Talk:bible belt
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Same as #quran belt above, one sense should be Bible belt but is SoP (belt has this definition) and the other should be Bible Belt, which already exists. Mglovesfun (talk) 14:00, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
- Belongs at RfV. Too bad it can't be a redirect. DCDuring TALK 15:01, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Moved to RFV. — Keφr 18:56, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
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I ask for attestation of this capitalization: bible belt. Note that Bible Belt exists, and is currently not questioned. --Dan Polansky (talk) 18:12, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
- Even if this capitalisation is accepted, aren't the two definitions basically the same. Does the Bible Belt ever mean anywhere other than the south-east part of the country.--Dmol (talk) 00:19, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- I think the first definition of "bible belt" is meant to be general, potentially referring to any bible belt in any country. The question is whether this usage is attestable. --WikiTiki89 00:26, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not experienced at this, so ignore me if I don't know what I'm on about, but how about [1] and [2]? This, that and the other (talk) 12:20, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- The first citation seems to be rather attributive use of the narrow meaning. But it may be either way. The second I cannot read. — Keφr 12:44, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see a problem with the fact that it is attributive. It seems to be the broader meaning, since it is referring to regions of Australia as far as I can tell (even though America is mentioned earlier in the paragraph). The second I also cannot read. --WikiTiki89 13:08, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- What about w:Bible Belt (Netherlands)? —CodeCat 13:12, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- That would be another narrow sense. It doesn't necessarily prove the existence of the broad sense. --WikiTiki89 13:28, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- Also Finland, Sweden and Norway have a "bible belt". I don't know how often they are written about in English, though. --Hekaheka (talk) 15:26, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
- That would be another narrow sense. It doesn't necessarily prove the existence of the broad sense. --WikiTiki89 13:28, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- What about w:Bible Belt (Netherlands)? —CodeCat 13:12, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see a problem with the fact that it is attributive. It seems to be the broader meaning, since it is referring to regions of Australia as far as I can tell (even though America is mentioned earlier in the paragraph). The second I also cannot read. --WikiTiki89 13:08, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- The first citation seems to be rather attributive use of the narrow meaning. But it may be either way. The second I cannot read. — Keφr 12:44, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not experienced at this, so ignore me if I don't know what I'm on about, but how about [1] and [2]? This, that and the other (talk) 12:20, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- I think the first definition of "bible belt" is meant to be general, potentially referring to any bible belt in any country. The question is whether this usage is attestable. --WikiTiki89 00:26, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- I am sceptical that this capitalization ("bible belt") is worth keeping; I am even more sceptical that it is worth keeping as a lemma. Inspired by Heka's comment, I have added some citations of "Bible belt" and "Bible Belt" in reference to Finnish and Norwegian areas to Citations:Bible belt. I am not sure if it makes sense to have a dozen narrow senses or one broad sense + a subsense for the US region, which is the region meant by most of the citations (even most of the citations that turn up for searches like google books:"Bible belt" Finland or google books:"Bible belt" Norway). - -sche (discuss) 01:01, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
- I've deleted this particular capitalization as RFV-failed. I've expanded Bible Belt; Bible belt also exists as a (cited) alt form. - -sche (discuss) 03:30, 1 February 2015 (UTC)