On 18 July 2012 11:56, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote:
> And I don't think the cases where it is > unclear or a matter of privacy (a vanishingly small number) should > preclude the obvious cases being done. It doesn't seem quite right > that the potential for arguments over edge cases and how to handle > them sensitively, would preclude being able to search by gender. Well, OK. As far as I can see, the standard infobox for people does not include a field M/F. Within [[Category:Actors]], where the WikiProject specifies use of an infobox, it seems that the gendered occupation "actress" is still widely used. I had assumed this was obsolescent, as "poetess" and "authoress" are now obsolete. It would be an improvement to use "actor" throughout and make M/F either an field in the infobox, or a category, or both. I just think we should contemplate what is going on here. A couple of points are: * information in infoboxes and categories is subject to WP:V like everything else, though stuff is often enough sneaked in (nnot good); and *the "German" style of categorisation, per previous discussion here, has both advantages and disadvantages. In the light of Wikidata, an infobox route whereby V for infobox entries is applied "centrally" now looks good. Native speakers tend to be able to read gender from forenames (not in all cases, though). We should have a well-considered case for flagging it to non-native speakers. Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
