Talk:Professor

In English too, as title, right?
Doesn't "Professor" (with capital) also exist in English as a title? Example: "Professor Plum".

...or is there a different wiktionary rule that applies. Gronky 21:51, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The word is lowercase professor. It's only capitalized when used in titles. Any profession can be used in this way. The German word is in cap, because all Germans nouns are capitalized whenever and wherever they are used. 22:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Aha. Maybe professor should mention that it's a common title (and that it's capitalised when used that way).  I'll raise it on Talk:professor. Gronky 14:55, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

RFD discussion: January–April 2022
The page exists for the German entry. I think someone was just confused why this wasn't defined in English too. DAVilla 21:22, 29 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Strong keep, for similar reasons that we have, , , , etc. They're all forms of address and titles, and "Professor" capitalized is a very common one at that. AG202 (talk) 21:53, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Miss and Mister are almost exclusively titles or forms of address. While dame is a common noun, the title is more specific. And Doctor can be ambiguous. To me, the reasons are very dissimilar. DAVilla 22:06, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * For Miss, Mister, & Dame, I don't necessarily agree as seen by their uncapitalized forms, but sure, I won't argue about those, but Doctor, especially under its current definition "The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name" is very similar to that of Professor in terms of usage. An example being in emails where you'd say "Hello Professor XYZ" or the example from : "Well, Doctor, what do you think?", you could easily replace that with "Professor" with proper context, and it'll make just as much sense. Thus, that's why I voted to keep. Edit: Also we have for a reason, regardless. AG202 (talk) 22:16, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * For the record and context, the title sense of was recently deleted. &mdash;The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 22:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Leaning keep per comparison with Doctor. bd2412 T 03:44, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: it is simply the word professor capitalized for use as a title. I don’t see why any of these sorts of words require a separate entry. It is akin to how the word city is capitalised if used as part of the name of a place; it is a feature of the orthography of such words when used in a proper noun. — SGconlaw (talk) 04:19, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: If there's a specific use-case for the alternative case form, then including it seems reasonable. Theknightwho (talk) 19:37, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Google books turns up results, so it does seem to be an alternative case form of . Keep. --Rishabhbhat (talk) 03:40, 2 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per SGconlaw and because this is a feature of grammar, capitalizing words in titles: "the University, the City, the County and the State reached a settlement in the District Court, District Court Judge Sam Smith presiding, in the case of the firing of Assistant Professor of Economics Jones and Adjunct Instructor Green", etc. - -sche (discuss) 02:56, 4 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete. Any profession would get the same treatment if the practitioner were being referred to by their profession, Doctor, Officer, Judge, Professor. This is not lexical it is grammatical. - TheDaveRoss  16:02, 10 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep. Where I live, "Professor" is often treated as a formal title on par with "Mister" etc., just as "Prof" has the same standing as "Mr". See, for example, . Other titles mentioned by others, such as "Officer" and "Adjunct Instructor", are not regarded as one's formal title. Although my examples are local, I'm sure this is not specific to my jurisdiction! This, that and the other (talk) 02:57, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh thanks, is another good example while we're at it. AG202 (talk) 03:11, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep as alternative case form. We should also start creating capitalized words found in Early Modern English texts. ·~   dictátor · mundꟾ  19:55, 30 March 2022 (UTC)


 * RFD-kept. ·~   dictátor · mundꟾ  13:25, 13 April 2022 (UTC)