Talk:Brigadier general (United States)

Requested move

Brigadier General (United States) → Brigadier general (United States) — To conform with the grammar guidelines set forth by Wiki:MOSCAPS —Neovu79 (talk) 03:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

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Discussion

Any additional comments: Neovu79 (talk) 03:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

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• Support Wiki:MOSCAPS states: Military ranks follow the same capitalization guidelines as titles (see above). Thus, one would write "Brigadier General John Smith", or "John Smith was a brigadier general". While general use of ranks is most commonly in front of an officer's name, in article form, and grammar, ranks are not capitalized. The U.S. Code of law also use standardized grammar specifically 10 U.S.C. § 3281 which establishes regular ranks for federal uniformed officers. Neovu79 (talk) 03:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

The information in the History subsection was moved from Brigadier General#United States and is not the work of myself. All information is credited to the original auther(s). Neovu79 (talk) 08:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose this and the handful of similar moves. If this long running discussion is to be reopened, there should at least be a centralised discussion. Andrewa (talk) 05:00, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support, although I would prefer a solution like this one through centralized discussion (but then again, the MOS can be considered a centralized discussion of course). Fram (talk) 12:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Command of a Brigadier General

Would it be fair to say a Brigadier General is always in command of a Brigade? Is often in command of...? Is typically in command of...? The article should tell us what the typical command is for this rank. It probably should do this for every rank. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 18:59, 6 September 2012 (UTC)