Talk:alliance

RFC discussion: December 2012–August 2017

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alliance

• The uncountable tag only applies to the first definition’s first five words;
• the rest looks like it could be merged with the second;
• there are what may or may not be usage examples in it;
• not very understandable. I suggest that the marriage sense and the “alliance between nations” sense be split;
• the second definition’s usage examples, and the third definition, have some inexplicable names;
• fourth definition: “A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage”. Sounds more like a pact or treaty. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact wasn’t an alliance, was it? I can’t think of how to put it correctly. And can alliances between nations be non-military?

— Ungoliant ^(Falai) 23:02, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

I rewrote and regrouped the definitions to some degree and sorted the synonyms. As a native speaker, I would say that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was in fact an alliance. I'm sure more can be done to the entry, but I hope I've addressed the most serious issues. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 19:19, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

• You have, MK, and will go to heaven as a result. --WF on Holiday (talk) 07:04, 19 August 2017 (UTC)