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This article was recommended for deletion February 1, 2006. The consensus was that the article should remain with a proper name: G-man_(slang) rather than G-Men(Slang), per the naming conventions. A record of the discussion can be reviewed here. Tom e r talk 06:21, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I know nothing about HalfLife, and so I don't know for sure whether or not the "[Response to "QUOTE: Unless they are that detailed..."] Yes, they are." thing is some inappropriate comment on something written earlier in the article or something that refers to an actual part of the game. Tom e r talk 06:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
This is a response to Pfistermeister, who is apparently trying to teach me to read and write. I won't hold my breath for the civility policy to be followed, since Pfistermeister has shown little interest in it in the past, judging by his or her talk page. The following are my reasons for restoring my edits (in some cases slightly reworded to, hopefully, improve clarity):
Perhaps your future energy would be more constructively spent on expanding this from a stub to an article instead of making dubious edits to the contributions of others. Bobanny 18:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Merriam-Webster dates it to 1928. -- Gwern (contribs) 08:17 25 August 2010 (GMT)
The New York Giants of the NFL are also sometimes referred to as "The G-Men". Is it possible this might also get a mention here? Admittedly it's not their main unofficial nickname, but it is used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.51.184.11 ( talk) 16:51, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
A character in the play You Can't Take It with You refers to G-Men as J-Men, as in Department of Justice (the line is on page 61 of the script for those who have access to one). Does anyone know if this was a common term in the 1930s, or was this just supposed to be a quirk of the character? Incidentally, "J-Man" on WP redirects to Joker (comics). Mapsax ( talk) 13:36, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 14:04, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
G-man (slang) →
G-man – I only see one topic that is a plausible meaning with this term in lowercase (e.g.,
Friendly fire and
Bird box and
Red meat do not lead to dab pages). Unlike some other recent RMs, this is about whether the lowercase version should lead to a dab page, not about what to do with the uppercase form. —
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12:29, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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This article was recommended for deletion February 1, 2006. The consensus was that the article should remain with a proper name: G-man_(slang) rather than G-Men(Slang), per the naming conventions. A record of the discussion can be reviewed here. Tom e r talk 06:21, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I know nothing about HalfLife, and so I don't know for sure whether or not the "[Response to "QUOTE: Unless they are that detailed..."] Yes, they are." thing is some inappropriate comment on something written earlier in the article or something that refers to an actual part of the game. Tom e r talk 06:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
This is a response to Pfistermeister, who is apparently trying to teach me to read and write. I won't hold my breath for the civility policy to be followed, since Pfistermeister has shown little interest in it in the past, judging by his or her talk page. The following are my reasons for restoring my edits (in some cases slightly reworded to, hopefully, improve clarity):
Perhaps your future energy would be more constructively spent on expanding this from a stub to an article instead of making dubious edits to the contributions of others. Bobanny 18:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Merriam-Webster dates it to 1928. -- Gwern (contribs) 08:17 25 August 2010 (GMT)
The New York Giants of the NFL are also sometimes referred to as "The G-Men". Is it possible this might also get a mention here? Admittedly it's not their main unofficial nickname, but it is used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.51.184.11 ( talk) 16:51, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
A character in the play You Can't Take It with You refers to G-Men as J-Men, as in Department of Justice (the line is on page 61 of the script for those who have access to one). Does anyone know if this was a common term in the 1930s, or was this just supposed to be a quirk of the character? Incidentally, "J-Man" on WP redirects to Joker (comics). Mapsax ( talk) 13:36, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 14:04, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
G-man (slang) →
G-man – I only see one topic that is a plausible meaning with this term in lowercase (e.g.,
Friendly fire and
Bird box and
Red meat do not lead to dab pages). Unlike some other recent RMs, this is about whether the lowercase version should lead to a dab page, not about what to do with the uppercase form. —
BarrelProof (
talk)
12:29, 29 September 2019 (UTC)