Talk:List of military figures by nickname

message: Oops. I scrooed up.... And, truth to tell, I don't know how to fix it.  Trekphiler 06:32, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed for you - nice page --ArmadilloFromHell 06:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Gracias. Too bad the Admins don't think so... Seems to me if we've got pages on sports nicknames & porn actors, this is defensible. Lots of people have heard of "Desert Fox" & "Boy" Browning, but can't name him (hell, I had to look up Browning's real name!), & might find this useful...  Trekphiler 12:29, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: list of military figures [not by nickname...]

message: Given this page is under question for lack of notability, I suggest merging it here, with a redirect from List of military figures by nickname so somebody looking for specifically military nicknames will know where to look. Trekphiler 10:27, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: I added these:
*Keegan, John. In the Know. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2003.
*Stanley, Roy M., II, Colonel, USAF. World War II Photo Intelligence. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981.
*Brickhill, Paul. The Dam Busters. New York: Ballantine, 1955.
*Barris, Ted. Behind the Glory. Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1992.
*Hastings, Max. Overlord. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. 
*________. Bomber Command. New York: Dial Press/James Wade, 1979.
*Faltum, Andrew. The Essex Aircraft Carriers. Charleston, SC: The Nautical & Aviation Publication Company of America, 2000 (third edition)
*Goldstein, Donald M., & Dillon, Katherine V., eds. The Pearl Harbor Papers. McLean, VA: Brassey's (US), 1993.
*Middlebrook, Martin. Convoy. Markham, ON: Penguin Books, 1978 (reprints Allan Lane 1976 edition)
*Saward, Dudley. "Bomber" Harris. London: Buchan & Enright, 1984.
*Jones, Reginald V. Professor. Most Secret War. London: Coronet Books, 1979.
*Price, Alfred, Dr. Aircraft versus the Submarine. London: William Kimber & Co., 1973.
*Johnson, William E., Air Vice Marshal, RAF. The Story of Air Fighting. London: Hutchinson, 1985.
*Dönitz, Karl, Grossadmiral, translated by Stevens, R. H., & Woodward, David. Memoir: Ten Years & Twenty Days. Cleveland: World Publishing Co, 1959 (reprint 1958 Anthenãum-Verlag, Zehn Jahre und Zwanzig Tage)
*MacArthur, Douglas, General of the Army. Reminiscences. Crest Books/Fawcett, 1965 (reprints 1964 McGraw-Hill edition)
*Alperovitz, Gar. Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb. New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1996.
*Galland, Adolf, translated by Small, Mervyn. The First & the Last. London: Methuen & Co., 1970 (reprints Die Ersten und Die Letzen, Franz Schneekluth 1953 edition)
*Winter, Denis. First of the Few. London: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1982.
*van der Vat, Dan. The Atlantic Campaign. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
*___________. The Pacific Campaign. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992.
*Addington, Larry H., Prof. The Blitzkrieg Era & the German General Staff. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1971.
*Young, Desmond, Brigadier. World Almanac Book of World War II. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981.
*Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 1995.
*Edgerton, Robert. Warriors of the Rising Sun. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997.
*Ito, Masanoru, with Pineau, Roger, translated by Kuroda, Andrew, & Pineau, Roger. The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1962 (translation of 1956 Japanese language Orion edition)
*Stephan, John J. Hawaii under the Rising Sun. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
*Willmott, H. P. Empires in the Balance. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute Press, 1982.
*________.  The Barrier and the Javelin. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute Press, 1983.
*Hart, Sydney. Submarine Upholder. London: Oldbourne Book Co., 1960.
*Mars, Alastair, RN. Unbroken. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1953.
*Shenkman, Richard. Legends, Lies, & Cherished Myths of World History. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
*Dean, Maurice, Sir. The RAF & Two World Wars. London: Cassell, 1979.
*Cowley, Rober, ed. What If?. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999 (tenth print)
*Seaton, Albert, Colonel, British Army (rtd). The German Army 1939-45. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982.
*Weigley, Russell F. Eisenhower's Lieutenants. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1981.
*Carver, Michael, Field Marshal Sir. The War Lords. Boston: Little Brown, 1976.
*Deighton, Len. Fighter. London: Triad Panther, 1979.
*Lyall, Gavin, ed. The War in the Air. New York: Ballantine, 1972.
*Hayashi, Saburo, & Coox, Alvin D. Kōgun. Quantico, WV: Marine Corps Association, 1959 (reprints Teiheiyo Senso Rikusen Gaishi, Tokyo, 1951)
*Peattie, Mark R., & Evans, David C. Kaigun. Annapolis:  United States Naval Institute Press, 1997.
*Liddle, P. H. The Airman's War. Poole, Britain: Blandford, 1987.
*Friedman, Norman. United States Destroyers. London: Arms & Armour Press, 1982.
*________. United States Aircraft Carriers. Annapolis:  United States Naval Institute Press, 1983.
*Smith, Stan. The Destroyermen. New York: Belmont Books, 1986.
*Farago, Ladislas. The Tenth Fleet. New York: Paperback Library, 1972.
*Schultz, Duane. Wake Island. New York: Playboy Press, 1979.
*Humble, Richard. Japanese High Seas Fleet. London: Pan/Ballantine, 1973.
*Macintyre, Donald, Captain, RN. The Encyclopedia of Sea Warfare. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1976.
*Allen, H.R. "Dizzy", Wing Commander, RAF. Who Won the Battle of Britain?. London: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1974.
*Von Der Porten, Edward P. The German Navy in World War II. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1969.
*Gallery, Daniel V., Admiral, USN (rtd). U-505. New York: Paperback Library, 1968 (reprints Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea, 1956).
*Beurling, George F., with Roberts, Leslie. Malta Spitfire. Toronto: Penguin, 2002 (reprints 1943 Farrar & Rinehart edition).
*Tsuji, Masunobu, Colonel, IJA, translated by Lake, Margaret E. Singapore. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961 (English edition of Shonan)
*Preston, Anthony. Destroyers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Bison/Prentice-Hall, 1977.
*Holmes, Wilfrid R. "Jasper", USN. Double-Edged Secrets. New York: Berkley, 1981.
*______. Undersea Victory. New York: Doubleday, 1966.
*Beach, Edward L. "Ned", Captain, USN (rtd). Submarine!. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1952 (reprinted 2003 by United States Naval Institute Press).
*Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1975.
*Ryan, Cornelius. A Bridge Too Far. London: Coronet Books, 1874.
Still think it needs more?  Trekphiler 07:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW, before I added this list, I also used Wikipedia articles. Or don't they count?  Trekphiler 08:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: I added these:
*"Cy" –Marshall H. Austin, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Ned" –Edward L. Beach, Jr., World War Two U.S. submarine commander & writer
*"Benny" –Raymond H. Bass, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Ensign" –Roy S. Benson, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Tex" –Forrest R. Biard, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Chief" – Leon N. Blair, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Bobo" – Sigmund A. Bobczynski, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Junior" – John S. McCain, Jr., World War Two U.S. submarine commander (son of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., father of Vietnam War POW & later Senator) John S. McCain III)
*"Weegee" – William G. Brown, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Babe" – John H. Brown, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Swede" –
** Eliot H. Bryant, World War Two U.S. submarine commander 
** Momsen, World War Two U.S. submarine force commander, inventor of a submarine resuce chamber
*"Acey" – Albert C. Burrows, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Soupy" – James H. Campbell, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Uncle Charlie" – Charles A. Lockwood, World War Two U.S. Pacific Fleet Submarine Force commander
*"Chips" – Arthur S. Carpender, World War Two U.S. submarine force commander
*"Moon" – Wreford G. Chapple, World War Two U.S. ace submarine commander
*"Chick" – Bernard A. Clarey, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Boney" – Robert H. Close, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Savvy" – Charles M. Cooke, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Red" – James W. Coe, World War Two U.S. ace submarine commander
*"Turkey Neck" – George C. Crawford, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Speed" – John P. Currie, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Donc" – Glynn R. Donaho, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Dan" – Lawrence R. Daspit, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
*"Dusty" – Robert E. Dornin, World War Two U.S. submarine commander
Not notable, huh? Wasn't Dornin a senator? I think Coe was CincPac, Swede Momsen invented the Momsen Lung, & Ned Beach turned hundreds of people onto submarines (including Tom Clancy, no less).  Trekphiler 09:47, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Just a coupla guys

