Is Factory Method really a pattern?

Johann Rost. Is Factory Method really a pattern?. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 29(5):1, 2004. [doi]

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  title = {Is  Factory Method  really a pattern?},
  author = {Johann Rost},
  year = {2004},
  doi = {10.1145/1022494.1022519},
  url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1022494.1022519},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/Rost04},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes},
  volume = {29},
  number = {5},
  pages = {1},
}