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This article is about a massacre. Graphics of US Military Awards are out of place in an article that ought to be showing the mutilated bodies of a eleven children.
It is customary to strip people of honours that they have, by their own conduct, dishonoured.
Consequently, I have removed the pretty picture box, because its presence represents a graphic image of gross insensitivity.
Bales' three main decorations are now mentioned in the context of his military service. I have omitted the more general service and campaign medals, as relatively meaningless, given that the history of his service is stated elsewhere in the text of the article.
Amandajm (talk) 04:31, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
This is a dispassionate encyclopedia article - you seem to be too "close" to this matter, perhaps you should edit another topic? Wiki is not censored, and looks for the most info from Reliable Sources "compacted" into article entries. 98.67.176.190 (talk) 11:15, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I do appreciate the Amandajm's contribution to this article. And I do not think it is appropriate to tell anybody, who is showing a good faith in their edits, that they are not welcomed here. Even you, an anonym, who's only contribution to Wikipedia was a commentary above, is welcomed here. --Potorochin (talk) 13:06, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I want to emphasise that it is the graphics of ribbons, and the list of regular service medals (not honours) that have been removed. A statement of those awards that he received is sufficient to the biographical requirements in an article pertaining to a particular incident, not to the entire service history of a notable individual. It would seem to me that, within the context, the inclusion of a colourful box showing all the ribbons is anything but "dispassionate". It is disproportionate to the article. it doesn't create balance. There are no pictures of the event on this page about an event. Amandajm (talk) 01:27, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I think putting a graphic of his ribbon rack under his picture is fine. There would still be plenty of room to put any pictures of the victims in the article if a public domain image is found. Cla68 (talk) 07:50, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
It is not a case of having enough space for other images. It is about "balance" of information. This subject of this article is not military awards, or Bales' "military service". Showing graphics of his ribbons doesn't add any information that is relevant to the actual subject of the article, the massacre. And because the graphics are not relevant to the subject, they then form a distraction. It is sufficient to note, within his brief biographical details, that he was the recipient of several awards. If the article was about military awards, then people would want to see the graphics. Amandajm (talk) 15:02, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
