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by tbrownaw 3508 days ago
No one is suggesting that the author be punished or admonished for it.

The ancestor comments by andendau and dopu are admonishing him for it.

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>Why not novice instead of your girlfriend? You don't even mention her in the articles so why cling to a distracting title?

>He should change it. Regardless of the intention, this is how it will be interpreted.

Seems more like an advisement than an admonishment. Perhaps I should have said no one is rebuking them for it.

Either way, I don't see this as the 'political correctness police jumping on them'. It's not like people are organizing a lynch mob for the author.