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Please take the time to read what I wrote. I wrote a lot because I want to make everything as clear as possible.
I changed the titles because I feel that gender-neutrality should be incorporated as much as possible when referring to occupations because occupations are about ability and all genders have the same ability. I don't mean to change the language in all articles, as that would be impossible but it should be that way as much as possible.
Gender-neutral language is uncommon in articles about business and I wanted to change that. In fact, gender neutral language is not common at all in occupations dominated by a specific gender.
I think it is fine to use non gender-neutral language if the person the article is about has expressed a preference (such as if a woman specifically asks to be called a chairman) or if a gender-neutral equivalent does not exist yet (such as congressman for which the only counterpart is the female equivalent). There are other exceptions, but for the most part there is no reason not to be gender-neutral.
Actor is actually gender-neutral as before the word actress was invented, women were also called actors but I haven't attempted to change it on Wikipedia because doing so would result in an almost instant revert. Also because celebrities who are actors are often idolized.
An example of reverts would be Angelina Jolie's article which for a while used the word actor because she has sometimes referred to herself as an actor indicating that she doesn't mind being referred to as an actor. This has been changed partly due to overuse of the word actress (this might change in the future). The word actress is very common as even the Oscars have a separate category for women actors.
People also need to become familiar with the use gender-neutral language. In fact even though I support gender-neutrality, I catch myself using non gender-neutral language once in a while as non gender-neutral words are excessively common .
Gender-neutral language is also inclusive language as with society's changing attitude towards gender and gender identity (which is why we have stopped using words such as authoress because it is now considered archaic and implies that a woman will only achieve the same as another woman even if she is in the same occupation as a man)
People want to be included even if they identify as neither gender or third gender. In a different article I read, a person didn't feel comfortable being either gender (their name was changed to protect their privacy) and preferred to be identified by name but would continue living by their physical identity.
Two Wikipedia editors have thanked me for changing non gender-neutral language. I was curious to as to why they thanked me for something so minor as changing language so I checked their user pages which stated that they were androgynous on Wikipedia. I'm just glad that I made a difference.
--Hipposcrashed (talk) 02:45, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Article titles
Please take the time to read what I wrote. I wrote a lot because I want to make everything as clear as possible.
I changed the titles because I feel that gender-neutrality should be incorporated as much as possible when referring to occupations because occupations are about ability and all genders have the same ability. I don't mean to change the language in all articles, as that would be impossible but it should be that way as much as possible.
Gender-neutral language is uncommon in articles about business and I wanted to change that. In fact, gender neutral language is not common at all in occupations dominated by a specific gender.
I think it is fine to use non gender-neutral language if the person the article is about has expressed a preference (such as if a woman specifically asks to be called a chairman) or if a gender-neutral equivalent does not exist yet (such as congressman for which the only counterpart is the female equivalent). There are other exceptions, but for the most part there is no reason not to be gender-neutral.
Actor is actually gender-neutral as before the word actress was invented, women were also called actors but I haven't attempted to change it on Wikipedia because doing so would result in an almost instant revert. Also because celebrities who are actors are often idolized.
An example of reverts would be Angelina Jolie's article which for a while used the word actor because she has sometimes referred to herself as an actor indicating that she doesn't mind being referred to as an actor. This has been changed partly due to overuse of the word actress (this might change in the future). The word actress is very common as even the Oscars have a separate category for women actors.
People also need to become familiar with the use gender-neutral language. In fact even though I support gender-neutrality, I catch myself using non gender-neutral language once in a while as non gender-neutral words are excessively common .
Gender-neutral language is also inclusive language as with society's changing attitude towards gender and gender identity (which is why we have stopped using words such as authoress because it is now considered archaic and implies that a woman will only achieve the same as another woman even if she is in the same occupation as a man)
People want to be included even if they identify as neither gender or third gender. In a different article I read, a person didn't feel comfortable being either gender (their name was changed to protect their privacy) and preferred to be identified by name but would continue living by their physical identity.
Two Wikipedia editors have thanked me for changing non gender-neutral language. I was curious to as to why they thanked me for something so minor as changing language so I checked their user pages which stated that they were androgynous on Wikipedia. I'm just glad that I made a difference.
--Hipposcrashed (talk) 02:45, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Tekken 7 on Ps4
Okay I have a question. Every time I get into an edit war, I'm always the one on the loose end of the stick with the message, "stop with the 3 edit rule or you will be banned" so how do I get the OTHER person to be the one who gets the warning and not me? Because I believe he/she is in the wrong and I am in the right. IP 122.58.143.234 is constantly now removing the fact that PlayStation 4 will be a port for Tekken 7, even though there is a source stating Katsuhiro Harada expressed interest in making a new Tekken for Ps4. How do we make it stop? Osh33m (talk) 05:06, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Join WikiProject Microsoft!
It seems that you have been editing Microsoft-related articles, so why don't you consider joining WikiProject Microsoft, not to be confused with WikiProject Microsoft Windows. WikiProject Microsoft is a group of editors who are willing to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Microsoft, its technologies, Web-based sites and applications, its important people, and share interests regarding Microsoft. This WikiProject is in the process of being revived and is welcoming any and all editors who are willing to help out with the process. Add your name to the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft/Participants and/or add the userbox {{User WikiProject Microsoft}}. Thanks! STJMLCC (talk) 17:15, 16 December 2014 (UTC)