Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Auctor

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep and turn into a disambiguation page. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:18, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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This is a poor excuse for WP:DICTDEF, mixed with a poor excude for a disambig. Nothing here suggests this meets WP:GNG as a notable term. Delete or redirect to Author? Or maybe cross wiki redirect to https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/auctor ? PS. Category:Latin words and phrases could use a review for similar cases of DICTDEF. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:54, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language and Literature. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:54, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• The article definitely could do with a bit of editing. The term auctor is replaced by author in biology in American speaking institutions, but is sometimes found in more traditional British English institutions as well as a number of European institutions where English is the 2nd language. As such I believe it warrant mention on Wikipedia. Petter Bøckman (talk) 21:22, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate, there are multiple possible meanings of the term without a clear primary topic. Amongst other meanings, auctor may refer to:

• The originator of an event,
• An author of a work, who is proficient in the subject matter,
• A scientist who first describes a species or other taxon,
• The seller at an auction.

SailingInABathTub ~~🛁~~ 01:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:04, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete...? seems too much like a definition. Asparagusus (interaction) 14:12, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:55, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Don't delete as the term is likely to be searched by readers, though there's definitely no scope for an article. Redirecting to Wiktionary will work (such a redirect would meet the conditions at Template:Wi), and recasting as a dab page may be viable too (the entries may appear to be a bit too dictionary-like, but for some of them there exists somewhat relevant content here on Wikipedia). – Uanfala (talk) 12:27, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as a disambiguation page.4meter4 (talk) 05:29, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep disambiguate; not implausible search term. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 09:52, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.