Talk:nature preserve

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RFD discussion: April–August 2017

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Correct me if I'm wrong. I believe these are all SOP. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 04:24, 6 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Keep. They don't feel like they're entirely SOP. I'm not sure they can really be fully understood by their constituent parts. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 03:05, 7 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
But preserve for one has the sense "A reservation, a nature preserve." If this word alone means that, doesn't it follow that at least nature preserve and natural preserve are SOP? --Daniel Carrero (talk) 03:11, 7 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
Not if it passes the in a jiffy test. If it doesn't, however, then I'm inclined to agree. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 04:16, 7 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
  • I have never heard of "nature preserve". I think it is AmE. I would have taken it as an error for "nature reserve". On that basis I vote keep, at least for that one. Mihia (talk) 17:28, 7 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
M-W says it is AmE [1]; I have added a label. Mihia (talk) 17:31, 7 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
Natural preserve also proved to be AmE when I googled it. DonnanZ (talk) 09:15, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Would the good old "translation target" -justification fit here? --Hekaheka (talk) 09:18, 9 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

I would say so, yes. DonnanZ (talk) 17:11, 9 April 2017 (UTC)Reply