Talk:strategy

RFC discussion: May 2013–February 2023
English. Rfc-sense: "The art of using similar techniques in politics or business." Similar to which sense, sense #1 or sense #2? Or neither, perhaps it means the art of using techniques which are similar in politics or business (I don't think it means this, but it's the most literal interpretation from where I stand). I think maybe it's trying to suggest that strategy can be a mass noun, which I think it can, in which case it's not limited to business and politics, in sports you can use strategy (mass noun) and not only a strategy or strategies (count nouns). Mglovesfun (talk) 20:31, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * MWOnline has six senses, none of which fit the uncountable sense, which I agree exists and is not uncommon:
 * I think there are two kinds of meanings: more or less neutral: "strategizing, the activity of developing an implementable strategy"; more or less favorable: "good, clever planning". I generally don't think we should have definitions like the second if they are arguably included in a neutral sense.
 * The MWOnline senses are for: 1.a.1 - national grand strategy, 1.a.2 - military strategy, 1.b - a type or instance of the above, 2.a - a careful plan, 2.b - the art of devising such plans, 3 - something to capture what is imputed to a species for its successful evolution.
 * Obviously, our definitions combine some of these, but they also seem to omit some components completely. DCDuring TALK 22:01, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Obviously, our definitions combine some of these, but they also seem to omit some components completely. DCDuring TALK 22:01, 18 May 2013 (UTC)


 * @Mglovesfun (I'm replying in hopes of resolving this discussion so it can be archived.) How about "the employment of strategies"? - excarnateSojourner (talk | contrib) 23:31, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅: Taking all this into account, I have changed sense 3 to read, "The act of strategizing; the development of effective strategies." &mdash; excarnateSojourner (talk &middot; contrib) 06:21, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Usage note: tactic
There is a traditional difference between the terms. JMGN (talk) 12:16, 23 February 2023 (UTC)