Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adfix

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The result was redirect to Affix. Spartaz ^Humbug! 10:30, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adfix

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A mere dictionary definition. A template still in place recommends transfer to Wiktionary; it has been in Wiktionary all along. The term does appear elsewhere (example, example); but I haven't read anywhere that there's any more to it than that it's "prefix or suffix". So it's merely a name, and no article is needed. -- Hoary (talk) 11:45, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Hoary (talk) 08:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If it's a rare term for an affix, then how about, um..... redirecting to Affix? – Uanfala (talk) 16:10, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, fair enough. -- Hoary (talk) 22:55, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Affix per WP:NOTDIC – specifically, synonyms should be merged. Cnilep (talk) 02:41, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It does indeed smell like a synonym of "affix"; but rather amazingly, it turns out not to be. It means "prefix or suffix"; whereas "affix" means "prefix or suffix or infix or circumfix [or, arguably, one or two other odds and sods]". (As it happens, infixes and circumfixes don't arise in English; elsewhere, they're important.) -- Hoary (talk) 03:28, 5 March 2018 (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.