Talk:Lynn Compton

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[edit] Name

In thinking about the article title, I'm wondering if it should be changed to Buck Compton, since I suspect that most people looking for information on him will only know of him from Band of Brothers and have no idea that his first name is Lynn. --Habap 15:47, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I like what you have. You have covered both bases by including both names. Looking at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) and other bios with nicknames, there is no hard rule. Most folks with unique names just have their names as the title, and all pseudonymns in the article. Folks with common names use the nickname as a differentiator. We should link this to the BoB article and consider adding his initial, D. Beanbatch 20:44, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think some redirects (if you don't already have them) would do just fine. I just added a taxobox, but I'm also concerned about the cleanliness of the article, and I'm going to request (if I don't do it first) that the article be split into three categories: Early Life, During World War II, and After the War. Just to tidy it up and make it easier for people to find what they want/need. Martorius 18:25, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

This is a poorly written article. An encyclopedia article cannot cite a dramatized miniseries in a biographical article. Someone please go through and clean this up.