Talk:magnetic declination

RFD discussion: February–May 2018

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magnetic declination

We have a relevant sense at declination, making this SOP. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 18:02, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

• Hmm. As declination has several meanings, I'm inclined to keep this one, but improve its definition. SemperBlotto (talk) 06:38, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
• Keep using the lemming heuristic: “magnetic declination”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. includes Merriam-Webster, AHD, and Collins. Admittedly, M-W has ": declination 6", a kind of soft redirect. I think our readers are better served with the definition now provided by SemperBlotto. Incidentally, I seem to have looked this up recently, under "magnetic declination". --Dan Polansky (talk) 15:38, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Keep. This is a very specific term that is not a sum of parts. Nicole Sharp (talk) 13:49, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Keep. 86.143.4.133 15:06, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Why? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 11:26, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Closed as kept. bd2412 T 21:56, 30 May 2018 (UTC)