choules into a list because he was the "second last..." serves no prupose. It would also start endless arguments of why 2? Why not 3/5/10/20/50/100? However, a list of last by service would include Choules as the last naval serviceman, which is not covered elsewhere except incidentally. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 04:08, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal 

message: Hi all,
If Kowalski never served in World War I, how come he's in this list? "World War I-era" isn't the same as actually serving in the war, is it?
Hope someone can clarify this, thanks. 118.100.84.131 (talk) 08:18, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It is explained quite clearly in the lead paragraph of the era veterans section. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 09:36, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kowalski 

message: I was just searching to find records for my uncle.   There was a question on the old discussion page (see below):  
"Does anyone know the status of George Ward of Fayetteville, NC? He was alive as of 2004 at the age of 103 or 104. If he's still with us, he may be the most decorated surviving WWI vet, as he received the Distinguished Service Cross. I can't find an obit or a SSDI entry. Acctorp 23:20, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Ward of Fayetteville