Talk:World's second oldest profession

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How about "pimp"? 207.154.103.40 (talk) 22:04, 4 November 2011 (UTC)Daniel VanArsdale

Physical Documentation

I suggest you consider land surveying as the second oldest. Documentation dates to Ancient Egypt (3000 BC), although I am uncertain how they were compensated. Surveyors worked re-establishing boundaries when the Nile flooded its banks, and there are physical records from China, India, and Babylon as well (Kavanagh & Bird, 2000). See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_stretcher Fauxpens (talk) 20:06, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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Merger Proposal

I propose merging World's second oldest profession into World's oldest profession rather than deleting this article. The information in this article does not fail notability because it attests to the existence of a phrase, not that any given profession was literally second after prostitution. The Oldest Profession article is notable for the same reason. There is well-sourced information independent of the Reagan politician quote. Maltice (talk) 07:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Support a merger to World's oldest profession, given the context it would probably fit in the prostitution section of that page - car chasm (talk) 21:31, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

@Maltice: Please do not start merge discussions in multiple places. @Carchasm: You may wish to add your !vote at Oldest profession (phrase)#Merger proposal where the main discussion is taking place. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 09:48, 4 September 2022 (UTC)