Talk:ground offensive

RFD discussion: April 2023–April 2024
SOP. PUC – 19:36, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete as SoP. — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:26, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ƿidsiþ 15:44, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Struck out, no rationale provided. PUC – 17:11, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You can't strike out other people's votes. Theknightwho (talk) 22:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Are we required to give a rationale? I suppose WT:FRIED and WT:PRIOR both have bearing on it. Ƿidsiþ 12:42, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * A closing admin could certainly disregard a !vote with no rationale. I would grant that the discussion following the !vote here constitutes the requisite rationale. bd2412 T 18:52, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * This isn't Wikipedia though, the established understanding here is that RFD votes are partly quantitative and it's not just about the closer weighing arguments. As was voted into Voting policy last year: "Tallying does play a role." —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 19:02, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Even so, the closer has some discretion based on the weight (or lack of weight) of arguments. bd2412 T 19:07, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't see how either of those tests apply. * Pppery * it has begun... 03:09, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, put it this way. A ground attack in aviation is specifically an attack on the ground, from the air. A ground offensive is by contrast an attack over the ground, using ground forces. There is no logical reason why these two terms should not be switched around; but they aren't. They mean specific things. Ƿidsiþ 15:17, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I disagree - a ground attack can also refer to an attack carried out over land: see Collins. That strongly suggests it’s merely SOP. Theknightwho (talk) 15:22, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's interesting, since half their examples don't support what their definition says! In any case, I still feel strongly that "ground offensive" is a set term in English, and should be included. Ƿidsiþ 05:27, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, even though we need one directly onto Moscow, for it gives room for too many other ground … compounds. Fay Freak (talk) 12:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Deleted. bd2412 T 03:48, 15 April 2024 (UTC)