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Blue sky

Am I dumb for not understanding this sentence: "Despite her name also meaning blue sky, the project Bluesky was not named after her"?

Does "Graber" mean "blue sky"? In what language? I am pretty sure "Jay" doesn't mean "blue sky." We are told that "Lantian," her given birth name, means something else entirely. In summation -- huh? Jeri Southern (talk) 01:17, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is explained in the "Early life and education" section: Her mother named her Lantian, meaning "blue sky" in Mandarin Chinese, as a wish for her to have "boundless freedom".. Funcrunch (talk) 18:17, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is false. Lantian (蓝田) mean blue (rice) field, not blue sky. Cleroth (talk) 02:42, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not her given name. She's a transwoman. Or perhaps non-binary. I don't remember. But as far as I have understood Graber was born as a man and later came out as a transwoman. Please correct me if I'm wrong. 92.220.74.144 (talk) 21:04, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you have a reliable source, please avoid making claims about Graber's gender identity. Funcrunch (talk) 21:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't find any source, not even a fringe unreliable source btw, that suggests Jay is a trans woman nor do I find any sources that suggest she identifies as a non-binary person. Turtletennisfogwheat (talk) 02:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Julia Graber" listed as CEO/principle/governor in some business databases

I was looking for corporate info on BlueSky, and several business databases, such as Dunn & Bradstreet, list the CEO/governor/principal as "Julia Graber". Examples:

Perhaps "Jay" is a nickname for "Julia". In any case, since "Julia Graber" appears on some important corporate documents, maybe that should be mentioned in the article?

(Edit: I'm not suggesting changing the name of this article; simply suggesting that the alternate name be mentioned somewhere in passing. It may help resolve confusion for readers that see "Julia" in corporate documents. ) Noleander (talk) 19:19, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It does appear that she went by the name Julia rather than Jay at some point. I found articles she wrote for Common Dreams under that name which have been since updated to the name Jay. However, this is original research, so we'd need a reliable source to include this former name in the article. Funcrunch (talk) 21:20, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]