Talk:Bagram Airfield

message: The official webpage http://www.bagram.afcent.af.mil/ now refers to it as "Bagram Airfield" ... this should now end any and all controversy...Searching for "Bagram Airfield" gets 69,000 results...Searching for "Bagram Airbase" gets 55,500 results...Searching for "Bagram Air Base" gets 118,000 results...... and searching for Bagram BAF Army gets 315,000 results
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"BAF" is an acronym for ... you guessed it ... Bagram Airfield. I even threw the Bagram and Army in there to cut down on false positives. So I think that should clear up the little numbers game.
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If that doesn't satisfy you, searching for "Bagram Air Field" gets 2,480,000 results ... so if we're going to go off google to title pages, let's go with something that's completely 100% wrong but is apparently the most commonly used permutation out there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.22.63.1 (talk) 12:20, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving of this page 

message: I have lived on BAF for the last year. I think I know what the place is named. Do you live and work here? Why is my changing the page from the incorrect "Air Base" to the correct "Airfield" an issue with you? Alexif (talk) 15:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia uses the most common usage as the title of the article.  "Bagram Air Base" -wikipedia retrieves 183,000 hits, while  "Bagram Airfield" -wikipedia retrieves 49.000 hits. I hope that explains it for you. Kingturtle (talk) 15:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Yes, Wikipedia has definitely become too bureaucratic. but this is not an issue of bureaucracy; this here is an issue with policy. Articles are named by most common usage. That is policy. That is why the article Cat Stevens is not called Yusuf Islam (which is his actual name) and why the article Rhode Island is not called State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (which is the State's official name). Read Wikipedia:Naming conventions for more information. Kingturtle (talk) 17:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bagram Airfield vs. Bagram Air Base 

message: I was thinking of starting a separate but linked article on the "Bagram Bug". I was one of several U.S. and Coalition troops who came down with the "bug" while in Afghanistan, that was some nasty stuff, vomiting, diarrhea, fever (even lost consciousness from the fever), and body aches. Was treated in the field hospital with IV antibiotics and some other meds for a couple of days and was given about a months worth of Cipro to take as follow-up while back on duty. Problem is, I don't yet know how to start a new article. Any help would be appreciated.
:The bug by which you are talking about is NLV or Norwalk - Like Virus. It comes from TCN's not washing their hands after using the bathroom then working in food prep areas. The first cases were seen in 2002 and it continues to be a problem to this day with the local population not used to the clean environment Western Nations are used to. Sergeant Wiggity (talk) 21:05, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bagram Bug

message: Is is Air Base or Airbase? The article gives both.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.15.102.65 (talk) 07:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling

message: The bit about Disney Drive is stolen word for word from Global Secuity, linked at the bottom and has therefore been deleted. And i've just noticed most of the history of the base has been stolen from there as well!                                  62.25.109.195 13:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Plagarism

message: The base is run by the Army which would make it an Air Field> see http://www.bagram.afnews.af.mil/
:Both are ok, but "Air Field" usually refers to a public airport with a small sized runway and a small building used as its terminal or waiting lounge. "Air Base" refers to an unauthorized militarized premises that contains large number of troops living there, with barracks, storage facilities, hangers, airport runway, mined fence, etc. The public are not allowed in Bagram so it's considered Air Base, an Airport and a Military Base.--PH4crew (talk) 23:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Bagram Air Base is the commonly used term. Kingturtle (talk) 14:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

text: I too will chime in with it being Bagram Airfield (or as known here, BAF). This article needs to be moved to Bagram Airfield and Bagram Air Base be redirected to it. -JE (talk) 21:26, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Air Base or Air Field? 

message: I am skeptical that the assertion in this edit that the captives were "reasonably well treated" can be documented.  Citation please?  Geo Swan 04:16, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the citation, which was the same NYT article.  If you do a word search for "reasonably well treated" you will find the exact paragraph. Kevinp2 19:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Captives "reasonably well treated"?

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with File:Bagram Theater Internment Facility sally port.jpg

message: The destruction of the Soviet memorial is referenced by a forum post. I think this is not in line with the reliable sources policy. Is it possible to find another source? If not that line should go.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.244.229.111 (talk) 17:39, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soviet memorial 

message: I took this out of the into. It's immaterial if other refer to something by an incorrect name -- should we do this for every page, develop an exhaustive list of the incorrect names people use to refer to people, places, and things? If you search for bagram air base on wikipedia you get directed to this page. Anyone with a normal IQ will then be able to understand that they're looking at the information they were looking for. That's more than sufficient. Doing anything more edges us back into the years-long fight to get this page named properly. 130.22.1.253 (talk) 22:24, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's common practice around Wikipedia to include common names in the article. T-Pain isn't his real name, but it is his common name. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is also refered to as Gitmo, even though it isn't the actual name. I've re-added the air base not into the lede. There are still sources that refer to it as such. Ishdarian 08:50, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "also called Bagram Air Base" 

message: The Cavalry Division is no longer here, it is now ran by the 1st Infantry Division.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.94.85.2 (talk) 16:26, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  CAV is not here! 

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message: Suggesting newly created page Camp Vance regarding be merged into this page. It has minimal content and the Camp appears to be an area of this Airfield. Phil (talk) 22:01, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 07:46, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

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message: This page was suddenly moved with no debate on the talk page, despite multiple go-arounds on this.  I've reverted it.  CatCube (talk) 00:11, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved back to "Bagram Airfield"

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message: Following yet another round of moves, I've move protected the article at admin level. Mjroots (talk) 18:53, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Move protected

message: When I was deployed to Bagram in 2002-2003 we had multiple mortar and rocket attacks that hit WITHIN the Post; most hit the airstrip but some did hit the living and working areas; I specifically recall a respectable size rocket (not a little RPG round either) hitting within the 82nd Airborne Tent/housing area. Some of these were mentioned in earlier Wikipedia Bagram pages and they were supported with good links to reputable news articles. I also remember taking harassment fire and also even the rare occasions of actually exchanging fire at the checkpoints mostly but not entirely in the 2002’s. I was deployed to Bagram and did missions pretty much all over; so, I wasn’t always at Bagram but when I was it definitely wasn’t the POG palace that it apparently is now. It’s history of being “down and dirty” and “in the fight” should be acknowledged and respected. Thanks for letting me air this little disgruntle. Paulsprecker (talk) 03:44, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incidents (attacks) deleted