Talk:War Merit Cross

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The German page (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/wiki/Kriegsverdienstkreuz_%281939%29 ) seems to be quite extensive. Perhaps a translation of that would help? 04:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.207.237.162 (talk)

Notable recipients of the War Merit Cross

I was thinking the volume/number of listed persons should be trimmed down. I was thinking of leaving those who are well-known, so to speak. A list of six to ten or so. Comments welcome. Kierzek (talk) 18:00, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

• Per article it was awarded some 4.9 million times and there are just a few dozen listed; all with their own respective pages. Why should it be trimmed down? ...GELongstreet (talk) 20:25, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

I did not see the point really of having a laundry list of names, which have no particular order. Kierzek (talk) 14:40, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

I’m not a fan of including sections of “Notable recipients” since this involves OR to some extend, i.e. who determines which recipients are “notable” and which are not? So I would advocate removing the list altogether. The category at the bottom of the page provides an easy access to such a list quite for those interested.

If the decision is to trim down a list to those who are generally well known or important historical figures, i.e. Werner von Braun, Papen, etc., then I suggest renaming the section to “Select recipients” as more neutral. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:10, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

I changed it to "select", more npov, I agree. I still don't believe we need a lengthy "laundry list" of recipients. Kierzek (talk) 15:10, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Suggestion/select recipient

Wolfgang Martini (German radarpioneer and head of Luftwaffes signal corps) received the Knights Cross of the Kriegsverdienst Cross w. Swords.

How those everyone feel about adding him to the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.38.143.54 (talk) 04:34, 3 November 2018 (UTC)