"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 <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> 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.