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Nickname

The reference to 'Buck' should stay. I'm a lifelong Swansea City fan and around the city he is affectionately known as 'Buck'. Quite how you cite that is difficult though because it's a common, everyday occurence. Swansea fans have always given managers nicknames (Kenny 'Bomber' Jackett for instance). The papers didn't come up with it, the fans did, almost immediately after he was appointed. --GarethTheJack

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Buck Rogers - the citation given isn't valid, the only mention of the word Buck is the headline. Plenty of headlines contain lame plays on names and I don't think that constitutes a reference that he is "nicknamed Buck". For my perspective, there was a little discussion on Watford forums on what nickname one could give him, and whilst Buck was popular so was Clodagh. Most people refer to him as Rogers. So I'd remove that.
The Watford manager ref contains more information on his career with Reading. When I have time, or if anyone else encounters this before me, it should be added in.
The ref states his wife's father played for Villa, Chester City and Shrewsbury. Any idea who that could be?
I removed the name of his daughter as there was no citation for that. HornetMike (talk) 18:36, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A few more concerns: I still think the Buck stuff is spurious. I've never heard anyone actually call him that. It's just a hook for a tired headline writer/lazy journo looking for a hook. Also - the manager profile on the Watford site is no longer there, I don't know whether it can be recovered? HornetMike (talk) 17:18, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with the removal of the daughter's name as unreferenced; RS call him "Buck" so it should stay IMO; and the Watford page can now be found here. Giant Snowman 17:28, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested semi-protection

Knowing football fans this will soon be full of abuse Mycroft (talk) 18:46, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest filing a request at WP:RPP. Regards, Giant Snowman 11:18, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did so, but was refused as there wasn't yet sufficient abuse to warrant protection. Having watched the page for the last 18 hours or so I'm inclined to agree with them, as there's only been one piece of vandalism thus far Mycroft (talk) 15:34, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]