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Does anyone know who is the current awarding body for the Silver Fish? This information needs to be added to the article. Kingbird 14:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
An award that is given rarely, the Silver Fish recognises recipients for outstanding service to Girlguiding UK, in more than one capacity, and for their contribution to world Guiding. [1]
-- Erp 22:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
So we might be mixing up national awards-- Erp 02:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)Recommended that Southern Cross Award be the highest Australian award, replacing the Silver Fish
I've just about hit the limit as to what I know about the Silver Fish. I could be mistaken in what I have written so far in the article. There are some big gaps. If you have a better understanding, then please change the article. Kingbird 15:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
This is an interesting article, but I find it quite distracting (and redundant) to have each name of the recipients referenced. I would remove the tags from the names, and instead put the sources in the reference section.-- Bookandcoffee 19:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
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Did she get the silver fish twice? Once under the original system according to one source and again in 1920 according to another? -- Erp 19:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I think I've encountered a bit of a problem with this article. Namely that the Silver Fish is not the top award and does not have a single awarding body. WAGGGS World Board has its own award called, very unimaginatively, the WAGGGS' Medal. It can be at either bronze or silver medal
The WAGGGS' Medal is given to express gratitude to selected leaders, members and non-members who have distinguished themselves in their unstinting service to Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting at both national and
world levels.
Criteria: The Medal is given to individuals for outstanding service to the Movement. It is awarded when the service is of such an exceptional nature that there is no other appropriate manner with which to honour the recipient. It can also be awarded to a man or woman outside the Movement who has given outstanding service to, and for the benefit of, WAGGGS. The silver medal is the highest accolade. The medal may be worn at any time. [2]
The Silver Fish seems to be the top national award for many Guiding associations, most notably the UK (and/or the Commonwealth) and predates the formation of WAGGGS so for a while was the top award. Even after WAGGGS was formed I don't know when it started issuing its own award (the earliest recipient that I can find is 1999). It is possible that the Silver Fish as an adult award was under the direct control of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell until quite late in the latter's life. In addition not all Guiding associations use the Silver Fish (India uses the Silver Elephant [note that India is both a WOSM and WAGGGS member] and Australia seems to have switched to the Southern Cross or possibly the Silver Kangaroo and I'm not sure what the GSUSA uses).
I think this means we need to rearrange this article but I'm not sure how. Some ideas
In either case the article may have to be retitled. Choices include
Other thoughts? More research is definitely needed.-- Erp 23:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The see also section s a mish-mash of awards.
for distinguished service to Scouting | Worldwide | ||
for distinguished service to Guiding | at the national level | in the United Kingdom | |
for distinguished service to Scouting | |||
for distinguished service to Scouting | at the national level | in the United States | |
at the regional level | |||
at the council level |
I don't know if the intent is to try to equate these in some manner or what. The Silver Buffalo Award is for service to youth, not Scouting and is a BSA award. The Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope are more local BSA awards for service to Scouting, and I have no idea why they should be compared to the Silver Fish. If you really want to stuff this in, use a navbox and add all of the adult awards for the various national Scout organizations. -- Gadget850 talk 11:23, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
The list should be charted out like this, it would look crisper and easier to read:
award number | year awarded | name | office | representing |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1935 | Lord Baden-Powell | Chief Scout of the World | Chief Scout of the World |
113 | 1976 | Kenneth H. Stevens | Chief Executive Commissioner, United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Two of the Silver Fish recipients, Lady Cochrane and Lady Davies, have no info to distinguish which Lady Cochrane or Lady Davies. I think the latter is Lady Davies wife of David Davies, 1st Baron Davies and the donor of Broneirion which is used by Girlguiding Cymru, but, we need a source. I not sure which Lady Cochrane is the first. -- Erp ( talk) 04:45, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
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Does anyone know who is the current awarding body for the Silver Fish? This information needs to be added to the article. Kingbird 14:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
An award that is given rarely, the Silver Fish recognises recipients for outstanding service to Girlguiding UK, in more than one capacity, and for their contribution to world Guiding. [1]
-- Erp 22:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
So we might be mixing up national awards-- Erp 02:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)Recommended that Southern Cross Award be the highest Australian award, replacing the Silver Fish
I've just about hit the limit as to what I know about the Silver Fish. I could be mistaken in what I have written so far in the article. There are some big gaps. If you have a better understanding, then please change the article. Kingbird 15:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
This is an interesting article, but I find it quite distracting (and redundant) to have each name of the recipients referenced. I would remove the tags from the names, and instead put the sources in the reference section.-- Bookandcoffee 19:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.
You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Wim van Dorst ( Talk) 00:22, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
References
Did she get the silver fish twice? Once under the original system according to one source and again in 1920 according to another? -- Erp 19:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I think I've encountered a bit of a problem with this article. Namely that the Silver Fish is not the top award and does not have a single awarding body. WAGGGS World Board has its own award called, very unimaginatively, the WAGGGS' Medal. It can be at either bronze or silver medal
The WAGGGS' Medal is given to express gratitude to selected leaders, members and non-members who have distinguished themselves in their unstinting service to Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting at both national and
world levels.
Criteria: The Medal is given to individuals for outstanding service to the Movement. It is awarded when the service is of such an exceptional nature that there is no other appropriate manner with which to honour the recipient. It can also be awarded to a man or woman outside the Movement who has given outstanding service to, and for the benefit of, WAGGGS. The silver medal is the highest accolade. The medal may be worn at any time. [2]
The Silver Fish seems to be the top national award for many Guiding associations, most notably the UK (and/or the Commonwealth) and predates the formation of WAGGGS so for a while was the top award. Even after WAGGGS was formed I don't know when it started issuing its own award (the earliest recipient that I can find is 1999). It is possible that the Silver Fish as an adult award was under the direct control of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell until quite late in the latter's life. In addition not all Guiding associations use the Silver Fish (India uses the Silver Elephant [note that India is both a WOSM and WAGGGS member] and Australia seems to have switched to the Southern Cross or possibly the Silver Kangaroo and I'm not sure what the GSUSA uses).
I think this means we need to rearrange this article but I'm not sure how. Some ideas
In either case the article may have to be retitled. Choices include
Other thoughts? More research is definitely needed.-- Erp 23:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The see also section s a mish-mash of awards.
for distinguished service to Scouting | Worldwide | ||
for distinguished service to Guiding | at the national level | in the United Kingdom | |
for distinguished service to Scouting | |||
for distinguished service to Scouting | at the national level | in the United States | |
at the regional level | |||
at the council level |
I don't know if the intent is to try to equate these in some manner or what. The Silver Buffalo Award is for service to youth, not Scouting and is a BSA award. The Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope are more local BSA awards for service to Scouting, and I have no idea why they should be compared to the Silver Fish. If you really want to stuff this in, use a navbox and add all of the adult awards for the various national Scout organizations. -- Gadget850 talk 11:23, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
The list should be charted out like this, it would look crisper and easier to read:
award number | year awarded | name | office | representing |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1935 | Lord Baden-Powell | Chief Scout of the World | Chief Scout of the World |
113 | 1976 | Kenneth H. Stevens | Chief Executive Commissioner, United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Two of the Silver Fish recipients, Lady Cochrane and Lady Davies, have no info to distinguish which Lady Cochrane or Lady Davies. I think the latter is Lady Davies wife of David Davies, 1st Baron Davies and the donor of Broneirion which is used by Girlguiding Cymru, but, we need a source. I not sure which Lady Cochrane is the first. -- Erp ( talk) 04:45, 13 February 2022 (UTC)