Talk:arctic bear

RFV discussion: October–November 2017

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arctic bear

Contributor is adding un-sourced 'synonym' page(s) to en.WP. Can we cite this phrase? - Amgine/ ^t·e 18:27, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

and related arctic bears oc. - Amgine/ ^t·e 18:32, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

It can be cited but it seems to just mean a bear that is arctic, AKA SOP. DTLHS (talk) 18:33, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

I guess that's what this RFV should determine: can brown bears that live in the Arctic (which some do if File:Ursus arctos range map.svg is accurate) also be called arctic bears? If so, this is SOP. If not, this is idiomatic. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 20:20, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

In this the bears involved are grizzlies. From what I can see, Arctic bear is a synonym for the polar bear, but arctic bear is just a bear in the arctic. Kiwima (talk) 01:17, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 00:00, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 00:45, 10 November 2017 (UTC)