Appendix talk:Glossary of collective nouns by subject

I found this list to be relatively useless in its current state because it mixes doubtful/unreliable/stupid information with very valuable information. Could somewhat please separate those entries that are common knowledge to the average English speaker, from the dubious rest? Thanks! --80.187.104.73 22:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC) Edit: Or add "hum." to those that are humorous, and "hum./word lists only" to those that appear in lists around the internet exclusively. E.g., "A stupidity of word lists (hum./word lists only)" ;-) --80.187.104.73 22:16, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

"Don't trust this list; many of these entries are fanciful and never found outside of word lists." This needs to be written in bold. --80.187.104.73 22:14, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

This page seems to lower the standard of reliability for information provided by Wikimedia.

When "whales: school, pod, mob, gam" is listed as collective nouns by the referenced source, which is a link-baiting newsletter by a zoo, I really wonder what qualifies something to be a reference.

How about we just use "The Internet" for all of our references and let Yahoo Answers be our definitive guide.

I imagine a research paper into the current state and determination of collective nouns in modern English would be more reliable.


 * Yes, our Appendix pages tend to be quite crappy and under-edited. Equinox ◑ 00:37, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

The entries on this page are beyond absurd. Are we going to have to require a source on every single entry? It's starting to look that way. Krychek (talk) 15:15, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

You need a collective noun for collective nouns (There are many I can think of but I don't know if there is an accepted one) and most programmers I know think that "array" is the best collective noun for programmers rather than an "archive". Unluckypixie Aug 2015

Request we add "Thunder of Dragons" Mawise (talk) 22:37, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

A distraction of procrastinators...? Schmitt X (talk) 12:37, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Add a word
An Ace of Spades (Ace being the collective, Spade being the singular) Noahnut (talk) 04:06, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

New collective noun
I propose the addition of "a body of students" Mr Alan33 (talk) 16:33, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

And a cluster of galaxies Mr Alan33 (talk) 16:37, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

RFM discussion: August 2015–February 2023

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