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Is this a rhetoric tautology? It seems to me that this is just a way of stating the law of identity. Perhaps it is an example of a logic tautology, but this very article warns about not confusing the two concepts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.203.160.34 ( talk) 20:33, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
"Arroyo" means small river (stream, creek, brook) in Spanish, not small canyon. Living in Arizona, I have learned that arroyo refers to a seasonal small river, one that is dry most of the year. So the little box with "Bear Canyon Arroyo" is not an example of tautology, but a local sign, "Rio Salado River" (Salt River river) would be a good example. 174.26.128.122 ( talk) 17:48, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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The section "Examples of common tautological expressions" does not contain any references, and at least one entry lacks any explanation of its usage (possibly the result of drive-by edits?). If we are just adding things willy nilly I could throw "rate of speed" in there, since that is a tautology I have heard on several occasions, but that would be WP:OR without any WP:RS to identify it as a tautology. We should probably refer to a reliable secondary source for each example included in this section and remove any additions lacking references. Wilhelm Meis ( ☎ Diskuss | ✍ Beiträge) 22:30, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
This page is over 100k with over 50 threads. Is there consensus for pointing MiszaBot here for automatic archiving of old threads? Wilhelm Meis ( ☎ Diskuss | ✍ Beiträge) 22:52, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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Is this a rhetoric tautology? It seems to me that this is just a way of stating the law of identity. Perhaps it is an example of a logic tautology, but this very article warns about not confusing the two concepts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.203.160.34 ( talk) 20:33, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
"Arroyo" means small river (stream, creek, brook) in Spanish, not small canyon. Living in Arizona, I have learned that arroyo refers to a seasonal small river, one that is dry most of the year. So the little box with "Bear Canyon Arroyo" is not an example of tautology, but a local sign, "Rio Salado River" (Salt River river) would be a good example. 174.26.128.122 ( talk) 17:48, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Done
Wilhelm Meis (
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✍ Beiträge)
22:39, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
The section "Examples of common tautological expressions" does not contain any references, and at least one entry lacks any explanation of its usage (possibly the result of drive-by edits?). If we are just adding things willy nilly I could throw "rate of speed" in there, since that is a tautology I have heard on several occasions, but that would be WP:OR without any WP:RS to identify it as a tautology. We should probably refer to a reliable secondary source for each example included in this section and remove any additions lacking references. Wilhelm Meis ( ☎ Diskuss | ✍ Beiträge) 22:30, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
This page is over 100k with over 50 threads. Is there consensus for pointing MiszaBot here for automatic archiving of old threads? Wilhelm Meis ( ☎ Diskuss | ✍ Beiträge) 22:52, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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