Talk:world's largest democracy

RFD discussion: February–April 2023
This is backwards, I suppose. The entry title should be the definiendum, and the page content should be the definition. Otherwise I could create an entry titled "man who hammers out metal" and define it as. Ever seen Jeopardy on the TV? Equinox ◑ 07:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It certainly isn't China or Russia. Delete, I suppose, pretty useless. DonnanZ (talk) 09:47, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * yeah it's just an epithet for india like the different names that you would use to invoke the gods, as  User:Soap stated,   but now quite besides -- separated -- from the point i don't see why you felt the need to make this self-assured statement of your own political orthodoxy in a discussion about the use of language  Technicalrestrictions01 (talk) 14:03, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * On yer bike. DonnanZ (talk) 23:37, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * delete per this guy Fishing Publication (talk) 14:12, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 10:41, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete as SoP and unidiomatic. — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:53, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * This could be worth keeping if it were a coveted title that different countries were all trying to claim. I could see how Russia, China, India, and possibly the United States might all want to claim this title ... but from a quick Google search the only uses I see are as an epithet for India, and a single story from an Indian newspaper in which China claims to have the world's largest electoral voting pool.  — Soap — 12:11, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure it would be, any more than entries for "word's longest book" or random Guinness records that are matters of circumstance with no real lexical significance. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 14:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * As an entry creator, I assumed it's an India-specific epithet. Can others replicate this simple Gbook search where the term refers specifically to India? To me, the main question is about if established epithets in general are eligible for entries. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 21:23, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Not in general, cf. the failed RFV for various epithets of Christ at Talk:Purity of Virgins. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 21:48, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I think those failed because the citations were inadequate, not because they are inherently unsuitable for entries. Drapetomanic (talk) 18:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * For example members of Category:en:Divine epithets Drapetomanic (talk) 18:30, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The reasons they failed are discussed in the linked RFV. The key point is that being used as an epithet does not indicate lexical meaning. This doesn't mean we can't have entries for terms that are epithets, like El Shaddai: it means that being used as an epithet doesn't qualify an otherwise sum-of-parts term (like "world's largest democracy") for inclusion. So, to the extent that no one seems to be suggesting "world's largest democracy" means "India" lexically rather than as a matter of circumstance, it's inherently unsuitable (cf. -sche's comparison to defining "President" as "an epithet of Joe Biden"). —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 18:51, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. &mdash; excarnateSojourner (talk &middot; contrib) 22:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Can this be speedied now? I am satisfied with Al-Muqanna's clarification. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 02:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Svartava (talk) 04:11, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I found this Tweet, not sure if it should count:
 * To arrest an opposition party spokesperson, Modi regime has brought in a large contingent of paramilitary forces to Delhi airport. This what they call world’s largest democracy!
 * Three citations, for all senses. (talk) 03:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per all of the above, but going back to Equinox's initial point, shouldn't we consider deleting too? PUC – 18:15, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * No, that's more idiomatic, I think. DonnanZ (talk) 11:31, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

RFD-deleted This, that and the other (talk) 12:40, 7 April 2023 (UTC)