Talk:model aircraft

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model aircraft

Like a "model train", "model ship", etc. etc. It's a model of the thing. Whether it's remote-controlled or whatever else is not entirely relevant. Equinox ◑ 05:28, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

• Keep. It was entered as a translation target, or don't translation targets matter? Donnanz (talk) 08:58, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
• Delete. I feel that this cannot be considered as a single English term. Translations can be provided in aircraft and in model, when needed. Lmaltier (talk) 07:09, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

That tends to make life more difficult than necessary. Nobody seems to learn (sigh). It makes me wonder why I bother with Wiktionary at all. Donnanz (talk) 22:07, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

• Note: In order for this to be a translation target per my criteria, the translations have to be non-compounds and must not be word-for-word translations of the words in the English term. Norwegian "modellfly" does not meet that criteria, since modell is model and fly is airplane. Italian aeromodello is slightly better, since aero- seems to be a prefix, but the prefix is close to Italian aereo listed as an Italian translation for airplane among aereo, aeroplano, apparecchio, and aeromobile. --Dan Polansky (talk) 21:54, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Translation target should not be an excuse for SoP entries. xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓. Equinox ◑ 22:33, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

A late note: xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓ is translated as "he had had in his possession a bunchberry plant", which is not attested in use AFAIK; I perused google books:"he had had in his possession a bunchberry plant" to find mentions only. --Dan Polansky (talk) 19:48, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

• If the word was joined up as modelaircraft, would that do? Nope. But that seems to be the criteria amongst the anti-SoP enthusiasts. Donnanz (talk) 18:36, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
  • If you can provide attesting quotations for modelaircraft, WT:COALMINE will apply. But google books:"modelaircraft" does not yield proper attesting quotations to me, merely scannos and other inapplicable material. --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:58, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
    • Exactly. That proves my point. Donnanz (talk) 00:11, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Keep as a non-idiomatic translation target. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 02:43, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Kept. bd2412 T 13:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)