Talk:Dominic Cummings

Passive voice generally deprecated

I've never heard of Dominic Cummings, so this is not a point about him, but I recommend the active voice rather than the passive voice, since readers may wish to know who said something, especially if the speaker has a page entry already. If not, a link shows readers this and encourages editors to make a page. -- Robin (talk) 10:47, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Actually, I was quoting the opening line of The Canary article: "Dominic Cummings is an unelected bureaucrat who’s described as 'assistant to the prime minister', with responsibilities for Brexit and domestic policy", but I omitted the "with responsibilities for Brexit and domestic policy" bit.

So isn't Tom Coburg the one who should be credited as the active voice, rather than The Guardian's Patrick Wintour?--Patrick Haseldine (talk) 14:01, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Yes, you're correct. I've just given it a tidy, and removed the image caption which had become repetitious. Such colourful 3rd party language can be helpful, but should not be overused lest it drag the article down to a "he said... she said..." trading of insults. -- Robin (talk) 00:37, 10 August 2019 (UTC)