"Actress" is certainly not obsolescent in common usage, and I would suggest it is not the role of Wikipedia to redefine the English language.
At least until the Academy changes the name of its award for performance by an actress in a leading role... On 18 Jul 2012, at 12:13, Charles Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
