Talk:bird's nest

RFD discussion: June–December 2018
SoP and pretty transparent. --Robbie SWE (talk) 17:57, 22 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm inclined to keep it. There is also bird's nest fungus, which should link to this (but doesn't), and I'm surprised there's no entry for bird's nest soup. DonnanZ (talk) 20:01, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I didn't realise at first this is a new entry, but I'm still saying "keep". DonnanZ (talk) 11:06, 23 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Definitely delete the current sense. We should probably add a sense for a metaphoric tangled mess, as in "on windy days her hair was an absolute bird's nest". Chuck Entz (talk) 20:52, 22 June 2018 (UTC)


 * We lacked any of the metaphor-derived definitions, for example, the six that MWOnline has. They may be hard to attest. DCDuring (talk) 12:27, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete the current SoP sense, but add an sense (probably a short form of that term). This is a common usage in Malaysia and Singapore: see for example, , . — SGconlaw (talk) 07:07, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Even if that were to happen, somewhere is still needed to record terms that include "bird's nest" (and translations of course). DonnanZ (talk) 10:48, 25 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Clearly keep. It's in the OED, Merriam-Webster, Collins, and dictionary.com. It is also stressed in speech as a compound noun. ("This is an ˌanimal's ˈnest" v. "This is a ˈbird's nest"). Ƿidsiþ 11:48, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I see we don't have or . Perhaps the defs can be moved there Leasnam (talk) 19:12, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I've created and moved all content there. I've left  as an alt form. Leasnam (talk) 19:20, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Um, are there any lemmings for birdnest? Not a term I use, and not a good move, IMO. DonnanZ (talk) 19:33, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but is an entry we needed to create anyway, as we are missing it. This way, we can care for both issues at once Leasnam (talk) 19:53, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * You can have birdnest by all means (birdnesting also springs to mind, I'm sure that's a word), but I don't think it should be the main entry. DonnanZ (talk) 20:13, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, well it's easily movable to one of the other forms if deemed more appropriate... Leasnam (talk) 20:38, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * If birdnest is an alternative of bird's nest there is now no reason to delete that. Apparently birdnest is also a verb, and birdnesting is what I thought it was, although there is apparently a new sense related to divorce. DonnanZ (talk) 20:52, 11 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I reinstated bird's nest as the main lemma, since it was created first and is also orders of magnitude more common. Ƿidsiþ 09:46, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. — SGconlaw (talk) 10:00, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Widsith (WT:LEMMING), including the literal sense, rather transparent one. In any case, the entry now hosts more senses for which it needs to be kept, thanks to . --Dan Polansky (talk) 13:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Widsith. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  13:53, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Kept, new senses have been added since the nomination. I think the first sense should be deleted or replaced with, but I don't care too much. Per utramque cavernam 22:44, 17 December 2018 (UTC)