Talk:Guantanamo Bay

After noticing BobM fix a dozen links to this page, it becomes obvious (to me) that the article should be moved to Guantanamo Bay - full caps for a place name. Thoughts? human 14:44, 26 January 2008 (EST)

yes - I'll fix the links.--Bob^{bing up} 15:32, 26 January 2008 (EST)

I've left the redirect - though I don't know if it makes much difference.--Bob^{bing up} 15:38, 26 January 2008 (EST)

Thanks! Sorry to double your work... Yeah, the redirect might make sense to have. Stops someone from accidentally re-creating it, at least. human 16:32, 26 January 2008 (EST)

Question on the origin of the term "Gitmo"

did it come from contrast of Gulag (the five letter bisyllablic "G" word with no other similarities) or does it come from "Gizmo"? [[User:K61824|]][[User_talk:K61824|]] 01:32, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

No, it's just military slang, first letter, next important consonant, ending. They do it all the time (hummerhumvee, huey chopper, thousands of other examples). ħuman 02:16, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Why the "i" in there though? Why not Guatmo or just Guamo? 141.134.75.236 (talk) 03:55, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

A note on the references

I am a derp and forgot to add a reason for editing before hitting save, so I'll put them here:

• The Globe and Mail link gives me a 404 error but the Reuters article I linked also contains the quote at the start of our article so I believe it is a good replacement.
• I replaced the Global Security html transcript of the UN report with a link to the UN Digital Library where people can download the pdf of the report. This globalsecurity.org website looks dated as heck, and I personally prefer sources straight from the horses mouth.
• The DoD link also gives me a 404 error. However I did manage to find the press release on their website and I found the pdf linked on wikimedia commons, so I booted the broken one and put those in instead. Is that sufficient referencing? I hope so.
• I also formatted the bare URLs as per the manual of style.

Sorry if I broke anything, feel free to revert if y'all think I did a stupid. (Is there a way to add a summary for old edits? Hmm...)Peace out. - Rairyu75 (Talk) 21:36, 19 September 2020 (UTC)