Talk:Alexander de Seversky

message: Of the various forms of his name, it was not at all clear which one was most common. The surname seems to have been most commonly given as "de Seversky" in the 1920s and 1930s and as "DeSeversky" in the 1960s through 1980s, but it's not very definite. I finally decided that since his company was the "Seversky Aircraft Corporation") I should not use a form with DeSeversky (joined) as his surname. 
The book "Victory through Air Power" gives his name as "Major Alexander P. De Seversky". 
I basically am shrugging my shoulders and putting in every redirect I can think of. But by all means, the more the merrier. I decided to include Seversky and De Seversky and DeSeversky since it—they—are not a common surname and we can always disambiguate them when and if it ever becomes necessary. The redirects I have created are:
*Alexander DeSeversky
*Alexander De Seversky
*Alexander de Seversky
*Alexander Procofieff de Seversky
*Alexander P. DeSeversky
*Alexander P. De Seversky
*De Seversky
*DeSeversky
*Seversky
I've never seen Alexander abbreviated to A, or spelled Aleksandr, or anything like that. Thank goodness. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:08, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names 

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*P-47 Thunderbolt with historic background on Seversky Aircraft and Republic Aviation
J. D. Redding 22:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed link 

message: It might be noteworthy to mention why Seversky was removed from the board of directors. I haven't done much research yet, but I remember learning that Seversky used government contract funds to develop what was supposed to be solely a military aircraft (Seversky P-35) into a slightly modified civilian aircraft (Seversky S-2) as an air racer. Jackie Cochran flew an S-2 to win the 1938 Bendix, Fuller flew an S-2 to win the 1939 Bendix. To add to Seversky's military unpopularity, he supposedly sold 20 S-2 derived fighters to Japan in 1939.
Source
LostCause 19:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was support for move.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Historical Information 

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message: The only source on de Seversky's early life is his autobiography, which is obviously problematic. German WP says his parents were vaudeville artists and he later styled his name in a fashion suggesting nobility, but it doesn't give a good source, either. Seelefant (talk) 07:48, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early life