Talk:Horn

RFV discussion: March–July 2014

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Horn

Rfv-sense="the north-east African peninsula or region", i.e. "Horn of Africa" or "Horn peninsula", which was rashly deleted. Is it colloquial? Can someone guess that "Horn" is actually a peninsula or a region? It must be local or with someone who lives or travels there a lot in that area. I think it's too ambiguous. Additionally, I think Horn peninsula should be restored and kept. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:42, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

(E/C)@-sche Thanks for providing a citation ("...this was the first coup in the Horn ..."). I can tell from it that the reader already knows, which Horn the author is talking about. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 05:12, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

The adjective section was so dubious I deleted it outright. And I've added a RFV-sense tag to the other sense, "the states which occupy this peninsula", here and at Horn of Africa: is that really a distinct sense?

The "a peninsula which juts into the Arabian Sea" sense is fairly common as an ellipsis. I don't know if it should be included or not. An ellipsis like "Republic"="Republic of Ireland", based on books saying "relations with the Republic of Ireland continued to worsen [...] in June, the Republic withdrew its ambassador", is something I would definitely exclude. ("State" in particular would probably gain about 300 senses if the aforementioned kind of ellipsis were allowed.) In contrast, my inclination would be to allow "Horn"="Horn of Africa" even if most of the citations are like the one I just added. Hmm... :/ - -sche (discuss) 05:09, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

To me, the "region" sense looks like it passes (cited), the "states of this region" sense looks like it fails. I would be sceptical that citations could use the "states" sense distinct from the "region" sense. - -sche (discuss) 02:46, 11 July 2014 (UTC)