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Thanks. — Bellhalla 12:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former ''Sources'' section 

message: http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/nicknames/index.htm - published by the Centre for First World War Studies at Birmingham University, so it seems pretty reliable (although contributions are requested, it's looks like they'd be checked out before being added).  David Underdown (talk) 11:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good source for WWI British (Empire) general's nicknames 

message: Since I've always understood pantera =panther, can somebody with better Italian than mine (which is pretty much limited to Greta Scacchi... ;p) confirm the tr of L'uomo Panther? Thx.  TREKphiler hit me ♠  17:37, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Calling Al Stewart

message: I can't seem to find 'Shimi' Lovat or 'Shan' Hackett?--The Mercenary 73 (talk) 22:11, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some ommisions 

message: Some names are bold, some are not. What's the consensus? Bullmoosebell (talk) 22:48, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say bolded, since that appears to be the usual for other pages like this. (I have to confess not always thinking to do it...)  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  23:50, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bold names? 

message: He has been listed under the name "Groom", referring to his voice. I thought this was kind of curious but I added another section under the name "Boom". According to his Wiki page, he was also known as "Camel".Flanker235 (talk) 11:40, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trenchard 

message: I have updated all the sections so that the proper names are bolded. Please feel free to fix any more so that it's all standardised. Flanker235 (talk) 07:12, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maintenance 

message: The purpose of this lis is unclear while the topic of "nicknames of military figures" does not seem to have received attention from secondary sources, so it may fail WP:LISTN. I tagged the article accordingly. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:18, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The subject list of motorsports people by nickname hasn't, either, but that doesn't mean it should be considered OR... It's a list. Do you genuinely think every WP list page has to have had independent coverage, first? I give up. Pokemon characters can all have pages, but anything I add, somebody wants to delete. Fine. Delete it. Delete it all. Just don't use my name or anything I've added. Ever.  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 09:25, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability / OR 

message: Should this be a list, or a table ?
How should multiple nicknames be dealt with?
The reason for conflating the two is mostly about sorting. At present Bomber Harris is in there twice, sorted under both Bomber and Butcher. It's also hard to find someone's nicknames from their given name.  A table could allow sorting either way. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:33, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm no fan of the table format, if only because it makes formatting more complicated for every change or addition. (I also have persistent trouble with table formatting generally, but that's less germane for editors at large.) It started as a list, & IDK why it couldn't have remained one--or be turned back into one. That would also simplify multiple people with the same nickname: double-asterisk nesting, like the year pages (& like it was to begin with).  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 05:30, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  List vs Table, and multiple nicknames ?