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Yes you are perfectly correct. That was a fully manual edit, and probably caused by "date blindness", or more strictly "bracket blindness". Rich Farmbrough 10:05, 18 September 2005 (UTC) Just a leading space. Rich Farmbrough 21:53, September 18, 2005[reply]

Hi! I noticed your user name before, and want to assure you I chose mine way before I saw yours. Thanks for the compliment on the Leic City cleanup! Cheers! --Guinnog 13:39, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you edit off the possible motives section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.62.87 (talk • contribs)

As I said in the edit summary, and others said in the discussion page, there is not a single cited source for this information. See WP:VERIFY for more information. Guinness 16:23, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, your edit got lost in my reverting an anon who hadnt heard the news. Apologies, I think it is all back now, SqueakBox 22:45, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't make substantial edits to the Ipswich murder, or Steve Wright articles - especially the sections dealing with the legal process. In fact he's not on trial, he's had a bog standard magistrates hearing - standard because a magistrate can't hear a murder case. The possible next thing is a plea and directions hearing at CC. If he pleads guilty, he won't be on trial will he? I appreciate your enthusiasm, but please be careful when making such sweeping edits, I know it's done in good faith. Reagrds. Escaper7 11:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I have now corrected this by replacing the link with a similar news story from The Washington Post. Lightsup55 ( T | C ) 17:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I accidentally rolled back a couple of your edits when I was looking at your contributions. I'm removing the offending script from my monobook but I'm at fault and apologise for using rollback incorrectly. Spartaz ^Humbug! 18:01, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• No problem...I assume you've restored order now :) Guinness (talk) 19:31, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Absolutely. First thing I did - after closing the window to interrupt the script. :o Spartaz ^Humbug! 20:24, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Just FYI, a second nomination for deletion has been placed on an article that you have weighed in on in the past. You can see the discussion at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Bernie_Siegel_%282nd_nomination%29 Rosencomet (talk) 16:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please point me to a source or discussion indicating that the word "actress" is not used in British English, as your edit summary here on Judi Dench indicates? I've not seen anything like that and would be interested to read it. Thank you. --Arxiloxos (talk) 17:30, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I came to your talk page to ask exactly the same question. I am 100% British English and I would never call Judi Dench an actor! Periglio (talk) 10:51, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Try these:-

Guardian

Wikipedia (yes, I know, cite the source, not the wiki, but the citation within the wiki is the OED with no web link. The OED, as quoted in the refs section, states "actor is increasingly preferred for performers of both sexes")

There are various other sources too, some of which say actor is used, some of which merely say "preferred" I'm sure you guys can use google.

You are correct that "actress" can be used, as most people can understand the meaning and intention which you are trying to communicate. You would also be correct to assert that "cunt" could be used to identify a vulva. It would be a fallacy to assert that it follows that it should be used. I am 100% British (75% English, 25% Northern Ireland), and I would never call any actor an actress.

Guinness2702 (talk) 11:28, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, but I don't think any of this is evidence of a variation between American and British English. One can find American sources that have similar discussions, noting that the issue remains contentious. [1][2]. At the SAG Awards they say "Female Actor"; the Oscars still use "Best Actress". But BAFTA still says "Actress" [3].

Nevertheless, I don't particularly object to the changes, although in at least one case the change came in a place where the sources—one of them The Guardian, yet —-- had named Dench number one on the list of "The 20 best British actresses": [4] [5]) . But I don't think MOS:TIES can substantiate the changes. Changes made to enforce gender neutrality would be more accurately labelled as such. Best, --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC) 15:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TBH, you are right, those sources don't make the point very well, but I'm reasonably sure I've seen it elsewhere that -ess variations are US english. Maybe I was thinking of "stewardess" or some other distinction. Anyway, I don't really have any more time to spend on this topic. I only made the edit, because I started reading the article, and "noticed" it was "wrong." There are too many other examples of US bias (if that's what it is) in wikipedia for me to argue this one any further. Guinness2702 (talk) 15:23, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was asking about actor/actress usage last week at Wikipedia_talk:Persondata#Occupation_gender and no one answered. I merely wanted to know if there was a generally accepted answer to avoid editors angrily reverting me. However it is the sort of thing that will never be agreed on but probably should be left alone once an article has become established. Periglio (talk) 20:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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