Talk:List of recipients of the Polar Medal

How to add new rows

Use the London Gazette

The online archive is at https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices

In the Search and Filter panel:

1. Put Polar Medal in the text search box
2. Put a time period in the publication date, say 01/01/yyyy to 31/12/yyyy
3. Click Update Results
4. Sort by Latest to show the most recent notice first

Examine each result (in a new tab is handy) and find the one you are looking for.

Edit this article and add rows; newest ones at the top. It is easiest to copy some existing ones and change them, copying in the information from the Gazette. Copy and Paste sort of works, but not always perfectly so use the 'Show Preview' function at the bottom of the page before publishing.

The Issue number, Page Number and Date, used in the link to the Gazette, will be at the top of the page.

If you are putting in some earlier records, rather than extending the existing list backwards, you could leave a couple of blank lines to show that there is a gap.

National Archives

Some awards, particularly during the Heroic Era, were not Gazetted but can be found listed in an Admiralty document in the UK National Archives. Find the document [here].

Banana Skins

There are some missing Gazettes. See https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/100344

There might be more than one set of announcements a year.

If the Gazette link is not a supplement, remove the |supp=y tag as |supp=n gives an error message, though the link works.

1990, William Nigel Bonner

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52096/page/7293

Here's the connecting ref for this. Don't know how to format, just now, so storing it here. Tried, but not working.(My formatting attempts) Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 04:10, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

PatLurcock Three issues to discuss...

• In the year 1990 section, you have two refs. The second one, #35, (as of this note), for Bonner and Lewis, leads to a Gazette error page. Last night, I did find the page intended, see above. Tried changing date from April 2 to April 3, but still, no joy. The raw url, stated above goes to the page intended, showing a publication date of 2nd April and an announcement date of 3rd April. I don't know what's going on here, hopefully you can fix the problem.

Fixed it. The link, unusually is not a supplement. Thanks for noticing it. PatLurcock (talk) 08:59, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

• I very strongly recommend that you change the article title to "List of recipients of the Polar Medal". Polar Medal should be capitalized, because it is a proper name/noun. If you don't know how to "move" an article to a new name, I can, but don't want to step on your toes, while you are working, etc.

I agree. Done. PatLurcock (talk) 08:59, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

• Also strongly recommend that (at some point) you divide the table by decades, for ease of reading, research and future editing. See List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000) as a technical example. For this particular article, I absolutely prefer your arrangement of counting back, new recipients first, older ones later. But the sample article has a nice Contents table (TOC), which is very convenient, in addition to the decade divisions. What do you think?

I agree. I will continue to concentrate on adding data but do feel free to implement this, otherwise I will do it one day. PatLurcock (talk) 08:59, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

PatLurcock, Okay! Thanks so much, I will work on this. I mostly function as a WikiGnome, so I will enjoy doing this. Save your energies for data entry, that's of primary importance! Cheers, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 20:31, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Good work! That is my understanding of how years work - there was no year zero, so the tenth is year 10. Don't suppose it really matters here, as long as they are divided into digestible chunks. I have mellowed in old age and that sort of detail no longer bothers me like it did. At the turn of the century I was so indignant about people continually referring to the 'Millennium Bug', which was actually a century problem. Looked up Wikignomes, haha. There is a whole universe of wiki stuff one could fill one's day with.PatLurcock (talk) 10:45, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

PatLurcock, yes, WP is a universe! There are so many technical aspects that run in the background, in addition to what we read. When I'm lucky, I find someone facing a repetitive task encompassing hundreds, and one time, over a thousand articles! It was rewarding to volunteer, & help them. Plus, I got to read/scan articles I would never have discovered. The "no year zero" problem...I always remind myself, and occasionally others, that our "Prime Directive" is to serve the reader. At the turn of the century, US radio stations were featuring 1999 (Prince song) "we're going to party like it's 1999!", partying like it's 2000, didn't fit the syllable scheme. I like your phrase "digestible chunks". Thanks for continuing with the decade divisions, as you go. Looks great, and so much new information! Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 17:18, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Once again, thanks for providing this extremely valuable addition to WP. Best wishes, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 20:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Century and decade divisions

@PatLurcock:, I have inserted the divisions. I will check by & add more, as you are working. No need for you to bother, it's something I can do. The only weird thing is that the 21st century began 1 January 2001, not 1 Jan 2000. I think this is such a common misconception, (at least in the US) that this article and others, I assume, place 2000 under 21st century, because that's what ppl expect? So, I have followed suit, placing year 2000 Polar Medal recipients under 21st century. I may ask at the Teahouse about this. I could be wrong. Best, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 22:39, 25 August 2021 (UTC)