Talk:deep web

RFV discussion: August 2015–February 2016
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. Pur ple back pack 89  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". Pur ple back pack 89  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. Pur ple back <font color="#CC33CC">pack <font color="FFBB00">89  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. <font face="Verdana"><font color="#3A003A">Pur <font color="#800080">ple <font color="#991C99">back <font color="#CC33CC">pack <font color="FFBB00">89  14:47, 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)
 * Uncited for just under six months, clear fail. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:12, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * It wasn't uncited...it had two... <font face="Verdana"><font color="#3A003A">Pur <font color="#800080">ple <font color="#991C99">back <font color="#CC33CC">pack <font color="FFBB00">89  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)