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:::::::::Might want to touch base with the editors of The Wachowskis Wikipedia entry - they are public figures, too, and their gender re-assignment is widely known. Inconsistent enforcement? [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] ([[User talk:Fredmdbud|talk]]) 23:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC) |
:::::::::Might want to touch base with the editors of The Wachowskis Wikipedia entry - they are public figures, too, and their gender re-assignment is widely known. Inconsistent enforcement? [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] ([[User talk:Fredmdbud|talk]]) 23:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC) |
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::::::::::The Wachowski sisters were both genuinely and unambiguously notable ''before'' transition. They made successful films under their deadnames. That's ''very'' different from the situation here. [[User:DanielRigal|DanielRigal]] ([[User talk:DanielRigal|talk]]) 23:38, 14 May 2024 (UTC) |
::::::::::The Wachowski sisters were both genuinely and unambiguously notable ''before'' transition. They made successful films under their deadnames. That's ''very'' different from the situation here. [[User:DanielRigal|DanielRigal]] ([[User talk:DanielRigal|talk]]) 23:38, 14 May 2024 (UTC) |
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please let people know that this is a man. pretending to be a woman, fooling the public. [[Special:Contributions/76.112.89.141|76.112.89.141]] ([[User talk:76.112.89.141|talk]]) 17:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC) |
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 September 2023
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From: Health and Human Services Commemorating the First Openly Transgender Four-Star Officer and First Female Four-Star Admiral
To: Health and Human Services Commemorating the First Openly Transgender Four-Star Officer and First Male-to-Female Four-Star Admiral.
This is confusing because while she is a woman, she is not female by the literal definition. Without the context of male to female, it suggests she is a female from birth. Stating that she is the first female four-star general is factually inaccurate by definition and does a great disservice to literal females from birth who may hold a four-star position in the future.
I like to hold wikipedia to a high standard and expect it to be accurate. So until, or unless the definition is changed, I petition the page to make the correction for the accuracies sake
Define:female Female: adjective of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes.
Thank you! 2601:18D:780:4F60:8DAA:23D9:68CA:FBFA (talk) 03:28, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- Not done--the cited source says
First Female Four-Star Admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
, so we do too. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 04:08, 20 September 2023 (UTC)- Wow, so, without taking a position on the issue - just a point of clarification - is it the policy of Wikipedia to print things that are factually inaccurate as long as they are factually inaccurate in the cited source? Because that's the direct implication of the reason you gave here. 14.167.152.58 (talk) 16:58, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Wikipedia doesn't publish original analysis, but rather independently verifiable information. You may think that the information published in reliable sources is "factually inaccurate" but we do not trust you to make that assessment. If this is a good-faith question, you may get something out of reading the essay WP:TRUTH. Generalrelative (talk) 17:05, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Congratulations Wikipedia you have successfully and indefinitely destroyed your credibility. 2604:3D08:D183:5500:8073:F176:3FF2:256A (talk) 06:37, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- And we are heartbroken about it. Primefac (talk) 06:54, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- I posted a relevant comment in this thread in response to "Generalrelative" and it was removed with the comment "Nope, not a chat room." Is this considered reasonable? This is the "Talk" page. This is where we talk. I was not "chatting" casually. I was challenging the application of this standard. Where am I supposed to talk about the content of this page if it's not allowed here? 113.166.213.203 (talk) 07:30, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- A request was made and declined. A pointy question was then asked with the intention of trying to trick us into admitting... something... for which we did not take the bait. A ramble was then written and removed for being unnecessary. At a certain point the stick needs to be dropped, and jamie apparently felt that the stick just needed to be taken away. If you like I can formally close/hat this discussion, but either way I'm pretty sure future responses will either be ignored or removed. Primefac (talk) 07:42, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- Congratulations Wikipedia you have successfully and indefinitely destroyed your credibility. 2604:3D08:D183:5500:8073:F176:3FF2:256A (talk) 06:37, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Wikipedia doesn't publish original analysis, but rather independently verifiable information. You may think that the information published in reliable sources is "factually inaccurate" but we do not trust you to make that assessment. If this is a good-faith question, you may get something out of reading the essay WP:TRUTH. Generalrelative (talk) 17:05, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Wow, so, without taking a position on the issue - just a point of clarification - is it the policy of Wikipedia to print things that are factually inaccurate as long as they are factually inaccurate in the cited source? Because that's the direct implication of the reason you gave here. 14.167.152.58 (talk) 16:58, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Criticism
