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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Quantling (talk | contribs) at 13:49, 29 June 2023 (→‎From the viewpoint of the age difference: Reply). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

From the viewpoint of the age difference

@User:AnonMoos and everyone else: regarding this edit, which was undone by AnonMoos, two issues are raised.

  1. Is the math correct?: Yes, it is. It is high school algebra to verify; see my reply below. For those who are not algebraically inclined, please try some examples. Pick an age for the older person--even numbers are easiest--and calculate half plus 7 to get the younger person's age. Then calculate the difference in ages. Notice that if you plug the difference and younger person's age into the new formulas you get the expected results.
  2. doesnt seem to add much: If two people, who are D years apart, want to marry but they fail this age-based test, how long should they wait? The answer by the "half, plus 7" formula is that they should wait until the younger person is at least 14+D years old. If it turns out that we have consensus that this is relevant then let's add it.

Thank you for listening --Quantling (talk | contribs) 14:08, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding the math: Let A and B be the ages of the two people and let D = A - B be the difference in ages. The rule, "at least half plus 7" in symbols is:
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We replace A with B + D to get
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Doubling both sides gives
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Subtracting B from both sides gives
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(That last expression could be written as {{{1}}} if you want to.) I hope that helps resolve #1 above. --Quantling (talk | contribs) 15:31, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure you're well-intentioned, but if this provides a perspective that no-one has really cared about or discussed before, then it's "original research" in that sense, even if arithmetically correct. AnonMoos (talk) 05:39, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, when there are editors, such as yourself, who do not find this to be merely WP:CALC then we have to classify it as WP:OR (or find references). I continued the discussion to this point only because the original feedback didn't discuss whether this was WP:CALC, instead discussing whether it was mathematically accurate and whether it "added much". Now that we have a statement that you would not participate in a consensus around a WP:CALC classification, I can give up knowing that, at least, it was considered. Thank you —Quantling (talk | contribs) 13:49, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 28 June 2023

Age disparity in sexual relationships → Age disparity in heterosexual relationships – I had started going through the article, trying to indicate which sections were applicable to heterosexuals only, all sexualities, LGBTQ+, etc. but, except for one instance of gay terminology, everything I was considering changing turned out to be heterosexual-only. Rather than saying that over and over, I support changing the article title. —Quantling (talk | contribs) 16:07, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Caffelatteo: @JasonAQuest: @AnonMoos: @Middleground1: Pinging all participants from recently archived discussion entitled "hetero-normative".

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