Talk:Sorcerer

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This shouldn't be pointing to Magic (paranormal) this should be pointing to the Sorcerer (disambiguation) page. J E Bailey 4 July 2005 13:04 (UTC)

[edit] Merger proposal

There's not enough difference between Sorcerer and Sorceress to warrant two distinct disamb. pages. There certainly aren't male/female pages for Magician (paranormal) or Magician (fantasy), which is where most people would end up clicking through to. Andareed (talk) 07:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I would agree with the merge if Sorcerer and Sorceress were articles, but they are not; they are disambiguation pages. Someone searching for a topic with "Sorcerer" in the title is not likely to be interested in topics with "Sorceress" in the title; as such, a "See also" entry on each other's pages should be sufficient. Powers ^T 19:30, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merger of sorceress into sorcerer

I am writing a thesis on the development of the role of the sorceress in Western Literature, and I was disappointed to find no specific page for "sorceress", and no list of those famous literary sorceresses, beginning with the so-called harlot in the Sumerian "Gilgamesh", Circe and Medeia of the Greeks, the Medieval Morgan le Fay, and culminating with 20th century characters such as Jadis of Charn, Irian of Earthsea, and perhaps even the Sorceress of the Scorpion King. I do not agree therefore that "sorceress" should be subsumed into its male equivalent, when there is good evidence to show that the female literary, if not actual, occurrence of the type precedes and vastly outnumbers the male.Greatsorceress (talk) 20:38, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

There's no specific male page either. The sorcerer page is a disambiguation page and most people will end up going to Magician (paranormal) or Magician (fiction). There's also no female specific actress page, although we can likely agree that there are a significant number of female actors. Andareed (talk) 21:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)