Talk:Westwood House

Latest comment: 10 years ago by Gobonobo in topic Authoress

Authoress

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Apologies for not bringing this to the talk page earlier, it escaped my attention that this had already been the subject of an edit war.

The term 'authoress' being used in this article is unnecessary and should be replaced by 'author'. I imagine that the term was employed because it is used in the 1890s sources that were used to create the article, but it is problematic because it can be interpreted as being disparaging, especially when gender is beside the point.

Here is what some sources have to say about the term:

Perhaps more concerning is the editing history here. I am grateful to PBS for starting this article, but troubled by a pattern of editing in violation of WP:OWN. Over a protracted period, I'm counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 reversions over the consensus of two other editors. I'm hoping that bringing this a noticeboard will be unnecessary. Gobōnobō + c 20:27, 4 January 2014 (UTC)Reply