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February 17, 2013. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the
Distinguished Warfare Medal is the first American combat-related award to be created since the
Bronze Star Medal in 1944? | ||||||||||||
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The current InfoBox says the new medal ranks just above the Soldier's Medal (and its non-Army equivalents), but the article states it is ranked just above the Bronze Star. Unless I mistake the meaning of the InfoBox text, this is contradictory. I do see that there may be confusion (such as mine) when it is not made clear that the Soldier's Medal is a non-combat award which outranks the Bronze Star. Cyberherbalist ( talk) 22:34, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
I've just removed some rather dubious claims - this material was removed as the source stated it was referring to unnamed people commentating on the internet, not all of whom apparently disproved as the wording implied - random comments from the internet are not notable source of commentary. I also removed the sweeping claim that the medal's placement in the order of precedence "drew wide complaints from military members as well as confusion from military medals experts" as it is not supported by any citation - the article quotes the heads of two veterans organisations as complaining about this, but not any experts or serving military personnel as claimed. Nick-D ( talk) 08:18, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Retrolord ( talk · contribs) 10:35, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi! I will review this one. ★ ★ Retro Lord ★★ 10:35, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
I've done a quick review and pointed out everything I can see so far, once we deal with this there shouldnt be too much more to worry about. Thanks ! ★ ★ Retro Lord ★★ 05:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing those things up! Assuming I don't find anything else, i'll pass this one later today, thanks for nominating ★ ★ Retro Lord ★★ 23:45, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
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1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. |
" Navy Lieutenant Commander Nate Christensen, Pentagon spokesman " This seems a bit convoluted, do you think we could shorten this somehow?
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1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. |
I think the controversy section should be named differently. It incorporates both critiscm and praise for the medal, so perhaps we could change it to "reception"? As it stands, it is also slightly biased against the subject, labelling it all "controversy". |
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2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose). |
"The wreath honors the recipient's significant meritorious achievement to battlefield operations." Is this paragraph a direct quotation? If so, could you please put some quotation marks around it to show this?
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7. Overall assessment. | PASS! Congratulations. |
Thanks for undertaking this GA review. EricSerge ( talk) 23:19, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Some lawmakers are introducing legislation to demote the medal in precedence. The source and the subjects are notable, so I'd think this would be pretty necessary to include before the article becomes a GA. [1] [2] — Ed! (talk) 12:06, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
I would love to use this image to replace the current infobox picture, but I haven't been able to find a source of it. The few places that I've seen it with listed attribution say it's from the DoD, but I can't find it in their archives. Can someone help me track down where it's from so we can see if we can put it up at the top? Most of the American medals I've seen here on Wikipedia are of the higher-detail kind, so I'd like to keep the conformity. Zoke ( talk) 16:57, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Looks like Chuck Hagel is canceling the DWM. [3]. It will become a "distinguishing device" to attach to previously awarded medals. This raises the question of what to do with this article. – S. Rich ( talk) 23:40, 15 April 2013 (UTC)