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Administrator Elections: Updates & Schedule

Administrator Elections | Updates & Schedule
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Bernie Moreno Edit/Undo

I hope that I'm putting this in the proper place, as I don't often respond to other Wiki users. Yesterday, I had changed something on Bernie Moreno's page, and in doing so, I made an inadvertent mistake. I changed the terminology of a particular word, but I also changed it in the context of a quote, and that was my error. However, you reverted both changes, noting that the word was used in the source. I wanted to stop by to note that the word was improperly used in the source. The women being discussed were not necessarily mothers, and the author had no way to know if hypothetical women were mothers or not. Therefore, the term that should be utilized is women, and that's why I changed it. I don't think that we should repeat the mistakes of a source. Jmg999 (talk) 18:58, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Jmg999:, sorry for the late response - got this notification and forgot totally. I'm not firmly set on the phrasing of "mother", mostly just saw the quote being changed and thought it'd be best to represent what the source says. Plus pretty much all of the terminology I've ever seen refers to the "mother's life" rather than the woman's life. For future reference, you'd be as well raising this on the article talk page though - other editors may have thoughts on it. Thanks, ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 17:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Good Morning, @Ser!,

Thank you for your response, and thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I agree w/ you that the term "mother" or "mother's life" is often used, but I think that it's a mistake made by the media, since they're assuming facts not in evidence. I'll change the term on Moreno's page again, and if anyone has issue, I'll make certain to discuss it on the page's talk page. Thanks, again! Jmg999 (talk) 18:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)