Talk:Brigadier general

message: A brigadier most certainly is of general rank in the British armed forces, despite the erroneous assertion in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.212.149 (talk) 00:28, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  General rank 

message: I disagree with the statement "Since the Mexican-American War, however, the lower rank of Colonel has been the normal rank appointed to command a brigade." Wasn't the practice of appointing a brigadier general to command a brigade the norm during the Civil War as well? Colonels commanded brigades only if the BG was incapacitated, dead, or otherwise indisposed, and many were subsequently promoted to the rank.198.203.136.200 14:50, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Question on the history of the rank

message: The article has a "list of notable Brigadiers General", but I think "Brigadier Generals" is far more common. "Brigadiers General" is probably etymologically correct (given that I believe the name came about the same way as, say, Surgeon General, and we use "Surgeons General"), but seems hopelessly pedantic in the face of the more common usage. - furrykef (Talk at me) 05:11, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Depends on whether "General" modifies "Brigadier" (à la "Surgeon General" hence "Surgeons General") or instead "Brigadier" is the modifier (à la "Major General" hence "Major Generals"). I tend to thing the latter, since it is a general officer rank, so "General" is the key term, and "Brigadier" ("Major", "Lieutenant", etc) are modifiers. --SigPig 19:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed though interestingly "General" itself was originally a modifier as in Captain General (the General Captain at the head of an army) Dainamo (talk) 20:10, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm fascinated. I also agree that it depends. However, I came down on the side of Brigadiers General, because there are Brigadiers who are NOT Generals. For that reason, I disagree that it's in the same class as Maj Gen and Lt Gen. Independently, I'm not convinced that in either of those cases they are modifiers. To put my POV more concisely, I don't think it's at all obvious what the answer is. (Though I must admit, I did think it was obvious before I read the various opinions!!) Pdfpdf (talk) 11:12, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

text: My dictionary gives brigadier generals only as the plural. Caerwine Caer’s whines 17:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the reply. Which dictionary would that be? Pdfpdf (talk) 11:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brigadiers General or Brigadier Generals? 

message: Is the plural "Brigadiers General" or "Brigadier Generals"? Pdfpdf (talk) 10:03, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My dictionary gives brigadier generals only as the plural. Caerwine Caer’s whines 17:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the reply. Which dictionary would that be? Pdfpdf (talk) 11:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plural of Brigadier General? 

message: The entry on Brigadier General United States National Guard is a fake, yes? according to United_States_National_Guard#List_of_chiefs_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau no one with that name existed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.119.76.91 (talk) 18:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  fake name in list of notables?  

message: There is a table of equivalence in the Pakistan section of the page, and that table only has one element.  Is there any particular reason for this, does anyone really want it to stay, would anyone oppose removing it, etc.? Cww 01:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh dear. I didn't look here before I decided the table was pointless and removed it. Sorry. I guess that means I agree with you!! Pdfpdf (talk) 13:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pakistan table 

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replies: text: See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (capital letters)#Military terms. — kwami (talk) 22:51, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

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Sock puppet Swamilive is making a nuisance of himself at the moment. How does one get an admin to block him? Pdfpdf (talk) 15:12, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: He's been blocked now, after a bit of a delay at WP:AIV. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:41, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

text: Pdfpdf, has been reolved now :). TheGeneralUser (talk) 15:44, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
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