Talk:worst-case scenario

RFD discussion: April–June 2022

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worst-case scenario

best-case scenario

Obvious SoP of worst-case / best-case + scenario. ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 01:09, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

A weak WT:THUB argument maybe? I can only find the bare minimum of two qualifying translations: French pis-aller and German Worst-Case-Szenario. This, that and the other (talk) 07:49, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

I would say keep myself. They are set phrases, more or less. I did add a quote to "worst-case scenario" a while ago. DonnanZ (talk) 08:54, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

The plot thickens. @Fytcha got the quote from somewhere. It's real enough, I have the publication. DonnanZ (talk) 09:27, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

I know they are collocations, but an appropriate usage note would suffice. The quote should be moved to worst-case. ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 13:31, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Delete as SoP; if necessary, add as a collocation to scenario. — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:12, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Keep, they feel fixed enough even if they may be SOP (also worst-case scenario has some good translations), and see my thoughts @ the Collocations vote about it being mentioned here unfortunately. AG202 (talk) 19:39, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Question: can't these also be used as adverbs in their own right? I don't mean in the prepositional phrases in the worst-case scenario / in the best-case scenario, but as standalones. An example: "Worst-case scenario, you don't get the job. What then?". If that's the case, I would add a POS "adverb" to both entries, translation tables for that POS, and then I'd probably be inclined to keep. PUC – 19:48, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Ya know, I hadn't thought of that, but that's an even better point, thanks! AG202 (talk) 19:58, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

It's possible to find "worst case situation" being used similarly: [1], [2]. Here's an example of "worst case outcome" that could be adverbial, but the colon makes its parsing unclear: [3]. These are not as common as "scenario" though. 70.172.194.25 19:59, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

I don't think that's an adverbial use. It's simply that the words in the before worst-case scenario have been omitted. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:23, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

• Keep, per the substantial delineation of the phrase as described at Worst-case scenario. bd2412 T 03:08, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
• Keep - it does necessarily mean the worst of all possible scenarios it can mean the worst one we are consider to be realistic or worth modelling/discussing. John Cross (talk) 19:33, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Keep. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 18:37, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

RFD-kept. AG202 (talk) 18:27, 12 June 2022 (UTC)