Talk:relevance

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relevance

• rfc-sense: Alternative form of relevancy.

Are "relevance" and "relevancy" just alternative forms of each other, or is there also a difference in meaning? If they have the same senses, they should better be merged. In any case, "Alternative form of relevancy" does not strike me as a sense that could be listed along other senses.

Century 1911 has "relevancy" as the main entry, while having "relevance" link to it.

• “relevancy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

--Dan Polansky 09:37, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

And here comes the homework that I have forgotten to do:

• google:relevance
• google:relevancy
• google books:relevance
• google books:relevancy

Judging from Google rates, "relevance" should be the main entry, as it is in Wikipedia.

--Dan Polansky 09:45, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I have removed "Alternative form of relevancy" from the entry. Still, I am confused about how the following two senses are different:

1. The property or state of being relevant.

2. Pertinency.

--Dan Polansky 16:20, 19 March 2009 (UTC)