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Be like Roger Ebert and Danny Woodburn

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This is one of my favorite conversations on the internet. It's an email exchange between the late film critic Roger Ebert and actor Danny Woodburn:

[https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/dwarfs-little-people-and-the-m-word Dwarfs, Little People and the M-word] on RogerEbert.com

Woodburn is a little person, and he was upset by a word Ebert used, in a review, in reference to people with dwarfism. Woodburn comes on strong, saying that Ebert was taking away people's humanity by using a hate word. Ebert could've used this as an excuse to get angry or defensive or double down. In fact, you might've expected Ebert to be a bit haughty, since he was a Pulitzer Prize winner and also the best-known film critic in the world. Instead, though, Ebert listens. The two have a real, meaty conversation. Ebert explains he didn't know the word was considered offensive, and he ends up saying "I will retire the word...right here and now."

Be like Danny Woodburn: if you have a problem with something someone has been saying, speak up about it (if you feel safe to do so).

And be like Roger Ebert: be willing to talk and to listen.

Bye-bye B

Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons should be moved to Wikipedia:Living people. The policy does not just apply to "biographies", and the misleading title confuses newbies and even experienced editors.

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Considering we started editing regularly around the same time, I have seen you grow much faster than myself! You had a wonderful RfC, and now you've gone and already successfully navigated the landmine that is ANI!! You have my admiration for that feat. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 04:18, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for correcting me about Sonny Kiss at WP:LGBT. I will be like Roger Ebert, the one I admire, and Danny Woodburn. THE NEW ImmortalWizard(chat) 16:14, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px; top; border-top: 1px solid #963;" | I hereby award you the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WikiProject_Heraldry Heraldic] Barnstar for the excellence of your graphics. Thank you for uploading :File:KnightBows.jpg in response to my call for aid on WP:Discord. :D –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 05:19, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

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I have an alt account for use on public computers, etc: User:WanderingWanderingWanda.