Similes
It looks like similes also ended up in this section. I vote for a different title for the page, only because the word "metaphor" can cause issues when taken literally; the "Comparisons" section is full of similes, under the general heading of metaphor. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.55.56.115 19:36, July 2, 2013
Church mouse
Not that metaphor isn't bursting from the seams already (I mean Christ, take a scroll through the idioms section) , but there's no such distinct concept as a church mouse, it's part of an expression. The article even says as much. -- Capricorn (talk) 14:07, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose. Do some reconnaissance on splits and merges on this subject before starting a new discussion. --Alan (talk) 14:32, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
I thought I was pretty knowledgeable on the splits and merges on this subject, so you're going to have to bother to write out your reasons. -- Capricorn (talk) 14:57, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
- Then apparently your knowledge on the whereabouts of this subject is at least 6 months out of date. The simple fact of the matter is already stated in your initial post. --Alan (talk) 15:04, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
Ok, then I'm going to have to be blunt. I don't know what you are alluding to, and being an administrator does not give you the right to substitute reasoning with riddles. -- Capricorn (talk) 15:20, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
- What riddles? Read the relevant talk pages. There are months old discussions all over on this topic. And as you said, I'm an administrator, not an talk page directory. --Alan (talk) 11:50, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
Going by the several hundred edits you logged between my comment and your reply (one hell of a clue to drop, I admit), I would have to conclude that the discussion you were referring to was Talk: Figure of speech#Split, a proposal which I did read (and give thought) when you posted it, but did not add to because I felt I had nothing to constructively contribute – though I was sympathetic to it and am now impressed by how well things worked out. I know that silence is consensus and all that, but since you didn't act on it for almost half a year, you'll have to forgive me for not presuming active policy had changed. -- Capricorn (talk) 16:38, 20 March 2019 (UTC)