Talk:Sadducees
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Rfd-redundant: "The sect of the Sadducees" redundant to "Plural form of Sadducee".—msh210℠ (talk) 19:26, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
- Delete: it's self-referential too! Equinox ◑ 19:34, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
- Delete. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:41, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Rfd-redundant: "Singular form of Sadducees" redundant to "A member of an ancient Jewish sect...".—msh210℠ (talk) 19:26, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
- Delete. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:41, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
- Incidentally, this Webster 1913 I've been looking at includes ethnic and religious groups only in the plural (so has an entry for Delawares but not Delaware), which might explain how this originally came about. Equinox ◑ 22:45, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Whatever the decision will be, it should be applied to Pharisee, Pharisees, Essene and Essenes as well. --Hekaheka 06:22, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
- Unless I've overlooked something, the only one of those with a redundant sense is Pharisees. I've now tagged it, linking to this section, so consider it nominated for deletion.—msh210℠ (talk) 08:10, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Delete or come up with evidence that this is somehow distinct from the plural. I don't see it myself. Something like "the Pharisees is […] " might convince me though. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:27, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Deleted all three nominated senses.—msh210℠ (talk) 23:43, 13 December 2011 (UTC)