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For the future, just as I ask you all to remember that I have OCD and that it impacts my reactions and interactions at times, what ''I'' need to keep in mind is that when anxiety starts to affect these things, I need to step away from the computer for a while until I'm myself again. I'm climbing out of the self-destructive hole I've been digging and coming back to edit (even though college resumes for me in a few days…).}} | For the future, just as I ask you all to remember that I have OCD and that it impacts my reactions and interactions at times, what ''I'' need to keep in mind is that when anxiety starts to affect these things, I need to step away from the computer for a while until I'm myself again. I'm climbing out of the self-destructive hole I've been digging and coming back to edit (even though college resumes for me in a few days…).}} | ||
{{KrytenKoro|Ninja, so you're saying that it would be preferable to say something like "Dark Cyclone allows ''the user'' to unfurl tendrils of darkness from ''the'' Keyblade"? That personally sounds odd to my ears, but the important thing is that it doesn't have any false implications, so I can absolutely get behind it. | |||
ENX: No worries.}} | |||
{{ENX|time=06:06, 27 August 2015 (UTC)|happy=Thanks, Kryten. | |||
Would phrasing a | |||
caption this way solve our problem? See below: | |||
*"Doubleflight allows users to spawn an ephemeral platform of light in midair which they jump off to reach greater heights." | |||
By making "user" plural, it removes the "singular" issue altogether. Not sure it's appropriate for the captions, but thought I'd make the suggestion.}} | |||
{{KrytenKoro|I can't see a problem with that, unless we are given a technique that is defined by being unique to a character (like a Bankai). I feel that if that happened, it would be fair to use the character's name, so...}} | |||
{{NinjaSheik|text=Yes. It's grammatically correct, and it's not out of the ordinary in any way. "Users", "casters", "wielders", etc. They're the words we can use, if the community decides on getting rid of the singular "they", on the wiki. Again, I don't see the problem of using singular "they" or "their". I was taught that was how it was supposed to be, and I've seen other wikis using them, too. I will consent to either decisions.}} | |||
{{TheFifteenthMember|time={{User:TheFifteenthMember/Sig1}} 23:27, 27 August 2015 (UTC)|default=That could work for captions, yes, but the singular "they" is also present in many other areas of the wiki and writing in general. If we agree that it's acceptable, we shouldn't try to avoid using it. I'd imagine that in most cases, the use of singular they would be the best way of phrasing the sentence. In short, don't make a sentence clunky or awkward just to avoid using singular they.}} | |||
{{ENX|time=02:31, 28 August 2015 (UTC)|text=I would just say we should permit the use of singular "they" (I can learn to deal with it), but not stress its use or avoidance. If it's present, fine. If not, fine.}} | |||