Talk:staatkunde

RFV discussion: December 2019–January 2020
Dutch, RFV-sense of "policy". ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  14:08, 20 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Probably the first, now obsolete sense of is meant, or else the (overlapping) sense 7, “statecraft”. I think the other definition, “politiek”, which also may refer to the petty politics of municipal administrations, is too loose.  --Lambiam 18:00, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I think you're right, the sense "politics" should be narrowed to national politics with a focus on governance. On the other hand, the previous definition and synonym included "political science", which is also too broad. Perhaps "policy" could be clarified as political philosophy or political theory. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  09:16, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I have had a stab at rewriting the definitions., how do you feel about the current definitions? ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  09:03, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks better. I haven’t had a stab at checking actual uses for the present sense 2. On the Dutch Wikipedia refers to, but that does not have to mean the term has actually been in use in that sense – although I expect there will be some snide uses, such as that you do not need a degree in hogere staatkunde to understand some policy is bad.  --Lambiam 16:38, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that a sense "polsci" is attestable, does not look promising on my end. If it can be attested it is probably rare. This term for a freshman law course seems to get closest. Then again I could easily imagine people analysing the term as meaning that because of the  suffix. ←₰-→  Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  13:39, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * RFV resolved. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  13:40, 13 January 2020 (UTC)