Talk:Jack Jackrum - Revision history

Old Dickens at 03:48, 26 April 2019

2019-04-26T03:48:01Z

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	:Another overhaul of terms and pronouns has been done, but I wonder if there's a solution for everyone. Perhaps in an age of overwhelming correctness they should all be called "they". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)		:Another overhaul of terms and pronouns has been done, but I wonder if there's a solution for everyone. Perhaps in an age of overwhelming correctness they should all be called "they". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
	::I started to edit, thinking that Old Dickens might be on to something... and he was. We could rewrite with a “they” throughout, and that would be neutral. But I think the recent revision by [[User:DictionaryWrites]] got things reasonably spot on. Their point is, I think, that since Jackrum overtly identifies as male once he joins the army, that it would be “misgendering” to refer to Jackrum as “she” or even “they”. Now, I’d argue back that Jackrum doesn’t truly identify as male by choice - that’s their only option in Borogravia if they want to join the army. Nevertheless. I think the more important job here as wiki authors is to consider the readers’ reaction. To use anything but male pronouns above the spoiler line would be to, well, spoil. Below the spoiler line, I think the article communicates well by using the pronouns with with Jackrum presents herself or himself - female until she joins the army, male thereafter. So I didn’t make any substantive changes, just some copyedits. [[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 02:01, 26 April 2019 (UTC)		::I started to edit, thinking that Old Dickens might be on to something... and he was. We could rewrite with a “they” throughout, and that would be neutral. But I think the recent revision by [[User:DictionaryWrites]] got things reasonably spot on. Their point is, I think, that since Jackrum overtly identifies as male once he joins the army, that it would be “misgendering” to refer to Jackrum as “she” or even “they”. Now, I’d argue back that Jackrum doesn’t truly identify as male by choice - that’s their only option in Borogravia if they want to join the army. Nevertheless. I think the more important job here as wiki authors is to consider the readers’ reaction. To use anything but male pronouns above the spoiler line would be to, well, spoil. Below the spoiler line, I think the article communicates well by using the pronouns with with Jackrum presents herself or himself - female until she joins the army, male thereafter. So I didn’t make any substantive changes, just some copyedits. [[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 02:01, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
			:Rabbi Rosenbaum is as astute as ever; I can't fault the current edit (surely better than "they"), but I'll bet some can. It's an old problem. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 03:48, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

	== Possible Roundworld connection ==		== Possible Roundworld connection ==

	Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)		Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
	:See also [[Book:Monstrous Regiment/Annotations\|Monstrous Regiment/Annotations]] on '''Christian Davies'''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)		:See also [[Book:Monstrous Regiment/Annotations\|Monstrous Regiment/Annotations]] on '''Christian Davies'''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Moishe Rosenbaum: Explaining lack of edits on main page regarding gender

2019-04-26T02:01:05Z

Explaining lack of edits on main page regarding gender

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	:Yes, I thought the "he" was misleading. Perhaps the idea is to avoid spoilage, but I'd rather see it re-done on a spoiler template. ...--[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 16:09, 4 December 2006 (CET)		:Yes, I thought the "he" was misleading. Perhaps the idea is to avoid spoilage, but I'd rather see it re-done on a spoiler template. ...--[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 16:09, 4 December 2006 (CET)
	:Another overhaul of terms and pronouns has been done, but I wonder if there's a solution for everyone. Perhaps in an age of overwhelming correctness they should all be called "they". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)		:Another overhaul of terms and pronouns has been done, but I wonder if there's a solution for everyone. Perhaps in an age of overwhelming correctness they should all be called "they". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
			::I started to edit, thinking that Old Dickens might be on to something... and he was. We could rewrite with a “they” throughout, and that would be neutral. But I think the recent revision by [[User:DictionaryWrites]] got things reasonably spot on. Their point is, I think, that since Jackrum overtly identifies as male once he joins the army, that it would be “misgendering” to refer to Jackrum as “she” or even “they”. Now, I’d argue back that Jackrum doesn’t truly identify as male by choice - that’s their only option in Borogravia if they want to join the army. Nevertheless. I think the more important job here as wiki authors is to consider the readers’ reaction. To use anything but male pronouns above the spoiler line would be to, well, spoil. Below the spoiler line, I think the article communicates well by using the pronouns with with Jackrum presents herself or himself - female until she joins the army, male thereafter. So I didn’t make any substantive changes, just some copyedits. [[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 02:01, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

	== Possible Roundworld connection ==		== Possible Roundworld connection ==

	Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)		Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
	:See also [[Book:Monstrous Regiment/Annotations\|Monstrous Regiment/Annotations]] on '''Christian Davies'''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)		:See also [[Book:Monstrous Regiment/Annotations\|Monstrous Regiment/Annotations]] on '''Christian Davies'''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Old Dickens: who should do what and to whom

