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Hello.
As you may or may not know, we had a recent discussion regarding whether or not we should follow Fandom's official policy standards of writing "Female (Assigned male at birth)" or "Male (Assigned female at birth)" in the gender sections for transgender characters, which have been developed by Fandom via considerable collaboration with representatives for the trangender community, and otherwise strictly use the characters' preferred pronouns in their entire profile pages.
https://vsbattles.com/threads/guilty-gear-crt.140430/
https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Gender_Identity_Guidelines#General_Style_Guide
In order to get Fandom's official take on this, I asked our current wiki representative Lucas DeRuyter for an evaluation.
Here is what he responded:
"First off, I want to assure you and the VS Battles community that Yamato's and Bridget's pages are currently in line with Fandom's Gender Identity Guidelines. The pages do not currently have to change from my perspective as one of Fandom's Community Managers, as they meet our standards for using inclusive and respectful language.
However, it's understandable that some folks object to the use of AMAB or AFAB on these pages. The preferred way to refer to characters and people of a marginalized identity can be deeply personal and there can be disagreement between folks who share that identity. Inclusive and respectful language is a pool of terms and formats, and people can have different preferences.
As such, I would suggest gauging the members of the VS Battles community and switching to the group's preferred inclusive language."
As I stated in my responses to Lucas, I do not personally mind if we change our rules in this regard, in order to help maintain the peace in our community and not offend valuable contributors, but it is definitely not mandated by Fandom's community guidelines.
However, any changes to our rules still have to be accepted by a staff consensus, and please bear in mind that this is a very socially explosive topic right now, so be very careful to not say anything that might be interpreted as transphobia, and to also remain calm, rational, and polite in your responses. I very strongly doubt that anybody here means any harm.
NOTE: STAFF ONLY
As you may or may not know, we had a recent discussion regarding whether or not we should follow Fandom's official policy standards of writing "Female (Assigned male at birth)" or "Male (Assigned female at birth)" in the gender sections for transgender characters, which have been developed by Fandom via considerable collaboration with representatives for the trangender community, and otherwise strictly use the characters' preferred pronouns in their entire profile pages.
https://vsbattles.com/threads/guilty-gear-crt.140430/
https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Gender_Identity_Guidelines#General_Style_Guide
In order to get Fandom's official take on this, I asked our current wiki representative Lucas DeRuyter for an evaluation.
Here is what he responded:
"First off, I want to assure you and the VS Battles community that Yamato's and Bridget's pages are currently in line with Fandom's Gender Identity Guidelines. The pages do not currently have to change from my perspective as one of Fandom's Community Managers, as they meet our standards for using inclusive and respectful language.
However, it's understandable that some folks object to the use of AMAB or AFAB on these pages. The preferred way to refer to characters and people of a marginalized identity can be deeply personal and there can be disagreement between folks who share that identity. Inclusive and respectful language is a pool of terms and formats, and people can have different preferences.
As such, I would suggest gauging the members of the VS Battles community and switching to the group's preferred inclusive language."
As I stated in my responses to Lucas, I do not personally mind if we change our rules in this regard, in order to help maintain the peace in our community and not offend valuable contributors, but it is definitely not mandated by Fandom's community guidelines.
However, any changes to our rules still have to be accepted by a staff consensus, and please bear in mind that this is a very socially explosive topic right now, so be very careful to not say anything that might be interpreted as transphobia, and to also remain calm, rational, and polite in your responses. I very strongly doubt that anybody here means any harm.
NOTE: STAFF ONLY