Talk:Dorothy Dix

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To the person editing this page: According to Margaret Culley's article "Sob Sisters" in the Summer Southern Studies Journal (1977), Elizabeth Meriwether was "born in 1861 on a farm on the border between Tennessee and Kentucky". The date listed here on wikipedia is 1870.

I've made additions to this page discussing the political term. If people want to add more biographical information about the woman herself, it would make sense to then split them into two pages. For the moment though, I think the current combined approach is best. Mistertim 07:51, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I think the current approach is fine. If a lot more biographical information is added, then I'd just as soon make the political (and sporting, which I've just added) usages sections within the same article, rather than splitting them out. Paddles 09:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC) (who, despite being called Tim, is not the same person as Mistertim)[reply]

And what happened to the sporting usage? I think surely it's significant enough to be included, and has become intertwined over the years with the political usage (a dorothy dixer being a question the Minister can hit for six). Bring it back!Afrohally (talk) 04:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Split This Article[edit]

I propose splitting this article. Per Wiki policy, having a term that is derived from a person's life should not outweigh the biographical portion. -- K72ndst (talk) 04:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Mshemberger, here are some potential areas for improvement with this article:

I see that the article had some issues with uncited content in the career section prior. However, it looks like you're the one who added the last paragraph in that section. There are no citations in the last half of that paragraph, so it is unclear to the reader where this information is coming from. As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid ending a paragraph or section without a citation.
- The first paragraph of "Feminism and suffrage" also ends without a citation
I think the section title "life" is kind of odd. Really, the whole article is about her life, not just that one section. Maybe this could be retitled.

I found the content you added to be highly engaging and well-written! Your additions to the article are excellent and I went ahead and upgraded its quality score modestly from start-class to C-class. You've now written just over half of all the article as it currently exists, which is viewed about 60 times each day! Well done! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 03:17, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

an allusion[edit]

[1] is a short story in the form of a letter to an advice columnist, "Miss Dix VI". Forty-odd years after reading it, suddenly I understand that name! —Tamfang (talk) 07:19, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]