Talk:Washington State
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This is very SoP, the definition might as well not be there. The "state" part acts as disambiguation here, but there are many obvious cases like "tall tree" where a qualifying word might be added, and the combination is still SoP. —CodeCat 12:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
- Keep: "State" is part of the proper name as indicated by the capitalization. For better context: Geographic names that contain their entity type in the name include Hudson River, Cooper Creek, Lake Ontario, Atlantic Ocean, Adriatic Sea, Chesapeake Bay, Cape Horn, Mount Everest, Longs Peak, Death Valley, Copper Canyon, Red River Gorge, Mexico City, New York City, Cape Town, New York State, Main Street, Grant Avenue, Jack Kerouac Alley, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, and Abbey Road. Some have the form "<noun-phrase-used-attributively> <entity-type>" (e.g. "Death Valley"), while some have the form "<adjective-phrase> <entity-type>" (e.g. "Atlantic Ocean"). --Dan Polansky (talk) 13:00, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
- In this case, Washington State is so stated to distinguish it from Washington, DC. I believe that Washington State and New York State are the only toponyms for US states that often include "State", because these are the only two for which disambiguation is often required. DCDuring TALK 13:34, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
- Keep per Dan Polansky. bd2412 T 18:10, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
- Keep. Having a part included for disambiguation doesn't always mean it's SOP, as indicated by funny ha-ha (Though many will dispute that example, and I'm also not sure why we don't have an entry for funny peculiar, as well). On the one hand, one can say "the state of Washington", which is very SOP, but one can say "the state of Colorado" as well, and "Colorado State" doesn't work the same way: if you say "I drove to Colorado State", that can really only refer to "Colorado State University". Likewise, I live in California, not California State. Also, the term "Washington City" seems to have disappeared from modern usage, though I'm not sure why. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:03, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
- Keep: "Washington" can refer to things other than the state of Washington. I'm not seeing the SOP here Purplebackpack89 (Notes Taken) (Locker) 04:20, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
If there is no objection, I plan to close this as a SNOW keep in about 24 hours. (By the way, why don't we have SNOW as a policy here? It's common sense.) bd2412 T 16:23, 29 August 2013 (UTC)