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categories?
Is the medal actually awarded by category? "presidential medal of freedom in sports" , etc?
If not I don't see why we should have such categories here. In fact it would seem to be original research for us to go and assign such categories.
Gjxj (
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19:23, 2 May 2019 (UTC)reply
Without the categories this list has now become overly burdensome for the average user to look through, even though they may not be official categories they need to be brought back to increase the readability of the page.
Enh1905 (
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14:47, 20 April 2020 (UTC)Enh1905reply
The list with the categories was actually easier to navigate and perceive. Perhaps, we could add short notes about what was each person's main activity? --
Extended Cut (
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21:07, 3 November 2020 (UTC)reply
I understand what you're saying, but making up categories to sort the recipients by is OR/Synthesis. But I would support short descriptors such as : 'Athlete' or 'Politician' in the notes column, or in a renamed ref column. Would that make sense?
‡ Єl Cid of Valenciatalk21:12, 3 November 2020 (UTC)reply
Is it really not awarded by category? The reference in the External Links section (
Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients, 1963–2002) has recommendations for medal recipients with explicit categories...
On the 47th page of the PDF: "For your consideration to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Edward Teller, Ph.D., in the category of Science."
Starting on the 51st page of the PDF, there's a historical table with a column for category: "Aaron, Hank; President G. W. Bush; July 9, 2002; Athletics; Baseball player who holds record for most hom (sic) runs, RBIs, total bases"
^The National First Ladies Library (November 16, 2010).
Heroes of the Presidential Medal of Freedom(PDF). Canton Ohio. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2011. Marian Anderson (1897–1993)...Presidential Medal of Freedom received December 6, 1963{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
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Somebody made all of JFK's awards posthumous when several (all?) of them died after 1963. Can someone do the research and correct? Thanks! — Preceding
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Tahowe (
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19:36, 7 February 2021 (UTC)reply
list partial?
The partial nature of this list article surprises me. Wouldn't a thing of this nature have extensive official records as easy sources?
What are the reasons Wikipedia can't offer a complete list of recipients?
I have gone in and cleaned up the list a bit based on the comprehensive list of recipients published by the Congressional Research Service:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47639. See footnote 27: "To compile this list, CRS searched Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States volumes for 1963 to 2016, and the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents for 2017 to the present, for mentions of the medal. Additional recipients were identified using the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, contemporaneous news reports, and White House press releases. In compiling this list, CRS attempted to be thorough; however, the list of medals in this report may not be comprehensive."
Bleubsdorf (
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16:19, 9 June 2024 (UTC)reply