She is constantly being criticized. Someone should add a criticism section in this article. 2A01:E0A:57D:48E0:B095:1B41:B30F:2A78 (talk) 08:43, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
- All content, regardless of whether it is positive or negative, must be supported by reliable sources. If there is enough content to merit a full section, then a full section can be included. Otherwise, it will likely just be added in as a single sentence (or two). Primefac (talk) 09:39, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Birth Name
I added the birth name to this article in the infobox section as is standard wikipedia practice with anyone who changes their name. It was subsequently reverted, I am not sure I understand the justification for this. There is no reason to remove a birth name from an article because it is not the commonly used name of the individual. Magjozs (talk) 01:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Magjozs please see MOS:DEADNAME, which not only explains our policy but speaks to this page specifically. Innisfree987 (talk) 01:50, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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Indeed this question is answered in the FAQs. Innisfree987 (talk) 01:55, 3 March 2024 (UTC)- Modifying history for a political agenda tarnishes the respectability of this platform. Kyanwan (talk) 05:20, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- Nobody's modifying history here; we're not pretending she doesn't *have* a deadname, we're just not mentioning it, because it's both sensitive and not particularly relevant to what's covered by the article. And
Biographies of living persons ("BLPs") must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy
per WP:BLP is not a political agenda. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 12:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)- That's incorrect. A public official, especially one in a licensed profession, received their education under one name, worked under that name, then changed to another.
- The circumstances under which they changed their legal or preferred name should not be relevant to an unbiased presentation of their history.
- It creates an unnecessary layer of obfuscation for researchers trying to verify historical facts. For example, seeking documents like student records, licensure validation, or complaints about a person named Rachel who attended under <another name>. Jguttenburg (talk) 07:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Someone looking up student records, license validation, etc will not be going to Wikipedia for that information, so I do not think your slippery slope argument really holds water. As a minor note, you copy/pasted the same line multiple times, so I have removed them (mainly for ease of reading). I also removed her deadname per our policies. Primefac (talk) 08:11, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Censorship has no place in what should be a neutral source of information, even if you disagree on whether or not (Redacted) name should be disclosed as a matter of public historical record. Jguttenburg (talk) 10:10, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- This is not the place to have a philosophical debate about societal topics. Primefac (talk) 10:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- I'm going to assume that that misgendering (which I have redacted) was accidental. Please take more care in future. If this tips over from kvetching into actual trolling then that will be removed per WP:NOTFORUM and may lead to warnings for disruptive editing. --DanielRigal (talk) 10:23, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Might want to touch base with the editors of The Wachowskis Wikipedia entry - they are public figures, too, and their gender re-assignment is widely known. Inconsistent enforcement? Fredmdbud (talk) 23:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- The Wachowski sisters were both genuinely and unambiguously notable before transition. They made successful films under their deadnames. That's very different from the situation here. DanielRigal (talk) 23:38, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Might want to touch base with the editors of The Wachowskis Wikipedia entry - they are public figures, too, and their gender re-assignment is widely known. Inconsistent enforcement? Fredmdbud (talk) 23:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Censorship has no place in what should be a neutral source of information, even if you disagree on whether or not (Redacted) name should be disclosed as a matter of public historical record. Jguttenburg (talk) 10:10, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Someone looking up student records, license validation, etc will not be going to Wikipedia for that information, so I do not think your slippery slope argument really holds water. As a minor note, you copy/pasted the same line multiple times, so I have removed them (mainly for ease of reading). I also removed her deadname per our policies. Primefac (talk) 08:11, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Nobody's modifying history here; we're not pretending she doesn't *have* a deadname, we're just not mentioning it, because it's both sensitive and not particularly relevant to what's covered by the article. And
- Modifying history for a political agenda tarnishes the respectability of this platform. Kyanwan (talk) 05:20, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- Please also take note of the template at the top of this page that says,
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please let people know that this is a man. pretending to be a woman, fooling the public. 76.112.89.141 (talk) 17:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
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