Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gofer (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. There is a consensus in favour of deletion and not on redirection, but if someone does wish to recreate as a redirect that would appear to be a sensible exercise of WP:BB. Stifle (talk) 07:11, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gofer

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This would be a PROD if it were not for the previous AfD. This article contains only unsourced trivia, an unsourced etymology, and a definition. Stubifying would violate WP:NOTDICT. I would gladly redirect if I knew a suitable target. Janhrach (talk) 15:56, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Janhrach (talk) 15:56, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:24, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Just a WP:DICTDEF with a list of questionable examples, and nary a reference in sight. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:26, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to courier. Why wasn't it deleted a decade ago Easternsahara (talk) 15:16, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Like WeirdNAnnoyed said, just a dictionary def. Here is a possible source but it doesn't really provide anything other than a dict def. I would want something like the Lackey (manservant) article. I don't think it or any of the other terms discussed in the first AfD are good redirect targets either.

Gopher: sometimes spelled like this so it is the best possible option but rather different topics shouldn't be carelessly combined.
Errand boy: needlessly gendered and redirects to courier now anyways.
Courier: takes things from point A to B while gopher brings things back to their local station
Aide de camp / Personal assistant: while their may be overlap in these 3 roles I don't think they have the same meaning.

Does someone want to make the wikitionary entry? Moritoriko (talk) 06:50, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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