Talk:USS Essex (LHD-2)

Infobox photo


I actually prefer the previous photo to the new one. The new one is very high resolution, but the old one shows the ship better. I think the infobox should be headed with the image that looks best at 300px. TomTheHand (talk) 04:42, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Popular culture section?
Anyone thing the fact that the ship is a playable area in four different Battlefield 2 + expansions maps is relevant? It's not even hinted here.

69.207.144.96 (talk) 06:01, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Games are not generally relevant per WP:MILPOP. That's why it's not here. Sorry. - BillCJ (talk) 10:26, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Fair enough, but I think that's a pity - it's the reason I visited this page: having played BF2 I wanted to find out more about the vessel. Tommfuller (talk) 14:58, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Did you visit this page to learn more about the ship, or to find more games in which it appears? (I'm asking in all seriousness.) You can learn more about the ship without it having a pop-culture section at all. As long as the game has a list of the ships/aircraft/vehicles used to point people to the right articles, that should be sufficient, shouldn't it? If the article is deficient in discussing the ship itself, that's a different issue, and it rightly should be addressed. - BilCat (talk) 15:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Good point! I came looking to find out more about the ship, but if there had been more information on which maps it appeared on, how accurate the model was, and why that particular vessel was chosen, I'd have been very interested to read it. Your point is taken though; that information would probably sit better here .Tommfuller (talk) 15:55, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Also it was on here at one point, but was removed as per BillCJ's reasons - wardfan2204 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC).

Nicknames:
Nickname: "The Iron Gator", "Steaming Deuce" is the ONLY nicknames that are correct. - Plankowners of USS Essex

In popular culture
FOR ANYONE WHO IS WONDERING WHO ADDED THE IN POPULAR CULTURE SECTION TO THE MAIN USS ESSEX (LHD-2) PAGE: It was me who added In popular culture to this page. Why did I add it? I added it because USS Essex (LHD-2) appears in in Battlefield 2, Battlefield Play4Free, Battlefield 3, and Battlefield 4. This page didn't have a In Popular Culture section before, so I added one. Now that I see that it has been removed from the page, I am heartbroken. It took me a while to add the In Popular Culture section. Everyone who has read this article after I added the In Popular Culture section, has learned about the real world ship (not just about the ship in the video game). I answer these questions when adding to an article: Is it a real thing? Is it fact or fiction/ fake? What game or games does it appear in?

Some things in video games are fiction, Right? Thats what some believe but, actually some things in videos games are based on real things, such as in Battlefield, or the Call of Duty games from 2003-2010/12 and some features in the newer Call of Duty games are based on real live things such as the Exo-suits in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. But in real life exosuits are designed to assist the wearer by boosting their strength and endurance. Also they help soldiers carry heavy loads both in and out of combat. If you take the time to research, you'll be surprised by how many things in video games are in real, and how many things aren't real.

http://battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Essex_(LHD-2)

--FPS James Bond 007 (talk) 19:53, 12 June 2015 (UTC)FPS James Bond 007

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Wording of collision not helpful
"Although Essex's bow had jammed, the investigation determined that better leadership by Litchfield could have prevented the collision". Huh ? How does a ship's bow "jam" ? Rcbutcher (talk) 04:28, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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Popular Culture section?
USS Essex (LHD-2) is in the video game Battlefield 2, 3, and 4. The is even a page on the Battlefield wikia about the USS Essex (LHD-2). I just think that the"In Popular Culture" section should be on the page. FPS James Bond 007 (talk) 05:11, 5 January 2019 (UTC)


 * There are guidelines at WP:MILPOP regarding pop culture sections in military related articles. In particular:
 * "In popular culture" sections should be avoided unless the subject has had a well-cited and notable impact on popular culture. Any popular culture reference being considered for inclusion must be attributed to a reliable secondary source for the article topic. Items meeting these requirements should typically be worked into the text of the article; a separate section for popular culture items, and in particular the following, should be avoided:...
 * lAs long as your additions meet and follow those and the rest of the guidelines, there shouldn't be a problem. Wikia isn't constrained by such guidelines, so naturally there will be items there that can't be included here. - BilCat (talk) 06:32, 5 January 2019 (UTC)