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On 8 November 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Burn notice (document) to Burn notice. The result of the discussion was moved.

Vietnam

I wanted to suggest adding Ngo Dinh Diem to the list of notable people who have been sent the Burn notice. 68.9.255.198 20:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Global?

Is this just a US thing (in which case it should say so) or an international thing (in which case some non-US examples should be added)? 81.158.3.74 01:05, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Examples

If "A burn notice is an official statement" issued from one agency to another, then why do the "Examples of Burn Notices" include people?

Is it a list of people who've received burn notices? If these are recipients, then what individuals or groups were they told were unreliable for what reasons or purposes? Were they deemed unreliable? If so, then by what agency to which other agency? Maybe some exposition would help make this more clear? --Thomas B♘talk 05:39, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like someone's list of people they wished got burn notices. The cited Newsweek article only said that a third person (not Chalabi or Curveball) has a "mislaid" "burn notice." I'll delete the false information. Calbaer (talk) 17:23, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Content

Right now the article is a verbatim copy of the opening statement made on the show Burn Notice. That doesn't seem too official. Maybe bring it more in line with the reference that it has attached to it? Skajohnny (talk) 05:32, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the opening to the Burn Notice TV show is actually derived from an official definition. Did you check this was or wasn't the case before making your comment? 109.157.98.78 (talk) 07:01, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

I was thinking that perhaps Burn Notice should redirect to the television series. To me it seems that more people look it up for that reason than for anything else. Also, this page is just a stub, so isn't very informative anyway. If anyone has any issues with that just let me know. Tithonfury (talk) 05:18, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since the TV show is named after this, it makes more sense to leave things as they are now. This article might not be very informative at the moment, but the better solution would be to add more detail to it :) Adam McMaster (talk) 16:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 8 November 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Consensus that the document is primary and in line with WP:DIFFCAPS to move without disambiguation needed. (closed by non-admin page mover) Raladic (talk) 03:20, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Burn notice (document) → Burn notice – It is extremely odd that the common-noun capitalized Burn notice redirects to the television series Burn Notice instead of having this article there. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 10:11, 8 November 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Raladic (talk) 16:23, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rename per nom. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:17, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I would normally support something like this per WP:DIFFCAPS but I note that the show itself stylizes its title in all-lowercase. This could potentially lead to confusion among readers. Bensci54 (talk) 18:04, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Military history has been notified of this discussion. Raladic (talk) 16:23, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. ~~WP:PRIMARYTOPIC~~ WP:DIFFCAPS. Based on long-term significance. Theparties (talk) 17:21, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support no disambiguation for the generic document. WP:DIFFCAPS allows for the TV show named after the document to exist at Burn Notice. PK-WIKI (talk) 17:30, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as primary topic. If anything needs disambiguating it's the TV series (sorry Michael Weston!) which is named after the primary anyway.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 20:55, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:DIFFCAPS. This is definitely not the primary topic,[1] but that's irrelevant when burn notice and Burn Notice are two different topics. The fact that Burn Notice is sometimes stylized in lower case is worth considering, but we normally don't take stylizations into account, and the TV series does not rise to the level of being primary for the lower case title. A hatnote will take care of any confusion among readers. Station1 (talk) 01:08, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.