Love it. Will schedule for a few hours from now. 

Jeff Elder
Digital communications manager
Wikimedia Foundation

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Katherine Maher <kmaher@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Let's use actor. Her gender identity is clear from the pronouns.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:42 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yeah, my understanding of the definition is essentially that with the definition of actress being 'a female actor' etc. It's one of the places where we created a female gendered noun but never an exclusive male one.

James Alexander
Manager
Trust & Safety
Wikimedia Foundation

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
A female actor is an actor, as far as I know. 

Joe


On Thursday, 22 October 2015, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas@wikimedia.org> wrote:
At least in English, articles aren't gendered

Are you saying that "actor" = not gendered?
 

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Actress or actor? Actress on Wikipedia redirects to actor. Interesting.

http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/sep/25/readers-editor-actor-or-actress



On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Happy birthday, Catherine Deneuve, born this day in 1943. The French actress has appeared in more than 120 films, from 1957 to a film due out next year. See more about her here: http://buff.ly/1RYxBUO See more about this public domain image on Wikimedia Commons here: http://buff.ly/1kvra09

Happy birthday, Catherine Deneuve, born this day in 1943. The French actress has appeared in more than 120 films. http://buff.ly/1RYxBUO


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