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Pronunciation
editThe title of this article begs the question, how the heck do you pronounce that? Roy 00:03, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
- It's "yu" "dee", as in "U.D.", University of Delaware. Most people put more emphasis on the "YoU" syllable, though so it sounds more like "Yudie". -Indigo 13:05, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
- You Dee (best aproximation i can guess...) --68.83.87.75 03:48, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Image
editI have written to UD PR requesting permission to show http://www.udel.edu/PR/YoUDee/images/waving.jpg on the WP article. --ʀ6ʍɑʏ89 03:31, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Gender
editArticle refers to YoUDee as "she", while official university information states he is male. Source: http://www.udel.edu/youdee/ (section:Height)
Also, he's got a comb. Rooster's have combs, hens do not. Source: I know me some chickens.
I know this is confusing, because he is a BlueHen, but that is just the name of the breed. There are Blue Hen Roosters and Blue Hen Hens. Just the way Delaware rolls.
I will fix the references. 73.49.178.54 (talk) 15:10, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- UD has changed their mind: Their style guide (p.14) states "YoUDee and Baby Blue are neither male nor female and should be referred to by name, not as 'he' or 'she.'" GoingBatty (talk) 17:41, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- Oldest source I can find on YoUDee's androgyny goes back to 2001. It's understandable that this is confusing since YoUDee has rooster-like comb on top of its head, but I'd argue on the semantics of only using its pronouns since that's important to UD. --Jvillemare (talk) 06:11, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
Archiving UDSpace?
editA lot of the citations I found are from UDSpace, the University of Delaware's Public Archive of their school newspaper (The Review), yearbook, etc. I'm trying to keep up the standard and archiving every citation, but UDSpace is setup in a way that doesn't allow its PDFs to be archived. What's the best solution for this? Wholesale reupload of the referenced PDFs to Archive.org? UD's collections are all public, and I can't find any policy or copyright on the website. --Jvillemare (talk) 06:17, 22 November 2019 (UTC)