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[1] Given that it's a pejorative nickname and not an official name of the aircraft, is the italicization appropriate? The online resources I've found seem unauthoritative, such as a website for elementary schoolteachers, which may not have appreciated the issue. Contemporary scholarship that italicizes the name, I have also not been able to locate. My vote, at this point, would be to revert to quotation marks for the nickname.
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I agree. It is at best a nickname and should in quotes, not italicized. -
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For most of this article's history, it wasn't. Then, in 2017, it was.
[1] Given that it's a pejorative nickname and not an official name of the aircraft, is the italicization appropriate? The online resources I've found seem unauthoritative, such as a website for elementary schoolteachers, which may not have appreciated the issue. Contemporary scholarship that italicizes the name, I have also not been able to locate. My vote, at this point, would be to revert to quotation marks for the nickname.
Robert K S (
talk) 18:23, 27 April 2023 (UTC)reply
I agree. It is at best a nickname and should in quotes, not italicized. -
Ahunt (
talk) 13:47, 28 April 2023 (UTC)reply