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: [[File:Symbol voting keep.svg|16px]] - In the article, I did a bit of copy-editing, - please check and revert what you don't like. In the English Wikipedia, women are not called by first name only, for respect. It seems to be different in Iceland, but I suggest to adjust to the use here. No need to educate our readers that a woman becomes a widow when her husband dies ;) --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 13:10, 13 July 2019 (UTC) | : [[File:Symbol voting keep.svg|16px]] - In the article, I did a bit of copy-editing, - please check and revert what you don't like. In the English Wikipedia, women are not called by first name only, for respect. It seems to be different in Iceland, but I suggest to adjust to the use here. No need to educate our readers that a woman becomes a widow when her husband dies ;) --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 13:10, 13 July 2019 (UTC) | ||
:::{{re|Gerda Arendt}} Looks great! I honestly thought the name thing was confusing, too. [[Icelandic Naming Committee|Iceland is a bit picky with their names]]. –<span style="font-family:CG Times">[[User:MJL|<span style="color:black">MJL</span>]] [[User talk:MJL|‐'''Talk'''‐]]<sup>[[WP:WikiProject Connecticut|☖]]</sup></span> 18:00, 17 July 2019 (UTC) | :::{{re|Gerda Arendt}} Looks great! I honestly thought the name thing was confusing, too. [[Icelandic Naming Committee|Iceland is a bit picky with their names]]. –<span style="font-family:CG Times">[[User:MJL|<span style="color:black">MJL</span>]] [[User talk:MJL|‐'''Talk'''‐]]<sup>[[WP:WikiProject Connecticut|☖]]</sup></span> 18:00, 17 July 2019 (UTC) | ||
| + | ::::Congratulations on the article! I fiddled a bit with the quote from the obituary and I standardized to usage of her name rather than her patronymic. This is the norm for our articles on Icelandic people - and those of various other ethnic groups as well. See e.g. [[Katrín Jakobsdóttir]], [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]] or [[Saddam Hussein]]. [[User:Haukurth|Haukur]] ([[User talk:Haukurth|talk]]) 20:42, 18 July 2019 (UTC) | ||
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Guðrún Björnsdóttir
... that one of the first Icelandic women elected to the Reykjavík City Council, Guðrún Björnsdóttir (pictured), sold milk for a living?Source(s): [1][2][3]ALT1:... that one of the founders of Icelandic Women's Rights Association, Guðrún Björnsdóttir (pictured), sold milk for a living?Source: [4]- ALT2:... that the 20th century Icelandic politician and women's rights activist, Guðrún Björnsdóttir (pictured), sold milk for a living? Source: [5]
- Reviewed: Exempt. Second nomination.
Created by MJL (talk). Self-nominated at 12:38, 11 July 2019 (UTC).
- Interesting life, on good sources, all-Icelandic sources accepted AGF. I like ALT2 best, enough so to strike the others. Here's a different order of the same:
- ALT2a:... that Guðrún Björnsdóttir (pictured), a 20th century Icelandic politician and women's rights activist, sold milk for a living?
- In the article, I did a bit of copy-editing, - please check and revert what you don't like. In the English Wikipedia, women are not called by first name only, for respect. It seems to be different in Iceland, but I suggest to adjust to the use here. No need to educate our readers that a woman becomes a widow when her husband dies ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:10, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
- Template:Re Looks great! I honestly thought the name thing was confusing, too. Iceland is a bit picky with their names. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 18:00, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
- Congratulations on the article! I fiddled a bit with the quote from the obituary and I standardized to usage of her name rather than her patronymic. This is the norm for our articles on Icelandic people - and those of various other ethnic groups as well. See e.g. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Megawati Sukarnoputri or Saddam Hussein. Haukur (talk) 20:42, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
- Template:Re Looks great! I honestly thought the name thing was confusing, too. Iceland is a bit picky with their names. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 18:00, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
