Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Dickin Medal/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Dabomb87 00:01, 16 March 2010.

Dickin Medal

 * Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (talk) 20:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I just love the subject matter. An insight into the soft head of The Rambling Man I guess. The list, as I found it, was incomplete, but contained some decent starting material. I have made the list comprehensive, added an infobox and an image (with alt text), checked for dabs, made a sortable table of all recipients and, wherever possible, provided reliable secondary sources for recipients. Per my typical preamble, I'll do whatever I can, whenever I can to assure the community the list is of featured quality. I humbly submit it to your good selves and thank you in advance for time spent reviewing, commenting and making it part of our finest work (hopefully)... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

A big old honkin' support. KV5 ( Talk  •  Phils ) 17:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Woof Woof support &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  17:05, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Just on a side note, Alsation was the official breed name in the UK for a couple of decades before reverting back to German Shepherd. So any citations given out during that period would have been listed specifically as an Alsatian. Could be worth a footnote (although information is available on the German Shepherd Page, but it would prevent any mix-up with the Alsatian Shepalute which is being renamed to American Alsatian. Miyagawa   (talk)  09:52, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, okay. I'm not sure this is entirely the right forum for notifications about breed name changes, but if it alleviates possible confusion then I'm fine with it.  The Rambling Man (talk) 10:17, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Support.—NMajdan •talk 14:29, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment The dates in the table are in MDY format. Since this is a British subject shouldn't they be DMY? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:27, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Funnily enough I think the US folks have more of an issue with this than us Brits, but either way, I've EngDated it. Cheers.  The Rambling Man (talk) 22:33, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Support ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 11:19, 7 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment: It looks like you have the entries for Ricky and Brian mixed up (http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-dogs/). ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 12:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Good spot, switched round, thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:28, 7 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Minor (and many) as they may have been, I'm hoping I've addressed them all with my usual style and panache, including a minor hissy fit about animal nationality. Bring it on.  And thanks for your lovely detailed review.  Oh, and it was four supports, not three (you didn't look close enough...) The Rambling Man (talk) 17:53, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Neatly done. I still think it's slightly odd for the infobox to say United Kingdom but the lead to be silent on country, but I can live with that (I'll just tell myself that the "UK" field represents the country of the awarding body, not anything else – hey, I've convinced myself!) I'm happy to be support no 5. BencherliteTalk 18:30, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The infobox award template instructions state that the particular parameter in question needs me to "Insert the country of the presenter or where the award is presented", so that's not particularly useful, is it?!  I'll opt for the former where the PDSA is a UK-based charity so therefore I'm right, which is of little surprise to me... !!  The Rambling Man (talk) 18:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No comment... BencherliteTalk 18:35, 8 March 2010 (UTC)


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