Talk:RattFraggs

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I suggest deleting this page. We do not have pages for unit's nick names. The unit is the 4th Regiment (12th Star Guards), even if called RattFraggs. And by the way, all 12th Star Guards units have a nick name, and this is the only one that points to the page of the nick name and not the unit's name.--Pserratv (talk) 14:11, 1 July 2019 (EDT)

But we do - Camacho's Caballeros is formally known as the 17th Recon Regiment, to give another example. There are many cases where the nickname is vastly more well-known than the actual formal unit name. Normally the article would be about the formally correct name, with a redirect from the nickname. But in this case, the special point is that the unit was submitted by a fan - and apparently, it was submitted under the name RattFraggs. I feel it is therefore appropriate to cover it here under that name, as an exception from the rule. If somebody wants to move the page, that'd be fine with me as well. A redirect to or from 4th Star Guards is definitely called for though, but no deletion. Frabby (talk) 14:34, 1 July 2019 (EDT)

At a quick glance the content on the RattFraggs article and the 4th Regiment (12th Star Guards) looks to be pretty much the same with the fan contribution mentioned in the notes section. With that being the case I believe that the RattFraggs article should be replaced with a redirect, maybe add in a category tag so it shows up in the main category. Not normally how we handle nicknames but hopefully enough that if Mr Calvin decided to look he would not feel we have ignored his contribution.--Dmon (talk) 15:57, 1 July 2019 (EDT)

As the creator of this article I feel I need to explain why I created the articles in this fashion, its not a redirect of the official name of the unit to its nickname, its a redirect from the unit's former name to it's current name. The 4th regiment of the 12th Star Guards (nickname The RattFraggs) existed from 2845 to 2860 when it broke away from rest of the 12th Star Guards and became just The RattFraggs. Aside from this if we wish to preserve RattFraggs as unit nickname for the 4th Regiment, I guess we create RattFraggs (mercenary unit)? Cyc (talk) 18:27, 1 July 2019 (EDT)

I Cyc, I've seen than in this cases we choose the latest name to keep all history (and in table structure for officers we have lines per command), and then in the "old" names we have a redirect. Would that be ok?--Pserratv (talk) 18:44, 1 July 2019 (EDT)

Done.--Pserratv (talk) 06:19, 2 July 2019 (EDT)