Talk:fourth best

RFD discussion: July–October 2021
As defined it doesn't look idiomatic. DTLHS (talk) 16:15, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Could you explain what you mean by "it doesn't look idiomatic"? It's a technical term - not one TOO common, admittedly -, that's in use in the literature, so the entry should be kept. English is not my native language, so please feel free to improve the definition. 188.96.170.248 16:17, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Why not fifth best or thirteenth best? The content in the entry doesn't provide any specific information about the fourth part. DTLHS (talk) 03:01, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Likewise with ? &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 17:20, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It is labelled "economics"; for this entry to survive, IMO, it needs to be demonstrated more convincingly why "fourth best" has any special meaning in economics, and is not simply one example of a general pattern that can be applied in a systematically SoP way to any ordinal number and any superlative with predictable meaning. Failing this, delete. Mihia (talk) 21:53, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * delete - slippery slope SemperBlotto (talk) 06:21, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete as written, unless improved / shown to be idiomatic per Mihia; the definition at second best also seems suspect. - -sche (discuss) 21:23, 5 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. Clearly not specific to economics! Equinox ◑ 21:26, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. PUC – 11:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)


 * RFD-deleted. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 04:20, 13 October 2021 (UTC)