Talk:meccanismo a molla

RFD discussion: December 2020–January 2021
Italian SOP. Imetsia (talk) 20:12, 9 December 2020 (UTC)


 * The word meccanismo suffices for "clockwork". Having a molla for an adjectival form of clockwork would be useful. I propose that we move this entry to "a molla" and we redefine it accordingly. &mdash; Dentonius 22:25, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * There are many other kinds of that are not a clockwork, including meccanismi for clocks that are not a molla, like here a meccanismo a pendolo.  --Lambiam 14:59, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Lambiam, it seems you've just made a convincing argument to keep. Though you somehow arrived at a different decision. -- 2003:C2:2F2B:2019:D4D9:4C3D:5A96:F8E3 16:17, 12 December 2020 (UTC) (Dentonius)
 * I do not understand how you come to that conclusion. A children’s hospital is not a women’s hospital. That is not an argument to keep either term. What my contribution aimed to show is that the word meccanismo by itself does not generally suffice for “clockwork”. My (earlier) comment below shows, moreover, that the term need not even refer to the inner workings of any mechanical machine. --Lambiam 16:57, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP. The meaning is “spring mechanism” – which can be a wind-up-spring mechanism, but also a variety of other kinds of mechanism operating with a spring, such as seen here, here or here. --Lambiam 14:43, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * So you're saying "meccanismo a molla" can be quite a few different things? Without the links you provided, I personally would not have known what a "spring mechanism" is. I know what a "spring" is. I know what a "mechanism" is. But I don't know the combination of the two. I can imagine. But I wouldn't have imagined clockwork plus the other things you linked to. &mdash; Pay no attention to my words, though. I'm in no way attempting to sway your vote ;-) Dentonius 20:56, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The combination spring mechanism means: “a mechanism of, involving, or related to, a spring or springs”. It has no fixed meaning; there is a variety of mechanisms of, involving, or related to, a spring or springs, having very different operations and purposes. See further . --Lambiam 19:40, 15 December 2020 (UTC)


 * In light of Lambiam's info, I'm going to vote keep &mdash; Dentonius 20:59, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, the definition appears to be too narrow and this looks like a clear SOP (cf these uses, whereas 'clockwork' seems to translate to 'orologio' pretty consistently) — Mnemosientje (t · c)
 * Delete, --Robbie SWE (talk) 20:49, 19 December 2020 (UTC)


 * If not keep, we might want to add this as a usage example to it component parts Kilo Lima Mike (talk) 10:36, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. Imetsia (talk) 17:59, 8 January 2021 (UTC)