Talk:Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service

Notable and verifiable recipients
Does it make sense to limit new additions to this list? This thread is a first step in seeking consensus opinion.

Is it appropriate at this stage of the article's development to initiate a standard limiting names on this select list to
 * (a) those who already have Wikipedia articles
 * and
 * (b) those who are notable for something other than being honored with this Imperial decoration -- see, e.g., US Navy Cross edit history?

In a context informed by practices which seem to have worked out well at Navy Cross, all new additions who aren't already featured in an article could be re-redirected to this talk page section with the following edit history explanation:
 * people listed here must have articles on Wikipedia and be notable for something other than receiving this civilian honor -- see "Status: Notability" on talk page

The names of those recipients whose award is confirmed by a reliable source, but who do not have an article yet are listed below:


 * William Hoston
 * David V. Kalbaugh
 * Stephan Taylor

The names of those recipients whose award is not confirmed by a reliable source, and do not have an article yet are listed below:


 * Robert E. Love
 * Kristopher R. Haag


 * Notes



— Preceding unsigned comment added by EricSerge (talk • contribs) 08:58, August 12, 2011
 * Many receivers of the Navy Cross, are only notable for their military careers, which has lead to the Navy Cross, since this award is for civilians they are unlikely to have their own page for civilian activity. Also the list on that page is very long so it would seem that a tougher criterion would be applied, whereas this list is still very short. In the future as this list gets longer it may be appropriate to trim it down. At the moment it is a very short list so the notability can be relaxed.
 * -QuentinUK (talk) 01:23, 23 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Agree with EricSerge:
 * people listed here must have articles on Wikipedia and be notable for something other than receiving this civilian honor -- see "Status: Notability" on talk page
 * Also would like to know if the state keeps a public list of recipients. Given conflicting info, I'm wondering what awards Ali Khedery actually received. (The generic http://www.defenselink.mil/ link is pretty lame!)
 * - &#123;&#123;U&#124;Elvey&#125;&#125; (t•c) 18:58, 8 July 2014 (UTC)