Talk:hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon

RFV discussion: November 2022–March 2023

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hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon

Mostly mentions — SURJECTION ^{/ T / C / L /} 18:30, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

 Cited. Ioaxxere (talk) 01:33, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

@Ioaxxere I would question whether the quotations provided can really be considered independent for the purposes of our criteria for inclusion. Granted they pass the rough rules explicitly mentioned in our policy, but they nonetheless all stem from the same subject (Colorado) in the same context (a 2018 article about the Colorado border). I would want more diverse usage before including it in a Wiktionary and considering it a full-fledged word. —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 03:56, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

I doubt that there will every be "diverse usage", since there just aren't that mant 697-sided things out there. Like you said, though, the cites are independent in that none of them are directly quoting none another. Ioaxxere (talk) 04:34, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

On one hand, both the Burky and Everett cites explicitly take the word from a 2018 article (seemingly the same article in both cases), but meh, I suppose this still technically passes since only Everett is actually quoting the 2018 article (and thus, counting Everett and the 2018 article as non-independent, there are still three technically-independent cites). I think the usual way to address the concern that something nominally broad is only ever used in reference to one specific thing (in this case, Colorado, not just any 697-sided thing) is to add something about that to the definition (e.g. "A polygon with 697 sides, the shape of the American state of Colorado"), or add a usage note. - -sche (discuss) 00:09, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I think the note in the etymology is sufficient ("Coined humorously to describe the shape of the US state of Colorado.") Ioaxxere (talk) 00:52, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

RFV Passed. Ioaxxere (talk) 04:43, 3 March 2023 (UTC)