Talk:Victoria Cross for New Zealand

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thread_title:  Successful [[Wikipedia:Good articles|good article]] nomination 

message: Do we know who made the first medal? Was it the same outfit that has made all the Imperial VCs? Albatross2147 (talk) 20:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is still made from the gunmetal captured during the Crimean War and it is made by Hancocks. I have made this clear in the article now. Woody (talk) 21:00, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maker 

message: The lead section says the original VC has been awarded 23 times to 22 individuals and the awarding the medal section says 21 times, yet the link to the List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality shows 25 awards to 24 individuals. Presumably the list is correct and the two sections here need to be amended. --DavidCane (talk) 21:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect different sources may give different answers as there are a few with dual nationality and so on.  But we should at least be consistent, and footnote any quibbles.  David Underdown (talk) 08:27, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: On further investigation, I suspect Freyberg and William Sanders weren't being counted as this article also said that only 11 were awarded in WWI, whereas the list gives 13.  I think I 've straightened this out now. David Underdown (talk) 09:31, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many New Zealanders? 

message: The lead says "Due to its rarity, the VC is highly prized and the medal has been sold for over £200,000 at auction." Is this referring to the NZ-VC (of which there's only one, so of course it's rare) or VCs in general? If it refers to the one and only NZ-VC, surely this should be made clear: if not, the ambiguity should be removed, as this is not an article about VCs in general. Physchim62 (talk) 00:20, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I just made much the same comment about the Main Page blurb.  I note the Victoria Cross article has the exact same wording (except it says £400,000 and it has a source), and the Bill Apiata article says he donated his NZVC to New Zealand, so I agree this needs to be clarified, or removed as inapplicable.  I'm going to be bold and remove it, feel free to revert if you want to discuss. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sale of medal 

message: The sentence on the true origin of the metal was rather confusing/misleading since it appeared to be a misreading of the sources. I've tried to improve it here . My understanding from the 3 sources particularly the Guardian one is that the X-rays have little to do with establishing the origin of the cannons. The X-rays simply showed that the earlier medals were made from metal originating from a different source which is significant since amongst other reasons it's sometimes claimed all VCs were made from this metal. This isn't particularly relevant to this article (since the one and only VCNZ was made from this metal) so IMHO is not necessary. The reason it's known the cannons are Chinese isn't clearly stated but my assumption is the design etc make it obvious the cannons are Chinese not Russian. Finally while one of the sources uses the word antique, I think that's best left out. My understanding from the Guardian source is that it's still theoretically possible these cannons were use Sebastopol but there's no evidence for this so it seems unlikely. Saying they are antique in the current context seems to me to imply they are significantly older then Sebastopol and therefore could not have been used there but that doesn't seem to be the case. Any further working on the wording is welcome but I think careful reading of the sources is needed to ensure we actually say what the sources are saying. Nil Einne (talk) 10:22, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metal 

message: Does either the warrant for the VC for NZ or the NZ Order of Wear state that the VC for NZ have equivalent precedence? Anthony Staunton (talk) 02:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Precedence 

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message: * " it is described by most commentators as being crimson or "wine-red"" - cited source doesn't mention this
* "This was originally to have been FOR BRAVERY" - source says it was actually "FOR THE BRAVE"?
* Per the New Zealand government, the criteria were changed from that of the original so that those doing peacekeeping could qualify too.  Should this be mentioned?
* The paragraph beginning "The barrels of the cannon in question are stationed outside the Officers' Mess" is unverifiable.  The only ref in the whole paragraph is a generic link to Hancocks' website
:*I have significantly revised this paragraph and in doing so, removed this. I think it is a little of tangent anyway. Zawed (talk) 09:40, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: *I haven't got to this at the time of making this comment, but envisage removing this statement as it seems a little off topic given the article focus should be the NZ version. Zawed (talk) 09:40, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

text: I'm looking at this now. I have a couple of NZ-based sources that can be used to replace the dubious cites. Zawed (talk) 09:40, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: What are the dubious sources? Buckshot06 (talk) 23:58, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: On reflection, dubious was probably the wrong word to use but I was referring to the ones that don't support the facts mentioned in the article. Zawed (talk) 05:57, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
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