Talk:Mail carrier

message: Does it disturb anyone else that the list of "Famous carriers" appears to consist mostly of people famous for other things, but who happen to have been mail carriers? I would have expected a list of "Famous carriers" to be a list of people who became famous as a direct result of their job of carrying mail. -- 76.204.102.79 (talk) 03:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I added Domingo French, and in his case his work as mail carrier, even if not the source of his notability, was instrumental (to a certain degree) in the success of the May Revolution. As a mail carrier, he knew everyone in the city (that was his job) and such knowledge had a great strategic value, helping to identify and monitor suspected counter-revolutionaries MBelgrano (talk) 01:47, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous people who happen to also have been mail carriers at some point in their life 

message: Are there no examples famous postcarriers who became famous for doing extraordinary job actually carring and delivering post, rather than excelling is something other than post carrying? As in standing up for burglars, or for working in wars or natural disasters, or for just being so dedicated and punctual for many years (as most post carriers actually are)?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by أحمد (talk • contribs) 12:58, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find some soured information on such people please propose them here. ww2censor (talk) 17:15, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Clearly Karl Malone is a famous mail carrier.  "Mailman" is a common term used to describe a mail carrier, and Karl Malone is known as "The Mailman." Scatsscout (talk) 06:31, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: But, he was never a mailman in the sense used for mail carrier, so it does not belong in this article as it has nothing to do with carrying mail, unless you can provide a reliable source. ww2censor (talk) 08:38, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

text: So what? He is not and never has been a mail carrier. Get over it. ww2censor (talk) 13:09, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  famous '''post''' carriers 

message: This article should be re-labeled "American Mail Carrier"
Firstly the job title is more commonly known globally as "postman"
Secondly there are no sections describing postmen outside of America
Other countries do exist so please remember us when writing articles.
2.123.131.244 (talk) 05:36, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  The article's balance is definitely skewed. I'm sure it's not intentional, but a reflection of disinterest in writing about letter carriers (or whatever name you prefer) in other countries. The name issue discussed in a separate section above. ––Agyle (talk) 20:58, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

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message: It was suggested in a recent discussion (at Talk:Chairman), and in an old discussion on this page (above) that "letter carrier" might be a more common term and, therefore, a better title for this article than "mail carrier".
However, on Google Ngrams, "mail carrier" has a clear lead. WanderingWanda (talk) 22:06, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, yeah. Lots of things received in the mail aren't letters, so "mail carrier" seems more appropriate. 99.101.56.68 (talk) 23:17, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That has nothing to do with it. And who even says this? Is this a British thing? In the US, we say "mailman". 79.106.203.116 (talk) 08:30, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a gender neutral thing. Same as police officer or firefighter. With that said, in the UK most jobs are advertised as postman/postwoman, or rarely postperson.  Couruu (talk) 09:52, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mail carrier vs. Letter carrier 

message: A mail carrier, mailman, mailwoman, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, postperson,[1] or letter carrier (in American English), sometimes colloquially known as a postie (in Australia,[2] Canada,[3] New Zealand,[4] and the United Kingdom[5]), is an employee of a post office or postal service, who delivers mail and parcel post to residences and businesses. The term "mail carrier" came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for "mailman" soon after women began performing the job. In the Royal Mail, the official name changed from "letter carrier" to "postman" in 1883,[6] and "postwoman" has also been used for many years.[7]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.96.167.202 (talk) 04:40, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "Mailman" is already gender neutral. 79.106.203.116 (talk) 08:31, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
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