rename 'partner' to 'parent'

[stoicflame]

I propose we rename 'partner' to 'parent' for consistency with the parents property on person and for consistency in industry.

[ninjudd]

I think partners is more clear because you can have marriages with no children. In this case, parents is confusing.

[stoicflame]

I think partners is more clear because you can have marriages with no children. In this case, parents is confusing.

I was thinking that the purpose of Family would be to model families and a marriage (with no children) would be modeled with an event.

IMO "partner" is not only using a new word to describe something that has always been "parent" in the genealogical community, but to me, "partner" just isn't clear. You can have a "partner" in a business relationship, too. And it doesn't make sense to say "Here's a family with children Fred and Mary; their partners are John and Susie." Ick.

FWIW, I'm not trying to impose some kind of gender constraint here. I'm just trying to model consistency and clarity. I don't think you'd propose renaming the parents property of Person to partners, so lets stay consistent. Even in a family with no children it makes sense to me to say "parents".

[stoicflame]

Hi. Just waking up this thread. So can I apply this?

[ninjudd]

I'd still prefer partners, but I don't feel that strongly about it. So as long as nobody thinks parents is confusing for families without children...

On Sep 20, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Ryan Heatonreply@reply.github.com wrote:

Hi. Just waking up this thread. So can I apply this?

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[stoicflame]

I feel bad, but I can't help feeling pretty strongly about this.

I noticed the other day an ad for an insurance agency that said "your family's partners since 1956" and I thought that if we ever needed to supply information about the insurance agent for a family, then the partners property would be perfect for that!

But since modeling the insurance agents for a family isn't a priority at the moment, I really think we need to supply the parents of a family and drop the partners property.

So unless there's strong objections, I'm going to apply this change.