Talk:Buff

Vandalism (?)

Uh, what exactly does that very last sentence mean?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.251.60.190 (talk) 04:54, 17 March 2006 and struck thru by Joeblakesley (talk · contribs) 21:03, 24 July 2006

• Presumbably the above is about vandalism since removed.
  --Jerzy•t 20:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
  

BUFF ~ B52-H Nickname

I worked on B-52's for 4 years on a SAC base in the midwest. The correct acronym is Big Ugly Flying Fucker. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.89.67 (talk) 15:09, 22 August 2008

• G-tests have their limitations, but

  about 174 for "Big Ugly flying" "B-52".

  about 3,900 for "Big Ugly fat" "B-52".

In this case, those who fly or maintain them could logically be expected to take special pride in the fact of forcing something so big and ugly to sail thru the air; perhaps the more numerous service personnel who watched "Arc Light" from the ground in Nam were more focused on the firepower involved than on its source's powers of levitation, and found it more important to carry further the hyperbole re size.
For the Dab, IMO we should stick to the apparently predominant wording, since the purpose is just to connect BUFF to B-52 Stratofortress without mystifying the reader as to why. On the other hand, i'm copying this discussion to talk:B-52 Stratofortress, which is both the place to pursue a discussion of using both explanations in the article (rather than the accompanying Dab), and the most effective place to encourage that to happen.
--Jerzy•t 03:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

• The exact link is talk:B-52 Stratofortress#Fat and Flying?.
  --Jerzy•t 04:15, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
  

Recent page move

Buff was recently moved to BUFF (disambiguation) by an editor in good standing. I've reverted it, as the fisrt several items in the list are "buff", and this seems t be the clear primary topic. BUFF has been a redirect to B-52 Stratofortress for some time, and is probably the primary topic for that format (BUFF). I don't see the need to make changes, but if the consensus here is against be, that's OK. No slight intended, Dave. - BilCat (talk) 06:25, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The BUFF acronym as the nickname for the B-52 seems to be the primary use for it. I had never heard of the other BUFF acronyms listed on the main page before. Maybe that's be the other way around for someone in Europe. -Fnlayson (talk) 16:05, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

• Okay, now I see where the problem lies in... think it might be better to leave BUFF (and I agree with Jeff that BUFF is associated more with B-52 Stratofortress than anything else) as it is but leave an entry in Buff (disambiguation), instead of moving to my earlier clumsy attempt in BUFF (disambiguation). IF it is okay with everyone, I'll initiate the move soon. --Dave ¹¹⁸⁵ 00:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• You mean keep BUFF as is and move this page (Buff) to Buff (disambiguation)? If so, that's fine. -Fnlayson (talk) 00:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Okay then, it is done. --Dave ¹¹⁸⁵ 01:27, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Huh? There's no reason to have a disambiguated title if the main title is open, especially if it redirects to the DABbed title. I'm not going to revert again, but you're definitely going against the MOS here, and I can't understand why it's necessary to do so in this case. Buff is the best location for the DAB page, as there is no clear primary topic, and it is the most common form. - BilCat (talk) 02:50, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

ageed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buff Sanass (talk • contribs) 01:08, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Move request

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. BilCat (talk) 19:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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Buff (disambiguation) → Buff — There is no clear primary title, and no reason for Buff to rediect to a DABbed title. - BilCat (talk) 04:14, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Adding the Move tag apparently triggered a notice at Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages, and the page was moved by an admin. - BilCat (talk) 19:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.