Pronouns
I've been seeing these "Pronoun" sections added to a lot of different infoboxes - what's the point of them? Shouldn't it be obvious enough as to not warrant them being there? Mistress Fi (talk) 17:51, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
- something about appealing to transgenders/genderfluids/etc. because gasp i'm offended you assumed their gender Peanutjon (talk) 01:48, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
- Couth, Peanutjon. I'll ask you to refrain from strawman arguments like that.
- It was a policy decision that came into effect the other day by majority vote. The short answer is that, yes, it's necessary. - TonyT S C 02:11, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
- I wasn't trying to argue? Also, it doesn't really count as a straw man if I legitimately believed that that was the case.
- If it isn't some weird appeal-to-the-liberals scheme, what was the actual reasoning? Is it really dangerous to assume that a guy with a beard and moustache who also happens to go mostly shirtless without any boobs visible is a guy, like his "pronouns" say? Peanutjon (talk) 11:59, 22 July 2016 (UTC)