Talk:nycpd

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RFV discussion: January–March 2019[edit]

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Supposedly used instead of uppercase NYCPD for mug shots. I can just find it in uppercase. --Pious Eterino (talk) 12:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I can find it on pictures of mug shots, such as the one in this, but not in actual text. OTOH, mug shots are, I believe, permanently archived....Kiwima (talk) 21:47, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If it's done just for stylistics, like a logo, then I don't think that should get an entry. (Wikipedia often deals with such cases by saying something like "XYZ, stylised xyz, is a..." and showing the logo. Equinox 18:40, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:59, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]