Talk:in mint condition

in mint condition
SoP. It is even given in mint as an example! -- Liliana • 20:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as sum of parts.--Dmol 20:49, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Poorer than average wonderfoolism. Deleted SemperBlotto 21:17, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Two OneLook references find this worthwhile, Cambridge Advanced Learners and McGraw-Hill Idioms. See . We have mint condition and only Urban Dictionary and an automotive glossary join us. Keep DCDuring TALK 22:26, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Unless I'm missing something, we should have one of mint condition and in mint condition, but not both. In contemporary English, this sense of mint is only used with condition (unless someone can demonstrate the contrary) for example, I've never heard of a something being in a mint state. Mglovesfun (talk) 14:19, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Google Books has a number of hits for mint state; it seems to be a standard term in the coin hobby.--Prosfilaes 18:43, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I think only the sense of mint condition: transferred outside of the context of coins might be idiomatic. The literal coin sense could be in the etymology. I doubt that any phrase containing "mint" other than "mint condition" is used in reference to items other than coins (and paper currency ?). DCDuring TALK 18:53, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * "mint" is sometimes used by itself without "condition" in reference to cars and other manufactured items. IMO "mint condition" should be kept, even if theoretically sum-of-parts. 86.160.83.37 20:43, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * @Prosfilaes that's sort of my point, doesn't carry the same meaning. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:46, 18 October 2011 (UTC)


 * If we keep [[mint condition]], should we redirect [[in mint condition]] to it? - -sche (discuss) 23:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I think such a redirect makes sense. bd2412 T 23:26, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I think hard redirects from longer SoP common collocations to core component idioms almost always make sense. They enable us to eat our cake and have it still. DCDuring TALK 23:52, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Since mint means "mint condition", I say redirect both in mint condition and mint condition to [[mint]]. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 17:55, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I am satisfied with a redirect to mind condition, two entries on substantially the same entry is superfalous.Acdcrocks 18:24, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Looks resolved. Can we strike? DAVilla 05:56, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems so. -- Liliana • 07:18, 16 November 2011 (UTC)