Examining [[List of Victoria Cross recipients by campaign]], there were 522 before WWI, 626 during WW I, 10 between WWI and WW II, 181 in WW II, and 13 afterwards. I think we can deal with this. All that is needed is a sentence with these numbers to put it in perspective.
On 5/13/07, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/13/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
do we class those recipients as "notable" in the same way as someone who won it by more stringent standards a century later?
Seriously, who cares?
These would obviously be of interest to anyone reading the list of recipients and following links. As long as the target article is well-written and well-referenced, the average reader who wanders in from the intarwebs will enjoy the article, rather than screaming "OMG non-notable, less than 1,750 google-hits!" and demanding that it be deleted. That sort of behavior I have only seen exhibited by a handful of our regular "contributors".
--C.W.
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