Talk:obsolete

For obsolete as used in this dictionary, see Appendix:Glossary#obsolete

Transitive use

"We are in the process of obsoleting this product."

This is transitive use of the verb, where it's signified as intransitive.

— This unsigned comment was added by 194.223.200.197 (talk) at 16:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC).

That looks to me to be thoroughly unidiomatic. Surely that would be, "We are in the process of making this product obsolete" ? 89.243.245.105 19:46, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

No, it's definitely in use. I don't like it either, but it's there.

From the first page of a Google search for "obsoleting":

• About locking, obsoleting, or unlocking a branch (an IBM info page):
  In the Version Tree Browser window, you can lock, obsolete, or unlock a branch object.
• RFC 3425 – Obsoleting IQUERY
  … this document deprecates the IQUERY operation, declaring it entirely obsolete.
  … Based on all of these factors, this document recommends that the IQUERY operation for DNS servers be officially obsoleted.
• Obsoleting Organizational Politics, title of blog entry

All accessed today. --Thnidu (talk) 21:30, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Absolutely in use, though it is more helpful to use sources we can use for "attestation" rather than just general web search. Google Books, News, Scholar, and Usenet are the best. DCDuring TALK 01:43, 11 October 2013 (UTC)