2019-04-25T16:15:13Z

who should do what and to whom

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	:Yes, I thought the "he" was misleading. Perhaps the idea is to avoid spoilage, but I'd rather see it re-done on a spoiler template. ...--[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 16:09, 4 December 2006 (CET)		:Yes, I thought the "he" was misleading. Perhaps the idea is to avoid spoilage, but I'd rather see it re-done on a spoiler template. ...--[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 16:09, 4 December 2006 (CET)
			:Another overhaul of terms and pronouns has been done, but I wonder if there's a solution for everyone. Perhaps in an age of overwhelming correctness they should all be called "they". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Old Dickens: a popular story

2014-08-02T18:54:20Z

a popular story

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	Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)		Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
			:See also [[Book:Monstrous Regiment/Annotations\|Monstrous Regiment/Annotations]] on '''Christian Davies'''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

GallifreyanWitch: Possible link to Hannah Snell

2014-08-02T17:37:51Z

Possible link to Hannah Snell

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	:Yes, I thought the "he" was misleading. Perhaps the idea is to avoid spoilage, but I'd rather see it re-done on a spoiler template. ...--[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 16:09, 4 December 2006 (CET)		:Yes, I thought the "he" was misleading. Perhaps the idea is to avoid spoilage, but I'd rather see it re-done on a spoiler template. ...--[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 16:09, 4 December 2006 (CET)


			== Possible Roundworld connection ==

			Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Osiris: 1 revision: Talk Namespace

2012-12-26T03:16:22Z

1 revision: Talk Namespace

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Old Dickens at 15:09, 4 December 2006

2006-12-04T15:09:46Z

New page

The wiki entry is rather uncommonly erroneous, there is a deal of speculation over the sex of Jackrum who could either be male or, as is suggested at the end of Monstorous Regiment, female.

:Yes, I thought the "he" was misleading. Perhaps the idea is to avoid spoilage, but I'd rather see it re-done on a spoiler template. ...--[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 16:09, 4 December 2006 (CET)

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	:Another overhaul of terms and pronouns has been done, but I wonder if there's a solution for everyone. Perhaps in an age of overwhelming correctness they should all be called "they". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)		:Another overhaul of terms and pronouns has been done, but I wonder if there's a solution for everyone. Perhaps in an age of overwhelming correctness they should all be called "they". --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
	::I started to edit, thinking that Old Dickens might be on to something... and he was. We could rewrite with a “they” throughout, and that would be neutral. But I think the recent revision by [[User:DictionaryWrites]] got things reasonably spot on. Their point is, I think, that since Jackrum overtly identifies as male once he joins the army, that it would be “misgendering” to refer to Jackrum as “she” or even “they”. Now, I’d argue back that Jackrum doesn’t truly identify as male by choice - that’s their only option in Borogravia if they want to join the army. Nevertheless. I think the more important job here as wiki authors is to consider the readers’ reaction. To use anything but male pronouns above the spoiler line would be to, well, spoil. Below the spoiler line, I think the article communicates well by using the pronouns with with Jackrum presents herself or himself - female until she joins the army, male thereafter. So I didn’t make any substantive changes, just some copyedits. [[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 02:01, 26 April 2019 (UTC)		::I started to edit, thinking that Old Dickens might be on to something... and he was. We could rewrite with a “they” throughout, and that would be neutral. But I think the recent revision by [[User:DictionaryWrites]] got things reasonably spot on. Their point is, I think, that since Jackrum overtly identifies as male once he joins the army, that it would be “misgendering” to refer to Jackrum as “she” or even “they”. Now, I’d argue back that Jackrum doesn’t truly identify as male by choice - that’s their only option in Borogravia if they want to join the army. Nevertheless. I think the more important job here as wiki authors is to consider the readers’ reaction. To use anything but male pronouns above the spoiler line would be to, well, spoil. Below the spoiler line, I think the article communicates well by using the pronouns with with Jackrum presents herself or himself - female until she joins the army, male thereafter. So I didn’t make any substantive changes, just some copyedits. [[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 02:01, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
			:Rabbi Rosenbaum is as astute as ever; I can't fault the current edit (surely better than "they"), but I'll bet some can. It's an old problem. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 03:48, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

	== Possible Roundworld connection ==		== Possible Roundworld connection ==

	Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)		Came across an article on Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Snell Hannah Snell]. Not all her life story matches up to Jackrum's but there is the aspect of the wife continuing a military career in an effective disguise after her husbands death, surviving and retiring and the image could be thought similar to Jackrum's description. There's also mention of a pub - though I know that's more to do with Polly Perks. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
	:See also [[Book:Monstrous Regiment/Annotations\|Monstrous Regiment/Annotations]] on '''Christian Davies'''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)		:See also [[Book:Monstrous Regiment/Annotations\|Monstrous Regiment/Annotations]] on '''Christian Davies'''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:54, 2 August 2014 (UTC)