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Just nitpicking - it's her (at least according to the linked page, second last paragraph).

> When I played World of Warcraft I found I generally chose a rogue. Human. Female.

Doesn't say anything about the author's actual sex, gender or preferred pronouns in real life. Only the character they like to play in a video game.

In the footer though, it does say:

Make of that what you will.

If the author played a female orc, would edjrage have assumed the author was an orc? :-)

On the internet, no-one knows you're a human...

The name in the footer is correct. Doug was a few years ahead of me in school, and our families are still friends from way back.

Douglas Harper is a historian, author, journalist and lecturer based in Lancaster, Pa. He is the author of...