Talk:US-based

RFD discussion: August–September 2017

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US-based

SoP, anything can be anything-based. Equinox ◑ 19:15, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Clear SOP. Delete. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 19:17, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Delete (unless a good translation target?) DCDuring (talk) 19:23, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

I don't know if I should vote on this as I created this, but this might end up the same as the #ex-pilot. The reason I added this was spelling. I wanted to look up if the correct spelling would be US based or US-based (or maybe "us based" which also seems to occur but unlikely to be the most common) and ngrams says that changed somewhere around 1980. Also, this was a redlink in based so you just might have to file another dozen deletion requests. More actually, about 72. You want me to generate a list? A redirect would be acceptable as far as I'm concerned by the way, as long as based shows what the correct spelling is. W3ird N3rd (talk) 20:09, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Because Wiktionary is a descriptive, not an evaluative reference we are NOT a source of information on "correctness". And, the most prescriptive authoritative resource on "Correctness" that I know, Garner's Modern English Usage bases its conclusions on relative frequency of usage in edited works in English worldwide. What really is the alternative source of correctness in language. DCDuring (talk) 19:20, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Delete. PseudoSkull (talk) 18:53, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

@PseudoSkull: Honestly, this is just a good way to get your vote miscounted by someone who isn't looking closely enough. I'd strike it out if I were you. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 06:04, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for changing it. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 04:36, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Keep as single word. Ƿidsiþ 06:56, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Or, slightly rephrased, anything can be anywhere based. P Aculeius (talk) 02:29, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

• RFD failed. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 04:36, 16 September 2017 (UTC)