User talk:Rancidium

Hello! I'm looking at your revisions for the "Bushcraft" page where you swap "we" for "they", and "you" for "they".

I understand what is intended. Might "we" do even better by breaking away completely from the personal pronouns and talking JUST about the language?

Something like:

In Southern Africa, they get Bushman from the Dutch 'boschjesman' applied by the Dutch colonists to the natives living in the bush.

being changed to

In Southern Africa, the term Bushman is used, from the Dutch 'boschjesman', once applied by the Dutch colonists to the natives living in the bush.

It's a bit stilted, and I'm sure could be improved - especially with regard to the usage of commas.

What do you think?

AGingham (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. Halcynixa (talk) 01:51, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm not infrequently pulled up on my grammar and orthography - especially for/by the North American audience. Might you be able to make any specific suggestions? AGingham (talk) 11:24, 9 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Don't have any suggestions right now. You can apply the change to the page now if you want. Halcynixa (talk) 17:52, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Are there any specific reasons or details on why the page isn’t ready for the main namespace so I can fix them? Keep in mind I am a newcomer. Halcynixa (talk) 15:50, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * It would be a good idea to read our policy on sourcing here: WP:RS.  Blogs, content scrapers, and gossip sites cannot be used here.  Kuru   (talk)  18:58, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

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