Talk:delivery drone

delivery drone
It may be in the news lately, but this phrase is really just delivery + drone. Parallel constructions include "delivery truck", "delivery boat", "delivery plane" (which has an additional, unrelated meaning), "delivery bike", and even "delivery camel"- all citable from Google Books.


 * Keep - I disagree. "delivery drone" is the name for this type of aircraft.  You cannot use the term drone as it is not specific enough.  Please see the many news stories using this name and it is the name Wikipedia is using.  Thank you WritersCramp (talk) 22:21, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The name might be specific to the kind of vehicle, but so is "orange bicycle". That's a good reason to have a Wikipedia article, not a Wiktionary entry. bd2412 T 01:15, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Incorrect, "orange bicycle" would not survive at Wikipedia, unless it was a "specific name". In addition, you seem to have overlooked the "news articles", which are using the name "delivery drone" for the unmanned aerial vehicle.  WritersCramp (talk) 10:57, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, what else can delivery + drone mean but a drone that does deliveries? He's not overlooked the news articles, he's made reference to them, so, the exact opposite. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:47, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Exactly. bd2412 T 18:25, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * "Delivery drone"is very specific in its reference because, so far, there's just the one type. In 10 years, there may be a multitude of different types based on different technologies, types of deliveries, different manufacturers, etc.- but they'll still all be delivery drones. Chuck Entz (talk) 00:18, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
 * As for your point on usage: the newspapers also often make references to the "best-selling author, Steven King", but that doesn't mean that we should have an entry for it even if we ignored our rules on entries for individuals. It's just a matter of a convenienient and concise way to say something. It also doesn't hurt that "delivery drone" has a nice rhythm to it and alliterates. Chuck Entz (talk) 00:31, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Deleted. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 03:45, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a delivery drone. Google Books shows books written all about the delivery truck; it seems reasonable to add that if delivery drone stands. The very important delivery camel also seems important, given that they've gone from delivering wood for Noah's ark to delivering pizza in the modern day, at least if Google Books is to be trusted.--Prosfilaes (talk) 14:26, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. - By the way, when did they stop calling them "radio controlled aircraft? Just wondering why now they are all "drones".? - A LGRIF  talk 10:02, 6 April 2015 (UTC)