Talk:deep web
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Renard Migrant in topic RFV discussion: August 2015–February 2016
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Attributive use, like "tractor" in "tractor parts"; not a true adjective. Not comparable etc. is it? Equinox ◑ 14:00, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Doesn't have to be. Purplebackpack89 14:01, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Zero hits for the term, in quotes, in Google Ngram viewer. (ordinary Google search is not case-sensitive) SemperBlotto (talk) 14:05, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- That's weird, cuz when I browse through Google Books, I get a mix of "Deep Web", "deep Web" and "deep web". Purplebackpack89 14:08, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Google Ngram Viewer stops at the year 2000. So we need to see your hits - presumably later. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:13, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Well, there's your problem...the concept of deep web/Deep Web/deep Web is primarily a post-2000 concept. Purplebackpack89 14:17, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- It's nobody's problem. All you have to do is supply the citations. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:21, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- p.s. That 2013 quote is just attributive use of the noun. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:23, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- I disagree. Purplebackpack89 14:47, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- p.s. That 2013 quote is just attributive use of the noun. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:23, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- It's nobody's problem. All you have to do is supply the citations. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:21, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Actually, Google Ngram Viewer goes up to 2008, you just have to set the end date to that (or to a later date). —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 14:26, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- It doesn't have to be comparable, no, but it does have to be adjectival to be an adjective. Renard Migrant (talk) 15:05, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- What we have now is two citations that are clearly nominal. Remember any noun can qualify another noun. Literally, any. Renard Migrant (talk) 15:06, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- It doesn't have to be comparable, no, but it does have to be adjectival to be an adjective. Renard Migrant (talk) 15:05, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Well, there's your problem...the concept of deep web/Deep Web/deep Web is primarily a post-2000 concept. Purplebackpack89 14:17, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Google Ngram Viewer stops at the year 2000. So we need to see your hits - presumably later. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:13, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- That's weird, cuz when I browse through Google Books, I get a mix of "Deep Web", "deep Web" and "deep web". Purplebackpack89 14:08, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Uncited for just under six months, clear fail. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:12, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- It wasn't uncited...it had two... Purplebackpack89 15:41, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- 2 < 3. DCDuring TALK 15:53, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- Furthermore, 0 < 3. None of the citations showed adjectival use that could not be construed as attributive use of the noun. DCDuring TALK 15:55, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- The challenged sense has zero citations, the unchallenged sense had 3. Renard Migrant (talk) 17:13, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- Furthermore, 0 < 3. None of the citations showed adjectival use that could not be construed as attributive use of the noun. DCDuring TALK 15:55, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- 2 < 3. DCDuring TALK 15:53, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- It wasn't uncited...it had two... Purplebackpack89 15:41, 13 February 2016 (UTC)