User talk:Gr3yman

Bolo comment
I don't want to take away from what you are adding to the Bolo article and while I am aware that Bolo is sometimes used for screw up in the military it also has many other uses even another slang use It's police slang for Be On the Look Out. Simply type Bolo into the Wikipedia search box and you'll see several different weapon systems and other uses for the word any number of which could be the origin of the name. The Bolo was also developed in the early 90’s according to the story line and so it would be unlikely that the U.S military would allow a nickname coined by workers at GM to stick as a designation. More than likely it was named after a past military unit or general that Laumer happened to like.

As your edit says the entomology you have developed is conjecture just like my explanation, and conjectures have no place in an encyclopedia. See the Wikipedia guidelines for what can and can not be added. You need to back up edits with facts from the books themselves or interviews with the authors and as far as I’m aware the explanation of the name has never been given and probably never will. Again please don’t let this discourage you from continuing to edit and if you can find a credible source for your theory by all mean add it back in and cite it. Respectfully Trey 06:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey, I made a section on Talk:Bolo (tank) for the etymology discussion. I think it's pretty straight forward, but better to discuss it there at least than in edit comments back and forth! Cheers. --Falcorian (talk) 13:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)