Talk:List of awards and honours received by Nelson Mandela

Sandcastle award at Brighton Beach, Little Timmy Taylor, aged 6 came second
Is anybody watching this page? This piece of vandalism sat here for about 24 days before I removed it. It claimed Mandela had won a 'best sandcastle' award for his sandcastle at Brighton beach, and that a 6 year-old called 'Timmy Taylor' had won 2nd prize. It strikes me as odd that a retired 70 year old from South Africa won a sandcastle-building award in England, beating a 6 year-old. A simple google revealed no such event ever took place. A simple google for "Timmy Taylor" and "Nelson Mandela" proves this was a complete fabrication.

My point is, I'm adding this to my watchlist.

Rfwoolf 13:06, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Eight UK degrees
In case anyone is wondering... I have listed the eight universities in the order in which the degrees were conferred, which was also the order in which the universities were created - hence Oxford first, then Cambridge, etc. I have only listed the degree when it is known which degree was conferred. The LSE degree was a degree of the University of London but was awarded by the LSE. It is wrong to speak of the University of De Montfort or of Glasgow Caledonian. I have had to deal with the Oxford degree separately because it is not an honorary degree. It may seem like one, but it isn't. Degrees of Divinity and Medicine were also once conferred by diploma but these days it is only the DCL and it is apparently conferred only on heads of state and the chancellor of the university.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 17:06, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Postnominals
Does anyone know Mandela's full postnominals, including all degrees? I would presume that if he wanted to put them on a business card he'd need a rather large one! Timrollpickering (talk) 22:48, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Bestowed upon?
Should this really have such a complicated name? Why not name it the same as all the other lists of awards: List of accolades received by Nelson Mandela?  That Ole Cheesy Dude  ( Talk to the hand! ) 07:30, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Notable enough?
There are two species of spider, at least that I am aware of, named after Mandela: Stasimopus mandelai (named in 2004), and Anelosimus nelsoni (named in 2006). Should these be included in the list? --TeaDrinker (talk) 01:39, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I added one of them from the main article. I agree that the other should be included, too. -- Khazar2 (talk) 20:01, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

What type of awards did nelson mandela get — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.102.65 (talk) 19:42, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Attribution
The text of this edit was taken from Nelson Mandela; please see that article's history for original attribution. -- Khazar2 (talk) 20:02, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Summary of his Orders?
What are the criteria for duplication of a small set of the awards into the Summary of his Orders section? At first, it seemed like it was only things with the word "order" in them, but there are exceptions. Is the section necessary? Why not just add the ribbons to the by-date listings above? —&#91;  Alan M 1  (talk) &#93;— 01:31, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

summary of his orders
In the last part of the page it states that he was rewarded 'Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau' and that that is from Luxembourg. The order, however is from both Luxembourg and the Netherlands, as one can see if one follows the link to the wiki page of the medal.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.208.66.53 (talk) 10:48, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

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