Talk:unexploded ordnance

unexploded ordnance
"Explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed, and still pose a risk of detonation, decades after the battles in which they were used." Nothing more or less than unexploded + ordnance. The further details are misleading: "decades after the battles"? -- it's still unexploded ordnance even if there was only one battle, and even if it wasn't decades ago. Equinox ◑ 23:03, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Good example of a sacred cow entry. Delete. DCDuring TALK 23:41, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, the definition is basically copied from Wikipedia, per Equinox, the bit which is correct is SoP, and the rest is wrong, so it's irrelevant at best. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:26, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV 10:51, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Just a comment, but it's not enough for me to vote keep. Doesn't the term imply munitions that have been fired but didn't go off, rather than munitions that have never been used?.--Dmol 23:41, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, in essence that's what unexploded means. I doubt you'd go to a munitions store and call all the arms there 'unexploded', though technically accurate. For the same reason I don't call an unopened yogurt 'uneaten', though it is. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:47, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * What you say seems to indicate that we should make sure the entries at unexploded: and uneaten:, and presumably other similar entries, should have better definitions, otherwise "unexploded X" and "uneaten Y" and "unused Z" could be considered non SoP (Which would undoubtedly be an error IMHO.) -- A LGRIF  talk 09:32, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's a problem. Adjective noun always implies that adjective is a meaningful change to the meaning. Any un-adj noun formations where most nouns are un-adj are going to be rare and tend to be used only in contrast to adj nouns. Unexploded buildings; undivided buildings.--Prosfilaes 10:26, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Great question. From a pragmatic perspective, I would still say delete. DAVilla 06:46, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

keepo, cus ya knao itsa word!Lucifer 23:25, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Deleted. — Ungoliant (Falai) 16:13, 13 August 2012 (UTC)