Talk:Chief of staff

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List vs. Disambig[edit]

Should this be a disambiguation page? if we start listing all possible Chiefs of Staff throughout history, this page would run into the millions. Also, this seems to me to be not really a disambig, since the meaning of all of these examples of "Chief of Staff" is essentially the same: namely, the chief of a staff! --Deville (Talk) 00:23, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are also three similar articles out there. I have come across Chief of Staff (Politics), Chief of Staff (Military), and Chef de Cabinet. 217.41.240.15 (talk) 13:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have made this a list page instead of a disambig; the meaning of Chief of staff is the same for all entries listed. - Canglesea (talk) 01:39, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In other countries section[edit]

The Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (see List of Irish Republican Army chiefs of staff) was employed by the Irish Republic, which was never recognized by any other state. To what extent should the page list people who are styled as the "chief of staff" of unrecognized states or terrorist groups?86.42.192.6 (talk) 06:30, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Defence Forces (Ireland) has a chief of staff, and would be the person in question if anyone asked "who is the Irish chief of staff?".86.42.205.205 (talk) 10:53, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The lead does not reflect the content[edit]

Leads are supposed to reflect the content of the article and give due weight to the content of body of the article. The military section is by far the largest section of this article and as the lead of that section says:

"In general, the positions listed below are not 'chiefs of staff' as defined at the top of this page; they are the heads of the various forces/commands and tend to have subordinates that fulfill the "chief of staff" roles.

The lead needs to be rewritten to reflect that a Chief of Staff is no usually an aid-de-comp, and that in countries such as the United Kingdom "Chief of Staff" is usually a military designation both as a title "Chief of Staff" and also a position under all commanders of all large military formations. -- PBS (talk) 11:12, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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List of defence chiefs[edit]

Propose the Military section of this article is spun off to List of defence chiefs. Whizz40 (talk) 09:59, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2603:301B:D:600:5165:2550:C268:5F4E (talk) 06:11, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]