Talk:evening class

RFD discussion: May–October 2023
I especially like the way they word the definition to make it sound like it's not SOP Skisckis (talk) 00:33, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I think the fact they are "typically for adults" gives the term some idiomaticity. &mdash; excarnateSojourner (talk &middot; contrib) 19:01, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. If kids go to school in the evening somewhere, perhaps in a place where child labor is still common, we would still call it an evening class.  The fact that 99% or perhaps 100% of night schools are adult education isn't part of the definition, it's just a natural result of adults working mostly during the daytime. In theory we could argue for deletion of night school on the same basis, but since night schools aren't typically taught literally in the middle of the night, I would say it's a different situation and should be kept. — Soap — 09:34, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep per lemmings and for the translations. PUC – 12:11, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * A tough one. There are three translations, two of which are SOP, and the remaining one of which is a transparent compound. So it's not WT:THUB material (yet...). The lemming test is moderately persuasive, although the learner's dictionaries at OneLook are to be ignored. Soap's argument is convincing: if kids went to classes in the evening, we would undoubtedly call them "evening classes". See here for an example. However, the term "evening class" instantly conjures up a clear image (for me at least) of adults learning something, not necessarily university-level content, but perhaps a skill-based or hobby-based topic. That arguably makes the term greater than the sum of its parts, but on the other hand, I feel like we've deleted entries for less than that. This, that and the other (talk) 09:58, 25 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Kept per Lemmings test P. Sovjunk (talk) 20:17, 20 October 2023 (UTC)