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Surely this is just a little too silly for an encyclopedia article...? (And it doesn't really have anything to do with GNIS, either, apart from the fact that you can use it to look up such names) — Zero Gravi t as 05:24, 14 June 2006 (UTC) reply

• I agree, so strongly that I am boldly deleting the section.-- orlady 03:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply
  • I support your decision. Malepheasant 03:24, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply

It seems to be the consensus here that Geographic Names Information System should be italicized. Before I do that, I wanted to provide a heads-up in case there're objections. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 00:59, 7 June 2021 (UTC) reply

On September 8, 2022 the USGS published 650 name edits to remove references to squaw. [1] Feel free to add this to the article.

21:04, 9 September 2022 (UTC)