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Autodescription — alumnus (Q508719)
description: graduate of a school, college, or university
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@Dcflyer, I noticed that you reverted my change of the label. I think it's very bad form for us to use "alumnus", the masculine term, for this item, which covers alumni of all genders. Could we use a gender-neutral label? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Skbd, it appears that I had changed the en label back to alumnus (despite its lack of gender-neutrality, regrettably) due to what appears to be the informal nature of alum and its predominant usage only in en-US and en-CA.
- For example, britannica.com: "US, informal"; merriam-webster.com: "A little over a hundred years ago the shortened form of alum began to be used to describe a graduate or past attendee of either gender. Although many people feel that alum is informal, it is in increasing use, and we appear to be moving toward a greater acceptance of the word"; concordia.edu: "The word 'alum' is an informal reference. . ."; and en wiktionary: "shortening, Canada, US".
- Also, while not obligatory to follow, the en wiki article is Alumnus and its external link is for the en wiktionary entry for the same word. The it, de, nl, id, and pt wikis (among others) use alumnus for their labels and article titles; however, several languages and their corresponding wikis utilize alumni.
- If I am incorrect, regarding only informal usage, and only in en-US and en-CA, please change to the gender-neutral form. ⚊⚊ DCflyer (talk) 04:34, 27 September 2022 (UTC)