Talk:Project SQUID

This is my first-ever new page. I found a ref. to project squid on another wikipedia page, but no page by that name, so I added it since I know a thing or two about it. I don't know how much material to add: maybe it should just stay a stub. There exist more than 60 megabytes of material on project SQUID online, mostly in department of defense/defense technical information center repositories, and anyone interested in the history and development of pulsejets should have this material available. Smellsofbikes (talk) 01:28, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Name: Project Squid, or Project SQUID?

The official name of this project was SQUID, as referred to in archival documents. It appears to be an acronym, although I don't know what it was. However, it was also often referred to as Project Squid or Project squid, depending on the typist's mood, I guess? so I don't actually know what to title or call it. My personal preference would be SQUID, but other similar pages I've looked at around wikipedia seem to prefer lower-case whenever possible.

Any suggestions welcome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smellsofbikes (talk • contribs) 20:47, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• the magic of redirects can fix this :) If we move the article to Project SQUID (preferred, if it's the official name), a redirect will be automatically created from the current title. We can also create a redirect from Project Squid so anyone who types it in that way will get the article, too. I'll go ahead and do that. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 22:56, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

It was in fact not an acronym. I need to note I do not have actual evidence for this, and that this info is based on my own personal experience with US gov information. They just seemed to capitalize (sometimes as you indicate) words of importance. To quote from the ONR funded publication authored by Princeton University "Project SQUID. Introductory Report Number 1 (http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA952695)," Project SQUID "is a program of fundamental scientific research to supplement development, design, and production program of Navy department for liquid rocket and pulse jet propulsive devices." Even in the 1940s when the program began, the humble squid was recognized as having the most efficient method of biological jet propulsion. Thus the Navy sought to emulate our friends from the ocean. Hence the name - Project SQUID. Most of this stuff is available to the public now, most likely in either journal articles or university-level textbooks, and it makes sense since it was basic research. Realize that back then it was cutting edge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.169.165.26 (talk) 03:56, 26 March 2017 (UTC)