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Latest comment: 11 years ago by BD2412

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This is very SoP, the definition might as well not be there. The "state" part acts as disambiguation here, but there are many obvious cases like "tall tree" where a qualifying word might be added, and the combination is still SoP. —CodeCat 12:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Keep. Having a part included for disambiguation doesn't always mean it's SOP, as indicated by funny ha-ha (Though many will dispute that example, and I'm also not sure why we don't have an entry for funny peculiar, as well). On the one hand, one can say "the state of Washington", which is very SOP, but one can say "the state of Colorado" as well, and "Colorado State" doesn't work the same way: if you say "I drove to Colorado State", that can really only refer to "Colorado State University". Likewise, I live in California, not California State. Also, the term "Washington City" seems to have disappeared from modern usage, though I'm not sure why. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:03, 25 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

If there is no objection, I plan to close this as a SNOW keep in about 24 hours. (By the way, why don't we have SNOW as a policy here? It's common sense.) bd2412 T 16:23, 29 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Kept. bd2412 T 00:03, 1 September 2013 (UTC)Reply