Talk:William Harvey Carney

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"Although other African Americans had been awarded the Medal of Honor prior to Carney, his was the first action by any African American to merit the award." Says who? This is an inappropriate POV and an insult to those African Americans who were previously awarded the medal. I'm not even sure if there were any, so I'm removing this sentence. Any complaints/ etc, please refer it to my talk page. --V. Joe 21:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Dude, his ACTION that earned him the award was on July 18, 1863. He was AWARDED the medal on May 23, 1900. A number of other black men were AWARDED the medal of honor BEFORE May 23, 1900, but these were all for ACTIONS that happened AFTER July 18, 1863.

If we list all the Black American medal of honor recipients by the date on which they were AWARDED it, Carney will NOT be listed first. But if we list them by the date of the ACTION in which they merited the award, Carney will be listed first.

There is no POV, there is no insult intended or implied.

KEVP

[edit] What I meant..

I understand the logic... HOWEVER, I think that the sentence is still unclear and should be rewritten... PS: Also address please consider addressing other editors with sembelance of good manners

V. Joe 18:15, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

To built on the concept, V. Joe is referring to WP:DBAD. --Bobak 06:23, 29 December 2006 (UTC)