Talk:failover

failover
I am proposing to delete the first sense. I feel, as someone who's worked in the computing field for more than a decade, that the first sense is really just a specific case of the second, which is more general, and in my opinion, the better dictionary definition. What do you guys think? Jamesjiao → T ◊ C 03:01, 8 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I am puzzled that sense #1 is glossed as uncountable. Is there an uncountable use of this term? Spinning Spark  20:47, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The "capability to perform a failover" (countable) seems to be uncountable. I've added a few cites under the uncountable heading, but intending no endorsement of that wordy, even encyclopedic definition. I don't think there are a vast number of these so the sense should be worded to span all the cites, which probably means lack of specificity. DCDuring TALK 23:00, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Ok, so if you agree that there is an uncountable sense (and you have now just cited it), then you can't delete it. There are still two senses.  Unless you also intend to gloss sense #2 as countable and uncountable.  I would think a cleanup of sense #1 is a more appropriate thing to do than deletion. Spinning Spark  15:46, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I think there's not enough difference between the uncountable and countable versions to warrant two definitions. The second definition can be tweaked slightly to cater to both. My point with this post is the unnecessary degree of specificness that the first definition goes into. Jamesjiao → T ◊ C 00:11, 12 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree that one definition ought to be enough. We are talking about the difference between an uncountable ability ("do we support failover?") vs. a countable instance ("how many failovers last year?"). Compare backup, perhaps. Equinox ◑ 00:13, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * If it is a requirement for a definition to be substitutable – it is a desideratum – it may not be so easy find suitable wording. DCDuring TALK 04:51, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Merged two definition into one. Feel free to adjust it.--Jusjih (talk) 06:31, 30 June 2014 (UTC)