User:Resoru/Sandbox

I see considerable discussion above, but much of it seems to wade off into the territory of biology / legality and the use of pronouns. None of those topics are my focus.

I propose that the second bullet of MOS:IDENTITY be extended to include article titles, in addition to its current scope, which includes the nouns, pronouns, and possessive adjectives contained within article prose.

This change would bring our prose policies in line with our article title policies. Future editors would have one consistent guideline to follow; there would no longer be a confusing bifurcation between prose and title.

Specifically, I propose adding this sentence to the second bullet (placement within the paragraph negotiable):

• Additionally, the article title should reflect that person's latest expressed gender self-identification. Direct quotations may need to be handled as exceptions. Nevertheless, avoid confusing or seemingly logically impossible text that could result from pronoun usage (for example: instead of He gave birth to his first child, write He became a parent for the first time).