Talk:Wednesday Martin/Archive 2

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Archive 2

Small adjustments to introduction

Hi again! I have a couple of remaining requests for this article. First up, I wanted to see if editors would be comfortable with some small edits to the introduction to simplify, better summarize and update the article. My suggestions are as follows:

• Remove the following sentence: "She has also been a commentator on step-parenting, parenting, and motherhood."
  • In place of the above, add the following into the first line: "who writes and has been a commentator, and cite the following references (which are currently used at the end of the sentence above):<ref name=Rossen13>{{cite news |title=Undercover at Disney:Deplorable scheme to skip lines |author=Jeff Rossen and Josh Davis |url=http://www.today.com/news/undercover-disney-deplorable-scheme-skip-lines-6C10131266 |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |date=May 31, 2013 |accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=Fox15>{{cite news |title=Here's how much these moms spend to look good |author=Emily Jane Fox|url=http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/26/luxury/glam-stay-at-home-moms/ |work=[[CNN]] |date=May 31, 2013 |accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref>
  • The aim of these first two adjustments is to make the introduction read better and reduce repetition
• Add in "female sexuality" to the list of topics on which Wednesday writes and provides commentary, since this is not currently included but surely should be on the basis of her essays and most recent book
• Adjust the sentence about her publications to begin "As of 2018, she is the author of five books, including" so that the information is up-to-date as of this year
• Add in "and" before The Daily Telegraph; this is just a small grammatical fix

In case it is helpful, here is the full text of my suggested wording for the introduction and the markup:

Wendy "Wednesday" Martin is an American author and cultural critic who writes and has been a commentator on parenting, step-parenting, female sexuality, and popular culture. As of 2018, she is the author of five books, including Marlene Dietrich, Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel and Act the Way We Do, and Primates of Park Avenue. She has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Harper's Bazaar, and The Daily Telegraph.

Markup for suggested introduction

'''Wendy "Wednesday" Martin'''<ref name="Heller15" /><ref>{{cite news| author =Annie Lowrey| title =At Lunch With the Author Who Introduced the Upper East Side ‘Wife Bonus’| quote = She grew up as Wendy Martin...| newspaper =[[New York (magazine)|New York]]| date =June 2015| url =http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/wednesday-martin-primates-of-park-avenue.html| accessdate = June 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| author =Gina Barreca| title =The $150,000 Purse And Other 'Wife Bonuses'| quote = The author "Wednesday" Martin (her real name is Wendy, but I guess she liked the Addams Family)...| newspaper =[[Hartford Courant]]| date =May 27, 2015| url =http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-barreca-pimates-park-avenue-0528-20150526-column.html| accessdate = June 8, 2015}}</ref> is an American author and [[cultural critic]]<ref name="Heller15">{{cite news |title=The harried tale of ‘Primates of Park Avenue’ |author=Karen Heller |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-harried-tale-of-primates-of-park-avenue/2015/07/14/b53a8026-25c1-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 14, 2015 |accessdate=16 July 2015}}</ref> who writes and has been a commentator<ref name=Rossen13>{{cite news |title=Undercover at Disney:Deplorable scheme to skip lines |author=Jeff Rossen and Josh Davis |url=http://www.today.com/news/undercover-disney-deplorable-scheme-skip-lines-6C10131266 |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |date=May 31, 2013 |accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=Fox15>{{cite news |title=Here's how much these moms spend to look good |author=Emily Jane Fox|url=http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/26/luxury/glam-stay-at-home-moms/ |work=[[CNN]] |date=May 31, 2013 |accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref> on parenting, step-parenting, female sexuality, and popular culture.<ref name=Corona16/> {{asof|2018}}, she is the author of five books, including ''Marlene Dietrich'', ''Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel and Act the Way We Do'', and ''Primates of Park Avenue''. She has written for ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', ''[[Psychology Today]]'', ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'',<ref name=MartinJuly15>{{cite news |title=When it comes to promiscuity, are women the new men? |author=Wednesday Martin |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a11605/female-vs-male-sexuality/ |work=[[Harper's Bazaar]] |date=July 28, 2015 |accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref> and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.

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As with my previous requests above, I'm making these suggestions on behalf of Wednesday Martin, as part of my work at Beutler Ink. I will not make any edits to the live article myself, and am looking for an uninvolved editor to review and make changes as appropriate. @ZappaOMati: Are you able to take a look at these suggestions, too? Thanks in advance! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:28, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

@16912 Rhiannon: Sounds good to me. I made some slight changes to your request since I think it'd flow a little better, but other than that, the gist of what you want is in. Zappa⚡Mati 03:29, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks so much, ZappaOMati! One follow-up: is it possible to add female sexuality to the list of topics that Martin writes about? Or did you prefer to leave that out? Thanks! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 15:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

@16912 Rhiannon: It's possible, I accidentally overlooked that part of the request while getting changes done. Zappa⚡Mati 23:57, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks so much for taking a look at that! I hate to be a bug: is it more appropriate to list it with her areas of writing vs. commentary, due to the focus of Untrue being female sexuality? Thanks for your patience with me! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:47, 11 October 2018 (UTC)