Talk:Secret Service code name

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Five relevant Wiki Categories found

I have found and added five relevant Wiki Categories for this article; with "Good Intentions," I will now remove the Categorization tag. We can all discuss this here, on the talk page. By the way--I would love it if this list could be expanded. What were U.S. Vice Presidents called? Al Gore once joked on the David Letterman Show that he was so boring that, "My Secret Service codename is Al Gore." ProfessorPaul 02:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Ooo, source that, that should be added! --UsaSatsui 04:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • That joke was on The West Wing too. The Vice President Bob Russell joked that he was so boring that his Secret Service codename was Bob Russell...

I added a few from a book I have ( I like "cobweb" and "pacemaker")...I hope I sourced it right. I'm also wanting to see this article expand, but we should make sure that everything is properly sourced. I also want to find something on the practice of the names, whether the people involved get a say in them, just how secret are they, and so on. I also tried to make it clear a lot of these names aren't in use anymore. --UsaSatsui 04:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Can we get some of these "fictional" ones sourced? Good additions, but the more sources we have, the better we can survive future AfD's --UsaSatsui 03:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I reformatted things a little bit. If it sucks, change it back, but I think that people who are related should be grouped together (like FLOUTSes with thier Presidents). Anyways, let's get some more here. This list is getting interesting. Also, if someone can find some information on the codenames (the history of the names, any significance to them), let's do it, make this more than "just a list". --UsaSatsui 10:05, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is McCain's codename?

I've read online the suggestion "Phoenix." (Really don't see how it could be beat, since it analogizes so well with his having been a Navy flyer, being from Arizona, and rising from the dead during the campaign.)--Justmeherenow (talk) 20:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

More tinkering

I added a couple of images to illustrate some of the people in question. 3 images is probably a good number. I'm still kind of a "noob" with images, so feel free to fix my mistakes if I made any, or put in some different images if you don't like my choices (the one of the Clintons I mostly used because it demonstrated 4 people, so I'd like to keep that one in at least). I wouldn't add any more images, though, 3 seems like a good number. I tried to find one "fictional" example, but I couldn't find any non fair use images for it (an image in this article doesn't seem like fair use to me). --UsaSatsui (talk) 21:16, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fictional

Can we get rid of the fictional stuff? DJ Clayworth (talk) 20:39, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Why? I think it belongs here as well.96.237.63.234 (talk) 20:41, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think we need to come up with a compromise on the fictional ones. Some of them probably belong on the list, others probably don't. Any suggestions for guidelines? (and they should -all- be cited). --UsaSatsui (talk) 21:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I also agree, the fictional code names detracts from the article about actual secret service code words. If those codewords are note worthy they should be in the article about the book, show, or movie. --64.175.38.71 (talk) 18:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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