Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Delectare

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The result was merge to Orator (Cicero). SarahStierch (talk) 15:17, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delectare

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non-notable dictionary definition Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 03:02, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:28, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Orator (Cicero), which I take it from the cited source is the work in which "docere, delectare, et movere" appeared. Cnilep (talk) 00:57, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ged UK 14:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 22:39, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Orator (Cicero). This term appears in rhetoric studies, e.g. [1], [2], primarily in the context of Cicero's three functions of a rhetorician. I cannot find in-depth sources to support a standalone article (although there are probably many offline sources about Cicero and rhetoric), but per WP:PRESERVE, we should preserve clearly verifiable information. I agree that Orator (Cicero) looks like a good merge target. --Mark viking (talk) 01:22, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect - does not warrant stand along treatment but I am not sure if it should be to Orator (Cicero) or De Oratore - the source on the page cites both as follows: 82. De optimo genere oratorum, I, 3; Orator, 69; De oratore, II, 28. But the first source, Mark Viking listed above only cites Cicero, de Oratore 2.128 However our article on De Oratore (which is a better article ) does not include the phrase anywhere, so might need some more work ... Depthdiver (talk) 06:19, 7 November 2013 (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.